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Account Preferences—Branding Options

ProQuest lets you customize your ProQuest site by adding Library Branding. This lets you display up to three links at the top, customized text at the bottom of the page, and up to two logos at the bottom of your ProQuest pages.

Links (Displayed in the top right corner of the screen)

In this area you can configure up to three links to display at the top of your ProQuest pages. There are three link slots available. Slots containing current link information will display that information. Empty slots will display [none].

In this section you can:

• Add a link
• Edit a link
• Remove a link

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Add a Link

Follow these steps to add a link:

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Add Link next to the logo you want to modify.
   You see the Add Links pop-up window.
3. Enter the text to display for your link.
4. Enter the URL for your link.
5. From the Window Option drop-down menu, select the link behavior (Open in same window, or Open in a popup window.)
6. Select whether or not to log users out when clicked.
7. Click Save to save the changes.
   You see a confirmation window.
8. Click Done to return to LAD.

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Edit a Link

Follow these steps to edit a link:

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Edit next to the logo you want to modify.
   You see the Edit Links pop-up window.
3. Make the desired modifications to the text to display for your link, the URL for your link, the link behavior, and whether or not to log users out when the link is clicked.
4. Click Save to save the changes.
   You see a confirmation window.
5. Click Done to return to LAD.

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Delete a Link

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Remove Link next to the link you want to delete.

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Consortium Links

ProQuest lets consortiums share links and logos across the consortium quickly. However, these must be applied first at the consortium level, then accepted at the child account level. Follow these steps to apply a logo or link to all accounts within the consortium:

1. Sign in to your account as the consortium master and apply the logo or link in slot 1.
2. Sign out, then sign in again as a child account master (alternately, the individual child account managers can complete the remaining steps).
3. Select to use the logo in slot 1.

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Customized Text

ProQuest lets you customize the display by adding text to the bottom of the page.

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. In the Customized Text area, enter the text you want to appear at the bottom of the page.
3. Click Save.

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Logos

In this area you can set select a primary and a secondary logo to display at the bottom of your ProQuest pages. Logos must be a .jpg or .gif format file, measure 150 by 40 pixels, and cannot exceed 20K.

Slots containing current link information will display that information. Empty slots will display [none].

In this section you can:

• Add a logo
• Edit a logo
• Remove a logo

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Add a Logo

Follow these steps to add a logo:

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Add Logo next to an empty logo slot.
   You will see the Add Logo pop-up window.
3. Click on Browse next to the Upload image: field. Navigate to your logo, and click Open.
4. Enter the destination URL (the page to load when users click on the logo).
5. Enter the alt text to display if the logo cannot be displayed.
6. Click Save to save the changes you have made.
7. You see a confirmation page. Click Done to return to LAD.

Any changes will take up to 24 hours before they appear on your pages.

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Edit a Logo

Follow these steps to change a logo:

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Edit Logo next to the logo you want to modify.
   You see Edit Logo pop-up window.
3. Make any edits to the image, URL and alt text.
4. Click Save to save the changes you have made.
5. You see a confirmation page. Click Done to return to LAD.

Any changes will take up to 24 hours before they appear on your pages.

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Delete a Logo

Follow these steps to delete a logo:

1. Make sure you are on the Account Preferences, Branding Options page:

• Click the Account Preferences tab, and make sure the Branding Options tab is selected.
• Or, select Add/edit your logos and branding options from the Quick Picks drop-down menu.

2. Click Remove Logo next to the logo you want to delete.

Any changes will take up to 24 hours before they appear on your pages.

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