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1. Enter the following syntax lt factimage 104281 1 width 30 height 30 gt factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 19 of 35 With this syntax contortions can occur if you do not enter the exact width and height proportions If for this reason you want to avoid contortions only enter one side lt factimage 104281 1 width 30 gt OR lt factimage 104281 1 herght 30 7 gt In order to be able to adjust a picture take note of the following instructions Aligning the picture between paragraphs Aligning the picture in the text Allowing text to flow around a picture Set picture as a button lt div align Ausrichtung lt factimage 104281 0 gt lt div gt Enter one of the following values for an justification center the picture is centered left the picture is pasted on the left side left justified right the picture is pasted on the right side right justified lt pactbimage L04231 7 alig TEOD Enter one of the following values for an adjustment top the picture is pasted at its top margin into the text line middle the picture is pasted at its middle into the text line bottom the picture is pasted at its bottom margin into the text line lt factimage 104281 1 align Adjustment hspace Left right vspace TopBottom gt Type in one of the following values instead of an adjustment left Aligns the picture at the left side text flows around the right side2. Unintentional parallel editions are prevented As long as the version being worked on of an existing text is not published it is not possible to create a further version of this text In order to publish information you can either click publish directly after creating editing it or first work on several documents and publish them altogether in one step For this you have to navigate to the list of documents in the appropriate folder There beside every still unpublished piece of information you see a checkbox If Check all the documents that you would like to publish and click on publish all selected items beneath factline community server Settings Users online Logout Search go Home Facts usermanual dt user manual test You are logged in as sebastian user manual test b ou view 111440 edit P Permissions read modity cores oo das ist der test text f r das user manual Xo uar Abasia udulut cH P edit this text delete this text P publish this text infolD edit delete publish Functions Figure 4 edit delete publish Functions factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 14 of 35 Once the information is published every permitted user can read it see Chapter 15 Authorization System Below this text you can check which user published this text The system automatically records the name of the logged on user Every time that a text is changed and n
3. the system will store the information and display it in the complete layout with the appropriate infol Ds See Chapter 7 Meaning of the infol D At this time the information is only visible for you personally Only if it were published by you would it be accessible for those you have entitled to see it See Chapter 9 Publishing Information factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 9 of 35 6 1 Explanations of I ndividual Fields alphabetical lists In this field you can enter the name of the author If new information is provided the system automatically registers the logged in user If this however is not the actual author of this text one can easily enter the correct name By the additional statement Published by below the text one can recognize who published the text Copyright Please enter who possess the copyright to this information The system gives you today s date as the default setting If you would like to enter another date please take note of the following format JJJJ MM DD for example 2002 05 27 es In this field you can enter the description of the information of a picture an uploaded file Description etc Select the appropriate type from the pull down menu in order to categorize your event message Via types other users will be able to filter the events Should only the option all be displayed no types were defined by the platform administrator Event type This form f
4. right Aligns the picture at the right side text flows around the left side Instead of LeftRight type in a number for example 10 in order to determine the pixel distance from the picture to the left and right edges Instead of TopBottom type in a number for example 10 in order to determine the pixel distance from the picture to the top and bottom edges lt fact lank 17559 0 gt lt factimage 104261 20 border 0 7 gt lt fractiink factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 20 of 35 15 Authorization System Why permissions A sophisticated authorization system makes it possible for the platform administrator and other information producers to control exactly who is permitted to read or work on which pieces of information The hierarchy For every factline Community Server the server on which your platform runs there is a system administrator Sadmin one or several platform administrators oAdmin and one or several write permitted users If factline is used as the application service provider ASP the system runs on a server powered by factline In this case factline takes over the tasks of the Sadmin The Sadmin defines for each platform a group of platform administrators who again specify which groups of users may enter the different services Finally every user can assign write and read permissions for every piece of information fact they create Read Permission
5. Preview underlined words Preview italic words Word wrap Text old row lt br gt Text new row Preview Text old row Text new row Paragraph lt p gt Here begins a paragraph and here it is ended lt p gt Preview Here is a very simple sample text which serves to fill two rows Here begins a paragraph and here it is ended Here is yet another very simple sample text which serves to fill two rows Lines between First paragraph lt hr gt Second paragraph after the two paragraphs line Preview First paragraph Second paragraph after the line factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 30 of 35 Unordered lists Bullets Preview Ordered lists Preview Text alignment Preview Preview lt UL gt sbi hoe enti Peek entry lt a gt lt ul gt List entry List entry lt ol gt lt li gt List entry lt li gt lt li gt List entry lt li gt lt ol gt List entry List entry lt div align center gt Everything centered lt div gt lt div align left gt Everything left justified lt div gt lt div align right gt Everything right justified lt div gt lt div align justify gt justified text justified text Justified text justified text justified text justified text lt div gt Everything centered Everything left justified Everything right justified Justified text justified text justified text justified text justified text justified text Normal text
6. User ausblenden 41212234 edit delete Ej lf einen anderen Raum wechseln 112123 1 edit delete E View mode Wergangene Nachrichten nachlesen 4424242 edit delete Zeitmesser Vergangenheit durchsuchen 112125 1 edit delete Gezielte Suche vergangener Konversationen 1121261 edit delete Kopfzeile status 112127 2 edit delete move the selected tem above this iter Fugzeile Informationsleiste 1121284 edit delete Info Field Info Felder 11212941 edt delete 4 nfo Fie Sicherheitskonfigurationen 112130 1 edit delete 7 t o r ee ee E Pan Figure 5 Rearranging information within and between levels 2 Shifting information to a higher level Click the highest arrow so that the selected document for example info fields is shifted to the next highest level see Figure 5 Z Info F elder 11212941 fa Usermanual deutsch 1120541 Eq Produktinformationen 112056 1 EE cut dd i e fg FAQ uas FA SLE edt delete C Double Arrow move the selected item INTO this folder Figure 6 Moving information to another folder 3 Placing information in another folder Click the double arrow outside right of the desired folder see Figure 6 factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 16 of 35 12 Erasing Information In all the services irrespective of the type of information the option delete is visible See Figure 4 if you have the permission to delete
