- SiteVision 2.6
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- | Add metadata field
Add metadata field
Types of metadata
Text
The user himself can type the text value the field should be associated with. The administrator can add a default text if desired.
Single selection
The user selects one value from a list with different alternatives. In order to add an alternative, click the plus icon.
Allow other arbitrary alternative
By checking this checkbox the administrator gives the users possibility to add their own alternative instead of picking one from the list.
Use search dialog when selecting alternatives
If there is a large number of selectable alternatives, it can be of great help if the user can search for a suitable alternative in a special dialog window instead of picking an alternative from a list.
Import alternative
The administrator can also import alternatives from a text file. To make this work there must not be more than one alternative on each line, and the text file must be created in an ordinary way (e.g. Notepad in Windows).
Default alternative
Here you can choose an alternative to be selected from the list as default.
Multiple selection
This type of metadata field works exactly the same way as Single selection. The only difference is that the user can select more than one alternative at the same time.
Allow other arbitrary alternative
By checking this checkbox the administrator gives the users possibility to add their own alternative instead of picking one from the list.
Use search dialog when selecting alternatives
If there is a large number of selectable alternatives, it can be of great help if the user can search for a suitable alternative in a special dialog window instead of picking an alternative from a list.
Import alternative
The administrator can also import alternatives from a text file. To make this work there must not be more than one alternative on each line, and the text file must be created in an ordinary way (e.g. Notepad in Windows).
Date
This metadata type inserts a date. Is utilized for instance in the Event calendar.
- yyyy (year, e.g. 2003)
- MM (month)
- dd (day)
- HH (hours, 0-23)
- mm (minute)
- ww (week)
SiteVision uses a so called SimpleDateFormat in order to create the formatting of the date, more information about it (and the possibilities to format date) can be found in the Java documentation at www.java.sun.com.
System value
Apart from other metadata types where the user himself must type or select a value, this metadata will fetch its value straight from SiteVision.
Creation date
The date when the page was created.
Created by
The user who created the page.
Last modified date
The date when the page was last modified.
Last modified by
The latest user to modify the content of the page
Language
The language used on the current web site (e.g. "en", "sv" or "no"). This is set under website properties.
Published date
The date when the page was published. This does not change if the page is published many times in a row, e.g. when correcting wrong spellings.
Published by
The user who published the page.
Last published date
The date when the page was last published.
Last published by
The user who last published the page.
When the value inserted is a user (created by, last modified by, published by or last published by) the administrator chooses which kind of user information that is to be inserted. The alternatives are: Full name (e.g. Bill Smith), Username (e.g. bilsmi), Email adress, Given name, Surname, Title, Description or Telephone.
When the value inserted is a date (creation date, last modified date, published date or last published date) it is possible to choose how the date is going to be formatted when displayed.
- yyyy (year, e.g. 2003)
- MM (month)
- dd (day)
- HH (hours, 0-23)
- mm (minute)
- ww (week)
SiteVision uses a so called SimpleDateFormat in order to create the formatting of the date, more information about it (and the possibilities to format date) can be found in the Java documentation at www.java.sun.com.
Connection to Text portlet
This type of metadata will fetch its information from a portlet on a page.
Connection to Image portlet
This functions the same way as Text portlet, but you insert an image instead of a text. This can be used for news functionality, to get pictures from the articles.
User
This type of metadata gets information about a user from the directory. As for the System value you can choose which user information to insert (fullname, username, email-address, title, description, or telephone).
If you would like to edit who is responsible for the page you uncheck the box Inherit value and click on the button to browse or search for different page responsible.
Link
You can use this type of metadata to select a link. There are no special settings for this kind of metadata, the three general tabs Common, Search and Advanced are described below.
OBSERVE! This metadata definition is used together with the portlet Expanding menu if you want to navigate using metadata.
Directory object
This type of metadata is used to reference a catalog object in the directory. This is different from the user object where you can refer to several users or a folder.
When you have added a metadata of the type directory object, there will be a plus sign and a minus sign to the right of the name of the metadata field.
In the directory object you will receive all the information about the object but you will need to use scripting to get the values you want to utilize. E.g. on the news archive you can select that the news should be displayed for a certain group in the directory. There after you need a script that checks if there are any values set and if the news should be displayed for everyone or just a certain group.
Related information
This kind of metadata is used to select other pages and documents that are related to the current page. The only settings are Common, Search and Advanced as described below. When you add a metadata field of Related information, an extra icon is displayed to the right of the name of the metadata field.
