Hi!
For the App Challenge, we created an app that loads an external webpage during the process. Are we allowed to brand this page with Monday.com look and feel (logo, font, etc.)?
Heyyyy @jeromeskiply 
That is a great question! This is something Iāll have to check back with our team just to be sure 
As soon as Iāll have an update, Iāll let you know.
Edit: Actually, on second thought, I would really love a bit more detail to your question here, as Iām sure that would make answering your specific need more of a precise process for us. Could you please elaborate exactly what youād like to achieve, and Iāll take it from there?
Iām looking forward to hearing from you soon!
-Alex
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Thanks @AlexSavchuk,
I had a conversation with @dipro today regarding this. Basically, we agreed that we will use Monday.com design system, but not Monday.com logo.
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@jeromeskiply thanks so much for sharing that here! That will help other users with the same question find their answer without having to ask Nice one!
-Alex
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Perfect @AlexSavchuk. My understanding is that the most important point is that there should be no possible confusion between our services and Monday.com, ie nobody should think that we are afiliates in any way.
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@AlexSavchuk what about using the Monday loading gifs in a dashboard widget?
Thinking of the ubiquitous bouncing āMā.
Hey @anderslyman,
Thatās an awesome question!
I believe the same logic would apply. Since the app is built on your end, I would recommend introducing your own loading animation as well in order to avoid confusion for our users - that way, theyād know for sure that the app is built by your team.
Does that make sense?
-Alex
Absolutely!
Also, kindaā¦ maybe. No?
Haha, I donāt mean to be disingenuous but myself, and possibly others, will need help navigating things because one of the stated goals of the hackathon is:
āThe user experience your app provides, the UI/UX quality, following the monday.com design system and āmonday likeā app - how much your app feels like a monday product.ā
So it sounds like thereās a line between āfeeling like a Monday productā and āfeeling exactly like a Monday productā.
Iāmā¦ unclear how to navigate that line, but I can certainly swap out the loading gif, and Iāll happily work through anything else thatās ātoo much like Monday.comā (or whatever the criteria/line is), if something else comes up during review of the app.
Sorry for the novelā¦ In short, happy to comply, but maybe not totally sure how. 
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Thank you for providing further context to what your thought process here is! I appreciate it, and Iād rather read a community-written novel like this than a 6-word story when it comes to building apps, if that makes sense 
Iāll double-check on this with the team just to make sure here, but from my understanding, the loading GIF would make more sense to make your own to avoid the app being perceived as built by our team. We wouldnāt want to take credit for your hard work, and in my opinion, seeing the monday.com logo on a 3rd-party app might be a little counter-intuitive for users that might end up getting issues with using the app - who should they reach out to?
Iād say the branding should be made with our design guidelines and overall look of the platform in spirit, but not to be a carbon-copy. Do you think that approach makes sense to apply?
-Alex
Let me restate it and see if it makes sense to you.
- In terms of UI, matching Monday as close as possible is great, and encouraged.
- In terms of branding, which includes the logo and loading animations (which I didnāt realize was considered branding, but does make sense since itās the āMā), use our own.
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Yes, that sounds perfect to me! Thank you for making an effort to ensure weāre aligned and on the same page here
-Alex
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