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'''Summary:''' This articles covers how to write a plugin that shows on the portal page. A portal plugin always gives a short overview on a piece of information (the so-called 'tile'). It can link a longer view that is opened when the tile is clicked, this we call the side pop-up. The side pop-up is optional.
 
'''Summary:''' This articles covers how to write a plugin that shows on the portal page. A portal plugin always gives a short overview on a piece of information (the so-called 'tile'). It can link a longer view that is opened when the tile is clicked, this we call the side pop-up. The side pop-up is optional.
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== Before we start: How to experiment efficiently==
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The AppSuite has a very efficient way of enabling or disabling potential plugins. This makes it somewhat complicated to just try things out.
  
 
== The simplest portal plugin: An advertisement ==
 
== The simplest portal plugin: An advertisement ==
The simplest portal plugin comes without a side pop-up and shows static content on its tile. Two uses for this would be presenting an advertisement or showing a link list, for example to other parts of an company's intranet that are not integrated into the appSuite (yet).
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The simplest portal plugin comes without a side pop-up and shows static content on its tile. Two uses for this would be presenting an advertisement or showing a link list, for example to other parts of an company's intranet that are not integrated into the AppSuite (yet).
 
 
  
 
== A typical portal plugin ==
 
== A typical portal plugin ==

Revision as of 15:43, 8 April 2013

Summary: This articles covers how to write a plugin that shows on the portal page. A portal plugin always gives a short overview on a piece of information (the so-called 'tile'). It can link a longer view that is opened when the tile is clicked, this we call the side pop-up. The side pop-up is optional.

Before we start: How to experiment efficiently

The AppSuite has a very efficient way of enabling or disabling potential plugins. This makes it somewhat complicated to just try things out.

The simplest portal plugin: An advertisement

The simplest portal plugin comes without a side pop-up and shows static content on its tile. Two uses for this would be presenting an advertisement or showing a link list, for example to other parts of an company's intranet that are not integrated into the AppSuite (yet).

A typical portal plugin

A typical portal plugin uses the tile to display a short summary or teaser of its contents and uses a side-popup to show the whole content.

Special switches

  • unique
  • unmovable