Customizing Sonia Online Text

The customization of Sonia Online is unique to each school within a university.
This article is aimed at explaining the options for customizing content on various pages of Sonia Online.
This article uses default Sonia terminology.

1. To customize Sonia Online for your school, go to School Options > choose Online from the menu at the left > click the Text tab at the top.

2. Click any tab to edit text for that area of Sonia Online. Each tab is defined below.

The following sections describe the areas that can be customized by any Placement Officer with appropriate permissions. Further customization can be achieved using CSS (cascading style sheets). As CSS is outside the scope of Sonia support, contact your IT or Marketing team for assistance.

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The Header is what displays above the tabs in Sonia Online.
The Footer is what displays at the bottom of the page.
Both are visible on all pages of Sonia Online. Also note that anyone who visits your page, even before logging in, will see your Header, Footer, and “General Information” content.

You can opt to use the default Sonia branding or replace with your own branding. If you need to restore the default Sonia branding, this can only be edited in “html mode” with this code:
Header: <div id="Header"></div>
Footer: <div id="Footer"></div>
           

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This content is visible to anyone who visits your Sonia Online Home page, before and after login.
To add an image, click the Image icon button on your toolbar, and either browse for the image file or retrieve it from a URL. Be sure to tick “Lock aspect ratio” if you need to resize the image to avoid distorting it.

 

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Student-only content will display below the General information content.

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Supervisor-only content will display below the General information content.

 

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Site contact-only content will display below the General information content.

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When users click the “forgot password” link on the login page, they are directed to the “forgot password” page.

The custom text appears at the top section of the “forgot password” page:

 

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This text appears on the student’s Placements tab in the box that displays outstanding mandatory checks.

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This text appears at the top of the Checks page.

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This text appears at the top of the Site Submission page for students and supervisors.

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This text appears in the Notes section of the Site Submission page, above a large text box.

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When a student or supervisor submits a site, they are directed to the Site Submission Pending page where they see the “Submitted Site Feedback” text.

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This text appears at the top of the Timesheet page for the person submitting a timesheet.

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This text appears at the top of the Timesheet page for the person approving a timesheet.

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This text appears at the top of the Timesheet page for anyone who has permission to view a timesheet.

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Placement groups that allow students to create placements will display this text at the top of the “create placement” page.