Page types

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This section describe the main page types users of ICA-AtoM will encounter. Page titles throughout the system indicate the type of page being displayed. The main page types are:

• Home page
• List
• View
• Edit
• Search results
• Error

Home page

Home page: user is logged in

• Start page when user opens the application
• Provides links/buttons for user actions (search, browse, log in, log out, get help, switch language, add/edit content, translate, administer system)
• Provides basic information about the application
• Accessible to all users, but only shows elements relevant to user's role (e.g. the admin link is only available to editors and administrators
• Accessible from any other page by clicking the "home" link in the user menu

List

List page showing archival descriptions

• Displays a set of records in list form
• There are separate list pages for each of the main entity types in the system (archival descriptions, authority records, archival institutions, and terms)
• Displays minimal information about each record (e.g. title)
• Clicking on the field names in the column headers will sort the list alphabetically
• By default ICA-AtoM lists records ten at a time, providing pagination at the bottom of the page to allow users to navigate through long lists of records. Administrators can increase or decrease this default number (see UM-7.4.1 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings > Customize global settings)
• Allows user to click entry to go to full record in view mode
• Provides add new button to create new record of same type
• Accessible to all users, but add new button not available to researchers (read-only access)

View

View page for an archival description

• Displays an individual record in full in view mode (read-only)
• Shows only fields that contain data
• Allows user to click title bar or edit button to switch to edit mode (data entry on edit page)
• Accessible to all users, but edit button not available to researchers (read-only access)

Edit

Edit page for an archival description

• Displays an individual record in edit mode for data entry
• Shows all fields
• Groups fields by collapsible information areas: fields can be hidden or displayed by section
• Provides floating button block that contains buttons for saving or canceling changes or deleting the record as a whole
• Allows user to toggle between view mode or edit mode by clicking the title bar
• Accessible to contributors, editors, administrators; not accessible to researchers (read-only access)

Search results

Search results page

• Displays set of records that match search criteria and summarizes search (number of "hits" returned)
• As of the current version of ICA-AtoM, only available for archival descriptions
• Includes the first three lines of the Dublin Core "description" field (if entered)
• Allows user to click title to go to full record in view mode
• Accessible to all users

Error

• Displays an error message when ICA-AtoM is unable to execute an action
• Page not found: broken link, report to system administrator and to ICA-AtoM support team
• No access permission: your user account does not give you access privileges to the requested page
• Locked term: term cannot be edited because it is referenced in the underlying code
• No translation permission: you do not have translator access in the current language
• System error (error 500): indicates a fairly major system-wide problem, or problem with data corruption; report to administrator
• Blank page: indicates a fairly major system-wide problem, or problem with data corruption; report to administrator and to ICA-AtoM support team