Jason Stortz Midland Information Resources Session

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Jason StortzMidland Information
ResourcesSession 95
WARNING DEMO IMMINENT SIT CLOSE!
Oracle Site Studio Contributor Customization
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Speaker Qualifications

• Jason Stortz
• Content Team Manager
• Midland Information Resources
• http//www.midlandcorp.com
• Core Content Only (Blog)
• http//www.corecontentonly.com
• Frequents Oracle ECM Forums

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Presentation Goals

• Contributor Look Feel
• New Contributor introduction
• Customizing
• Custom Element Forms
• Warnings
• Purpose
• Basic development
• Contributor Console
• Enabling
• When, why and how to use

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Previous Contributor

• Client side install
• Windows-centric
• No customization

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New Contributor

• Web based
• Two Editor options
• FCK (Default)
• Ephox
• Easily customizable

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Site Studio/Contributor Demo

• Quick Site Studio 10gR4 recap
• Create site
• Create element
• Create region definition
• Use default region template
• Use default placeholder
• Create page
• Lets See A Demo!

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Customizing Contributor Demo

• Change strings
• Change graphics
• Add functionality
• Sample functionality customizations
• Floating actions
• (pictured to the right)
• Branding
• Advanced help
• Lets See A Demo!

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Custom Element Forms

• Replaces standard elements in the contributor
• Can represent or be used for
• Business logic
• Complex data
• Advanced display
• Context based help
• WARNING Not backwards compatible
• Custom element forms created prior to 10.1.3.3.3
  must be rewritten

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Example Forms

• Controlling drop downs

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Example Forms (contd)

• Background settings

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Custom Element Form Demo
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Contributor Console

• Show traffic between Contributor app and server
• Examine returned data
• Debug JavaScript issues

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Enabling Console

• Find ltinstallgtcustom\SiteStudio\support
• Copy wcm.console.htm
• Paste into ltinstallgt\weblayout\resources\wcm\base
• Paste
• Invoke by holding
• CTRL
• ALT
• SHIFT
• C

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Console Debugging

• Console displays JavaScript errors
• Console has built in logging
• D().log('log message.', window)
• D().note('note message', window)
• D().error('error message', window)
• D().warn('warn message', window)
• D().todo('todo message', window)
• Assertions
• D().test("'Test' 'Test'", window)
• D().test("'test' ! 'Test'", window)

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Console Debugging (contd)

• Color-coded highlighting
• D().request('request message', window)
• D().response('response message', window)

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Console Debugging (contd)

• Time your code
• D().startProfiling('MyTimingKey')
• D().stopProfiling('MyTimingKey')

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Console Debugging (contd)

• Managing callbacks
• D().setCallback('CallbackTest', CB(window,
  function(win)
• alert('Performing Callback')
• D().log('CallbackTest executed!', window)
• ))
• D().getCallback('CallbackTest')(window)
• D().removeCallback('CallbackTest')

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Console Debugging Demo

• Lets See A Demo!

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Where Have We Been?

• Contributor Look Feel
• Custom Element Forms
• Contributor Console
• TIP Look at the JavaScript source code!

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Questions?

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Thank You!!

• Please complete your evaluation form
• Session info
• Jason Stortz
• Oracle Site Studio Contributor Customization
• 95
• http//www.corecontentonly.com
• jason_at_corecontentonly.com