Add the content area to a user profile

When a user navigates to an object, the view opens that is defined for the object class in the class settings for the user profile. You can provide access to content areas in one of the following ways:

Add a class independent content area to a user profile via the menu of the user profile.

Add class-independent content areas to content areas as content item.

Assign a class-based content area to a user profile. The content area will open when a user navigates to an object of the respective object class.

Independent from the method used to add the content area to the user profile, you can adapt the content area in the relevant class settings to change the default content and functionality for the specific user profile.

• Assign a class-based content area to a user profile
  • You have created a class -based content area for an object class.
  • You have created a user profile , a view scheme for the user profile and definition of the class settings for the relevant object class. The class settings are assigned to the view scheme and the view scheme to the user profile.

  1. Go to the Presentation tab in Alfabet Expand.
  2. Expand the Class Settings node in the explorer and expand the folder of the relevant object class.
  3. Click the class settings assigned to the relevant user profile via the view scheme.
  4. Select the class-based content area in the Object View attribute.
• Add a class independent content area to the navigation menu of a user profile
  • You have created a class independent content area.
  • You have created a user profile. The following procedure does not include the creation of a new user profile.
  • If you would like an icon to be displayed in the navigation menu for the new navigation menu item, you must have uploaded the icon to the icon gallery.

  1. Go to the Admin tab in Alfabet Expand.
  2. Expand the node of the relevant user profile.
  3. Right-click the user profile node to add a menu item on the upper level of the menu hierarchy or an existing menu item node to create a sub-menu item and select Create Menu Item.
  4. Click the new menu item in the explorer and define the following:
     • Target Type: Select ContentArea.
     • Target: Select the content area that shall open when the user clicks the menu item. Make sure that you select a class independent content area. Both class based and class independent content areas will be available in the drop-down list.
     • Caption: Define the caption of the menu item in the navigation menu.
     • Icon: Optionally select an icon to be displayed in front of the caption in the navigation menu. Open the editor of the attribute, select the relevant icon gallery and select the icon in the list of icons in the icon gallery.

       Open an editor for an attribute

       Click in the attribute value field. A button for opening the editor appears on the right of the field.

• Add a class-independent content area to a content area
  1. Go to the Presentation tab in Alfabet Expand.
  2. Expand the node of the content area under the Content Areas node in the explorer.
  3. Right-click the content page node in the explorer and select Add Content Area Item.
  4. Select the content area in the selector.
  5. Click the new content area content item node and define the attributes.

     The definition of either an Item preview image or an Item preview report is mandatory.

     • Caption: Define the caption of the content area in the content area item. By default, the caption of the content area is displayed.
     • Width and Height: You can change the default width and height to enlarge the content area item. A better method for re-sizing is available directly via the web-based content area designer.
     • Default Visibility:Set the attribute to Hidden if the content item shall not be visible directly in the content page but only available via the content repository.

       For customers migrating from Alfabet 11.8 to Alfabet 11.9 the attribute will be set to Hidden for content pages which were in Alfabet 11.8 available in the configuration in Alfabet Expand but hidden in the default configuration.

     • Visibility Conditions: Visibility Conditions: If you want the content item to be only visible under specific circumstances, you can define a condition element testing whether the specific circumstances apply. You can then select the condition element in this attribute. The content item will be visible if the condition applies. For example, a condition specifies that the content item shall only be visible for users in user group B. The condition checks the user group configuration for the current user at runtime and hides the content item if the user is not a member of user group B.
     • Background color: Select a color from the color picker if you want to display the content item with another color than the white default color.
     • Foreground color: Select a color from the color picker if you want to display the caption of the content item in another color than the black default color.
     • Item preview image: If you select a preview image, the image is displayed in the content item beneath the caption and the user must click the caption to view the content area. Open the editor. First select the icon gallery the icon is assigned to, then select the icon from the list of icons in the icon gallery.

       Open an editor for an attribute

       Click in the attribute value field. A button for opening the editor appears on the right of the field.

     • Item preview image color Style Group / Item preview image color Style: If you selected an SVG image in the Item preview image attribute, you could configure the SVG to change the color dependent on the custom theme a user selected for coloring the user interface. Click for an overview of the definition of color themes. Select the style group for coloring the SVG image in the Item preview image color Style Group attribute and the style in the Item preview image color Style attribute.
     • Item preview report: If you select a preview report, the preview report is displayed in the content item beneath the caption and the user must click the caption to view the content area. Select a configured report that shall be displayed instead of the content area from the list. You can either define an item preview report or an item preview image. If you define both, the item preview image will supersede the item preview report. The definition of either a preview image or a preview report is mandatory for content area items.