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How to custom brand your sharelink

Custom branding allows you to hide any The Brief-related brand references to maintain a consistent brand image for your company when sharing your designs with your clients. This feature is available for the Enterprise subscription plan and can be accessed by a Team owner or Admin.

Benefits of using a branded share link

  • Enhanced branding. Incorporating the company's name and logo into the share links reinforces brand recognition and increases brand visibility.
  • Professional appearance. Create a more professional and trustworthy impression for the shared content.
  • Customizability. Branded share links provide options for customization, allowing SaaS providers to tailor the links to match their brand's style and tone.
  • Improved User Experience. Enhance the overall user experience by maintaining consistency across different platforms and channels.

How to set up your branded share link

You must set up your subdomain by adding a CNAME record to replace the The Brief URL.

  1. Go to Team Settings.
  2. Click on Share link & Custom branding.
  3. Click on Copy CNAME.
  4. Head over to the DNS settings from your domain registrar.
  5. Create a subdomain.
  6. Once the subdomain has been created, copy and paste it into The Brief under Your subdomain name field.
  7. To personalize your share link further, you can change the logo, favicon, and header color.

List of guidelines for popular domains

We've compiled a list of guidelines on how to change DNS settings for the most familiar domain providers:

Important: The changes applied in your DNS settings can sometimes take a few hours, depending on how cluttered the network is. If the changes aren't displayed in 24 hours, please contact us via live chat, and one of our representatives will help you sort it out.

Notification email settings

  • First, you will need to specify the email which will appear as the sender, along with the name associated with the email.
  • After both fields are completed, the system will generate two TXT records.
  • The TXT records will be added into your DNS settings the same way as the CNAME records; only for these, you need to set the TXT attribute.
  • For the first TXT record, add the name provided by SPF name as the records Name, and add the data provided as SPF value as the text.
  • You will need to repeat the same process with the second set of records, where the naming is contained in the DKIM name, and the value is represented by the DKIM value data.

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