The software customization can be divided into two items: Plugin Development and Design.
The customization approach is implemented this way in order to maximally preserve all changes after autoupdate of the software and theme.
Plugin development (functionality)
All functionality of the Skadate Lite software is implemented as plugins. Which is why all features development and custom modifications should be applied via plugins as well. This will obtain safely updates and will allow to solve issues, if any.
Theme customization
If you want to customize the default theme, the following options are available:
1. By going here: www.yourdomain.com/index and by clicking on “customize this page” “ + using widgets and especially Custom HTML widget you can perform visuals customizations specific for index page
2. You can change the look of the Dashboard and User Profile pages here: Admin Panel/Pages and Menus/Dashboard and Admin Panel/Pages and Menus/Userp Profile by taking advantage of the available widgets, especially Custom HTML widget to perform visual customizations specific to Dashboard and User Profile pages
3. You can play around with the settings appropriate for a certain default theme (such as header, background, logo images and color) here: Admin Panel/Appearance/Edit theme/Theme settings/Theme Customization section
4. And if you want to dig deeper into design you can take advantage of the CSS section: Appearance/Edit theme/CSS by using firebug tool: www.getfirebug.com for locating necessary elements on the page, the styles of which you need to change.
Please remember, that all CSS changes should be applied via Admin Panel only. You should not apply them to the files on the server. Otherwise all your code customizations and design (CSS) changes will be lost while next auto update of the software.