Page Manager

Contents

1. Introduction
    1.1 Features
    1.2 Assumptions
    1.3 Convetions

2. Page Manager overview

3. Pages
    3.1 Add a page
    3.2 Edit page: Basic properties
    3.3 Edit page: Advanced
    3.4 Edit page: Content
    3.5 Delete pages

4. Sections
    4.1 Add a section
    4.2 Edit section: basic properties
    4.3 Edit section: advanced properties
    4.4 Delete sections

5. Moving pages, sections, areas

6. Locked pages

7. To conclude

1. Introduction

The page manager is the heart of Website@School. Here you create pages and sections, texts with images, and manage them. To explain its features, please read this little introduction.

With the page manager you manage the website of a school. The website contains Areas. An area is a separate part of the website that, for the website visitor, appears as a site on its own. Examples: the site of the Board, a site for the team, for grade 8, for the parents committee, several intranets for them, etcetera.
An area can contain sections, sub-sections, sub-sub-sectons and even deeper. Sections are, like directories, distinct parts of an area. A section can be, for example, 'School info', 'Parents', 'Health Care', etcetera.
A sectrion can contain pages. A page contains a 'module'. A module is a self-contained component of a system, which has a well-defined interface to the other components. In Website@School a module can be virtually everything. It can be a text editor to create pages with texts and images, like the 'School Guide'. It can be a guestbook to fill out by your website visitors, an e-mail page, a Forum, etcetera. For an overview of the available modules, see the Index.

1.1 Features

The general idea of the page manager was described above. Below its main features are described in no particular order.

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. Page Manager overview

We start with an overwiew of the Page Manager. Suppose you were user Herbert. If he were to go to the Page Manager, clicking on the page manager icon [ pagemanager icon ] , he would see:

[ pagemanager main window user herbert ]
pagemanager_open_herbert.png

NOTICE:
Herbert only has access to News. He has no access to several managers (greyd out), to the inactive area (greyed out) and cannot even see the Intranet.

In this manual we assume you have full access permissions, like Wilhelmina Bladergroen, the webmaster. She sees:

[ pagemanager main window ]
pagemanager_open.png

Explanation:

  1. Menu: Depending on the task you are performing the Menu can have two modes:
  2. Workinplace: The right pane of the screen shows the title of the area and it's pages and sections in the form of a 'bottom up' tree. All sections and subsections are displayed minimal.
  3. Add a page : This option will be discussed in detail in the section 3. Pages and its subsections.
  4. Add a section: This option will be discussed in section 4. Sections and its subsections.
  5. Set tree view: Three options are available:
  6. Home icon: A visible home icon indicates the default (opening) page of the area, section or page, i.e what the visitors will see first. A greeyed out Home icons indicate that these sections or pages are not the opening ones.
  7. Trashcan icon: To delete pages and sections is discussed in section 3.5 Deletin pages or 4.4 Delete sections.
  8. Pencil icon: To edit the basic properties of a page or section. These options are discussed in sections 3. Pages and 4. Sections.
  9. Visible/Invisible icons: The icons have two functions. 1. Clicking on the links opens the advanced edit options. 2. The icons indicate whether a page or section is visible, invisible or hidden. These options are discussed in sections 3.3 Edit page: advanced properties and 4.3 Edit secton: advanced properties.
  10. Page/Directory icon: Clicking the 'Display page' icon shows the content of the page in a new window. Clicking on the directory icon opens the directory and shows its underlaying pagens and/or directories.
  11. Page/Section name: The page name gives access to the chosen module. For example, when a text editor was chosen, you can edit text. Or, when the guestbook module was chosen, you can manage the guestbook.
    The section name gives, like the pencil icon, access to the basic properties of the section.
NOTICE:
The icons 8 (pencil), 9 (visible/invisible) and 10 (page/section) lead to 3 options of editing: basic, advanced and content and can serve as shortcuts, saving a mouse click.

