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Overview
Branding gives your event its own unique look and feel, which can be aligned to your company or event style. Goldcast gives deep customization options, from colors, images, fonts, and much more.
Navigating to the Branding Page
To update your event branding, open your event and click the Branding tab on the left side menu.
Branding Page Setup
On the left side of this page is the list of all the customization options. On the right side is the preview window, where you can see how your branding choices will look in your event. These screens are representative of the theming across multiple Goldcast pages. For example, the registartion page uses the same theming as the event landing page for your event.
The Stage is what your event sessions will look like.
Event tabs will each have similar style, including the following pages: People, Speakers, Agenda, Rooms, Booths, and additional tabs.
Previewing and Saving Your Changes
After you have made any change on the Branding page, 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 icons at the bottom of the page.
Remember to select the Publish button when you are satisfied with your changes.
Note: If you do not click Publish, your changes will not be displayed on your event.
Setting up Your Event Branding
There are four sections of customization options: overall Branding Settings, Event Landing options, Stage options, and Video Production elements.
Branding Settings
Theme Base
First, choose a base template to start customizing your event. You can choose from Dark, Light, or Colorful. Once you choose a base, you can choose to click the Publish button - and your event is ready to go!
If you’d like to further customize your event to your unique colors, images, fonts, and more, continue to the next section.
Logo
Upload your logo here. Please upload a PNG or SVG file with a 1:1 aspect ratio. If you hover over the Stage preview page, you will see the location the logo will appear highlighted (the upper left corner of the page).
Favicon
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If you choose to upload a favicon, it will appear at the top of the browser tab your event is open in. Please upload a 32x32px image in a PNG file format. |
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Button & Card Color
Note: The Secondary Color option for buttons is no longer available. Moving forward, buttons will share the same color as the Stage Screensaver. However, events created with a secondary color prior to this update will remain unchanged.
Choose a button color and a font color. The button & card color will appear on main buttons or CTAs and the selected item in the navigation bars. It will also be 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.)
We recommend choosing a font color that pops on the button color, and a button color that will have high visibility against the background images or colors you choose.
By default, screensavers or shared media backgrounds will have the same color as button background color. You may choose a different setting for screensaver by unchecking "Screensaver color same as button color" and selecting the respective color for screensaver background and screensaver text.
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 show up in your post.
NOTE: This may take up to an hour to change, depending on the site you are posting the URL to. You can confirm the thumbnail upload worked successfully by pasting your registration URL here: LinkedIn Post Inspector
Event Landing Page
Font
Using this setting you can choose a font that will apply to your event landing and registration page.You can choose font options from the Goldcast Font Library, a Web Font, or a Custom Font. Please choose a web compatible font that has Regular, Medium and Bold weights.
To choose a font from the Library, select a font from the dropdown.
To use a Web Font, enter the font name and URL.
Tip: Make sure you are populating the Font Name and Font URL correctly, here is a screenshot highlighting what are the values to be copied for both.
To use a Custom Font, upload a TFF file. Once your custom font has been uploaded, you can view the changes on the preview panel.
To save the font, publish your changes and verify changes reflect in the EventLanding and Registration page.
Tip: Make sure to select a font that appears clearly over your selected background images or colors!
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
Please make sure the image you upload meets the following requirements. This will ensure that it looks great on all screen and device sizes.
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Mobile
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You may choose to hide the event title and date from the page, if you are using an image and you have embedded your event details in your image. To do this, deselect the Show title checkbox.
If you leave the title visible, you may choose a unique text color for the title.
Learn more about designing a hero image.
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 choose colors for Desktop and Mobile gradients as well as a gradient type: radial or linear.
You may remove the fading gradient from the bottom of the hero image into the agenda section of the page by clicking the "Remove gradient from hero image" checkbox.
This will create a clear separation between your hero image and your agenda section of the registration and landing pages.
Landing Background
The agenda background color will be the color behind your agenda items on your event landing page. This color will also reflect on your registration form background.
Tile Background Shade
A slightly more transparent shade of Agenda color will also be used for agenda item tiles, which appear on top of the agenda background.You can choose a light or dark shade using this setting for agenda tiles.This setting also applies to speaker or booth cards on your registration page.
Stage Options
Font
You may choose to have the same font setting as your event landing page or choose to have a separate font inside your event.
To use the same font settings as your event landing does, mark the field "Use same font and color as event landing" as checked. By default, we have this setting marked as checked.
To use a different font style and color inside of your event, uncheck the field "Use same font and color as event landing" and set font options and font color as desired - the font setting for stage section is similar to that of event landing.
