TLC2 Web Workshop

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• March 23rd 2005
• Application Solutions Group

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Application Solutions Group

• Web portal development
• Database applications
• Consultations
• Application Project Management

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Services

• Research Data Integration
• Education assessments
• Scholar Enrichment Database Application
• Program Reporting Administration
• Finance Proposal
• Time Project Tracking
• Progress Statistics
• Web Portal Development
• Open Source Content management System

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Workshop Topics

• Overview
• Review from Previous Workshops
• Setting Up Your Portal
• Summarize
• Q A

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• Background Overview

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What is Zope? What is Plone?
Plone CMS

• Zope
• http//www.zope.org
• Open Source web application server
• Primarily written in Python
• Allows through the web development model
• Plone
• http//www.plone.org
• Open Source Content Management System
• Interoperate with Linux, Windows, Mac OS X,
  Solaris, and BSD
• Allows you to manage web content

Zope Application Server
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Usage Model

• Anonymous
• Anyone that visits the site and can only view
  public content
• Members
• Anyone registered to the site
• Can view user content and add/edit own content
• Content Owner
• Anyone given the content owner role
• Can add/edit own content based on ownership
• Managers
• Anyone given the manager role
• Site administration and development

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• Review from Previous Workshop
• (Member Usage of the Portal)
• Updated Environment.

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Joining a Portal

• Click the Join button
• Fill out the Registration form
• Click the Register button
• You can automatically login

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Logging in

• Click the login button
• Complete the login form
• Click the login button

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• Setting up

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Setting Preferences

• Click the My Preferences button
• Change you password
• Change your personal preferences
• Full Name, Email, Portrait, etc.

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Applying Shell Templates

• Click My Folder
• Click Shell Layout
• Click Site Default, if exists
• Select the templates and click Save

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Adding Items

• Click My Folder
• Click Folder Contents
• Select the Item to add

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Items

• Event Usually added into a Calendar folder.
• File Adds a file of any type to the current
  folder.
• Folder Adds a new sub folder.
• Image Adds an image to the current folder.
• News Adds News item which can be aggregated to a
  news section.
• Photo Adds pictures to a Photo Album.
• Photo Album Adds a gallery to the current
  folder.
• Text Document Adds a regular text document to
  the current folder.
• Transparent Folder Adds a Transparent Folder to
  the current folder.
• Web Page Adds a new Web Page to the current
  folder.

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Submitting Content

• Check the files to be approved
• Click Change Status
• Enter information
• Select Submit and click save

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• Managing the Portal

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Your Portal

• Look at the number on you computer
• A Portal has been created according to this
  number
• This Portal will be your workspace for the
  workshop

Example 1 portal1 2 portal2 etc.
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Log into your Portal

• Your Portal Manager Account is manager/123tlc2
• As a Manager, there will be new menu items across
  the top

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Setup the Shell Template

• Header, Navigation, and Footer
• This will be the default style anonymous and new
  users will see

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Create a Folder

• Click My Folder
• Click the root folder on the left panel
• This is where you will be able to add/edit
  site-wide folders.
• Sample site wide folders Calendar, Events, News,
  Images, Contact, and Member List.
• Create a News and Event Folder

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Create a Web Page

• At the root folder, click the index_html item
• This is the default page anonymous viewers will
  see when visiting your webpage
• Name (ID)
• Title Details about the page
• Description Hidden details about the page

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Apply Content Template

• Choose templates (16)
• Types
• Front page
• With images
• Slots
• Combinations

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Add New Items

• Select the Folder
• Click Folder Contents
• Select the Item to add

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Create a News Item

• Return to the root folder
• Click the News folder you created
• Select the News Item
• Click the Add New Item and select News Item from
  the drop down menu

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Create an Event

• Return to the root folder
• Click the Events folder you created
• Select the News Item
• Click the Add New Item and select Event from the
  drop down menu

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Publish Items

• Return to the root folder
• Check the files to be approved
• Click Change Status
• Enter information
• Select Publish and click save

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TLC2 Web Workshop

• Summary

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Question and Answer

• Open to the floor

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Survey

• Thanks for coming!