Home page composition
The Home page template (index) of a project site is made up of a banner and 5 zones:
- a main zone in the center
- 3 side zones on left
- 2 side zones on right
The header
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The header of a project site is made up of the following elements:
- The theme of the project, associated with its color
- Project keywords
- Project title
- Project description
- Active sections and modules
Zone contents
A project's home page is automatically created and configured on the model defined by the conf/project-home-model.xml file in the "Project" charter.
By default, this file breaks down the home page of a project space as follows:
- the 1st zone on the left (left-top) hosts the content type search service "Alertwith a maximum of 1 result
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Find out more about project alerts - the 2nd zone on the left hosts the content type search service "Project newssorted by start date and with a maximum of 5 results
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Find out more about project news - the 3rd zone on the left (left-bottom) hosts the service "Project members in a "summary" view
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- The main area will be filled automatically by a news search service if the "Exchange wall " module is active.
Find out more about the exchange wall. - The 1st zone on the right-hand side is designed to accommodate a mini-probe
This zone is not automatically filled. - The 2nd right-bottom zone houses the service department "Project suggestion
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These are projects on the same theme OR with keywords in common with the current project, with public or moderated registration, for which the current user is not already a member, and sorted by category then common keywords.
The maximum number of projects displayed is a service parameter. The default is 6.