Once done, check the preview and verify the font changes are reflecting properly with the stage background or images in both mobile and desktop view. To save your changes, click on the Publish CTA.
Tip: Make sure to select a font color that appears clearly over your selected stage background images or colors, stage popup color and is readable!
Stage Background
The stage background will be the background image or color inside your event. We recommend picking an image or color that is fun, 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.
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Desktop
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Mobile
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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 choose colors for Desktop and Mobile gradients as well as a gradient type: radial or linear.
Stage Popups
This setting will control the background color which will be used on pop-up modals in the event and for your pinned chats or personal chat's background.You can choose the desired background color from the color picker modal and preview the changes in Onboarding and Event tabs.
Sidebar Color
Your sidebar color will control the look of your sidebar and navigation bars. You may choose a Dark or Light treatment.
You can also adjust the Opacity and Blur by moving the sliders.
Note: Make sure your text is readable on the sidebar and navigation bar based on the Stage Background, Font color, and Button & Card colors you have selected.
Call to Action Button
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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, 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. |
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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.
For Webinars, buffer video will play before start time and 30 minutes post webinar end time.
Note: Buffer videos are now available for both Virtual events and Webinars.
To add a video, click the Select Video button and pick one from your video list. In order to select a video, you must first upload it to your Library. Click here for instructions on uploading a video.
Learn more about buffer videos.
Filler Slide
The filler slide is shown before a prerecorded video starts to play, or when it ends before the session end time or before the broadcast is switched back to live.
Filler slides should have a 16:9 aspect ratio and must be exactly 1920x1080px. If a slide is not uploaded, the Goldcast logo will display by default.
The Goldcast platform accepts filler slides uploads in .jpg, .png, and .tiff file formats.
First, add the filler slide to the organization Library.
Then, select the filler slide by clicking "Select Slide" in the filler slide section.
Note: Filler slides cannot be updated less than 60 minutes before the start of your event.
Video Production Elements
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.
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If you would like to include your speakers’ title and company name under their name, select the Speaker Title toggle.
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You have the option to reverse the colors making up the Name Cards using the Reverse Colors toggle.
Check the appearance of the name cards and click Next when ready.
Sponsor 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 bottom middle).
Images that you upload should be a 1:1 ratio. You may upload more than one image. Select the Upload Image button to upload each image separately.
Lower Thirds
Moderators can choose chat comments to present as banners on stage during the event. You can select the style of the banner in this section.
You have the option to use your Button or Agenda Color for your banner.
You can also reverse your banner colors by disabling the Reverse Colors toggle.
Check the appearance of the banner in the preview window to confirm your selections.
Virtual Backgrounds
Adding Virtual Backgrounds
Speakers in Goldcast events can choose to have no virtual background, to use a standard blur, or to select from an image or images the event organizer uploads for them.
To upload background images for your speakers to use:
- Click Upload Image, then select a file from your computer
- Note that your image must be smaller than 1600 x 1600 px and should have a ratio of 16:9 for best performance
- Click the blue Upload button
- 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
- If you would like, 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 be the one that will show up behind your speakers automatically when they enter your event, until they change it or remove it.
- To select your Default image, click "Make Default" next to the image thumbnail
- Once you have uploaded all of your images and selected your Default, click the blue Publish button at the bottom right of your screen
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:
- Click the settings gear in the toolbar
- Under the virtual backgrounds section, choose from None, Blur, or one of the uploaded image options
- If there are no virtual background images uploaded, speakers will always have the option to have no background (None), or a blurred background (Blur).
- If you upload a virtual background while an event is live, speakers will need to refresh the Goldcast event before they will be able to see it.
List of Specs and Assets
| Item | File type | Size |
| Logo | PNG or SVG | 1:1 aspect ratio |
| Favicon | PNG | 32x32px |
| Font | TFF | n/a |
| Hero Background Image – Desktop | JPEG or PNG |
4:3 aspect ratio 1024x768px min 2400x1800px max |
| Hero Background Image – Mobile | JPEG or PNG |
3:4 aspect ratio 600x800px min 1200x1600px max |
| Stage Background Image – Desktop | JPEG or PNG |
4:3 aspect ratio 1024x768px min 2400x1800px max |
| Stage Background Image – Mobile | JPEG or PNG |
3:4 aspect ratio 600x800px min 1200x1600px max |
| Video Stream Background Image – Desktop | JPEG or PNG | No larger than 1400x850px |
| Video Stream Background Image – Mobile | JPEG or PNG | No larger than 375x812px |
| Filler Slide | JPEG or PNG | No larger than 1920x1080px |
| Sponsor Logo | PNG or SVG | 1:1 aspect ratio |