Branding gives your event its unique look and feel, which can be aligned with your company or event style. Goldcast offers many customization options, including colors, images, fonts, etc.

Sample Event Landing Page

Sample Event Space

Update your event's look & feel

1. Log in to Goldcast Studio with your credentials, and select the Events tab. 
2. From the Events list, click the event you want to edit.
3. Click the Look & Feel tab on the left of the screen 

On the right side of this page is a list of all the customization options. On the left side is the preview window, where you can see how your branding choices will look in your event. These screens are representative of the themes across multiple Goldcast pages, including your event landing page, event stage, and other tabs inside your event, including agenda, rooms, and booths. 

Preview and save

After you have made any changes to the Look & Feel section, check your changes in the preview window and confirm the appearance of both the Desktop and Mobile views. You can do so by selecting the Preview buttons at the top right of the page.

Click the Save button when you are satisfied with your changes. If you do not click Save, your changes will not be displayed on your event.

Look & Feel and Engagement Options

There are four under the look & feel tab: Global settings, Entering the event, Stage, and Stage communication. 

1. Global settings

Click the arrow to the left of the Global settings row to get started.

Button & Card Color

Select your button background and button font color. This color will be used for all buttons throughout your event space, including your navigation bar selected items. This color will also be used for the background color of any placeholder slides, Q&A questions, and polls that you publish to the stage, as well as popups and modals. (Buttons inside popups and modals will use the reverse button & font colors.)

You can choose a different color for screensavers, Q&A, and polls by turning off the setting “Screensaver color same as button color” and selecting background and font colors. Be sure your font color is clear on the background color. 

Logo

Upload your logo here. Use a PNG, JPG, or JPEG file with a 1:1 aspect ratio. Once you upload a file, your logo will appear in the top left corner of the navigation bar in the preview window. This logo will also appear on the card shown on stage before the event begins. 

Favicon

If you upload a favicon, it will appear at the top of the browser tab where your event is open. Use a 32 x 32px image in a PNG file format.

Social Media Thumbnail

Upload an image you want to display as the thumbnail image when you share your registration page URL. Click Upload Image and select an image file from your computer. When you share your registration page URL on other sites (like LinkedIn, for example), this image will appear in your post. 

2. Entering the Event

The event landing page is the page your attendees will land on before entering your Goldcast event. They will be able to see the agenda and click the "Enter the event" button to join your event.

Hero Background

The hero background will appear at the top of your event landing page. You must select a Desktop option and a Mobile option. We recommend keeping these selections the same. 

Your hero background can be an image, a solid color, or a gradient.

Image

Make sure the images you upload meet the following requirements. This will ensure that it looks great on all screen and device sizes.

If you are using an image and have embedded your event details in it, you may choose to hide the event title and date from the page. To do this, deselect the Show Title setting. If you leave the event title visible, you may choose a unique text color for the title.

Learn more about designing a landing page background.  

Solid Colors

To select a solid color, use the color picker to choose a color for Desktop and Mobile. 

Gradients

To select a gradient, use the color picker to select colors for Desktop and Mobile gradients and a gradient type: radial or linear. Click the "Remove bottom gradient" checkbox to remove the fading gradient from the bottom of the hero image into the agenda section of the page. This will clearly separate your hero image from the agenda section of the registration and landing pages.

Landing Agenda Background

The agenda background color will be the color behind your agenda items on your event landing page. 

Event Landing Font

Choose a font for your event landing page. You can select from the Goldcast Font Library, a Web Font, or a Custom Font. We recommend using a web-compatible font with Regular, Medium and Bold weights.

• Confirm that the font color is readable on your event landing page (by using the preview window or opening the event landing page in a new window). 
• To choose a font from the Library, select a font from the Font Type dropdown. 
• To use a Web Font, select “Web Font” from the Font Type dropdown and enter the font name and URL. 
• To upload a custom font, select “Custom” from the Font Type dropdown and upload a TFF file.

Agenda Tile Background Shade

A slightly more transparent shade of the Agenda color will also be used for agenda item tiles, which list your event sessions. Use this setting to choose a light or dark shade for agenda tiles.

Enter Event Experience

When attendees enter your event for the first time, there are three optional experiences you can enable: 

Enter Event Button

Use this setting to hide the button that allows users to enter the event from the event landing page. 60 minutes before the event starts, the button will automatically be enabled to allow attendees to enter. This may be helpful if you prefer not to have attendees inside your event space before the event day. 

Attendee Tech Check

Require attendees to test their network strength and audio before entering the event. If you turn this setting off, attendees can directly enter the event without testing their network and audio. 

Mandatory Attendee Profiles

Require attendees to create a profile when entering the event for the first time.

3. Stage

Stage Font

You may use the same font setting as your event landing page or have a separate font inside your event. To use the same font settings as your event landing, leave the option marked “Use same font and color as event landing” enabled. 

To use a different font style and color inside your event, turn off the setting "Use same font and color as event landing" and set font options and font color as desired—the font setting for the stage section is similar to that of the event landing.

Once you've done this, check the preview and verify that the font changes match properly with the stage background or images in both mobile and desktop views. 

Stage Background

The stage background will be the background image or color inside your entire event page. We recommend picking an image or color that is fun and engaging but that your content is still easily visible and readable on top of. Your stage background can be an image, a solid color, or a gradient.

Image

Please make sure the image you upload meets the following requirements. This will ensure that it looks great on all screen and device sizes.

Solid Colors

To select a solid color, use the color picker to choose a color for Desktop and Mobile. 

Gradients

To select a gradient, use the color picker to select colors for Desktop and Mobile gradients and a gradient type: radial or linear.

