Enterprise Workspace Icon view

Chandrashekar_Frank

Hi folks,

Is anyone able to point out how the perspective/ smart view showcased in this video can be achieved?

https://youtu.be/V6g-bpxECJ0?t=50s

Thank you,

Frank

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Knowledge_Center_Administrator

Hi,

Most of this was done using the HTML Webreport widget. However, with the 16.2.4 release most of that functionality, including prebuilt HTML templates, is also possible with the new HTML tile widget that is included with core Content Server.

Ian

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Enterprise Workspace Icon view

Posted by frank.chandrashekar@ombudsman.parliament.nz (Chandrashekar, Frank) On 03/28/2018 08:49 AM

Hi folks, Is anyone able to point out how the perspective/ smart view showcased in this video can be achieved?https://youtu.be/V6g-bpxECJ0?t=50sThank you,Frank

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Ferdinand Prantl

Make yourself familiar with Perspective Manager in the CS Administration. You will be able to create custom pages - perspectives - and assign them to users or folders by ActiveViews rules. You will be able to pick widgets from a gallery and place them on the perspectives. You can create testing perspectives and learn, what functionality the widgets offer.

Neil_Myatt

Just to add a little to Ian’s response:

AFAIK this was all built by Neil Wilson who heads up tech. marketing.
It’s part of the Knowzone demo image available via the KC:https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=45512586&objAction=browse

As far is replicating these kind of UI, here are a few pointers:

The full page layouts are achieved by using the “Left Center Right” layout option in Perspective Manager, with a single HTML WebReport widget in the center placeholder slot, and the left and right slots remaining empty. This has the effect of filling the available screen space.
The 3 column layout is again done using the “Left Center Right” layout, and HTML WebReport widgets in each slot.
The HTML WebReport widget allows you put your own custom HTML, CSS etc. onto the page. The example screens in the video are basically a grid of fancy icons with labels underneath. The reason they look good as that care has been taken to create HTML/CSS and chose images that are harmonious with the Smart UI.
The HTML Tile widget that is new in 16.2.4 uses the existing content server WIKI object. This has the advantage that you can edit content in-line, but won’t allow total freedom in your HTML markup: so use this widget where you need to allow non-techy users to update the content, links etc. right from the Smart UI, and use the HTML WebReport widget where you want HTML developers to have more freedom over layout/design, and maybe display dynamic content from Content Server database, (much like you would use PHP on a website).

Neil

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Posted byfrank.chandrashekar@ombudsman.parliament.nz (Chandrashekar, Frank) On 03/28/2018 08:49 AM

Hi folks,

Is anyone able to point out how the perspective/ smart view showcased in this video can be achieved?

https://youtu.be/V6g-bpxECJ0?t=50s

Thank you,

Frank

Attachment Links:

CS16.2 UI Intro video

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Chandrashekar_Frank

Thank you so much Ian and Neil - exactly what I was looking for!

Regards,

Frank

DarrenKao

Quoted Neil Myatt on 08/02/2018 09:33 AM:

The HTML Tile widget that is new in 16.2.4 uses the existing content server WIKI object. This has the advantage that you can edit content in-line, but won’t allow total freedom in your HTML markup: so use this widget where you need to allow non-techy users to update the content, links etc. right from the Smart UI, and use the HTML WebReport widget where you want HTML developers to have more freedom over layout/design, and maybe display dynamic content from Content Server database, (much like you would use PHP on a website). - can you embed PHP code in the WebReport widget ?

thanks

Just to add a little to Ian’s response:

AFAIK this was all built by Neil Wilson who heads up tech. marketing.
It’s part of the Knowzone demo image available via the KC: https://knowledge.opentext.com/knowledge/llisapi.dll?func=ll&objId=45512586&objAction=browse

As far is replicating these kind of UI, here are a few pointers:

The full page layouts are achieved by using the “Left Center Right” layout option in Perspective Manager, with a single HTML WebReport widget in the center placeholder slot, and the left and right slots remaining empty. This has the effect of filling the available screen space.
The 3 column layout is again done using the “Left Center Right” layout, and HTML WebReport widgets in each slot.
The HTML WebReport widget allows you put your own custom HTML, CSS etc. onto the page. The example screens in the video are basically a grid of fancy icons with labels underneath. The reason they look good as that care has been taken to create HTML/CSS and chose images that are harmonious with the Smart UI.
The HTML Tile widget that is new in 16.2.4 uses the existing content server WIKI object. This has the advantage that you can edit content in-line, but won’t allow total freedom in your HTML markup: so use this widget where you need to allow non-techy users to update the content, links etc. right from the Smart UI, and use the HTML WebReport widget where you want HTML developers to have more freedom over layout/design, and maybe display dynamic content from Content Server database, (much like you would use PHP on a website).

Neil

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Posted by frank.chandrashekar@ombudsman.parliament.nz (Chandrashekar, Frank) On 03/28/2018 08:49 AM

Hi folks,

Is anyone able to point out how the perspective/ smart view showcased in this video can be achieved?

https://youtu.be/V6g-bpxECJ0?t=50s

Thank you,

Frank

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CS16.2 UI Intro video

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Chandrashekar_Frank

Hi Darren,

I don't think you can embed PHP code within a widget/tile - at least not without including a server to parse that code, which is probably uncharted waters.

What are you trying to achieve with the PHP embeds? There's a good chance you can do pretty much anything with the HTML widget, as well WebReports that can output data via Ajax. If you really must, you can also include WebReports OScript snippets. Have a look at the WebReports examples in the online help for more details.

Cheers,

Frank

Ferdinand Prantl

If you have an existing component, which is supposed to be integrated via an iframe in web portals, you can put it to a widget hosting an iframe. The component can be stock exchange quotes, todayt's weather, workflows behind the due date etc. The common point is, that the HTML content is delivered from a URL and it is supposed to placed in a smaller rectangular space. If it is generated by PHP or other script on the server side is not so important.

You could write a custom widget consisting of a single iframe element using CS UI SDK. The source URL of the iframe would be configurable in Perspective Manager. When you place the widget on a perspective, you would set the URL to your PHP script.

You could create a WebReport returning just the iframe and use TileReport to place it on a perspective.

If you have static information, which doesn't change every hour or day and you only edit it manually from time to time, you would use HTML Tile (Wiki Tile).

You could file a feature request to include an "iframe widget" in the core product to make integration of URL-based components easier.