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Learning ServiceNow - Second Edition

By : Tim Woodruff
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Book Image

Learning ServiceNow - Second Edition

5 (1)
By: Tim Woodruff

Overview of this book

This book is an updated version of Learning ServiceNow, that will cover the new and updated features of the ServiceNow platform. It will show you how to put important ServiceNow features to work in the real world, while introducing key concepts via examples of managing and automating IT services. It'll help you build a solid foundation of knowledge, and will demonstrate how to effectively implement and configure modules within ServiceNow. We'll show you how to configure and administer your instance, and then move on to building strong user interfaces and creating powerful workflows. We also cover other key elements of ServiceNow, such as notifications, security, reporting, and custom development. You will learn how to improve and automate your business' workflow and processes. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully configure and manage ServiceNow like a pro.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning ServiceNow Second Edition
Contributors
Preface
Index

Styling pages and widgets


This section assumes a basic understanding of HTML and CSS styling.

Congratulations, you've just built a functional custom homepage! It looks pretty good, but it feels a little unbalanced since the clocks are so big. Let's make them smaller.

To do this, we're going to change some of the grid size class names, and utilize the Page Specific CSS option for the portal. If you click on a clock widget, you'll see a thin blue line around it. If you look carefully, you'll also see not just one, but two dotted blue lined boxes drawn around it. These are the container borders. There are three containers there:

Select the Container surrounding the clock. Once you've selected the correct element, you'll see the word Column at the top-right of the page next to the three icons:

Click on the edit icon in the top-right of the page (not the top-right of the clock widget). You will see a field called CSS class, and select fields denoting size. Set the CSS class to clock_column, and set...