Appearance
Kanban appearance
Choose one look for the Kanban boards in your workspace: how columns and cards are drawn, and which details each card shows. The setting is shared — everyone in the workspace sees the same style. In Site Connect it applies to the task boards (the Kanban view in Tasks) and to the project Stage board.
Where to find it
Menu: Utilities › Kanban appearance · Address: hub.siteconnect.ai/settings/kanban-themeWho can use it: people with the Settings · View permission can open the page; saving needs Settings · Edit. Admins can do both. See Roles and permissions.
The Preview at the top of the page redraws as you change options. It uses sample cards, so the text differs from your own tasks, but the style is exactly what your boards will show.
Start from a preset
Under Presets, click the one closest to what you want:
Preset Look Default Light grey columns, rounded white cards Sticky board Darker columns, tighter cards, light rounding Minimal No column background, just separators — easy on the eye with many columns Roomy Wide columns, airy cards — for large screens Dense Narrow columns, small text — fits the most cards Details Information-rich cards under a header in the stage colour Stage-tinted cards The whole column takes the stage colour, with compact cards Single line Each card on one line, like a list — quick to scan long columns Bold background Dark columns with bright cards — for meeting rooms and wall displays Fine-tune it below if you like (see the next sections).
Click Save. You'll see Kanban appearance saved for the whole workspace.
Boards you have open change straight away. Other people see the new look the next time they open or refresh Site Connect.
Fine-tune the cards
Under Card style:
- Layout — Compact (title, a secondary line and a footer), Details (adds a two-column grid of details, a progress bar and the next step) or Single line (one line per card).
- Density — Compact, Regular or Roomy spacing.
- Corner rounding — from Square to Very rounded.
- Border — Hairline border, No border or Coloured left edge.
- Shadow — Flat, Subtle or Raised.
- Accent colour — the colour used for figures, borders and buttons on cards.
Fine-tune the columns
Under Column style:
- Shape — Solid surface, Attached header, different colour, Attached header, same colour or Detached header card. The note next to Shape describes the one you picked.
- Title size, Title weight and Title capitalisation (As typed, First letter only, Every Word or ALL CAPS) for the column names.
- Column header content — Compact, or With total and age.
- Width — drag the slider (220 to 420 pixels).
- Column background — a colour, No background, Follow stage colour or Bold (hover over a swatch to see its name).
- Stage colour shown as — Dot, Bar above column, Coloured label or No colour.
- Column separator — tick Draw a line between columns (suits boards without column backgrounds).
Choose what cards show
Under Information shown on cards, untick anything you don't need to make cards shorter. The names are general because each kind of board maps them to its own fields. On a task board:
| Option | Shows on task cards |
|---|---|
| Labels & status chips | Priority and labels |
| Secondary line (company, project, position) | The project name, on boards that mix projects |
| Figures (value, %, salary) | Subtask progress, in the Details layout |
| Owner | The assignees |
| Due date | The due date |
The Stage board follows the column and card style; what its project cards show stays the same.
Go back to the standard look
Click Reset to default, then Save.
Good to know
- If your role can't save, Site Connect tells you Only administrators can change the Kanban appearance when you click Save, and the page becomes read-only.
- This is a workspace-wide look. Each person can still change how a board is grouped or filtered — see Tasks.
- The Kanban view in the mobile app isn't affected.
- To change the columns themselves (the statuses), see Task statuses.