7. question answer lists You can create as many forums as you like A forum is divided into three Structural levels This should allow for the best possible structuring of the discussion topics Forum Superior title with short description TOpics Division of the main theme Forum into a subordinated range of topics Messages Postings Individual messages Creating a Forum In order to be able to create a forum you must first change to the edit mode To do that click the link switch to edit mode in the left column Subsequently you see the familiar add link next to the other services in the left column Reading in the Forum The forum titles and the topic titles are indicated in lists along with some formal data author number of topics and or postings date of the last posting etc on the right side You may sort these lists at will according to the formal criteria by clicking on the respective column heading Click on a title in order to display an underlying level The appearance of the individual postings differs from the other two lists by different appearance settings To begin you always see an overview of all the titles of the individual postings Question answer relationships are displayed according to standard forum conventions each posting begins with a question then subsequent postings answers follow the questions it attempts to answer Once you click a posting the respective text is opened
8. As soon as your text entry and formatting is completed click next gt gt Converting between HTML mode and facttext editor mode When one creates and edits a text one should decide on one of the two input modes Changing between the two modes is possible however you must note that during conversion much of the formatting is lost If you nevertheless would like to change the editing mode click on the red link in the left column that says either switch to html plain text mode or switch to facttext editor mode In both cases a pop up window will open in which you are warned about the loss of formatting should you continue Here you can still cancel the conversion or proceed as desired Conversion from HTML gt facttext With this variant you have the choice between an advanced or a fast conversion The advanced conversion attempts to obtain a portion of the HTML coding but cannot always deliver successful results If the result doesn t meet your expectations click right below on cancel in order to receive the original HTML variation With the fast conversion all HTML codes are automatically deleted and converted to pure text Conversion from facttext gt HTML This conversion amp somewhat more successful than the opposite variant Tables are lost however in all cases factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 12 of 35 7 Meaning of the infol D The infolD is an important
9. Navigate to the position of your platform upon which you would like to create the information Click the desired icon or the desired link and a form will appear The different information types will be represented on the platform through icons Folder Fa Text ADU File H or through links add news add event etc You find all of them on the left side If you can see neither Icons nor links then you do not have an authorization to provide information and or upload files see Chapter 15 Authorization System Ask your platform administrator Please fill in all fields of the form and then click next gt gt in order to proceed or cancel to end the procedure There are three possibilities of text entry 1 Text Mode The text entry can be formatted with simple HTML tags The use of the Enter button for word wrapping is possible 2 HTML Mode The text must have begun with lt html gt and ended with lt html gt Word wrapping can only be accomplished by entering the tag lt br gt This variation is necessary for complex HTML syntax particularly with tables See Chapter 20 HTML Tips amp Tricks 3 facttext editor Mode This mode is only available in the service Facts With the help of the facttext editor you can as in Microsoft Word write and format texts You can find detailed help about its use by reading through Chapter 6 2 Working with the Facttext Editor in Facts If you click next gt gt
10. Once you have completed the registration process you will receive your password immediately as it is sent to the e mail address you had previously entered Should you not receive an e mail with your password please contact Factline support factline com Your password along with all your other information can be altered at any time by navigating to the Settings in the menu bar If you are already a registered user and thus have a user name and password you can login by clicking the Login command See Figure 1 below ou have forgotten your password Click the Forgot your Password link ound on the login page and enter the user name and e mail address you used to register Within a few minutes a new password is sent factline community server Facts News Dialog Events Links Library Downloads Figure 1 Login Settings Passwort Once you have logged yourself in look on the right side of the menu list to find a Settings button All personal settings are specified within the Settings sub section These are divided into five areas Under basedata telephone and address you can review and specify the contents of your Business card Every user can access this data if your name appears as publisher of a fact a piece of information factline community server Facts H News Dialog Events Links Library Downloads Setti ne m Lisers online T m ut j Home Fa
11. and or deep hierarchical tree Folders texts and other pieces of data can be included as elements of the structure News In the Service News users can read through the latest news The entire news archive can be searched through by author date or news type Dialog In the dialog area users can make direct contact with experts other users or the public This is allowed via two different services Forum and factchat For further details about this service see gt Chapter 18 Working with the Dialog Forum Here you can post write short statements regarding a particular theme With the help of a structured question and answer construction discussions among multiple people can be facilitated factchat A chat real time communication over the Internet with expanded functions The contributions of the chat participant will be spatially positioned In this way seeing the relationship between texts is better facilitated In addition all contributions are saved in a searchable archive Events Users appointments will be displayed using the Events service There is the possibility to define different event types after which certain appointments can be selected Links The Links service offers the possibility of archiving important and interesting references on the world wide web The different entries are searchable by types Library In this service you can manage a bibliography The different literature entries ar
