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[[Image:UM-2.4_1.png|500px|right|thumb|Home page: user is logged in]] | [[Image:UM-2.4_1.png|500px|right|thumb|Home page: user is logged in]] | ||
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* Provides links/buttons for user actions (search, browse, log in, log out, get help, switch language, add/edit content, translate, administer system) | * 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 | * Provides basic information about the application | ||
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* Displays minimal information about each record (e.g. title) | * Displays minimal information about each record (e.g. title) | ||
* Clicking on the [[Glossary#Field|field]] names in the [[Glossary#Column header|column headers]] will sort the list alphabetically | * Clicking on the [[Glossary#Field|field]] names in the [[Glossary#Column header|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. [[Glossary#Administrator|Administrators]] can increase or decrease this default number (see [[ | + | * 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. [[Glossary#Administrator|Administrators]] can increase or decrease this default number (see [[settings]]) |
* Allows user to click entry to go to full record in [[Glossary#View mode|view mode]] | * Allows user to click entry to go to full record in [[Glossary#View mode|view mode]] | ||
* Provides [[Glossary#Add new button|add new button]] to create new record of same type | * Provides [[Glossary#Add new button|add new button]] to create new record of same type | ||
Revision as of 17:14, 11 May 2010
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Main Page > User manual > UM-2 Getting started > UM-2.4 Page types
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
- First 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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