6.7 Adding Accessories to Your Landing Page

You can add accessories to a landing page by modifying the design of the standard landing page, or by creating a new landing page design.

6.7.1 Modifying the Design of the Standard Landing Page

You can modify the design of the standard landing page only if you are the Teaming administrator, or if you have administrative rights.

  1. In the Folder or Workspace toolbar, click Manage > Site Administration.

    The site administration page is launched.

  2. Click Form and View Designers.

    The Form and View Designers page is launched.

  3. Expand Workspace view, then click Landing Page.

  4. Click Workspace view > Add.

  5. In the Standard Form Elements section, click Accessory Panel, then click OK.

    The Accessory Panel has now been added to the standard Landing Page view. Now users can add accessories to their landing page by default.

6.7.2 Creating a New Landing Page Design

You can create your own Landing Page view, then add the Accessory Panel element to the view.

To accomplish this, complete the following sections:

Creating the New Landing Page Definition

  1. Navigate to the workspace where you want to create the new Landing Page view.

  2. In the Workspace toolbar, click Manage > Form and View Designers.

    The Form and View Designers page is displayed.

  3. Click New > Workspace views.

  4. Specify the following information:

    Caption: Specify a name for the new landing page.

    This is the name that appears in the Teaming interface for users to see when they use this workspace. (For example, Custom Landing Page.)

    Name: Specify the internal name for the landing page.

    The name that you enter in this field is not visible to users who use this workspace. (For example, custom_landing_page.)

    Family: Select the workspace type that this view is most closely associated with.

    Workspace Icons: Select the workspace icon that you want to represent the landing page.

  5. Click OK.

    The Designer page is launched.

  6. Continue with Adding the Landing Page Layout Option.

Adding the Landing Page Layout Option

  1. In the Designer page, click Workspace Add/Modify Form > Add.

  2. In the Layout Options section, click Landing Page Layout.

  3. Specify the following information:

    Caption: Specify a name for the Landing Page Layout, or keep the default.

    Name: Specify the internal name for the Landing Page Layout.

  4. Click OK.

  5. Click Workspace view > Add.

  6. In the Standard Form Elements section, click Landing Page Layout.

  7. For the Caption and Data item name fields, retain the same information that you specified in Step 3.

  8. Click OK > Close > Close.

  9. Continue with Enabling the New Landing Page.

Enabling the New Landing Page

After you have created the new landing page view, you need to enable it on the workspace.

  1. From the workspace where you want to enable the landing page, click Manage > Configure.

    The Configure Default Settings page is displayed.

  2. In the Default View section, go to the Local Definitions subsection and select the landing page that you created,

  3. Click Apply > Close.

    The landing page is now displayed when you access the workspace.

  4. Continue with Modifying the Landing Page After You Have Created It.

Modifying the Landing Page After You Have Created It

Now that you have created and enabled the new landing page, you can hide the main sidebar and Workspace toolbar. This gives your landing page a more traditional landing page feel.

When you hide the Workspace toolbar, it appears at the bottom of the landing page for those users who have rights to manage the workspace.

  1. From the landing page, click Manage > Modify This Workspace.

  2. In the Landing Page Layout section, below the workspace Title field, select Hide the Sidebar and Hide the Main Menu Bar.

    For information regarding the other options in this section, see Section 6.2.1, Choosing Layout Options for Your Landing Page.