Change Web Interface Logo
You can change the Logo that appears in the top-left corner. To do so open db.web.browser and go to Configure-> Web Site Setup -> Change Web Page Logo. Click Get New Logo and locate your logo. If it is larger than 160x60 pixels VDV will automatically resize it. Finally Click Change Logo. Now your logo will show in the top-left hand corner.

Customers Logo
In VDV you can have customers logo in the top-right hand corner. You connect the logo with the user. In db.web.browser go to Configure-> Access Control -> User Logo. Click New Logo, select the Logo and give it a name. When Editing or creating new users you can now select the User logo you just created. This Logo will appear in the top-right hand corner.

Customize Login Page
Simple is to customize the login page for VDV in GUI setup. Add you own text and header image.
In db.web.browser go to Configure-> Web Site Setup -> Login Page Setup. To change the layout click Configure tab at the top. There you can add, edit or remove text from the login page. To change the header banner click the folder icon at and locate a new banner image (Recommended size is 900x120px. Before you save your changes you can see how it looks like by clicking Login Page tab at the top and then click save when satisfied. 

Multiple login pages
You can have multiple login pages so your customers can have their own login page.
Start by customizing the first login page as shown here above. Once you are satisfied go to Vistadatavision -> db.web.browser -> vdv_www and locate index.html. Copy/Paste the file and rename it, for example index2.html.

Now again go to Configure-> Web Site Setup -> Login Page Setup and customize the second login page.

Now you can access your new login page Company/vdv/index2.html and the default one Company/vdv/index.html

Q: After a configured db.web.browser to run as service it stopped working correctly and my VDV webpage is not showing anything. What can I do?

A: If you are running VDV on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 and are having trouble with running db.web.browser as service you should start by stop running db.web.browser as service. Go to File Menu and click Run db.web.browser as Service and uncheck Run db.web.browser data processes as a Service. Next close all VDV applications and terminate MySQL database (mysqld) in task manager.

Right click on db.web.browser.exe and click Run as Admin and start the service again.

Q: In the graphs of db.web.browser, I would like to display time as 24h time and not as AM/PM time. How can I do it?

A: The clock format is read from the system setup for each PC. For USA, default clock format is AM/PM. Some parts of the word have 24h clock.

You can change the way db.web.browser presents Date/Time.
In Windows, open Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, and select Customize for Regional Options. For Time, change am and pm into blanks, and change h:mm:ss into H:mm:ss (H is 24h). Apply and OK. Then re-open db.web.browser, and you should see 24h data in graphs, latest data, tables and download.

Q: I have db.web.browser up and running. Every time when I refreshed (by pressing F5 in Internet Explorer) I noticed that I got a new session_id. Simultaneously browsing the same site with Firefox didn't give me that problem. What can be wrong?

A: Check if there is is underscore ( _ ) in the web site domain name, like www.company. com/VDV_AccessControl. Internet Explorer denies setting the cookie on the client when there is a special character (like an _ ) in the domain name.

Q: I see that db.web.browser specifies IIE web server. Instead of IIE web server, I would like to run Apache web server. Can I do it?

A: You can run Apache or any other web server instead of IIE web server. In that case, skip the instructions regarding configuration of IIE and configure the web server you would like to use.

Q: In db.web.browser, I would like to use comma (,) as decimal point instead of dot (.). How can I do it?

A: The (,) vs (.) for decimal are read from the system setup for each PC. You can change it by open Control Panel, Regional and Language Options, and select Customize for Regional Options. Then change Decimal symbol from (.) to (.) and change Digital grouping symbol from (,) to (.). Apply and OK. Then re-open db.web.browser, and you should see new decimal symbol in graphs, latest data, tables and download.