# Dashboard Settings

## Styling the Embed

#### Customizing Your Embed

There are two ways to customize your Hallway.ai embed: through the visual settings in your dashboard, or by adding custom CSS to your website.

**Dashboard Settings**

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Some customization can be done directly through your character's embed dashboard without any coding. Navigate to your character's Embed tab at hallway.ai/\<characterHandle>/embed.

* Desktop Location: Choose where the embed appears (bottom-right, bottom-left, etc.)
* Initial State: Set whether the embed starts open or closed

Text Content

* Greeting Text: Customize the welcome message users see in the closed state
* Button Text: Change the text on the action button

Appearance

* Background Image: Upload or link to a custom background image for the chat
* Loading Image: Set a custom loading animation (max 250x250px)
* Button Color: Choose your brand color for the push to talk button

Icebreaker Questions

* Questions Display Size: Show questions as hidden, compact, or full
* Custom Questions: Add conversation starters with optional sub-prompts


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```

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