Enabling different templates for the same element

To apply different templates to the same element, create the xsltinfo.properties file and populate it with new template and user information.

This file should have the following content and structure:

<userid>.<portlet id>.ui=<xslt file>
<userid>.<portlet id>.content=<xsl file>

where:

• userid – is the login name of the user.

• portlet id – is the ID of the portlet for which you want to specify a user-specific UI or content XSLT. To determine a portlet’s ID:

  1. In Web Studio, select Build | Portlets, then select Approved from the Portlet Manager Status Menu. Right-click the XML_sample portlet in the detail view and select Properties.

  2. When the Portlet Properties window displays, write down the ID value, then click Close.

• content or UI file – enter the user-specific template for the portlet.

  For example, to set up the file for the XML_sample portlet, enter this information:

  bob.231.ui=pink_ui_xslt
  cindy.231.ui=green_ui_xslt
  

  where pink_ui_xslt is the name of the presentation file for Bob, and green_ui_xslt is the name of the presentation file for Cindy.

Place the xsltinfo.properties file in the %SYBASE%\EAServer\Repository\WebApplication\onepage\config directory on Windows and in $SYBASE/EAServer/Repository/WebApplication/onepage/config on UNIX, then restart EAServer.

When each user that is specified in xsltinfo.properties adds the XML_sample page to their portal view, Bob will see the XML_sample portlet with a pink background and Cindy will see the XML_sample portlet with a green background.

To create user-specific content, follow the same procedures in this section, but create a new content template and specify the two different content files in the xsltinfo.properties file; for example:

bob.231.content=moreover_content_xsl
cindy.231.content=new_content_xslt

You can also provide different presentation and different content for different users in this file.

bob.231.ui=pink_ui_xslt
bob.231.content=moreover_content_xsl
cindy.231.ui=green_ui_xslt
cindy.231.content=new_content_xslt

The first time you create xslt.properties, you must shut down and restart EAServer to initialize the user-specific settings. When you make additions, changes, or deletions to the file the portal is updated automatically with the new information; that is, you do not need to restart the application server

Copyright © 2004. Sybase Inc. All rights reserved.

View this book as PDF