12. element in that it enables you to relocate and identify created information Every composed piece of information on the platform will be automatically assigned an infolD by the system The infolD is a unique combination of numbers that allows the published information to be easily identified Of practical importance the infolD is particularly useful for reference purposes see Chapter 13 References The infolD is a combination of two parts 102070 12 rae Version Number _ Main Number One sequential automatically created number combination Version Number This results from editing new versions of a document In order to be able to distinguish between these versions a version number is always attached after the main number The main number of the infolD is constant The version number is used on the platform in two further modified forms 102070 edit edit Instead of the version number this indicates that the document being worked on has not been published yet 102070 0 If you always want to reference to the most recent document available type O at the end of the infolD in place of the version number see Chapter 13 References 8 Information About Versions The FCS has its own version system With this you can update and or edit documents without the losing the older version The individual versions are categorized by the version number on the end of every infolD see gt Chapter 7 Meaning of the infolD Wit
13. gt Preview Water consists of IH o o factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 32 of 35 Cells with size lt himL gt specifications lt table width 400 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 5 gt lt gt lt td width 100 gt Text of the first column that now is reduced to 100 pixels lt td gt lt td width 300 volioqn ToOp gt lt ront color 000099 gt Text of the second substantially wider column 300 pixels in which now appears the essentially longer colored text lt font gt lt td gt lt I tI gt lt table gt lt html gt Preview Text of the first Text of the second substantially column that now wider column 300 Pixel in which is reduced to now appears the essentially longer 100 pixels colored text Special Characters Some special characters have a certain function within HTML coding and are automatically interpreted by the system instead of being displayed In case you want such characters to be displayed as normal text you have to use the lt text gt tag Special Here I want to display an example of HTML Code as characters within normal text text lt text gt lt b gt This is the way of writing bold text lt b gt lt text gt Preview Here want to display an example of HTML Code as normal text lt b gt This is the way of writing bold text lt b gt Blank Code With invisible tables you will use empty cells more frequently But so that the width
14. lt font size 1 gt Text that is about 20 units larger than normal text lt s font gt lt font Size 1L SText that 2s about 20 units smaller than normal text lt fTont gt Normal text Text that is about 20 units larger than normal text Text that is about 20 units smaller than normal text factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 31 of 35 20 3 Formatting Tables Tables are not only used in their normal representation but also in order to be able to position texts and graphics accurately next to each other In this second case so called invisible tables are pasted Invisible Tables lt html gt lt table border 0 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 5 gt LSLE lt td gt Text of the first column lt td gt lt td gt Text of the second column lt td gt lt tr gt lt table gt lt html gt Preview Text of the first column Text of the second column The edges of the tables are set to the equivalent of zero and are therefore not visible Cell padding and cell spacing denote the space from text to the edge of the cell and or between the individual cells More details on this can be found at http selfhtml teamone de html tabellen gestaltung htm abstand Connected cells lt html lt table border 1 gt LEES lt td colspan 2 gt Water consists of lt td gt eae we a lt td width gt H lt sub gt 2 lt sub gt lt td gt lt td gt 0 lt td gt lt er gt lt table gt lt html
15. read Read permitted groups can read but not work on or hide text Write Permission modify Write permitted groups can write work on or delete text With the creation of a forum there is still a third option Post Permission post In the case of the forum users don t have the possibility of deleting or altering the title Here it is possible to exclusively answer a posting Fais News Dialog Evante Linke Library Downloada Settings Weer online Logout Heme Add EdE them Setting advanced pernmssrens You are goed in as AsiridH b Bet madianle Pannis sioe Set gup parmissions foritam raad modiy post Es_inern SSS aptid a bast Sa unkerse fT weer a puesi tii se 100 aOmin_asinio s tect papa Figure 7 Permission types factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 21 of 35 Assigning Permission Read and write permissions will be assigned when providing and or editing information Underneath the entry mask you can choose between two options Standard advanced Copyright Language Author Permissians The system copies the permissions from the next higher level Here there are two different variations If a piece of information is completely newly created the authorization settings of the pAdmin are taken over If a piece of information is edited the authorization settings of the previous version are assumed In each case the cur
16. small and larger sized characters lt xxx gt Most HTML instructions come in pairs with a Start Tag in the form lt xxx gt and an End Tag in the form lt xxx gt These command pairs indicate in each case the meaning of the text lying between them Thus e g between lt b gt and lt b gt bold text is displayed Some HTML instructions come individually thus without an end tag They designate certain elements that stand between the text So for example lt hr gt means a line between two paragraphs The HTML instructions in pairs must always be entered correctly This is illustrated by the following example using indented input lines What the individual tags mean can be found in Chapter 20 2 Formatting Text lt p gt The fiarvsce paragraph lt p gt lt p gt Two lt u gt lt b gt underlined bold lt gt lt u gt Words in the second paragraph lt p gt After this paragraph comes a line lt p gt lt hr gt lt p gt That is the last paragraph lt p gt factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 29 of 35 Start tags and stand alone tags sometimes include additional indications called attributes lt div alagn center shverything centered lt div gt Align center causes the text to be center justified align alignment center centered 20 2 Formatting Text Bold type lt b gt bold words lt b gt bold words Underlined lt u gt underlined words lt u gt
17. this information If you click delete the system inquires if you are sure that you want to delete this information Clicking delete one more time deletes the information If you would like to cancel this procedure click cancel or close the Pop up window with the l button on the right top part of the window 13 References With an infolD you can reference every piece of information that is stored on an FCS platform Of course you can also link to any documents on the Internet using an internet address Uniform Resource Locator URL Online Help If you open an entry input field you can always find a summary of linking possibilities on the left side under How to link Referencing to an infol D In contrast to the conventional link in which only the address of a site on the Internet is indicated a link to a URL the information on a factline Community Server is referenced directly via an infolD see chapter 7 Meaning of the infolD The advantage of this consists of the fact that a link to the appropriate piece of information even if a document is moved to another folder or even another platform always remains intact and identifiable There are no dead links What is the desired document s infol D In most cases you will not know the infolD of the desired document offhand Therefore you will find on the left column next to every area for entry input the link search infol Ds If you r
