💬 [Question] BBB: How and to what degree can we customize the HTML5 client?

[mahula]

💬 Question

As a designer or developer I want to know about BBB customizing methods To customize DreamMall's BBB clients to our ideas

• [ ] What is customizable?
• [ ] Which customizing methods are provided?

[mahula]

What is customizable?

• general application parameters

• the client's layout from a given set of layout templates (see layout parameters) the development design guide shows some examples of the default layots for different devices and a downloadable Sketch file to even work on the layout, @Hardy-Hart-am-Start

  With the latest design of our HTML5 client, we're including a shareable design document for other designers to use as a starting point to brand the client or to conceptualize new features.

• CSS via custom CSS (from a string or CSS file)

Customization Methods

Programatically by passing custom parameters to the client on join

In the current development phase we might prefer this way to easliy try out different customizations. The customparameters shouldbe addable to the GET join request parameters list, @Mogge.

See the list of parameters customizable via join API call with examples:

• general application parameters (e.g. userdata-bbb_client_title, userdata-bbb_auto_join_audio)
• the branding parameter userdata-bbb_display_branding_area
• theming & styling parameter to set custom CSS (string or CSS file)
• layout parameters
• whiteboard parameters

Server settings in BBB server config/settings files

When certain custom parameters are settled, we might set them statically in config/settings files while BBB server deployment. Parameters with dynamic context (e.g. for role or group related etc.) can still be set programmatically.

For a current list of client settings see the BBB client's settings.yml.