[Using Sakai] Home Page Components [and Templates]

[Zhen Qian]

Marshall:

As for the "!user" and "!worksite" templates, Steve Swinsburg had a  
better explanation recently: http://sakai-ftd.optimizedlearn.com/ 
pipermail/sakai-dev/2009-May/001313.html

All the templates are stored in db in OOTB Sakai. You can log in as  
admin user and view the settings from the Sites tool in his  
MyWorkspace site. You can later copy those template for other user  
type (e.g. !user.template.TYPE) or site type (! 
worksite.template.TYPE) within that tool, and the results will be  
saved into database, too.

By default, all course site creation would use the same template ! 
worksite.template.course. However, if you want more finer control of  
template sites, here is one feature that just implemented, http:// 
jira.sakaiproject.org/jira/browse/SAK-16419. However, this feature is  
not in the 2.6 build.

On the other hand, you can always by pass all those default settings  
in Worksite Setup tool, and customize your site creation via Web  
Services calls approach...

Thanks,

- Zhen

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Zhen Qian
Software Developer
University of Michigan
734-647-6343
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On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:01 AM, Marshall Feldman wrote:

> Zhen Qian wrote:
>
> If Home tool is selected during site creation in Worksite Setup tool,
> or added through Site Info tool, following procedure will be executed
> in order to determine its tool set:
>
> ... Snip ...
>
> 2. If the site is not a MyWorkspace type,
> a. Looking for template based on the site type (e.g. !
> worksite.project for project site), if found, use the Home tool set
> defined there;
> b. Otherwise, the template id defaults back to !worksite. If found,
> use the Home tool set defined there
>
> 3. If none of the above template site could be found, try to read the
> settings of "wsetup.home.toolids" from sakai.properties file, like:
>
> wsetup.home.toolids.count = 2
> wsetup.home.toolids.1 = sakai.iframe.site
> wsetup.home.toolids.2 = sakai.summary.calendar
>
> 4. If none of the above works, the use the system default setting,
> Home page would then contain "sakai.iframe.site",
> "sakai.summary.calendar", "sakai.synoptic.announcement",
> "sakai.synoptic.chat", "sakai.synoptic.messagecenter"
> and those synoptic tools would only be active when their "parent"
> tools are also active inside the site.
>
> So following this sequence, I guess you can modify your template
> setting first...
> I searched the Help for "template" and all I really could find was  
> about Portfolio Templates. Where did you find this documentation?
>
> Beyond this, I have a few other questions and would appreciate you  
> or someone else on the list helping out.
> Where are the templates stored? In Resources?
> What syntax does one use for designing templates? Is this  
> documented anywhere? Is there a template editor?
> Similarly for #3. Where can one learn about these properties? Where  
> are they kept?
> What if an instructor wants different templates for different  
> course sites? #2 would imply a template like "worksite.course," but  
> wouldn't there be only one template instead of up to as many as  
> there are course sites? Similarly, #3 seems independent of specific  
> course sites.
> Thanks.
>
> 	Marsh Feldman
> -- 
> Dr. Marshall Feldman, PhD
> Director of Research and Academic Affairs
>
> Center for Urban Studies and Research
> The University of Rhode Island
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