Customize The Launcher Button
While The Launcher button matches the color inside your Launcher by default, you might find it beneficial to customize it and the icon on the button, along with a few other placement settings for The Launcher button.
To begin, you’ll want to go to Design in your Next Steps, and then select Trigger Button. Click here for a quick link.
In this guide, we'll cover the following topics. Click on any one to jump ahead.
Customize The Button Color
By default, the color of The Launcher button matches the color found inside your Launcher. While our team believes this is the best look for The Launcher, you might want to use your creative liberties to otherwise match the color of other buttons on your site, for example. (And that’s okay! Just don’t show our product designer 😉)
To change the button color login to your account and visit the Design tab under Next Steps. In the Trigger Button section, you can easily select one of our standard colors, or enter in a Hex Code to pick a custom color.
By design, the color selector will pull the main hue from the color you input and will give you a light and dark option that'll look great! So it won't be the exact color of the hex code you selected, but rather a custom calibrated set of five slightly vibrant tints that'll look good and keep your content legible. And, if you don’t like the colors that are generated, we always recommend using the greyscale color option which will look amazing with any color palette or logo.
To get as close to the color you want for The Launcher, use the Vibrancy Slider below. With one simple slider, you can affect all the colors in your Launcher, and tune them to your desired intensity. This makes it really easy to more accurately complement (or contrast with!) your church's existing brand colors.
These changes automatically apply to both Light and Dark Mode which was really important. Even more important, it doesn't require you choosing individually the dozen or more colors that are used across the two modes in the Launcher. It all happens automagically!
Remember to scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save anytime you make changes to have those changes take effect 😊
Customize The Button Placement
The Launcher button (and thus The Launcher) will load in one of the bottom corners of your website, but it’s up to you which side - left or right - that it loads on.
To choose which side The Launcher button loads on, in the Design section of Next Steps, click the Trigger Button section and scroll down to Placement. Here, you can choose whether you want the button to appear on the left or right side of a user's screen.
While the button will load in a particular corner, you can adjust how close to that corner the button loads on. This is an advanced concept, and for most people, you don’t need to (and probably shouldn’t) adjust this setting.
That being said, if you need to customize the placement, this is done by adding a value to the Bottom and Side Offset. A positive value will move it away from the bottom/side, while a negative value will move it closer.
This can be helpful if you have other widgets that load on your website (such as an instant chat bubble), so you can have them both load in the same corner, but not load on top of each other.
The Z-index is a bit of a different element, though it can also be adjusted with positive/negative values. Your website consists of several layers. Each layer has a particular Z-index, letting your browser know which elements to load in front of the other. Adding a positive value will load The Launcher button further in front of other elements, while negative values will load it behind other elements (which has the potential of hiding your button!).
Note: Unless you need to (for instances like having multiple widgets loading on your website), we recommend leaving these fields completely blank. The Launcher by Nucleus is already set by default behind the scenes to load very high in priority so it doesn’t get covered up by other elements. However, if your website has custom settings or other configurations, you can adjust the z-index as needed.
If you make any adjustments, don’t forget to click the Save Changes button.
Customize The Button Icon
Finally, while we’re personally partial to seeing the Nucleus “N” logo on every Launcher button since it stands for Next Steps, we’ve also provided a few other options that might be helpful for visitors on your website to identify the button.
To change the icon on your Launcher button, click the Design section of Next Steps and choose the Trigger Button section. Here, you'll want to scroll down to the Icon section where you can see the four icon options there are to choose from. Then simply click on the one you would like to use going forward and save those changes.
Alternatively, you can upload your own logo to The Launcher button. This is a great option for anyone wanting their own church logo instead of one of the standard options.
To do this, click Custom. Then either drag and drop the icon you wish to use into the Dashboard, or click + Add Image to open your device's file browser to select an icon that way.
You can upload any png, jpg, or even svg, as long as it has a maximum file size of 1MB. (Remember, it's just a small icon. It doesn't have to be the largest resolution version of your logo 😄)
Our recommended pixel size for this is between 60 x 60 and 250 x 250. (And you might be able to infer from those dimensions, we also recommend having an overall image dimension that is square, even if your actual logo is not a square.)
Feel free to try both the option to Constrain custom icon to fit, though we recommend that this option toggled on is best for most people.
Don't forget to save any changes you make!
What Next?
Looking to customize other aspects of your Launcher? Check out these guides below:
Done customizing your Launcher and are looking for other Next Steps features? We got you covered.