Video Stream Background

The video stream background is the image or color that appears inside the stage area behind your live speakers or shared content like slides. We recommend picking an image or color that will not distract from your live speakers during your sessions. Your video stream background can be an image, a solid color, or a gradient - see details on these options above in “stage background.” 

Stage Popups

This setting will control the background color for pop-up modals in the event and for your pinned chats or personal chats.

Sidebar Overlay

The sidebar overlay will control the look of your sidebar and navigation bars. Choose a Dark or Light treatment. Move the sliders to adjust the Opacity and Blur.

Call to Action Button

This is a button you can enable on your event to invite attendees to click and submit their information. You can use this button to offer demos, swag, prizes, or set up meetings—whatever you’d like! 

Select the toggle to enable the button. Then, fill in the Button Text, Confirmation Title, and Confirmation Message. The button will appear in the top navigation bar of your event. Once clicked, an attendee will see the confirmation title and message. At the end of the event, in the Dashboard, you can see who clicked this button and follow up with them accordingly.

Buffer Video

The buffer video plays on stage before the event and between sessions. It’s a great way to welcome people to your event and keep the energy high. To add a video, click the Select Video button and either upload a new video or pick one from your video list. For more information, see our help guide on buffer videos. 

Filler Slide

The filler slide is shown:

• Before a prerecorded video starts to play
• When a prerecorded video ends before the session end time 
• Before the broadcast is switched back to live

Filler slides must be 1920x1080px .jpg, .png, or .tiff files. If a slide is not uploaded, the Goldcast logo will display by default.

Stage Navigation

Select and rename which tabs appear in your event space. To hide a tab, turn off that tab’s setting. To rename a tab, enter a new name in the “Title” field. List of tabs which can be controlled from Stage Navigation:

1. Rooms Tab
2. Booth Tab (Both Primary & Secondary)
3. Speakers Tab
4. Attendees Tab (For Attendees & Speakers)

4. Engagement & Communication 

Control additional elements on your stage and communication options for your attendees. 

Chat Experience

Choose how your attendees will engage with chat, Q&A and more during your event. 

Public Chat

All attendees, speakers, and organizers can post messages for everyone to see live during an event. If this setting is disabled, only speakers and organizers can post messages for attendees to view during the event. 

Session Chat

Enable users to engage with a chat thread specific to each session. If this setting is disabled, the “Session Chat” tab will be hidden, and only the “Public Chat” will be visible. 

Private Chat

Attendees can privately message other attendees, speakers, and organizers. If this setting is disabled, no one can send or receive private messages in this event.

Moderate Text Q&A

Require moderators to approve or reject questions before they are shown to the audience in the Q&A tab. If this setting is disabled, all questions will be immediately posted. 

Anonymous Text Q&A

Attendees can ask questions anonymously. If this setting is disabled, all questions will include the attendee’s name. 

Show Answerers' Identity

Show the name of the person who answered the question. If this setting is disabled, typed answers to questions will not have the organizer’s name listed. 

Answerers' Alias

If you prefer to post an alias as the person who answered questions, enter it here. For example, answers can come from the “Company XYZ Team” or “Event ABC Team.” 

GIFs

Attendees can send GIFs in chat. If this setting is disabled, no GIFs will be visible in the chat. 

Room Chat

Attendees can chat with other attendees in the Rooms. If this setting is disabled, the “Room Chat” tab will be hidden, and only the “Public Chat” will be visible. 

Booth Chat

Attendees can chat with other attendees in the Booths. If this setting is disabled, the “Booth Chat” tab will be hidden, and only the “Public Chat” will be visible. 

Name Cards

Name cards display your speaker’s name and information in colors that match your event branding. To enable branded name cards, select the Name Cards toggle. 

• Select either the round or rectangular shape by clicking the radio buttons. 
• Select the Speaker Title toggle to include your speakers’ title and company name under their names.
• You can reverse the colors making up the Name Cards using the Reverse Colors toggle. 

Virtual Backgrounds

Speakers in Goldcast events can choose to have no virtual background, use a standard blur, or select from an image or images the event organizer uploads. 

To upload background images for your speakers to use: 

1. Click Upload Image, then select a file from your computer
   1. Note that your image must be smaller than 1600 x 1600px and should have a ratio of 16:9 for best performance
2. Click Upload 
3. Now that you have uploaded an image, you will see it populate in the Preview window on the right, behind the images of the sample speakers
4. You can choose to upload more images. If you upload more than one image, you will need to identify one image as the Default Image. This background will show up behind your speakers automatically when they enter your event until they change it or remove it. 
5. To select your Default image, click "Make Default" next to the image thumbnail

Selecting virtual backgrounds

During the event, the image you selected as the Default image will automatically populate as the speakers' background image.

To change this image: 

1. Click the settings gear in the toolbar
2. Under the virtual backgrounds section, choose from None, Blur, or one of the uploaded image options
3. If no virtual background images are uploaded, speakers will always have the option to have no background (None) or a blurred background (Blur). 
4. If you upload a virtual background while an event is live, speakers must refresh the Goldcast event before they can see it.

For more information, see How To Add a Virtual Background. 

Onstage Image or Logos

You may upload logos from sponsors or your own company or images you’d like to share on the stage during your event. You can publish these images to the stage during your live event and select a location for them to appear (one of the four corners of the stage, the top middle, or the bottom middle). 

The images you upload should be in a 1:1 ratio. You may upload more than one image. Select the Upload Image button to upload each image separately. 

Banners shared on stage

Moderators can choose chat comments to present as banners on stage during the event. In this section, you can select the banner's style. You can also use your Button or Agenda Color for the banner. You can also reverse your banner colors by disabling the Reverse Colors toggle.

List of Specs and Assets

To learn more about images and videos in Goldcast, refer to Goldcast design specifications.