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.

The following describes what information the portal displays by default and how to change the settings of the portal.

Information Displayed on Portal

By default, the portal displays the following information areas:

Area	Description
1. Announcement	Displays any information that needs to be shared to Kintone users. You can add apps and graphs to this area. Announcement can easily attract users' attention. This is a good place for information that you strongly want to present to users. For example, you can present important notices and links to commonly used apps and spaces. For details, see Using Announcements.
2. Notifications	Displays update notifications from apps, spaces, and People. Displayed information depends on the user.
3. Assigned to Me	Displays the user's tasks (that is, records where the assignee is set to the user in apps with Process Management). Displayed information depends on the user. Nothing is displayed when the user has no tasks assigned.
4. Spaces	Lists spaces. You can use the drop-down list to change which space to display as follows: Joined Spaces Created Spaces All Spaces Joined Guest Spaces * You can display them only when the Guest Space feature is enabled. Joined Guest Spaces (Linked Domain) * You can display them only when the guest account of the invited guest space has been linked with the Kintone account. Note that only "Spaces" are displayed for guest users.
5. Apps	Lists apps. You can use the drop-down list to change which apps to display as follows: Favorite Apps Created Apps All Apps Note that apps that have not been activated (apps that are under development and not yet published) are not displayed. Also, note that "Created Apps" are not displayed for guest users.

Note

The areas Assigned to Me and Notifications are available only in the desktop view. The mobile view does not display the areas.
Spaces and apps are displayed in the following order. You cannot change the display order.
- Spaces:
  Spaces are displayed in descending order of the updated Datetimes or updated Datetimes in the threads in the space.
- Apps:
  "Created Apps" and "All Apps" are displayed in descending order of the created Datetimes, and "Favorite Apps" are displayed in descending order of the registered Datetimes.
Deleted guest spaces will remain displayed for 14 days after deletion in the space drop-down list ("Joined Guest Spaces (Linked Domain)").
However, if you click the listed guest space, an error message "The app (id: nnnn) could not be found, or no longer exists." is displayed and you cannot open the guest space.

Changing Portal Settings

Kintone 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.

The portal name, its cover photo, and the contents to be displayed on portal can be configured via Options menu in the upper right side of the portal screen.
The contents to be displayed in "Announcement" can be edited by clicking Paste icon on the upper right side of Announcement.
Using Announcements

This section describes how to configure portal by using Options menu in the upper right side of the portal.

Procedure

Click in the upper right of the screen and select Portal Settings.
Fill in the fields as needed.
Click "Save".

Advanced Customization

You can use HTML and CSS to fully customize the portal design.

We provide various templates as well as Chrome extensions that can help you to easily customize the templates. You can design the portal suited to your preferences and needs just with basic knowledge of HTML and CSS.
Chrome web store (English)
Chrome web store (Japanese)

Of course, you can design the portal from scratch. You can also use JavaScript to add more advanced functionality than HTML or CSS.