Themes and customization

The theme defines the visual appearance of the projection — colors, fonts, positioning, shadows. It's what gives your church its visual identity on the 2nd screen.

Salterium has two independent theme sets: one for songs, another for the live Bible. Each can have a completely different look — which makes sense (the Bible usually asks for something more restrained, the song can have more personality).

The 5 ready presets

You don't need to start from scratch. Salterium comes with 5 themes ready for immediate use:

| Theme | Visual | |---|---| | Default | Pure black, Fraunces serif — classic, neutral, works in any service | | Sepia | Burnt beige with gradient, Cormorant Garamond — warm, liturgical, evokes old book | | Wine | Deep wine, Crimson Text — solemn, formal | | Forest | Deep green, Lora — serene, contemplative | | High Contrast | Pure black/white, Merriweather Bold — maximum accessibility |

You select a preset with one click and it applies immediately. Can be the endpoint (presets cover most churches) or the starting point for customization.

Total customization

Each theme has dozens of adjustable fields. You can change everything — or just two or three fields that matter for your church.

Background

• Solid color — a single tone
• Gradient — two colors with customizable angle (0–360°)
• Image — URL of an image (or future upload), with adjustable opacity so it doesn't compete with the text

Typography

• Family — 12 font options (serif, sans-serif, mono), including Fraunces, Cormorant, Lora, Crimson, Merriweather, Inter, IBM Plex…
• Weight — Light, Regular, Medium, Semibold, Bold
• Style — normal or italic
• Minimum size — auto-fit won't go below this

Colors

• Main text (--mesa-ink) — where the song lyric appears
• Secondary text (--mesa-mute) — eyebrows, numbering, footer
• Repeat marker (BIS) — independent from the two above. Can be an accent color matching the church's identity
• Text shadow — 0 to 100% intensity. Useful when the background is an image or gradient and the text needs more contrast

Positioning

• Song title — 6 corners available (4 edges + top-center + bottom-center). Or hidden completely
• Numbering — next to the title or separate
• Padding — how much space between text and screen edges

Header and Footer (optional)

Bars on top and/or bottom of the projection with:

• Own color independent from the background
• Adjustable height
• Content — can have logo, church name, verse of the day, countdown to the next service, anything

Logo

• Image URL
• Position — any corner
• Maximum size
• Opacity — so it doesn't dominate the slide

Live preview

Every change you make in the theme configuration appears immediately on the configuration page itself — live preview applying what you chose. You adjust, see the result, adjust again. When it's the way you want, save.

Two sets: songs and Bible

Salterium keeps separate themes for songs and Bible. The fields are the same, but the choices can differ:

• Songs — well crafted, possibly with gradient, highlighted BIS marker, discreet logo
• Bible — usually cleaner, no gradient, maximum focus on text

Access via separate menus in Configuration → Themes → Songs and Configuration → Themes → Bible.

Who can edit

Only administrators can edit the church's theme — it affects the whole projection, so it's a team decision, not an operator's.

See Team and permissions to understand the roles better.

Next steps

• The operator's desk — back to operation, now with the theme configured
• Team and permissions — who can change the theme
• Projectable notices — notices have their own canvas, independent of the song theme