18. If you click a title of another posting the previous text is closed and the new one is displayed In the left column are a few appearance options for the posting overview factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 26 of 35 Fou are lagged in as Hella P Permissions readmoditypost universe Testplattorm y users E A F Display all iteris full texts t Highlight items created during the last Day 2 days 3 days Week Month P reply to the topic t Notification settings for dialog b How to link b How to format text P browse images t search infolds Figure 11 Posting Appearance Options When you want to display the texts of all postings on one side click all items full texts Thereafter you revert back to the standard display settings with the link selected item s text both links change depending upon the appearance Furthermore you can highlight the most recently created postings in red For this click the link of the appropriate time frame Making a Posting Click the title of the posting you would like to respond to At the end of the page now appears an answer form in which you can enter your text Click add reply in order to save your posting The answer form is not displayed if you have chosen the display setting all items full texts 18 2 factchat In the factchat Synchronous you can have simultaneous discussions with other users cha
19. Jacline User Manual For the platforms of the factline Community Server Version May 2003 factline Webservices GmbH www factline com office factline com Praterstr 15 4 15 A 1020 Wien t 43 1 218 8503 f 43 1 218 85 02 Contents Part General ntroductiOn sssssuusussuununnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 L Dalis altima al i RETETE EE EETA T AT EEEE EE E A T EET E ETET 3 d User Possibilities in the FCS Platform sssnnnsuesseesssrrrrrrrrrrrrereresserrrrrrrne 4 3 Regan LOON pee ee ee en er nn AEA ERIA 5 4 Navigation Te PSE i axiesnenesrianaent ese EE EAE KETER 6 3 OVErview Or o CIVICO ca wraviains eearelenisacer NEEE AEREE EEREN 7 Part Il Creating Contents wicicddicestacascnneciceenneensetueienieineenaceaeaneweaas 9 6 Creating Information Uploading FIl S cccceeseeseseeseeeeseeeseteesneeeaeeas 9 6 1 Explanations of Individual Fields alphabetical lists cc cece eee e cece ee eees 10 6 2 Working with the facttext editor in Facts 0c ccc cece cece cece ee eeeeeeeeeueenues 12 7 Meaning of the infol D assssssssrnnrrrrseesssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrresssnrrnrrrrrrrrrrrrerssnne 13 8 Information About Versions ssssssessssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrresssrrnnrrrrrrrrerrressenne 13 9 PUDUS ING NTOMMAUGnoncesiistencenmnasataecidadieiasaaeenienigeuennesesatusamacisnnnenins 14 10 UPO iNO LOM O een ee eee ee eet nr ne eT ren mre rer yen eee ret et art 15 11 OrganiZing MOving INTFOrMAtI
20. ON c ccc ecee este eset eeeeeseeeeseeeeseeeesnetsgees 15 lA Erama WSC inns uectaneterauesisenecs care i enesansemesseuncaes 17 13 REPS CNC eS enini EAE E ERR 17 ta NCC ATG FARE rE EET 19 La ANMO Zak OU Sy TE nE E EE ENEE 21 16 Group FU Is santa cekenratendeneedndninincewiyseadurnenrsierieeniastageeunannedwmitnnains 23 Part Ill Services in Detail sssssnsnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 25 17 EITC ACOs siirinsesi ana a a R E EE aa 25 18 Working with the DIalOO cecsissscirisiriioriinnniieiiniin riena KONAN Erena danii 26 TL FO ee heer a nh ESEA EA EEA ES EEE 26 IEE EE E E E E E A E ee ne N E A E E E E 27 19 Creatng Editing Partners erranera nEn Aa ROTEER RENE ean nee 28 20 HTML Tips and TrickS s seosssssssrsnrrrrrrrrresssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreresrrrsrrrrrrrrrrereee 29 20 1 General HTML Information ssssssssserrnnrrnnrrrnrrrnrrrerrrerrrerrnerrrerrrerrrerrrerrn 29 20 2 FOnMattinNg TEXT isrssrsiinirieir gorunur neri E sn Eer ae ADEA eNe SS OENE 30 2a FOr an TaD O e ee EE E E OT E E 32 LOA COO E ye nnn E E E EE EE 34 20 5 Reference to an E mail ACCreSs ccc ccc ccc ccc cece cece ne eaeeeeuneeneeneeannnnnnnnens 35 Part I General Introduction 1 Introduction In this manual we will explain to you all the functions and services that users on factline Community Server based platforms will need to know You can also find a version of this manual online at http fcs kundenplattform com under the h
21. acts under add browse images gt add Screenprint new image See Chapter 14 Integrating Pictures A screen print should not be wider than 400 pixels In order to find the infolD of an already loaded screen print click orowse images a list of all the available pictures will be displayed for you This field is only relevant to the service partner Several alternating partner logos can be represented in the header In this field you Seconds specify how long the respective partner logo will be displayed So you could set for example all partner logos to change after a period of 10 seconds or a logo to fade out after 30 seconds and set the others however to just one second The selected short title appears in the pathline Please indicate the source of the information here There are two possibilities for text input 1 Text mode The text input can be formatted with simple HTML tags The use of the enter key for a word wrap is possible 2 HTML mode The text must begin with lt html gt and end with lt html gt Word wrapping can only be entered with the tag lt br gt This variation is necessary for a complex HTML syntax particularly for tables See Chapter 20 HTML Tips and Tricks Title Enter a title URL Please indicate here the URL of the links of the reference work Please note Every URL Should already begin with the string http Please select a username With this username you identi
22. ces GmbH Version May 2003 Page 24 of 35 Part III Services in Detail 17 Notification The notification makes it possible for users to be informed about certain changes of content The notification is made by email Users can in this way remain informed about the changes in a platform without having to search through the platform regularly themselves Notification can be activated for the following three areas 1 Service Be informed about the activities within a service 2 Folder Be informed if a change is made within a file relevant for the services Facts Downloads and Dialog 3 InfolD Be informed if a concrete fact has changed In order to receive the notification e mails certain changes must be made in the Settings There are two ways of getting to the Notification Settings Navigation to Settings in the menu bar As a logged on user you navigate with the button Settings in the menu bar to the user settings form There is a link change notification settings on the left side of the page If you click here you come to the general notification settings of a platform Here you must indicate 1 By which actions during creation change and or deletion of the pieces of information you would like to be informed 2 How often you would like to be informed about the activities on the platform 3 If you would like the text of your notification email to be formatted or kept unformatted
