Setting/Changing the Portal

The top page of Kintone is referred to as the "portal". A portal is the entry point to Kintone and is usually the most visited page.
By default, the portal displays the following information areas:
1: Announcements
2. Notifications
3: Assigned to Me
4. Spaces
5: Apps
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For more details on information displayed on the Portal, refer to the Using the Portal.

Changing Portal Settings

Kintone Administrators and Kintone Users & System Administrators can change the following settings.

  • Change the name of the portal.
  • Change the cover photo of the portal.
  • Show or hide Announcement, Apps, and other areas as needed.
  • Edit contents to be displayed in Announcement.

You can configure the portal name, its cover photo, and the contents to be displayed on the Portal by selecting Options button Options on the upper right side of the Portal screen.
If you want to edit the contents of the Announcement, click the edit button Edit button on the upper right side of the Announcement.
Using Announcements

This section describes how to configure the Portal by using the Options button Options on the upper right side of the Portal.

Steps

  1. Click the Options button Options in the upper right of the screen and select the Portal Settings.
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  2. Fill in the fields as needed.
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  3. Click "Save".

Customizing the Portal

You can customize a portal using Kintone Portal Designer (Chrome extension) and APIs.
The following sections explain the important points of each customization method.

Customizing with Kintone Portal Designer

Kintone Portal Designer is a tool (Chrome extension) that enables you to design a Kintone portal as you want using HTML and CSS. It contains a variety of templates and icons, and enables you to design your portal just by making a few changes to the template. You can design the portal suited to your preferences and needs just with basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.

Design Example 1:
Portal design example 1

Design Example 2:
Portal design example 2

You can install Kintone Portal Designer from the following link.

You can also use JavaScript to add more intricate functions that cannot be created with only HTML and CSS.

Customizing with APIs

Another method to customize a portal is to create a JavaScript program with APIs provided in Kintone, and then apply it to Kintone. As an example of customization, you can add a button on the portal.

For details on applying a JavaScript files to Kintone, refer to "Customizing with JavaScript and CSS".