Default Opening Structure

Is it possible to modify the default opening page of MediaBin so that the 'Find' pane appears open rather than the 'Folder' pane. From our users perspective, this would be a much more user-friendly experience.

If anyone can advise if this is possible to change by an administrator, either through Enterprise Manager or directly in the code and how to do it of course! I would be most grateful.

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Migrateduser

That's a common request. It can only be changed via a code modification. Given that at least three or four customers have requested the change, perhaps it should be made configurable at least via a constant in the constants.asp file. We would like to have your feedback on improving the search interface. The interface is easy for the "novice" user but can be cumbersome for the "expert" user that is browsing MediaBin primarily by searching. Saved searches probably help ease the pain significantly.

The change to make is in js/main.js. At the end of the OnLoad function, add a this statement:

OnClickFindTab();

That will invoke the function which makes an HTML DIV containing the FIND tab visible and the FOLDERS tab invisible. The contents of the root container will continue to be displayed in the righthand pane (iframe).

ka1

Thanks for that, will try it out!

With reply to improving the interface, I have added some text to the asp page to give some explanation as to how to use the search function, the max hits etc. This has been welcomed by the Users as they are used to a more 'Getty' like 'stock search' type interface than the rather stark version of the search function that comes as stock. Also I changed the button and tab text from 'Find' to 'Search' as people wanted that change as well

Let me know if you would liek anymore on this.