23. click the name of the file and finally click open The path is then now displayed in the field file data If you cannot see the add browse images button then you do not have the permission to upload pictures to the platform Consult your pAdmin 2 Integration of an I mage If you work in the facttext editor mode of the service Facts you an very easily paste a picture using the integrated selection of pictures In all other cases you must enter a special code syntax which is used to set the desired position for the picture here given with example infol D lt factimage 104281 1 gt In most cases you will not know the infolD of the desired picture by heart Because of this you find on the left column of the page next to the input mask the link orowse images If you run this you will get a list of all the pictures available on the platform including their infol Ds If you integrate a picture it is advisable to specify the width and or the height of the graphic Since the browser can infer how big the graphic will be the site will load faster because the browser designates an accordingly large area in the place of the graphic not yet loaded If you do not indicate the width and height the browser delays displaying your site until it has read in all the necessary details from the included graphic files Furthermore the specification of the height and width allows you to change the size of the picture
24. cts usermanual dt services Facts Figure 2 Settings With password you can change your password Under the notification settings you can request automatic notifications about changes that are made to your platform for more further information see Chapter 17 Notification factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 5 of 35 4 Navigation of the Platform Menu bar In the header you will find a menu bar with all the services on the left side and the Settings Users Online and the Login Logout on the right side See Figure 3 Pathline Beneath the header of your platform you will see a pathline that shows you in which area of your platform you are currently at Home Facts First Steps If you would like to jump to a higher part of the hierarchy simply click the appropriate designation in the pathline for example Facts See Figure 3 Search function The search function Search you will find on the right side in between the menu bar and the pathline This will enable you to search through all the texts on the platform using certain keywords Enter the keyword click the go button and you will be shown the appropriate hits See Figure 3 Menu bar factline community server Facts News Dialog Events Links Library Downloads Settings Users online Logout laCUling go gt Home Facts usermanual dt services Facts P You are logged in as sebastian Search funct
25. d users guests guests All users who have not yet registered users All users which are registered on any FCS platform guests users universe factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 23 of 35 2 Self defined groups These are groups set up and maintained by the pAdmin not the groups circumscribed by dashes or dark circles in Figure 9 For each platform as many user groups can be defined as desired The definition of which groups are available takes place via the platform administrator pAdmin Every group can be assigned to as many users as desired and also the other way around users can be assigned to several different groups universe Users of other platforms Nicht eingeloggt m e m E er m h m m oy eingeloggt Figure 9 Groups The hierarchy while working with groups The platform administrator sets up groups and decides on platform levels which groups have which access rights So for example the platform administrator can define certain groups to have no access to the service factchat etc Furthermore the platform administrator can pre define a standard authorization variant for the publication of information see Chapter 15 Authorization System The users assign permissions for individual pieces of information as soon as they create or work on information see Chapter 15 Authorization System factline Webservi
26. e searchable by types Downloads The service Downloads allows users to place downloaded files at their disposal You can write a description for each file that is downloadable The download itself Starts automatically with just a mouse click factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 7 of 35 Partner In the partner field of the header associate logos change after a defined delay These logos can be linked to the appropriate websites For further details concerning this service see gt Chapter 19 Creating Editing Partners Users online Ping Online users will display all users except you that are currently online and also offers you the possibility of contacting them ping Ping If you want to contact someone simply click on the ping button next to the appropriate name however you can only see this ping when you have the permission for it Thereupon opens a small window in which you can write your message Once finished click Send the message appears immediately on the screen of the recipient The recipient then has the possibility to reply directly to the message factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 8 of 35 Part II Creating Contents 6 Creating Information Uploading Files It doesn t matter which type of information text folder file news new forum forum contribution event associate logo etc you would like to create and publish the necessary steps are always the same
27. eading Usermanual english Besides this you can also find an interactive tutorial at the URL address http fcs kundenplattform com under the FCS testline listing English To be able to run a FCS platform people with three different levels of privileges are needed In order to better understand and operate these FCS functions we would like to begin by giving you a short explanation There are 3 levels of privileges in the functional hierarchy 1 System Administrator 2 Platform Administrator 3 User Users privileges in this case your privileges can be found at the lowest level of the hierarchy For the purposes of this manual the FCS hierarchy can be better clarified using an analogy of the construction and use of a house e The purchaser designer announces how the house in our case the platform should appear e The system administrator builder transfers a ready made turnkey house platform to one or more platform administrators new owners e The platform administrator sets the house rules divides the users into groups sets the password for each user and can also structure the arrangement of the house the platform arrangement e A few users visit the house alone while others inhabit it Inhabitants have different keys with which they have access to different rooms In these rooms they help then with its arrangement expand or change it etc Entry doors for which they possess no key are not even vi
28. ewly published you can see the names of the logged on users who made the changes under Published by 10 Updating Information You are only able to see the option edit when you have been permitted for this purpose This is the case in all services However make sure you are already logged on One click on the edit button See Figure 4 brings you to an input mask You can work on the information yourself there changing read or write permissions etc In case you want to edit a document which has already been edited directly by another user that is if this new version still hasn t been published you ll receive an error message Editions in this case are not possible If you have published your changes the updated version number overwrites the original and thus receives a higher version number e g infolD 02095 2 instead of before infolD 102095 1 If the information was updated it is nevertheless still possible to refer to an older version With the creation of the references you can decide if you would like to refer to a certain version or to the most current version see also Chapter 13 References On the platform it is also possible to upload documents that were created in a certain application If you want to update such a document you must first edit and then save the files on your computer either your harddrive or your network Subsequently open the input mask for the document
