[Building Sakai] Display logged in user First Name in header (update)

[Steve Swinsburg]

Hi Kim,

neo portal uses a different set of templates but the same Java class. So
you should be able to just add the part to the template where you want it
emitted and it will be displayed.

cheers,
Steve


On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 2:33 AM, Wilson, Kimberly <wilsonk at mail.amc.edu>wrote:

>  We were able to get the DisplayName to appear in the header in Sakai
> 2.9.3 in the default skins but not in the neo- skins
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> We are updating our site using the neo- skins
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> We found this jira ticket addressing the issue:
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> *SAK CLE / SAK-23842 User display name and eid should be displayed visibly
> in neoPortal*
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> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23842?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-183509
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> plus I found this older issue that addressed it, and fixed it, but it’s a
> problem again:
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> *Sakai CLE /SAK-2313 Add current user id to logout link*
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> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-2313
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> We searched through our sakai.properties, SkinnableCharonPortal.java,
> site.vm and includeStandardHead.vm
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> There seems to be a disconnect and may have something to do with a .js file
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> We noticed a block of code added to the default skin
> includeStandardHeader.vm
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> There is a block of code starting on Line 13 that is not in the neo- skin
> includeStandardHeader.vm starting with this:
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> <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
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>             ## SAK-16484 Allow Javascript to easily get at user details.
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>         ## SAK-13987, SAK-16162, SAK-19132 - Portal Logout Timer
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> *Kim Wilson*, MSCIS | Systems Analyst – IS Academic Systems | Albany
> Medical Center | 518-264-1055
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