3. Pages

3.1 Add a page

To add a pgae, in the Page Manager overview click the Add a page link to open the Add a page dialogue:

[ add a page ]
pagemanager_page_add.png
Explanation:

Proceed by setting basic- and advanced properties and add content.

3.2 Edit page: Basic properties

Clicking on the Pencil icon of a page opens the Edit basic properties of page nn dialogue:

[ page, basic properties ]
pagemanager_page_basic.png
Explanation:

3.3 Edit page: Advanced

Clicking on the page Visible/Invisible icon of a page opens the Edit advanced properties of page nn dialogue:

[ page advanced properties  ]
pagemanager_page_advanced.png
Explanation:

3.4 Edit page: Content

Clicking on the name of the page opens the Content dialogue:

[ pagemanager page content properties ]
pagemanager_page_content.png
Explanation:
The content of the module, in this case the FCK editor, can be modified. Management of modules can be found in the Module Manager.
This feature is not yet implemented.

3.5 Delete pages

Clicking on the Trashcan icon opens the Confirm delete of page nn Pagename (Page description) dialogue:

[ page manager page delete ]
pagemanager_page_delete.png
Explanation:
Your last chance to decide. Are you sure? Is this page not in use anywhere?

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4. Sections

4.1 Add a section

By clicking Add a section, its dialogue opens:

[ page manager add section ]
pagemanager_section_add.png
Explanation:

The newly created section is in the top of the area or opened section. Proceed by setting basic- and advanced properties. Proceed by setting basic- and advanced properties.

4.2 Edit section: basic properties

Clicking on the name or the pencil icon of the newly created section opens the Edit basic properties of section nn dialogue:

[ page manager edit section basic ]
pagemanager_section_basic.png
Explanation:

4.3 Edit section: advanced properties

Clicking the 'visible/invisible page' icon, opns the Edit advance properties of section nn dialogue:

[ page manager section advanced ]
pagemanager_section_advanced.png
Explanation:

4.4 Delete sections

To delete a section, click its Trashcan icon. A section can be immediately deleted when it has pages in it. The pages will also be deleted.
A section cannot be deleted if it contains non-empty subsection(s). These sections first have to be deleted. This is a security feature.

Clicking on the Trashcan to open the Confirm delete of scton nn Section Name (Description of the section) dialogue:

[ page manager delete section with pages ]
pagemanager_section_delete_with_pages.png
Explanation:
The [Delete] button deletes the section and the pages in it, Pressing the [Cancel] button brings you back to the page manager main window.

Trying to delete a section that contains non-empty section(s):

[ page manager subsection not empty ]
pagemanager_section_delete_non_empty_subsection.png

The directory contents of both 'School Info' and 'News' can be seen. You first have to delete the underlying section(s) before you can delete the 'Nees' section.

NOTICE:
Deleting a section with pages that are processed (i.e. in use and thus locked), will delete the the empty sections and pages in it, but not delete the parent section and the locked page(s). You will get an error message.
You first have to unlock the section or page before you can delete it. For details on locking and unlocking, see section 3. Locking and unlocking sections and files.

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5. Moving pages, sections, areas

Sections and pages can be moved wherever you like.

NOTICE:
Please bear in mind that links in pages, for example images, are stored in their areas. Moving an area to another are, or moving a sction with pages, will most probably break the links.

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6. Locked pages

When a user tries to access a page that is already processed by another user, the following message is displayed:

[ page manager locked file  ]
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When you see this message, hop on the bike and start a real life converstion with your colleague on the content of the page.

The page stays locked until the lock is released. This can happen in several ways:

NOTICE:
Do NOT exit your browser by clicking the 'close' icon (the 'X') in the upper right corner of your browser, or by selecting Exit in the broswers Menu. In both ways the file stays locked and the lock will expire after 30 minutes or at night.

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7. To conclude

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Author: Dirk Schouten <schoutdi (at) knoware (dot) nl>
Last updated: 2010-12-30