> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fayneos.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Customize Your Academy's Branding and Identity

> Set your academy name, tagline, logo, brand colors, and email sender identity so every student touchpoint reflects your brand, not Fayne's.

Your branding settings control what students see: the name and tagline on your landing page, your logo in the header, your brand color throughout the site, and the sender name on the emails your academy sends. On a paid plan, every surface is yours, with no Fayne label visible to students. (During the free trial, academies run in preview mode and show a small "Powered by Fayne" badge until you upgrade.)

## What you can configure

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Academy name and tagline" icon="type">
    The name and tagline appear on your public landing page and in the browser tab. Your tagline is the short line that appears beneath your academy name.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Logo" icon="image">
    Upload a separate logo for light mode and dark mode. Accepted formats are SVG, PNG, JPG, and WEBP, up to 2MB. Your logo appears in the site header and on authentication screens.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Brand color" icon="palette">
    Your brand color drives buttons, links, and key highlights across your academy, in both light and dark mode.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Favicon and social image" icon="aperture">
    Set a favicon for the browser tab and a social sharing image for when your academy link is shared.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Set up your branding

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Branding settings">
    In your owner dashboard, click **Branding** in the left sidebar. A live preview of your academy appears on the right side of the screen and updates as you make changes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set your academy name and tagline">
    Enter your academy name and a short tagline. The tagline appears directly beneath your name on the public landing page. Keep it to one sentence.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Upload your logo">
    Click the logo upload area and select your image file. If you want a different logo to appear in dark mode (for example, a white version of your logo), upload it in the **Dark mode logo** field.

    <Tip>
      SVG files scale cleanly at any size. If you have an SVG version of your logo, use it here.
    </Tip>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose your brand color">
    Click the color swatch to open the color picker, or enter a hex code directly to match your brand guidelines. The live preview updates immediately.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set your subdomain">
    Your academy's `fayneos.com` subdomain is edited here in Branding, alongside the live preview. Choose a subdomain made of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save and preview">
    Click **Save**. Use the live preview panel or open your academy URL to see the branding applied in full.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Email sender identity

Transactional emails from your academy are sent under your academy's own sender identity (sender name and, when you verify a sending domain, your own domain), not Fayne's. This covers emails like signup confirmation, magic link sign-in, course access notifications, and academy access changes. Your sender identity is configured in your academy's email settings.

<Note>
  Until you verify a custom sending domain, emails still use your academy's sender name but go out from a shared Fayne sending domain. The from-name your students see is always yours.
</Note>

## Your academy URL

Your academy is accessible at a subdomain in the format:

```text theme={null}
yourname.fayneos.com
```

You choose the subdomain in **Branding**, and the subdomain powers your student landing page, your course detail pages, and your authentication screens. To connect a fully custom domain, see the [Custom Domain](/academy/custom-domain) guide (that lives under **Settings > Domain**, which shows your subdomain read-only and manages custom domains).

## White-label

On a paid plan, no Fayne branding appears in the student experience. Your students see your name in the header, your color throughout the UI, your logo on every screen, and your sender name in their inbox.

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Do light and dark mode use different colors?">
    Your brand color is applied in both modes. The difference between modes is your logo: you can upload a separate light-mode and dark-mode version so the logo always reads clearly against the background.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What email flows use my sender identity?">
    Transactional emails use your sender identity, including signup confirmation, magic link sign-in, one-time passcode, course assigned, course access revoked, and academy access removed.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I update my branding after I launch?">
    Yes. Changes take effect immediately. Students who reload the page see the updated branding. There is no re-publishing step for branding changes alone.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>