INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Publishing in OneStart  XML content  RSS  XML datasources  XML includes (to be used in XML)

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Creating a New Page  Title: Name of your page  Description: Details of what your page is for  Contact address  Active: Active/Not Active  Column Layout: Size of Columns

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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Portal Content-XML fields  Title: Provide a title for the portal content.  Description: Provide a brief description of the portal content.  Contact Provide an address for troubleshooting and content clarification.  Category: Select a category in which the portal content will be placed.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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)

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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 in More Info: Display contact at the bottom of the content  Show Sponsor's Website in More Info: Display sponsor's web link at the bottom of the content

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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. " is required. Ex: Refresh Interval in Minutes: Set a time to refresh the interval which is in minutes; the default setting is 60 minutes.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Publishing Exercise #2  In Eclipse, see the file "portletTraining/Exercises/PublishingExercise 2.xml"  Create an XML content using this xml file and set the title as: "Publishing Exercise 2 "  Make it viewable to all users and give publishing permissions to the ADS group BL- UITS-ONESTART2-TRAINING

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Move Content on a Page  While in a page's edit mode, click the arrows to shift content in that direction.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Remove Content from a Page  While in a page's edit mode, click the red 'X' to remove the content.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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.

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY 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!"

INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY General Publishing Future Enhancements  Scheduling announcements by the minute

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