You select different navigation options to customize the
authoring portlet for different types of users.
The home page
The home page is a simple
user interfaced personalized for the current user. The authoring portlet
can be configured to either display a basic or standard home page.
- Basic home page
- The basic home page is designed for content authors who need to
create content items and other simple item types only. Content authors
would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer.
The basic home page allows the creation of content by using up to
six different authoring templates. The authoring templates that are
displayed are the favorites of the current user, the most recently
used by the current user, and any predefined authoring templates.
- Standard home page
- One section of the standard home page is used to create items
and open favorite locations. Another section of the standard home
page is used to view recent activity. This interface is designed for
content authors who need to complete tasks such as creating content,
editing their draft content and approving and declining content. Content
authors would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer.
The library explorer
The library explorer
is a more advanced user interface than the home page. It displays
different lists of items you have access to. You can select a library
and browse through the different item-type views within each library.
You can choose to display an explorer tree to assist you browse through
the items in each library.
The navigation bar
When configured to be visible,
the navigation bar is displayed next to either the home page or library
explorer. You can access lists of items by using the navigation bar.
- Item views
You use this view to quickly display lists of related items:
- Use the All items view to select different
views by item type and item state.
- Use the Deleted items view to view deleted
items.
- Use the External links view to view links
that are referenced in link elements.
- Use the Projects view to select different
list of projects.
- Group by Views
You can view filtered lists of related items from the "Group
by" navigator:
- Use the authoring template filter to display
lists of items that use the same authoring template.
- Use the category filter to display lists
of items that profiled with the same category.
- Use the workflow filter to display lists
of items that use the same workflow.
- Personal views
You use this view to display lists of:
- Recent items, which are items you created,
viewed or edited in the current session.
- Favorite items, which are items you marked
as "favorites".
- Favorite locations, which are views you marked
as "favorites".
- My items, which displays various lists
of items where you are specified as an author.
- My deleted items, which displays deleted
items where you are specified as an author.
- My pending approvals, which are items that
are pending approval where you are individually specified as a reviewer.
- Open views and items
- Any views or items that are currently open are listed in the Open
Views or Open Items sections of
the navigation bar.