On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Tyrell Perera <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:00 AM, Senaka Fernando <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Nuwan,
>>>>
>>>> Once you sign into the Gadget Server management console, you can click
>>>> on the View Portal to get to the Gadget Server portal mode. Now, once I'm 
>>>> in
>>>> the portal, how can I get back to the management console? I of course can
>>>> key in the URL and get back there. But what I'm looking for is a button 
>>>> that
>>>> I could click which takes me back to the management console.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Portal mode is for non-admin users. There is no need for a user to visit
>>> the admin console. He won't be able to do anything useful there. That's the
>>> reason why there's no point and click way to go there from the portal pages.
>>>
>>
>> Ok, it does make sense.
>>
>> But in this case, I'm the admin. What I was trying to do here is to create
>> a gadget and do some modifications and see how it appears on the portal. So,
>> is there any other way that I can get back to the management console (it is
>> ideal if I can get to the exact registry resource), where I can edit the
>> gadget?
>>
>
> Another option is to bring up a new window/tab when someone clicks on the
> view portal menu option, so that the management console as well as the
> portal can be seen side-by-side.
>

+1. I think most content management systems (eg: Joomla) takes this
approach. The site preview is always opened in a new tab so that the admin
console can also be accessed in parallel.

Thanks,
Hiranya


>
> Thanks,
> Senaka.
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Senaka.
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tyrell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Senaka.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Senaka Fernando
>>>> Software Engineer
>>>> WSO2 Inc.
>>>> E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com;  Mobile: +94 77 322 1818
>>>>
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>>> Server
>>>
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>> Senaka Fernando
>> Software Engineer
>> WSO2 Inc.
>> E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com;  Mobile: +94 77 322 1818
>>
>> http://www.wso2.com/ - "Lean . Enterprise . Middleware"
>>
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>
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> Senaka Fernando
> Software Engineer
> WSO2 Inc.
> E-mail: senaka AT wso2.com;  Mobile: +94 77 322 1818
>
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