Portlets

Portlets are compact objects used to display a wide range of commonly accessed information on a single screen. They are normally configured at the top level of the application or the top level of a space and form the basis of a work area which highlights key information, they can however be added to any Item in the application.

Portlet objects intelligently position themselves on the screen. A Member can either use the drag and drop feature to rearrange the layout of the portlets or specify the column and row order under the Portlet manage page.

From your Dashboard click on the Manage Portlets button. From here you are able to view what portlets are defined on your dashboard, add additional portlets, edit the properties of a particular portlet, delete portlets and change the ordering of the portlets.

If you wish to add Portlets to other items other than your Dashboard, click on the "Add further portlets" button under the Item Actions menu. 

Each Portlet has a set of properties which define what the Portlet displays. You can edit these properties by clicking on the pencil icon in the portlet title window or by clicking on the Edit button under the manage portlet page.

The portlet title window also includes a delete button which will remove the portlet from your page and an show/hide button.

A list and description of the available portlets are described below.

Workspaces Displays a list of your items and those that have been shared with you.

Calendar Displays all Events from the application in which the you are a participant and all the Tasks assigned to you.

Create Icon Displays a form that allows you to quickly create an Item anywhere in the application. For example if you have a folder a couple levels deep in your space that you frequently add items to, rather than wasting time navigating through to the folder, you can use the Create Icon portlet to create the item directly from your dashboard. To configure this, you need to know the ID of the node you wish to add the item into. This is specified in the "Parent Item" property: To obtain the ID, browse to the Item where you wish to place the newly created items, edit the Item and take note of the ID value in the URL displayed in your web browser (e.g. http://www.webserver.com/nodeEdit.asp?id=1234).

Events Displays all Events in the application that you are a participant of.

Getting Started Guide Displays direct links to the subsections in the Getting Started Guide.

Groups Displays the groups that you own and the groups that you belong to.

Invite Displays a link to an invitation page where an email can be sent to other people inviting them to join the application.

What's New Displays a list of items that have been most recently added or edited.

Latest Members Displays a list of your recent contacts.

Latest Messages Displays a list of messages that you have sent or received.

Shared Items Displays items which have been shared with you beneath the current location. Similar to the Workspaces portlet, but only deals with a discete set of shared Items beneath the current location.

Slideshow Displays a picture slideshow for jpg, gif and png files in the current Folder.

Email Displays the contents of a POP3 inbox. Links for each message launche in a new email window where you can manage (list, view, delete, compose, send) your email.

Feed Displays an RSS feed. You can select from the predefined RSS feeds, or enter in the URL of your own.

Bookmark This portlet can only be set on a Folder. It allows you to create a button in your browser that when pressed with create a Link item under your Sosius folder. Create a new Bookmark portlet, right-click on the Bookmark! link displayed in the portlet and select "Add To Favorites...", create the favorite in your "Links" toolbar. When you are browsing the web, you can click the new button on your Links toolbar and this will automatically create a Link item under your Sosius folder.