Guidelines for Using Cascading Style Sheets

A cascading style defines qualities of user interface elements, such as color schemes and fonts. The following examples describe how you can use a cascading style sheet to modify the look and feel of the Siebel client:

• Display text in the font of your choice.

• Define the size of text in points, pixels, and other units.

• Configure color for images or background color.

You can configure Siebel web templates to use format tags, but if you store style information in cascading style sheets rather than in Siebel web templates, then you can realize the following benefits:

• Increase the modularity of a Siebel application.

• Increase consistency of a Siebel application.

• Simplify modification and reuse of Siebel web templates.

Siebel CRM displays style information that it stores in a cascading style sheet slightly differently in different browsers, so you must test your configuration in all browsers that your users use.

Siebel CRM locates cascading style sheet files in the following directories:

• The Siebel Application Interface installation directory:

SIEBEL_ROOT\applicationcontainer_external\siebelwebroot\FILES

• The Siebel client installation directory:

SIEBEL_CLIENT_ROOT\PUBLIC\FILES

• The Siebel Tools installation directory:

SIEBEL_TOOLS_ROOT\PUBLIC\FILES

If you apply a patch, then Siebel CRM might overwrite the CSS files. If this happens, then you must manually reenter the modifications you made to the cascading style sheets.

For more information, see Cascading Style Sheet and Siebel Developer's Reference.