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OneStart page types

Tab – pages across the top, immutable Section – pages down the left Subsection – pages under sections My Group Page – pages under the My

Groups Tab

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Publishing in OneStart

XML content RSS XML datasources XML includes (to be used in XML)

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Creating a New Page

Title: Name of your page Description: Details of what your page

is for Email: Contact address Active: Active/Not Active Column Layout: Size of Columns

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Permissions

Permissions are used throughout OneStart to define access to view, edit, and use the resources you create

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Viewing Permissions

Specify which users have access to view your XML and RSS content: ADS Group All users Safeword Users Primary Student Role Role Campus Campus & Role Other Permissions

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Publishing Permissions

Publishing permissions are set for XML content, XML includes, XML datasources, RSS feeds, and My Groups Pages. Specify which ADS groups have access to make modifications to your content

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Using Permissions

Available when creating/editing XML includes and datasources Allows you to specify which ADS groups can use your XML include or datasource on their XML content

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Publishing Exercise #1

Using your own name as the title, create a My Group page

Make it viewable to all users Give publishing permissions to the ADS

group BL-UITS-ONESTART2-TRAINING

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Publish XML

XML Content allows developers to add information about their department or area to the OneStart portal We’ll discuss the specifics of writing XML Content in the next class

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Portal Content-XML fields

Title: Provide a title for the portal content. Description: Provide a brief description of the portal content. Contact Email: Provide an email address for troubleshooting and content clarification. Category: Select a category in which the portal content will be placed.

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Portal Content-XML fields,continued Search Keywords (optional): Keywords used during OneStart searches. Active: Contents only appear on pages when set to “active”. Active Begin Date (optional): Select an initial date to display the content in the OneStart portal. Overrides “active” setting. Active End Date (optional): Select a final date to display the content in the OneStart portal. Overrides “active” setting.

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Content Source

Content Location: Select OneStart Database to store content on OneStart servers Remote URL (optional): Only necessary if you’re storing content (xml file) in a remote location Refresh Interval in Minutes (optional): If storing content in a remote location, set how often OneStart should retrieve it XML: Insert your XML code here (We’ll cover XML content coding in the next class)

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Supporting Pages

Help Content Page Number (optional): set the content-page to which a user is directed when they select the “help” option from the drop-down menu Edit Content Page Number (optional): set the content-page to which a user is directed when they select the “edit” option from the drop-down menu Sponsor's Website (optional): Provide sponsor's web address as a reference Sponsor's Website Display Name (optional): Provide a title for the sponsor's website

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Visual Presentation Options

Show Borders: Display borders around the content Show Header: Display the content header Show Title: Display the title of the content in the header Show Options Drop Down: Display a drop down box that provides the users with additional viewing options, and the ability to add the content to their preferred content list Show Contact Email in More Info: Display contact email at the bottom of the content Show Sponsor's Website in More Info: Display sponsor's web link at the bottom of the content

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Visual Presentation Options,continued Use Padding: Create a line space at sides of the content. Remove Decoration on Zoom: Removes borders, heading, options on zoom. Column Width: Select a column size to display the content.

• Any Size Column: Can display the content in any size columns.• Wide Column Only: Display the content at wider columns (column size of 1, 1/2 , or 2/3); suitable for tables and charts.

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Links/Includes:Content Navigation Links

Allows for tab navigation of content-pages within your XML Link Label: Title for the content-page that appears on the tab Link Value: the content-page number specified in XML Will discuss content-pages in greater depth in XML content class

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Create XML Include

Reusable blocks of XML Can be used in your any of your XML contents Commonly used variables, content pages, or any primary XML tag

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Create XML Datasource

Name: Name in OneStart for the datasource. This will be referenced in your XML contents. Username: Your normal username to access your datasource. Password/Confirm Password: Your password to connect to your datasource. Driver: OneStart supports Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and MySql. Url: Source URL to connect to the data driver. Validation Query: verifies the current datasource pulled from the pool is available.

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Publish RSS

Very similar to XML Content publishing, main difference is RSS source section RSS Source Settings:

• URL: Provide a web link that connects to the particular web resource. "http://" is required. Ex: http://www.example.com/rss.xml• Refresh Interval in Minutes: Set a time to refresh the interval which is in minutes; the default setting is 60 minutes.

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Publishing Exercise #2

In Eclipse, see the file "portletTraining/Exercises/PublishingExercise2.xml"

Create an XML content using this xml file and set the title as: "Publishing Exercise 2 <your name>"

Make it viewable to all users and give publishing permissions to the ADS group BL-UITS-ONESTART2-TRAINING

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Content on Pages

Add new content to a page Move existing content on a page Remove content from the page Controlled from the page in edit mode

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Add Content to a Page

Click Add Content Select the category of the content you

wish to add Select the content Click Add this content Choose the column in which to place

the content

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Move Content on a Page

While in a page's edit mode, click the arrows to shift content in that direction.

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Remove Content from a Page

While in a page's edit mode, click the red 'X' to remove the content.

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Announcements

Published at the top of your page, above contents

Displayed to visitors of your page who meet the announcement's permissions

Can be acknowledged by users Supports HTML.

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Publishing Exercise #3

Put the XML content you created in Exercise #2 on the left column of your My Group page.

Move the content to the right column. Create an announcement on the page

that says "Welcome to training!"

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General Publishing Future Enhancements

Scheduling announcements by the minute

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Additional Information

Tutorial available at: https://uisapp2.iu.edu/confluence/x/M4Cd