1. Customizing WebLink Lab 208 Alex Huang

2. Table of Contents Introduction – What is WebLink Disclaimer Customization Basics and Exercises Resources Questions and Comments

3. Introduction What is WebLink?

4. Introduction What it is -Web based thin client -Built using ASP.NET What it does -Provides read only access to the Laserfiche Repository -Popular for hosting Repository data to the public

5. Introduction How WebLink Works -Installed on the web server (IIS) -Bridges the Laserfiche Server and web server

6. Disclaimer Backup the Web Files before performing any customization

7. Customization Basics and Exercises

8. Customization Basics What to customize -Cascading Style Sheet -WebLink Components -URLs -IIS/Virtual Directories -Functionality

9. Customization Basics Cascading Style Sheet -WebLinkStyles.css -Recommended editing tools -Microsoft Visual Studio -Microsoft Front Page -Elemental aspects that can be changed -Color -Font -Size -Position

10. Customization Basics Classes in the CSS -.PageBackground -.LoginSquare -.LeftPanel -.RightPanel -.DocumentBrowserAlternateRow -And many others

11. Exercise 1 Customizing WebLinkStyles.css Changing the background color

12. Exercise 1 Change the background of the WebLink pages from the default appearance to a different color.

13. Exercise 2 Customizing WebLinkStyles.css Enlarging the thumbnails displayed

14. Exercise 2 Change the default thumbnail size by enlarging it. This can allow for better usability.

15. Customization Basics WebLink Components (ASPX Pages) -Modify properties of WebLink -Recommended editing tools -Microsoft Visual Studio -Common pages to customize -Login.aspx -Browse.aspx -DocView.aspx -Search.aspx

16. Exercise 3 Customizing WebLink Components Showing/Hiding components on Login.aspx

17. Exercise 3 Hide the Repository and Server fields from the Login dialog box.

18. Exercise 4 Customizing WebLink Components Using your own logo

19. Exercise 4 Change the default Laserfiche WebLink logo to your own customized logo.

20. Exercise 5 Customizing WebLink Components Changing the default metadata display

21. Exercise 5 Template field data is displayed by default when a document is opened. Modify the behavior such that the thumbnails are displayed by default when a document is opened.

22. Exercise 6 Customizing WebLink Components Removing metadata display options

23. Exercise 6 By default, there are six types of metadata that can be displayed for a document. This page can be customized so users only have access to the metadata types that apply to them.

24. Exercise 7 Customizing WebLink Components Setting default search options

25. Exercise 7 Users can select how they want to search in Laserfiche, but with WebLink, users can be presented with default search options to use.

26. Exercise 8 Customizing WebLink Components Hiding search options

27. Exercise 8 Searching in WebLink can be customized so that various search options can be hidden from use in the search options dropdown menu. Here we have hidden the Sticky Note search option.

28. Customization Basics Modify URLs to -Log into WebLink with different repository configurations -Open directly to a document or folder -Open documents as PDFs -Perform searches

29. Exercise 9 Customizing URLs

30. Customization Basics IIS Customizations -Creating multiple virtual directories -Different front end (UI) -Different login methods -Different default DBIDs -Anonymous Access -Windows Authentication

31. Customization Basics IIS Customizations continued -Creating a new virtual directory -Make a copy of the Web Files folder -Create a new virtual directory under the web site -Set the virtual directory path to the path of the new Web Files -Set virtual directory rights -Set default document page -Set authentication settings

32. Exercise 10 Customizing IIS/Virtual Directories Creating a second virtual directory

33. Customization Basics Functionality (ASPX.VB Pages) -Required editing tools -Microsoft Visual Studio -Requires rebuilding the WebLink 7 project

34. Modifying Functionality By default, the WebLink browse page only displays the name of an entry. Functionality of WebLink can be customized such that other column types can be set to display by default.

35. Resources Additional customization documentation -C:\Program Files\Laserfiche\WebLink 7\WebLink.chm -WebLink help file that contains a section for customizations -Laserfiche Support site -Can find white papers and other documented information for some types of customizations -Other 3 rd party tutorials -http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asphttp://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp -http://www.w3schools.com/html/http://www.w3schools.com/html/ -http://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/default.asphttp://www.w3schools.com/aspnet/default.asp