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Configuring Category Browse

Overview 

Portals can be configured to display selected article categories and their immediate subcategories.
Each category can be associated with an image to create a visual and intuitive experience.
Setting up Categories for a portal’s Browse screen requires the following steps: 

  • Setting the “Browse” option in the portal’s top-menu bar.
  • Enable one or multiple categories in the Browse screen.   

Configuring Browse for the Portal

  1. Login to Portal Administration.  
  2. Click Edit in a portal’s row in the Available Portals list.  
  3. Click Configuration.  
  4. Scroll to the line:
    <modules>
    <browse>
  5. Make changes to the display attributes as described in Table "Configuring Browse".
  6.  Click Save
XML Section Description Example
<modules> </modules>   Specify the modules to displayed or disabled in the portal by setting:
  • enabled = true

or

  • enabled = false, respectively.
Specify the module display order in the global navigation by setting a numerical value for "displayOrder".
  • Modules are displayed from lowest to highest values.
  • Specify the name of the module between the opening and closing tags.
This name is used by the Global Navigation and Breadcrumb Navigation.

Important: Do not modify the module's "ID" attribute. Be aware that disabling the Articles module will prevent the “Articles” tab from displaying in the navigation. However, users will still be able to search and view articles.   		<modules> <home id="home" enabled="true" displayOrder="1">HOME</home> <articles id="article" enabled="false" displayOrder="2">ARTICLES </articles> <browse id="browse" enabled="false" displayOrder="3">BROWSE </browse> <solutionFinder id="solutionFinder" enabled="false" displayOrder="4">SOLUTION FINDERS</solutionFinder>  

Enable Multiple Categories in the Browse screen 

  1. Login to Portal Administration.  
  2. Click Edit in a portal’s row in the Available Portals list.  
  3. Click Configuration.  
  4. Scroll to the line: <browse> <category>
  5. Make changes to the display attributes as described in Table "Enabling Categories for Browse".
  6. Click Save.
XML Section Description Example
<browse>  
<category >
</category>
</browse>  		 The Browse settings determine the various article categories that portal users can view and choose from, for further reading. Specify:  
  • A number to indicate the Display Order.
    The lowest number is the 1st one to be displayed. This is mandatory.
  • The Category ID for the articles that will be grouped for browsing.
  • A Name for the category.
    This is mandatory. It will be displayed in the portal’s Browse screen.
  • An Image file to match the category. This is optional.
  • Specify an image file for Image Selected. This is also optional.
  • This is displayed when the category is clicked by a portal user.  

<category displayOrder="1">  
<id>1000</id>
<name>Billing</name>
<image>billing-new.png<
/image>  
<imageSelected>billing_active.png
</imageSelected>
</category>
<category displayOrder="2">
<id>1004</id>
<name>Business Products&#60
;/name>  
<image>businessproducts.png
</image>
<imageSelected>
  businessproducts.png</
imageSelected>  
</category>