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Data Access Europe BV

Eddy Kleinjan, Senior Consultant

eddy.kleinjan@dataaccess.nl

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Electos

Content Management System Fully Browser Based Visual DataFlex Web App Server Extensible; Source Code is Available Included in Visual DataFlex Studio

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Electos Tools

Electos Studio• Create and Manage Structure• Create and Manage Content

Electos Publisher• Publishes Content in a Structured way

Electos Site Manager (Pro and Developer Edition)• Manages Multiple Websites on a Single Server

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Introduction to Electos

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Electos Publishing Concepts

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Publications Require Structure

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Design in Electos

ASP Template Decides the looks Separation of Content and Style WYSIWYG Editing of Text elements Upload Content like Pictures, Word and PDF

Documents

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Electos Publisher

Document Item

ASP Template

Electos Publisher

Page

Document Structure

Page Request

Requests Content

Gets Document Item

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Electos Concepts

Pages publish Documents using ASP Templates Documents are based on a Document Structure Document Structures have one or more Items ASP Templates define where Items are Published

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Document Structures

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Document Structures

Every Document is based on a Document Structure Forces a Consistent look of the Website Connected to a specific ASP Template to show

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Text element

Text element

Search facility

Submenu

Main navigation menu egory

Item name

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Document Structures

Document Structures define Items that make up a Document

The number of Items is Unlimited

The Type of an Item defines what type of content is expected to be entered for it. Available types are:- Single Line Text- Multi Line Text- File

Title

Text

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Document Structure Items Types

Items can be:• Single Line Text• Multi Line Text• Files Reference to

Word Document PDF Document Images

• Image Gallery

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Restricted Access

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Restricted Access

Create Members Manually (Administrator) Create / Manage Groups Assign Members to one or more groups Put Access Restrictions in place using Groups

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Restrict Access to Pages

Restrict access to• Page• Category

ASP Templates need to be ‘Restriction Aware’ Include ElectosRestriction.inc

Indicates a restricted Object

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Image Gallery

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Image Gallery

An Image Gallery is a Collection of Images Can be created using an Image Gallery Document

Structure together with an Image Gallery ASP Template

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Image GalleryiTotal = oPublisher.call("GET_GalleryCount", iPageID, "Gallery")

For iLoop = 0 To (iTotal - 1) sImageUrl = oPublisher.call("GET_GalleryImageURL", iPageID, "Gallery", iLoop) sImageAlt = oPublisher.call("GET_GalleryAltText", iPageID, "Gallery", iLoop) sImageThumb = oPublisher.call("GET_GalleryThumbURL", iPageID, "Gallery", iLoop, 100, 100, false) If sImageThumb = "" Then sImageThumb = "Images/ThumbNAV.jpg“

// Show the image

Loop

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Website Manager

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Website Manager

Create or Remove Websites Control Access URL’s for Studio and Publisher Upgrade Existing Sites to Latest Electos version Only Available in Pro and Developer Edition

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Designs Ready to Use

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Designs Ready to Use

Available at www.electos.com Low Prices Designs Easy Installation All Existing Content is preserved

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Advantages of Electos

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Advantages of using Electos

Website Owners can Change the Website No HTML Knowledge is Required Website can be Changed from any Location Forces Website to have a Consistent Structure Appearance of Pages can be Scheduled Automatic Indexing of Content for fast searches Control Access to Protected Items (Pro Edition)

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Questions?

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Tomorrow:

Integrating Electos with Web applicationsSuggestions welcome!

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Thank you!