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Customizing the Web Publisher User Interface
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sys-prop.pat
- displays the properties page for a file
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dirps.pat
- displays the properties page for a folder
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version.pat
- displays the version history page for a file
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links.pat
- displays the check links page for a file
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dirlink.pat
- displays the check links page for a folder
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usrps.pat
- displays the Custom Properties page
The remaining pattern files display a short message, typically as a result of not
being able to satisfy the request.
A good place to begin customizing the interface is by modifying the existing
pattern files. After you see how they work and you understand pattern
variables, you can create your own pattern files and change the configuration
files and other pattern files to point to them.
There are three kinds of Web Publisher pattern variables:
• those defined in the configuration file,
dblist.ini
, as an index attribute
(
NS-idxattr
)
• those defined as pointers to other pages, with “-NS” suffix
• those defined internally by Web Publisher
Most modifications to the Web Publisher pattern files involve simply changing
which attributes you want displayed in the properties pages, adding or
removing variables from the pattern file. That is, adjusting the use of the
variables defined in the
dblist.ini
file. Other modifications are likely to
involve the pointer variables, identified by their “-NS” suffix. The Web
Publisher-defined variables are not intended for general use, and thus are not
described at length here.
Pointing Pattern Variables
There are some pattern variables that point at specific files and displays them in
one of the frames in the browser.
The pointer variables that you can use in your pattern file are listed in Table
15.4.