This feature has been a part of the Content Server product
for as long as I can remember but no one seems to remember it.
You can change the home page of the content server without
customizations. That’s correct! You can do this. And if you act now you can do
it twice!! For the price of once!!
OK enough levity. Too much coffee.
The method is relatively simple – use the Web Layout Editor
applet.
Log in as an administrator, navigate to the Administration
-> Admin Applets page and start the Web Layout Editor.
From the main menu, select Options -> Update Portal
In the Update Portal Page dialog, enter in the HTML and
IdocScript that you would like to use on the home page.
Select OK
For example, if it has never been changed before, then the
dialog will contain the following:
<!--
This area is fully Idoc Script capable. Use the
condition variable IsLoggedIn
to determine if page is delivered to an
authenticated user. Use the condition
variable IsDynamic to see if content is delivered
dynamically. Delete the
file <HomeDir>/data/pages/portal_message.inc
to revert back to the default
portal message.
The static portal page is not updated unless the
"Update Portal..." option is used in WebLayout
Editor.
To view example script below, copy it out of this
comment area.
<div align=left><b>Examples of
script:</b></div><br>
<$if
IsLoggedIn$>UserName =
<i><$UserName$></i><br><$endif$>
<$if
IsDynamic$>Current Time = <i><$dateCurrent()$></i>
<$else$>This
is a static page.
<$endif$>
-->
Simply move the closing comment tag (-->) above the opening div
tag and select OK.
Navigate back to the home page and refresh it and you will
see your name and the time on the home page.
