Common questions: logo, colors, fonts, and dashboard appearance

Quick answers about the two look-and-feel pages. Brand is how your business looks to customers (logo, colors, fonts). Appearance is how your own admin dashboard looks to your team.

Where to find it

Settings → Brand, and Settings → Advanced → Appearance. Brand has its own card on the Settings page; Appearance is inside the collapsed Advanced group at the bottom (click it to expand). The sidebar style (Minimal or Expanded) is under Edit sidebar at the bottom of the left sidebar.

Questions and answers

How do I upload my logo?

Go to Settings → Brand. In the Logo card, drag an image onto the box or press Choose File. A Crop image window opens; drag to select the area and press Upload. Then press Save Brand Settings at the bottom, because the upload alone is not saved until you do.

What size should my logo be?

Renta recommends a 512×512 PNG under 2MB. You can drag and drop, or click to choose a file and crop it.

How do I remove my logo?

Press Remove logo under the logo box, then press Save Brand Settings.

How do I add a favicon (the little icon in the browser tab)?

In the same card, under Favicon, drag in or choose a square image, for example 64×64 PNG, crop it, and press Upload. Press Remove favicon to take it off. Press Save Brand Settings to keep your change.

How do I change my brand colors?

Go to Settings → Brand. In the Colors card you can click one of nine ready-made palettes under Start from a palette (Summit, Forest, Coast, Sunset, Mono, Berry, Dune, Industrial or Bold). A palette fills all seven colors and never changes your fonts. You can also set each color yourself with the color picker or by typing a hex code (a color code like #FF6B2C). The seven are Headings and navigation, Buttons, Highlights, Page background, Cards and panels, Body text and Quiet text. Check the Preview, then press Save Brand Settings. To put the new colors on your live website, Publish your website. Until then your website keeps its current look.

Why does it say my color "must be a hex color like #FF6B2C"?

The color box only accepts a hex code, such as #1A73E8 (a # followed by 3 or 6 digits or the letters A to F). A box with something else in it turns red and says "Enter a hex color like #FF6B2C (3 or 6 digits)". If you press save anyway, Renta does not save, and tells you which color is wrong and what you typed.

Which fonts can I choose?

In the Typography card, Heading Font and Body Font each offer 11 fonts: Inter (Default), Open Sans, Lato, Roboto, Poppins, Montserrat, Raleway, Oswald, Playfair Display, Merriweather and Bebas Neue. Each option is shown in its own font, and a heading sample and a body-text sample show how your choice looks. Both start as Inter, unless your website already uses another font.

Where do my logo, favicon, and colors show up?

Your logo and colors are used on receipts and customer emails such as payment links and door codes. Your favicon becomes the icon in the browser tab on your storefront. Your colors and fonts also reach your website, after you Publish it. See Your logo, brand colors, and fonts.

Is the Brand page the same as the Theme tab in the website builder?

Brand is now the one source for your colors and fonts. The website builder's Design tab (the old Theme tab) follows Brand after you Publish your website. Set your colors and fonts on the Brand page and Publish, and your website picks them up. See Global theme colors and fonts.

What does "Some text may be hard to read" mean?

On the Brand page, a yellow box with this title means two of your colors are too close together for easy reading. Renta checks body text on your page background and cards, quiet text on your page background, and white text on your Headings and navigation and Buttons colors. It wants a contrast of at least 4.5 to 1. The box says which pair is the problem and what to try, such as a darker text color. It is only a warning. You can still save.

Where did the Edit storefront button go?

It is gone from your booking page. The shop description and cover image you could change there now live in Settings → Brand, in the Shop description and cover image card. See the next question.

How do I change my booking-page description or cover photo?

Go to Settings → Brand. In the Shop description and cover image card, type your text in Shop description. For the cover image, drag in a wide photo or choose a file, then crop it to 16:9. Press Save Brand Settings. The description and cover image show at the top of your booking page and on your Renta marketplace listing.

What does the Appearance page change?

Only how your own admin dashboard looks: animated headings and the image behind your admin pages. Customers never see it. It is saved for your whole business, so your team sees the same background. See Customizing how your own admin dashboard looks.

How do I turn off the animated "glass" headings?

Settings → Advanced → Appearance, untick Use animated glass headings in the Dashboard animations card, then press Save appearance. It is on by default. Turning it off gives flat, solid headings and is slightly lighter on older computers.

How do I change the background image of my admin pages?

In the Admin background card, choose one of three options, then press Save appearance:

• Satellite photo of your location (the starting choice): made automatically from your business address.
• My own images: upload up to 8 of your own.
• No background: a plain flat color, the fastest option.

Why is "Satellite photo of your location" greyed out?

Renta builds it from your business address. When there is none, the option reads "Unavailable — add a business address in Business profile first." Add your address under Contact & address in Settings → Business profile. See Business details and general settings.

How do I use my own background photos?

Choose My own images. A card called Your images appears. Under Add an image, pick a file; repeat for up to 8. Use the up and down arrows to change the order and Remove to delete one. Wide, low-detail photos work best because your content sits on top. Add images one at a time, since multi-file drops are not supported.

How do I make the background change on its own?

With two or more images, a How they swap section appears: "Don't swap — always show the first image", "Pick one at random each time a page loads", or "Rotate on a timer while you work". For the timer, set Swap every (5 to 600 seconds, starting at 30) and Change with a Fade, Slide, or Instant cut. If your computer is set to reduce motion, fades and slides become instant cuts automatically.

How do I make the background lighter or darker?

Use the Lightness slider, which runs from Darker through "Photo as-is" to Lighter. The starting value is 75. Reset to default appears once you move it. A live preview shows how a card will sit on the photo.

Which pages show the background?

Under Which pages show it tick the sections you want: Dashboard, Bookings, Customers, Fleet, Maintenance, Waivers, Inquiries & Inbox, Disputes & Payment Issues, Reports, Insights, Website, Coupons, Settings, and Other pages. Select all and Clear all are there to speed this up. Every section is ticked by default, and unticked pages get a plain flat color.

Why can't I see the background at all?

Check four things: you are not on a phone (it is hidden on phones, there is no room for it), the Admin background choice is not No background, you have added at least one image if you chose My own images ("No images yet — until you add one, your admin pages show no background at all"), and at least one page is ticked ("No pages selected — the background won't appear anywhere").