Boyd,
Thank you for posting this very detailed explanation which I found it
invaluable, as I has the same issue. One thing I noticed, however, is that
the user can still *delete* the pane via "Customize: HTML" ! Do you have any
suggestions for preventing this?
Kind Regards,
-- Sherman Mohler
Cisco Learning Institute
"Fletcher, Boyd C. J9C534" wrote:
> yep. there are two ways to do it that we have found:
>
> 1) use role merging - problem with role merging is that if you change
> the KSC pane you will run into problems since the role merging is only
> done on initial account login. With some creative use of references you
> can sorta alleviate problem but then you have problems with the top
> level panes being updated (i.e. if you want to add a new mandatory top
> level pane, etc...)
> 2) use references and some extra accounts
>
> We choose option two. The following is a description of the process.
>
> For example, HQ is the select pane. it consists of sub panes that are
> mandatory. The only pane a user can change is MyArea
>
> __HQ__ | Helpdesk | MyArea
> Home | Ops | Plans | Logistics
>
> We create a the following users for each pane
>
> HQ = _hq
> Home = _hq_home
> Ops = _hq_ops
> Plans = _hq_plans
> Logistics = _hq_logistics
> Helpdesk = _helpdesk
>
> no user is created for MyArea since that is owned by the user.
>
> create a security group called KM
>
> create a security ID using the Security Browser called
> user-view_km-control with the perms: View Role User, * Role KM
>
> add all the _* users to the KM group
>
> Then, we create a new user called _newuser than "owns" the top level
> page.
> Each pane is created as a reference so the _newuser and _hq users need
> to be in the Jetspeed Admin role so they can use the Add Reference
> function.
>
> login as each _hq_* and _helpdesk user and create a page for them. make
> sure the page and portlet perms are set to user-view_km-control
>
> login as _hq and create a menu pane, and add references to the _hq_*
> users' panes.
>
> login as _newuser and add a menu pane and then add references to _HQ,
> _Helpdesk, and create a MyArea pane for the user with the "Owner"
> permssion set. _HQ and _Helpdesk should have the user-view_km-control
> perm set.
>
> login as turbine and delete everything and create a reference to the
> _newuser psml file.
>
> then if you have your users inherit turbine's config on login you should
> be good to go. The user can edit the MyArea but nothing else. If you
> chane any pane the contents are updated for each affected user as soon
> as the page is reloaded/redisplayed.
>
> I can send you copy of our .psml files if you are interested.
>
> boyd
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dalton-1, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:33 PM
> > To: 'Jetspeed Users List'
> > Subject: Mandatory Tab / Portlets
> >
> >
> > We are attempting to use the Jetspeed framework for an
> > internal portal.
> >
> > I have a requirement to have a mandatory Tab with portlets
> > that can not be customized.
> >
> > For example,
> >
> > KSC | myKSC | myProject
> >
> > In the above tabbed arrangement I want to "lock" the KSC tab
> > so that it (and all of the portlets it contains) can not be
> > modified. The user will be able to create other tabs and
> > modify the "myKSC" and "myProject" tabs.
> >
> > Can this be easily configured in Jetspeed 1.4b4?
> >
> > If not, any ideas where in the code to look?
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
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