29. fy yourself on the platform Please indicate the year of publication for the work factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 11 of 35 6 2 Working with the facttext editor in Facts The following functions are available with the facttext editor setting fonts as bold italicized and underlined changing font colors and size aligning text creating listings inserting pictures and links internal and external and creating Simple tables Creating Texts You have already clicked the button aa and saw the input mask before you Click now on the left side on the red link switch to facttext editor mode in order to call up the facttext editor Please be patient as your browser will need some time to load the editor You can now begin to enter your text into the facttext editor window In order to format select the desired text and click on the appropriate button Creating tables Please note that only very simple tables can be created with the facttext editor Pasting pictures and dividing rows is not possible As the first step select create table from the table menu A pop up window will open and you will be asked how many columns your table should have The first row of the table will be created Subsequently one can supplement the table with further data e g the number of rows In addition you can position your cursor in the table and select the appropriate function from the table menu
30. h the help of the infolD you can also link to Special versions see gt Chapter 13 References With the selected write authorization write permissions you determine who is permitted to edit a document Permissions are always assigned to groups Warning It is possible for several users to be working simultaneously on the Same new versions Note that this will not result in a collective version As long as a version is not published any altered contents are not visible factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 13 of 35 Concerning Download Versions In the service Downloads you can upload externally created documents and or data e g from Word Excel Powerpoint For every uploaded document a Short description can be published A new version of a downloaded fact can include newly uploaded external data or single unchanged description text A downloaded fact is always only the most current version of the external data available As soon as the editing of a downloaded fact is uploaded as new data the old data from the server is deleted Keeping the data from all available downloaded fact versions is not possible at this time 9 Publishing Information So long as you don t click publish See Figure 4 the information is not published and is only viewable by you The system has already assigned an infolD which for the time being replaces the version number with edit See Figure 4
31. hten Sie 1 das Passwort kann auch aus Zahlen bzw einer Kombination aus Zahlen und Zeichen bestehen 2 das Passwort unterscheidet Gro und Kleinbuchstaben You can decide which group should be permitted to read and or edit information You can choose between two options Standard The system copies the permissions from the next higher level Here there are two different variations If a piece of information is created for the first time the authorization settings of the pAdmin are taken over If a piece of information is edited the authorization settings of the previous version are assumed In each case thecurrent Authorization standard settings are always indicated at the end of the input form advanced As soon as you click next gt gt you come to a list of all the authorization groups added by the platform administrator You assign permissions by clicking the respective checkbox for reading read and or the writing permission modify With the set button the changes take effect You can find exact information for these permissions in Chapter 15 Authorization System Place o Place of news event etc Publishing house Please enter the publish house where the book magazine appears factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 10 of 35 Here you can enter the infolD of a screen print picture This screen print must be loaded on the platform before however in the service F
32. ield allows you to upload documents to the platform Click the button Browse right next to the field file data It opens the standard Windows Explorer window Then navigate to the directory in Explorer where the uploaded information is located click the data name and then click open The path is indicated to you in the field file data of your platform File data Select the appropriate type from the pull down menu in order to categorize your link Via types other users will be able to filter the links Should only the option all be displayed no types were defined by the pAdmin Language Here you can if it s available in the pull down menu assign a language to your text Select the appropriate type from the pull down menu in order to categorize your literature Internet type Literature type information Other users are given the possibility of filtering the literature information Should only the option all be displayed no types were defined by the pAdmin Please enter the kind of news Abstract by XY Press release etc Select the appropriate type from the pull down menu in order to categorize your news News type Via types other users will be able to filter the news Should only the option all be displayed no types were defined by the pAdmin Please note 1 The password can also consist of numbers and or a combination of numbers and characters 2 The password is case sensitive Password Bitte beac
33. ion b You view 105946 16 Facts Pathline Permissions readmodity a an i ies GON fcs admin we ge Der Service Facts eignet sich f r die Strukturierung yon umfangreichen Inhalten und fes_intern wow Informationen auf der Platform Sie k nnen einen beliebig breiten und tiefen Strukturbaum Universe ww OU aufbauen Were hg ba b edit this text Sle k nnen in den Strukturbaum folgende Strukturierungselemente einbinden b delete this text Ordner Texte Dateien gt Information anlegen Datel einbinden Lese und Schreib Bearbeitungsberechtigungen k nnen f r jede Informationseinheit vergeben werden gt Berechtigungen Wird eine Information berarbeitet dann wird die neue Version gewissermaken gdar bergelegt die Infarmationseinheit erh lt eine h here Versionsnummer b wejter zu Service Forum Author sebastian udulutsch Copyright tactine InfolG 103946 16 published on 23 Apr 2002 powered by factline Community Server Figure 3 Navigation factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 6 of 35 5 Overview of Services You can directly access all the other available services on your platform by clicking the respective name in the menu bar See Figure 3 The chosen designations in this manual the standard names chosen by factline Other designations for menu items are possible Facts The service Facts is suitable for storing extensive amounts of content on the platform You can build any wide
