Configuration Manager

Contents

1. Introduction
    1.1 Features     1.2 Assumptions
    1.3 Convetions

2. Features
    2.1 Areas features
    2.2 Site features
    2.3 Alerts features

3. Configuration Manager

4. Areas
    4.1 Areas
    4.2 Add an area
    4.3 Edit basic properties of this area
    4.4 Configure theme 'Theme Name' for area n
    4.5 Reset properties of theme themename for area n (Area Name)
    4.6 Delete an area

5. Site
    5.1 Site configuration

6. Alerts

7. Concluding remarks

1. Introduction

With the Configuration Manager - provided you have access permissions to one or more of its parts - you manage areas, the general site configuration and alerts. To explain its features please read on.

1.1 Features

1.2 Assumptions

This chapter builds on other chapters. We assume you have an installation with demo data and the Website@School Users Guide. and you have full access to Website@School.
Next to that we assume you have read the Introduction, Logging in and out and completely performed the Guided Tour.

1.3 Conventions

Some general features of W@S are not that easily found. Some corrrespond with the markup of this manual text, so we explain them both here.

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2. Features

2.1 Areas features

The area manager has the following features

2.2 Site features

The site manager has the following features:

2.3 Alerts features

The site manager has the following features:

3. Configuartion Manager

Clicking the Configuration Manager icon, opens the Configuartion Manager dialogue:

[ Configuration Manager: opeing screen ]
guidedtour_configurationmanager_overview.png

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4. Areas

This paragraph discusses setting up sites (areas). After selecting Areas, the Areas dialogue opens:

4.1 Areas overview

In the Menu, Areas is selected, thus underlined. In Areas the list of areas is shown:

[ Configuration Manager: areas overview ]
guidedtour_configurationmanager_areas_overview.png
Explanation:

4.2 Add an area

[ Configuration: Manager add area ]
guidedtour_configurationmanager_add_area.png
Explanation:

4.3 Edit basic properties of this area

[ cofiguration manager area edit basic properties ]
configurationmanager_area_basic_properties_edit.png
Explanation:

4.4 Configure theme 'Theme Name' for are n

Here the properties of the previously chosen theme can be configured. This means that the dialogue below can differ from theme to theme, according to the properties of that theme.

Below the properties of the 'frugal' theme are described. For the configuration of other themes, see the chapter Themes.

IS DAT EEN IDEE? Een hoofdstuk waarin alleen dialogen staan als die hieronder?

Theme: Frugal

[ cofiguration manager area edit basic properties ]
configurationmanager_frugal.png

[ configuration manaager edit theme properties top ] [ configuration manaager edit theme properties  bottom ]
configurationmanager_area_theme_properties_edit_top.png
configurationmanager_area_theme_properties_edit_bottom.png
Explanation:

3.5 Reset properties of theme themename for area n (Area Name)

Reet the theme

[ configuration manager reset theme ]
configurationmanager_area_theme_reset.png

You are about to overwrite the existing theme properties with the default values. Are you sure you want to continue?

WIST DIT ALLES VAN EXTRA STYLE AT AREA LEVEL?
EERST SAVEN MET CUT EN PASTE?

3.6 Delete an area

To delete an area, you must have the rights to delete areas and the area must be empty.
NOTICE:
In general it's a bad idea to delete an area. Maybe it contains content that now seems useless but that might becomes useful in a year or so. Maybe it's a better idea to rename the area as 'Archive: [areaname]', make it inaccessible and put it at the bottom of the areas row.

Clicking the 'Trashcan' on a deletable area opens the Confirm delete of area Area Name:

[ explanation x ]
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5. Site

Here the global settings of the site are configured.

NOTICE:
If you do not know what you are doing here, it's better to leave this section untouched. It's not necessary to change any of these values in a normal shcool situation.

5.1 Site configuration

After selecting Site, the Site configuration dialogue opens:

[ configuration manager, site configuration top ] [ configuration manager, site configuration bottom ]
configurationmanager_site_configure_top.png
configurationmanager_site_configure_bottom.png
Explanation:

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6. Alerts

About alerts

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7. Concluding remarks

None so far

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Author: Dirk Schouten <schoutdi (at) knoware (dot) nl>
Last updated: 2011-02-02