Defining the display of a community

To upload a graphic or image for the community

1.  Log on as a user who is a member of at least one Master Admin CAG or a member of the SysAdmin security role.

2.  There are two methods for opening a Community for editing:

□    Choose Communities > Community List. Add a community or edit an existing community in the list.

□    On the Community page, click Edit in the left-hand navigation area.

The Edit Community window appears.

3.  Next to Graphic, click Select image.

4.  Either browse existing files in the Document System or upload a file, then click Insert.

To choose a community layout

1.  Log on as a user who is a member of at least one Master Admin CAG or a member of the SysAdmin security role.

2.  There are two methods for opening a Community for editing:

□    Choose Communities > Community List. Add a community or edit an existing community in the list.

□    On the Community page, click Edit in the left-hand navigation area.

The Edit Community window appears.

3.  Next to Community Layout, click select.

The Document System opens to the CommunityLayouts folder.

4.  Select from one of three community layouts, or create your own content record with Community iParts, place it in the folder, and select it.

□    The Community layout provides one of each type of Community iPart in a TwoColumns50-50 layout.

□    The Community Description layout has two iParts - one is an "About" iPart that displays the Long Description from the community definition, the second is a Recent Activity iPart that displays recent posts and comments.

□    The Community Post Summary layout displays a Recent Activity iPart that displays recent posts and comments, an Announcements iPart in a SingleColumn layout, and a Community Roster iPart in a TwoColumns50-50 layout.

5.  Click Save to save the community with the new layout.

6.  To view the community with the new layout, click the link to the community.

To reposition an iPart on a community

1.  Go to the community page.

2.  Enable the Surf-to-Edit feature: click the Surf-to-Edit (STE) icon at top right.

3.  Click the Content Record icon that represents the Communities content record, typically in the upper right hand corner of the record.

The Content Record window opens (see Fields: content records).

4.  Click the blue bar of the iPart and drag it to another location in the content record.

An insertion bar indicates where you are inserting the iPart.

5.  Release the mouse button to "drop" the iPart.

The iPart relocates to the place where the insertion bar displays.

6.  If you want to remove an iPart completely, click the downward-facing triangle at the far right of the iPart's title bar, then choose Remove.

7.  Save the content record.

8.  Publish the content record.

When you click the link to the community page, the rearrangement of iParts displays.

To style the Communities tab

You may modify the CSS to change the style of the Community page and its iParts. You can create your own theme, or modify the CSS files located here: C:\Program Files\ASI\iMIS\net\App_Themes\.

Tips

■    The arrangement and relationships of the community parts to each other and to the website as a whole are important aspects of how the website users will navigate and how your website content is structured.

■    What users see may be modified by their privileges.

■    Only administrators have access to the management of the image associated with a wiki.

Troubleshooting

■    If you decide you want to reverse your changes, you can do so. Every time you publish a content record, the previously published version is saved as an Archived version. You can revert to an older archived version by selecting the content record, and then from the toolbar choose Versions. In the resulting window, select an archived version and click Revert.

■    Modifications to your master pages may be required if iParts appear to overflow the boundaries of iPart zones in the rendered pages. In general, this requires modifying the template's master page and accompanying CSS files to make the Home page and interior page layouts larger than their default size.