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The ribbon contains three tabs:
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The following image shows the Layout tab.
The layout tab has two groups, Portal and Page & Banner.
The following topics describe the options in the Portal group.
The following image shows the Choose a Navigation Layout option.
As shown, you can choose among:
The following image shows the Choose Banner Areas option.
A banner is an area that is visible in the portal no matter what page you are on. You can choose to have no banner or any combination of top, bottom, left, and right banners.
As shown, you can choose among:
Click each menu option to turn the associated banner on or off.
The following image shows the Menu Bar.
The next image shows the Select Location & Alignment option for the Menu Bar.
The Menu Bar button allows you to use a visual interface to change the location of the links. You can choose from three main locations:
The bar options are thin strips, either at the top or bottom of the window. They are always visible, no matter how far down or up you scroll.
In each of the locations, you can choose alignment options as shown. For example, you can align the links to the left, in the center, or to the right.
The following image shows the Choose a Theme option.
On the Theme menu, you can select from several predefined themes, including a Custom theme. Each theme controls the styling of the banner, the page tabs, the panels, and the styling of the reports.
The default theme is Information Builders.
The Security button launches the Security Rules dialog box, which enables you to specify an audience for the portal and add other designers.
The following image shows the Security Rules dialog box.
There are four permission sets for portals:
The Page & Banner group has a single Layout button. The following image shows the Choose a Layout option.
By default, all banner areas and pages are single area (free-form) layouts. You can use the Layout option to change to a column-based layout. In a column-based layout, dragging a panel results in a drop indicator, showing where the panel goes. A page can have one of the following layouts:
When you choose any option other than Single Area, items snap to place within the area.
The following image shows the Insert tab.
The Insert tab is used to insert three types of items:
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The following image shows the Style tab.
The Style tab is divided into four groups:
The following image shows the Select State to Style option.
From the State group, you choose which of the available states you are styling for an object. The state options are:
You can use an image, a color, or a combination of options when styling the background of an object.
The Image button is a split button. Clicking the left side of the button launches an Open dialog box. Clicking the right side of the button displays the Background Image Options. The Background Image Options are as follows.
Click Change Image to launch an Open dialog box, as shown here. This is the same as clicking the left side of the split button.
From this dialog box, select an existing image in the WebFOCUS Repository to use as the background, and click Open.
To add a new image, use the WebFOCUS Resource Tree, and right-click the folder that you wish to place the new image in. Select Upload, Image.
The following image shows the Select Background Repeat option.
The Select Background Repeat menu enables you to choose whether or not to repeat the background. The options are:
The following image shows the Select Background Position option.
If you do not choose to repeat the image everywhere, you can select a background position using a visual menu, as shown. For example, you can position the background image at the bottom of the window, on the right. This feature is similar to Menu Bar positioning.
The default background position is top left.
The color picker icon launches the color selection dialog box for setting a page background color. The same icon is used in the Border and Font groups to set the border and font colors, respectively.
In addition to color and reset, the Border group has style and width controls.
The following image shows the Select Border Style option.
The Select Border Style menu is a visual menu that enables you to choose one of nine border styles. In the order of left to right (by row), the styles are:
The reset border icon in the Border group resets the border styling to the theme settings for the currently selected state.
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