Navigation Options

You select different navigation options to customize the authoring portlet for different types of users.

The home page

The home page is a simple user interfaced personalized for the current user. The authoring portlet can be configured to either display a basic or standard home page.

• Basic home page

  The basic home page is designed for content authors who need to create content items and other simple item types only. Content authors would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer. The basic home page allows the creation of content by using up to six different authoring templates. The authoring templates that are displayed are the favorites of the current user, the most recently used by the current user, and any predefined authoring templates.

• Standard home page

  One section of the standard home page is used to create items and open favorite locations. Another section of the standard home page is used to view recent activity. This interface is designed for content authors who need to complete tasks such as creating content, editing their draft content and approving and declining content. Content authors would not usually need access to the more advanced library explorer.

• Launch page

  You can develop a custom user interface, referred to as a custom launch page. Select launch page if you have a custom launch page.

The library explorer

The library explorer is a more advanced user interface than the home page. It displays different lists of items you have access to. You can select a library and browse through the different item-type views within each library. You can choose to display an explorer tree to assist you browse through the items in each library.

The navigation bar

When configured to be visible, the navigation bar is displayed next to either the home page or library explorer. You can access lists of items by using the navigation bar.

• Item views

  You use this view to quickly display lists of related items:

  • Use the All items view to select different views by item type and item state.
  • Use the Deleted items view to view deleted items.
  • Use the External links view to view links that are referenced in link elements.
  • Use the Projects view to select different list of projects.

• Group by Views

  You can view filtered lists of related items from the "Group by" navigator:

  • Use the authoring template filter to display lists of items that use the same authoring template.
  • Use the category filter to display lists of items that profiled with the same category.
  • Use the workflow filter to display lists of items that use the same workflow.

• Personal views

  You use this view to display lists of:

  • Recent items, which are items you created, viewed or edited in the current session.
  • Favorite items, which are items you marked as "favorites".
  • Favorite locations, which are views you marked as "favorites".
  • My items, which displays various lists of items where you are specified as an author.
  • My deleted items, which displays deleted items where you are specified as an author.
  • My pending approvals, which are items that are pending approval where you are individually specified as a reviewer.
  • Open views and items

  Any views or items that are currently open are listed in the Open Views or Open Items sections of the navigation bar.