Design Options

2016 Theme Options

There are three site designs available:

  1. Go to Appearance > Design Options
  2. Choose one of the following Themes. If you are interested in the original 2013 Themes, please follow instructions for 2013 Themes.

Standard 2016
YaleSites Standard 2016
Wide 2016
YaleSites Wide 2016
Boxed 2016
YaleSites Boxed 2016

Design Options

Once you have chosen your theme, you can modify your design by changing accent colors and font styles for headers. These changes are made on the Design Options page, below the Theme selection.

  1. Navigation accent color: Change the accent color of the main navigation.

    Navigation

    Color

    Carbon

    Charcoal

    Blue Medium

    Yale Blue

    Orange

    Green

  2. Navigation heading font: Select one of the font options for the typeface of the Main Menu

    Navigation

    Style

    Serif

    Sans-Serif

    Condensed

  3. Sidebar heading font: Change the font of sidebar headings

    Style

    Sidebar Heading

    Serif

    Sans-Serif

    Condensed

  4. Sidebar accent color: Change the border color of sidebar block headings

    Color

    Sidebar

    Carbon

    Blue Medium

    Yale Blue

    Orange

    Green

  5. Sidebar style: Choose between outline and shaded background