[Building Sakai] Need to Change Help link in Welcome Page.

Steve Swinsburg steve.swinsburg at gmail.com
Wed Feb 2 03:40:48 PST 2011


Hi,

After making the changes, did you stop tomcat, build the module, then start again? Could your browser be caching it?

cheers,
Steve


On 02/02/2011, at 10:36 PM, Bhanu.T.Motupalli wrote:

> 
> hi steve,
> 
>          Thanks for giving me suggestions, steve.
> 
>          I saw xls-portal. Sub menu items are there in that file. I need
> Main menu items like My Communication, My tools, My settings, Help and Home.
> Those are not there. Mainly i saw that *.xml, *.xsl files in that.  I made
> some changes but i couldn't able to find any changes on the browser. Do i
> need to any thing apart from that.
> 
> cheers,
> Bhanu.
> 
> 
> Steve Swinsburg-3 wrote:
>> 
>> The xsl-portal doesn't use the vm templates. Have a look at:
>> 
>> osp/xsltcharon/xsltcharon-portal/xsl-portal
>> 
>> 
>> cheers,
>> Steve
>> 
>> On 02/02/2011, at 3:29 PM, Bhanu.T.Motupalli wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi Steve,
>>> 
>>> We are using xsl-portal. I done some modfications on that. After that i
>>> build and deployed, and restarted the  tomcat. But i didn't get and any
>>> change on the browser.
>>> 
>>> cheers,
>>> Bhanu.
>>> 
>>> Steve Swinsburg-3 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Bhanu,
>>>> 
>>>> If you look at site.vm, it has the login boxes/links in it. Once you
>>>> make
>>>> your mods, build and deploy the portal project to Tomcat, then restart.
>>>> I
>>>> believe you can also edit the deployed vm templates by adding some
>>>> config
>>>> option to tell it to poll for updates.
>>>> 
>>>> Macros.vm is no longer used. It used to be the entire layout but was
>>>> split
>>>> up into more manageable chunks.
>>>> 
>>>> And just to clarify, you are using the normal /portal, not /xsl-portal
>>>> right? If xsl-portal, it's a different markup set altogether.
>>>> 
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Steve
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 01/02/2011, at 11:33 PM, Bhanu.T.Motupalli wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Steve,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for the reply. Actually i tried all the files you mentioned. I
>>>>> check
>>>>> all vm files, and 4 vms having some Help methods(includePageBody.vm,
>>>>> includePageNav.vm, includeToolBody.vm, pda.vm), i commented all those
>>>>> to
>>>>> check which of those was correct one. But, in browser, there is no
>>>>> change. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> To check the correct one i cut all file except macros.vm and pasted out
>>>>> side
>>>>> and deployed the application, even the there is no changes in the
>>>>> browser.
>>>>> When i see the macros.vm, there is nothing in that file, completely
>>>>> blank
>>>>> one. So, i replaced all files and removed macros.vm there was error on
>>>>> the
>>>>> browsers. What is the importance of macros.vm. And tell me i need to
>>>>> modify
>>>>> exactly... 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Bhanu.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Steve Swinsburg-3 wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Bahnu,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Take a look at the portal vm templates. You can add the help link
>>>>>> wherever
>>>>>> you like:
>>>>>> https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn//portal/trunk/portal-render-engine-impl/pack/src/webapp/vm/defaultskin/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One issue might be the context sensitive feature may not pickup the
>>>>>> current tool properly though.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> You can then suppress the help link in the nav menu:
>>>>>> https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+Properties+Reference+-+H
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> cheers,
>>>>>> Steve
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 01/02/2011, at 6:22 PM, Bhanu.T.Motupalli wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> I need to put help from left side menu to header after logout link
>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>> urgent bases. Can any one do this. Please help me. Your help is
>>>>>>> appreciable. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> regards
>>>>>>> Bhanu.
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