Defining user interface options

Use User Interface Options section to define the user interface options of an authoring portlet.

1. Select a visibility option for the navigation bar. This is the section of the authoring portlet that displays navigational links to the item views, group by views, and personal views.

   Show

   If this option is selected, the navigation bar is visible when the home page, launch page, or item forms are displayed.

   Hide

   If this option is selected, the navigation bar is hidden when the home page, launch page, or item forms are displayed. This is the recommended option for users who only need to perform basic web content management tasks.

   Hide when home page or launch page is open

   If this option is selected, the navigation bar is hidden when the home page or launch page is displayed, but is visible when the item forms are displayed. This means that the initial interface is made simpler, while still having the navigation bar available in other views. This is the recommended option for users who need to perform more complex web content management tasks.

   The navigation bar is always displayed when using the library explorer.

2. Select a default view:

   Basic Home Page

   If selected, the basic home page is displayed when you first access the authoring portlet. The basic home page is designed for content authors who only need to create content items and other simple item types, and who would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer. The basic home page will allow the creation of content using up to six different authoring templates. The authoring templates displayed are the favorites of the current user, and the most recently used by the current user.

   We can define has a set of authoring templates to display on the home page when a user does not have any favorites or recently used items. To do this, add the wcm.authoringui.homePageTemplates parameter to the authoring options in the WCM WCMConfigService service. The paths of the templates should be specified, separated by colons. For example:

   Library 1/Template Name:Library 2/folder/Template Name 2:Library 3/Template Name 3
   

   Home Page

   If selected, the standard home page is displayed when you first access the authoring portlet. One section of the home page is used to create items and open their favorite locations. Another section of the home page is used to view recent activity. This interface is designed for content authors who need to complete tasks such as creating content, editing their draft content and approving and declining content, but who would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer.

   Launch page

   If you have created a custom launch page to use in place of the default user interface, select Launch Page. For example, file.jsp.

   A custom launch page is a JSP file and must be stored in the WAR file directory for the Authoring portlet. PROFILE_ROOT/installedApps/cellname/PA_WCM_Authoring_UI.ear/ilwwcm-authoring.war/jsp/html, where cellname is unique to the installation. Enter the name of the JSP file in the custom launch page field.

   Library Explorer

   To use the default user interface, select Library Explorer.

3. Select Hide the open item and view lists to hide these functions from users in the authoring portlet.

4. To improve performance we can limit the number of tasks a user can open at the same time in the authoring portlet by entering a number in the Maximum open tasks per Authoring Portlet instance field.

5. To improve performance we can limit the number of items a user can select in an index at the same time in the authoring portlet by entering a number in the Maximum selected items per action before warning and Maximum selected items per action before denying the action fields.

6. The number of rows that appear in an index is defined in the Maximum rows per table field.

   • If the value is omitted, this setting defaults to 10.

   • If the value is set then this becomes the default number of items shown per page in the library explorer and other views launched from the view navigator.

   • If the value set is 50 or greater then it will be shown in the quick page size selector within each view.

   • A maximum of 250 rows can be set, but setting the value this high can reduce the performance of the system.

   • This setting does not apply to pop-up dialog and selectors. They always default to 10 items per page.

7. To enable People Awareness, select Enable people awareness. People Awareness allows us to select user names that appear in views and forms within the Authoring Portlet, and send those users an email or Sametime message.

8. Select the default display mode of the library explorer.

   List view mode:

   This mode only displays lists of items as you browse a library.

   Tree view mode:

   This mode displays both lists of items plus a navigational tree as you browse a library.

9. Select the default behavior of the "Save" button. This setting only applies to item types that don't require a template, and site areas created using the default site area template.

Parent: Authoring portlet settings