34. k gt factline Homepage lt a gt You can insert more HTML commands within the text field You can read more details in Chapter 20 HTML Tips and Tricks References from external documents using an infol D Suppose you want to paste a link to information on an FCS platform in an e mail You can make this possible with the following URL http tes kundenolatliorm com antolDs 104247 20 Should registration be necessary for reading this information the link will point directly to the login page of the platform Once the user has successfully logged in the desired information will be displayed by his browser factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 18 of 35 14 Integrating Pictures In order to be able to include a picture image in a piece of text there are two necessary steps First the picture will have to be uploaded to the server in Service Facts Upload and placement of an infolD After that you can reference the uploaded picture to the desired location 1 Upload If you would like to upload pictures please navigate to Service Facts and click add browse images After that click add new image in order to upload the desired picture to the platform from your local network For this purpose click the button Browse right next to the field File Data The standard window of Windows Explorer opens Navigate in Explorer to the directory in which the uploaded picture is located
35. n blue 2 numbers are available That makes 16 x 16 256 possible combinations of a color value Example of colored text with hexadecimal values HTML Code lt font color FF0000 gt red words lt font gt lt font cOlor F0000FF gt blue words lt font gt lt font color 00FF00 gt green words lt font gt Preview red words blue words green words factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 34 of 35 Color names of the 16 basic colors In order to define a color with the help of a color name simply enter the desired color names in place of the hexadecimal RGB value The following color names have been a component of HTML since version 3 2 and are understood by many world wide web browsers Value Value 008000 00FF00 Example of colored text with color name HTML Code lt font Golor red gt red words lt font gt lt font GColor blue gt blue words lt font gt lt font color lime gt green words lt font gt Preview red words blue words green words 20 5 Reference to an E mail Address You can create a reference to any e mail address within a text If the user clicks on the reference it automatically opens his e mail program with the given e mail address in the send to field of a new message HTML Code Please send any questions to the following e mail address br gt lt a href mailto max muster test org gt max muster test org lt a gt Pre
36. of the appropriate cell is not reduced to O0 it is helpful to enter a blank code into the cell This is amp nbsp oder amp 160 factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 33 of 35 20 4 Colors Basically there are two possibilities in defining colors in HTML e By indicating the RGB value of the desired color in hexadecimal form RGB Red Green Blue value of the color e By indicating the name of a color The advantage of the hexadecimal color value is that it works independently of the browser and there exists a selection of 16 7 million colors If you enter the color name you circumvent the somewhat difficult definition of a color in hexadecimal mode At present however only 16 colors are officially Standardized More colors exist but this depends upon the browser used Hexadecimal Color Values If you define colors directly in hexadecimal mode you must arrange the desired color using specifications regarding the three basic colors red green and blue RGB values Each hexadecimal color definition has 6 digits and takes the following form XXXXXX First note the pound symbol after which follows Six positions for the color definition The first two places define the red value of the color the second two places the green value and the last two places the blue value Hexadecimal numbers are 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F There are thus 16 possibilities for a hexadecimal number For each color value red gree
37. ogos Work procedures 1 Upload the logos to the platform under Facts browse images add image as gif with the size of 80x64 pixels See Chapter 14 Integrating Pictures 2 Click somewhere within the partner window to the right of your header 3 Under add partner you can paste the individual logos with their corresponding infolD Don t forget to fill out the field Seconds This indicates how long a logo should be displayed If necessary you can submit further information by filling out the Description field for this partner e g address of the homepage factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 28 of 35 20 HTML Tips and Tricks In this chapter we have summarized basic HTML instructions for you so that you can arrange your texts which normally are entered unformatted directly into the form If you want to learn even more about this topic we recommend to you the web site www teamone de selfhtml 20 1 General HTML Information HTML is the abbreviation for Hyper Text Markup Language HTML is the format in which the text and hypertext information is transmitted and saved in the World Wide Web WWW For the WWW you can t create the layout of your text as you would in Word for each respective paper Using HTML texts on the Internet you arrange the layout with logical HTML instructions tags These tags can be differentiated from normal text such as they are written between
38. olor selection appears Simultaneously AS soon as you have selected a color the chatroom opens and you can begin Chatting Writing messages Now you find yourself in the chat mode in which you can post messages To post you must click anywhere within the gray region input window The text input cursor appears and you can then type in your text In order to fix a place for the message in the input window so that all users can read it you must press the enter key Before you press enter however you have the possibility of using your mouse to move your text window anywhere within the input window Orientation and Clarity So that you can distinguish between new and old messages with the passing of time you see that old messages become more and more pale and eventually disappear into the background Therefore the newest messages are the clearest With the help of the Zoomer right under the input window you can individually adjust how many messages should be displayed simultaneously in the input window You can find more information on our factchat customer platform http factchat kundenplattform com Infol D 112156 0 19 Creating Editing Partners In your header there is a possibility to activate the service Partner This service concerns a small window on the right side in which logos appear at different time intervals Here you can let your partner or other acting parties on the platform advertise their l
39. rent Standard settings are always indicated at the end of the input form As soon as you click next gt gt see Figure 8 you come to a list of all the permission groups set up by the platform administrator You assign permissions by clicking the respective checkbox F for reading read and or writing permission modify With the set button the changes take effect See Figure 7 Deutsch Max Harnoncourt advanced select standard auto Current group permissions read modify Testplattorm Universe users quest Mitarbeiter Figure 8 Actual Standard Permission Settings factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 22 of 35 16 Group Functions Permissions can be assigned for every piece of information on the factline Community Server Permissions affect the respective groups and not single users Basically you must decide between two types of groups 1 System groups These are groups that are created as a standard by the system not the groups circumscribed by dashes circles in Figure 9 No users have to be assigned to these groups by the pAdmin since the allocation takes place automatically Platform Main This group contains every user that has registered on your Group platform In addition the system will assign the name of your platform for example my_platform main group but this can also be changed by the pAdmin universe All registered users and unregistere
