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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. | ||
== 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: 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 | 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.
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