Overview

The widget uploader Widget Uploader provides a simple web-based user interface for uploading new widgets to the system, and for managing existing widgets.

Using the Widget Uploader

Logging In

The Widget Uploader shares its cookie with the Community Edition (CE) GUI, the File Uploader, the Source Builder User Interface, and the People Manager - logging into any of them will log into all of them.

To loginThe widget uploader

•  Provide your credentials when prompted by any of the above mentioned GUIs.

Root URL Access

The Widget Uploader can be accessed from <ROOT_URL>/manager/widgetUploader.jsp (eg http://infinite.ikanow.com/widgetUploader.jsp). It can also be reached from the home page of the Manager webapp (itself linked from the main visualization GUI).

This brings up username and password fields and a login button. (Unless already logged in, eg into the manager or main GUI - in which case skip to the next section).

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Two things to note: 

In order to login with admin privileges (for admins only!), append "?sudo"or "?sudo=true" to the URL (eg http://infinite.ikanow.com/widgetUploader.jsp?sudo).

If you are not logged-in with admin privileges you will only be able to edit your own widgets, and will only be able to add widgets to communities you own or on which you are a moderator.

Uploading a new widget

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The above figure shows the tool immediately after log-in.

To upload the widget, simply populate the fields shown above and then "submit". Some further information on fields is described below:

Uploading a New Widget

You can use the Widget Uploader to upload a widget to the platform.

To upload a widget

1. From the Widget Uploader interface, ensure that the dropdown displays "Upload New Widget."
2. Fill in the Title, Description, and Communities as required.
3. Provide the Swf file from local file, or Provide the URL.
4. Specify Version Number and Icon Image
5. Click on Submit.

For more information concerning the fields and expected values, see section Widget Uploader Interface.

An example is shown below:

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Editing Widgets

You can

An example is shown below:

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Editing widgets

use the Widget Uploader to edit a previously uploaded widget

To edit the attributes of an existing widget, log-in as before but then select

1. Select one of the widgets from the drop-down menu at the top of the screen

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(Remember that administrators must log-in with "?sudo" appended to the URLs in order to edit other people's widgets).

1. .  Once an existing widget has been selected, its current fields are used to populate the web form. The communities with which the widget is currently shared are highlighted. The non-highlighted communities are those with which the widget can be shared.

1. Edit whichever fields need to be changed

1. , or upload new files

Copying widgets

1. .
2. Click on Submit. 

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Copying Widgets

You can use the Widget Uploader to copy widgets.  This enables you to create multiple widgets with similar fields), simply select .

To copy a widget

1. Select the widget to copy in the drop down

1. menu.
2. Choose the "Copy Current Widget" item

1. from the

1. menu.

2. Provide a different title.
3. Make the required edits
4. Click on Submit.

Deleting Widgets

You can use the Widget Uploader to delete widgets. 

To delete a widget, log

1. Log-in and select it

1. from the dropdown
2. Click on Delete.  The widget is deleted.