40. sible to them factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 3 of 35 2 User Possibilities in the FCS Platform Users have different rights upon their being assigned to a user group with a given set of permissions In principle a user can only see those services and contents allowed by the authorization set for him her See Chapter 15 Authorization System A user can Register Change his her password Change his her settings user data such as address telephone number photo Retrieve reports notifications concerning the modifications of texts Query contents the authorization system controls who sees what Enter contents if the services images and downloads are activated they can also upload pictures and externally created data files Combine contents with each other link Change contents Permission settings control who is permitted to edit Hide contents Permission settings control who can delete what Set permissions for new or modified contents Come into contact with other users ping chat if these services are toggled on factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 4 of 35 3 Registration Login Registration Login In order to be able to work on your platform you will first have to register First click Login in the header and then on the link register below the Login fields Now fill out the required fields of the application and click the next button
41. some email programs don t display HTML format Select with the help of the checkboxes F the desired settings and click the Save button After that you can also select the exact individual services from a list on the left side of the page for which areas or documents you would like a notification sent to you Navigation through the individual services It doesn t matter in which service you are there is always on the left side of the page the link Notification settings for Service see Figure 10 If you have opened a form you will not be able to see this link Clicking this link takes you first to the notification settings of this special service But you can also navigate from there to the general notification settings and the notification settings of the other services factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 25 of 35 Facts News Dining Events Linka Library Dow ninads Settings Users onfine Logout Home Denied r E E athe a Hausuebungen nva MAA jireh Fl Topo s 411415 1 edt daa F Holicaton setings Er garkia Figure 10 Notification link by a service 18 Working with the Dialog In the dialog area you can directly communicate with the other platform users Two services are available to you one asynchronous Forum and another synchronous factchat The following will further explain these two services 18 1 Forum In the Forum you can post short statements in a structured
42. t There is always only one factchat per platform Click on the factchat link in the dialog area A Java applet now loads You will require a java enabled web browser in order to be able to initiate a factchat session Normally there shouldn t be problems starting factchat In case there are please check over your browser settings MS Internet Explorer Select Internet Options from the Tools menu of your browser Then click the Advanced tab From the long list of options that follow find the heading Microsoft VM and select JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled Save the settings by clicking OK Then close all Internet Explorer windows and restart the browser Netscape Communicator Click Preferences from the Edit menu of your browser There click the Advanced tab and select Enable Java Save your new setting by clicking OK Subsequently close all Netscape windows and restart the browser factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 27 of 35 Should problems nevertheless still arise please read through the information posted at our factchat customer platform at http factchat kundenplattform com InfolD 112107 0 Login and Nickname Color Selection Enter a desired nickname and click the login button Subsequently the java applet opens factchat and prompts you to select a chatroom Most of the time however only one chatroom is offered In such cases c
43. to be updated on the platform as decribed above by clicking the edit button There you can now insert the updated file in the field File Data upload new file see also Chapter 6 Creating nformation Uploading Files and existing document will be replaced 11 Organizing Moving Information In the service Facts you have the possibility to upload large quantities of text and folders as well as files For this it will of course be necessary to afterwards arrange these documents Notice the arrows directly to the right of the edit delete options If you want to rearrange information you have to check the information with one mouse click For this use the radio button next to the delete option After that you have the choice between three possibilities 1 Place the information you would like in the same level before the other information factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 15 of 35 Click the arrow by the document over which you want to move your selected document for example info fields To help you by every arrow appear info fields if you move the mouse over it See Figure 5 Highest arrow Technische Voraussetungen 112107 1 edit delete Login und Nickname Farben Einstelung 112108 2 edit delete 7 Ej Chatten Nachrichten schreiben und positionieren 424472 edit delete 7 Orientierung und Ubersichtlichkeit TERE edit delete User wer ist online
44. un this a search field opens in which you have to enter a keyword of the desired document After clicking the search button a list is displayed of all the documents available on the platform that contain your keyword with their respective infol Ds factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 17 of 35 In order to refer to a document using an infolD you have two possibilities in the syntax entry Short form lt factlink 102491 0 gt In this case the title of the document to be referenced will be automatically displayed as a link which is linked to the most recent version of the document Long form lt factlink 102070 43 gt 0ld Introductory version lt factlink gt In this case the designation of the link is created independently of the title of the document Moreover this is linked specifically to the file version number 43 If you would prefer that the reference be opened in a new window use the following syntax Short form lt factlink 102491 0 target _blank gt Long form lt factlink 102070 43 target _blank gt Old Introductory version lt factlink gt Reference to an I nternet address URL If you would like to link to information on the Internet please type the conventional HTML syntax lt a href http www factline com gt Designation lt a gt Here you can also specify that the reference should be opened in a new window lt a href http www factline com target _blan
45. view Please send any questions to the following e mail address max muster rest org factline Webservices GmbH Version May 2003 Page 35 of 35
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