Using a script to change the colours of a published Storyline file

You would need to change them in the Storyline file and republish.  If you have set up the file using best practices then it should be a simple case of changing the colours in the design tab.

Hi Phil,

well that would depend on your use of the branding colours, but yes, theoretically I agree with you that this shouldn't be a hard task.

However, we were looking at trying to automate this, is there now way to do this without opening the course and doing it manually? Scripting, etc.

I believe the colors are defined in Frame.xml in the published output's 'story_content' folder. Articulate doesn't support nor recommend modifying this or any file in the published output so you'll want to be very careful if you attempt to use Javascript or other programming tool to make changes.

Hi Steve,

I had a brief look through the Frame.xml file but didn't find what I was looking for - I'll have another proper look. 

It doesn't look as though this is going to work but worth a fiddle anyway.

It does make me wonder how off the shelf content providers make any customisation changes (however small) on a larger scale. The logistics around managing this must make it impossible to 1.) Sell their content en masse or 2.) Provide any customisation what-so-ever.

In Frame.xml, do a search for "rgb=" or "colors." You should see Hex values for the colors for  elements of the player.

Unfortunately the RGB values aren't very clear, I can't match them with the actual values I've used, e.g. 'rgb="0x353535"'.

Oh well, it was worth a try.

Matthew, you can find numerous Hex color code converters on the Internet to get the corresponding RGB value or other color coding value.

Oh great, I'll give that a go, thank!

As an update on this, we weren't able to change the colours as the Hex colour codes within the frame.xml file appear to relate to only the player etc. and not the content itself. But we were able to swap out images within the published file which seems to work as long as the image is the right size.

A related question - does anybody know how the files are compiled when publishing, i.e. are the HTML/HTML5 outputs 'pure' HTML?

It looks as though the content is compiled flash wrapped in HTML/HTML5. We were interested in finding particular content objects within the published file, is this possible? 

Hi Matthew!

I'm not sure that I'm following your question, but it seems like this information may be helpful:

Articulate Storyline lets you publish courses for Flash, HTML5, and the Articulate Mobile Player app. To distribute your published content, upload it to your web server or LMS, then link to the story.html file in the published output. Here’s how Storyline determines which version of your content to display when learners view it.

I'm not sure what you are looking for in the output, but I can tell you that we do not support the modification of published output.

Hi Leslie,

my understanding in this area is not the best, but basically we are looking at identifying specific content objects within the published file. As a result we are trying to find out if the output from publishing the story is fully compiled or if individual objects are accessible from within the published file.

I know you don't support modification of published content but clarification of this point would help our understanding.

Hi Matthew,

There are certain elements which you may be able to find as individual objects within the output such as videos or audio files or linked documents, but as for slide objects, colors or font settings I believe those are not accessible as individual objects. 

Since it's not something we offer support for, I don't know how much more our team has understanding either, as I can honestly say I've never gone looking for more than just an audio file or PDF I attached. Hopefully there is a community expert who has more expertise here!