How can i customize my UI

[Joshuajackson]

Im wondering if its possible to customize UI in merlin. As i would like to update a lil and make it more modern with updates pics and background pics

 

[L&LD]

RMerlin doesn't offer those options.

But if you have programming know-how (or know someone who does and is familiar with how your RMerlin-powered Asus router does things internally), yes it is possible.

 

[Joshuajackson]

ive seen a old post https://www.snbforums.com/threads/personalizing-gui-appearance-solved.29770/ seems pretty simple however its very outdated and idk if its still same procedure since FTP is not an option no more unless theres a way around it

 

[L&LD]

You can attempt it with ssh, PuTTy, and WinSCP.

 

[Joshuajackson]

You can attempt it with ssh, PuTTy, and WinSCP.

i got access to the file system and able to view them. However its view only and cant write. How do i give myself permission to write?

 

[RMerlin]

How do i give myself permission to write?

You can't. It's a read-only flash filesystem.

 

[Joshuajackson]

You can't. It's a read-only flash filesystem.

Ohh okay, so it used to be thing but not anymore?

 

[Joshuajackson]

You can't. It's a read-only flash filesystem.

Was able to give myself read and write permission, not sure if i was able to do that but heres how i did it. SSH into the router and put this command in mount -o remount,rw '/'

 

[ColinTaylor]

Was able to give myself read and write permission, not sure if i was able to do that but heres how i did it. SSH into the router and put this command in mount -o remount,rw '/'

That won't work properly. If you want to change specific files used by the webUI use the rebind technique described in the thread you referenced in post #3.

 

[Joshuajackson]

it works for me

 

[ColinTaylor]

it works for me

What meant was that it is not a particularly good method because the changes would be wiped out every time there was a firmware update.

 

[Joshuajackson]

What meant was that it is not a particularly good method because the changes would be wiped out every time there was a firmware update.

Yeah true you do have a point. I tried doing the method listed in that old post however im lost asf

 

[ColinTaylor]

Yeah true you do have a point. I tried doing the method listed in that old post however im lost asf

Say you wanted to customise the Asus logo in the top left of the UI (/www/images/New_ui/asustitle.png). Place your new logo somewhere in /jffs (e.g. /jffs/webUI/asustitle.png) and then mount bind it over the original.

mount -o bind /jffs/webUI/asustitle.png /www/images/New_ui/asustitle.png

Now to apply that change every time the router boots up you'd put that command into a services-start user script.

Here's one I created earlier :


I guess it depends on what it is exactly you're wanting to change.

 

[Joshuajackson]

Say you wanted to customise the Asus logo in the top left of the UI (/www/images/New_ui/asustitle.png). Place your new logo somewhere in /jffs (e.g. /jffs/webUI/asustitle.png) and then mount bind it over the original.

mount -o bind /jffs/webUI/asustitle.png /www/images/New_ui/asustitle.png

Now to apply that change every time the router boots up you'd put that command into a services-start user script.

Here's one I created earlier :
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I guess it depends on what it is exactly you're wanting to change.

It doesnt seem like it gets rid of the original logo though as you can see in your test

 

[ColinTaylor]

It doesnt seem like it gets rid of the original logo though as you can see in your test

It does. I made a copy of the original logo and scribbled on it in Paint.

 

[Joshuajackson]

It does. I made a copy of the original logo and scribbled on it in Paint.

OHHH my bad. Thanks for helping out much appreciated