The myQuickLinks function provides a portable set of links for any user using your Home Page. It offers particular benefit to users who use various PCs (and don't necessarily have an up-to-date 'favourites' list on all of them). But it also promotes the use of your Home Page as a dashboard with links to the most relevant sites on the internet as well as much of the most relevant changing data being dynamically presented by other functions.
As a logged-in admin user, click the Home Page Admin link from the Home Page, and choose the myQuickLinks option. (Note: if the name of myQuickLinks has been changed in the function admin settings, the Admin menu will display the modified name.)
Output this function to users' browsers can be turned on and off.
The "Can user edit" option can be set to give or deny an ordinary user from changing the default QuickLinks to their individual preferences for their view of the Home Page.
The "Edit number" option allows the maximum number of links that can be defined by an ordinary user. This should be set a value which does not allow the user to exceed the space available (as determined by style sheet settings).
The "Name" of the function (default being myQuickLinks) can be changed. The name entered here will be used on the Admin menu and on the standard user's Preferences to refer to the myQuickLinks function.
A column of icons down the right-hand side of the page allow you to add, delete, edit or re-order exchange rates. (Bear in mind that the effect of your changes may vary according to your stylesheet settings.)
Adding
a link: Click the
icon to create a QuickLink. A
pop-up window will ask you to enter the URL (target location) of the link,
and a descriptive name.
Deleting
a link: Click the QuickLink in your list which you want to delete,
and then click the
icon. You
will be asked to confirm the deletion by clicking OK.
Editing
an link: Click the QuickLink in your list which you want to edit,
and then click the
icon. A
pop-up window will display the current target URL and descriptive name.
Click OK to confirm when you have finished
editing.
Re-ordering
links: Click on a QuickLink in your list which you want to reorder,
and click the
or
icon to move it up or
down your list.
myQuickLinks can be previewed before committing any changes you have made.
To confirm any changes you have made, click Update. (Clicking the Home Page or Home Page Admin links will also confirm your changes.) To cancel any changes you have made since the last update, click the Cancel Changes link.
These technical details are intended for web designers when setting up a stylesheet.
The sample HTML output below shows how myQuickLinks are output. If customised output is required for your home page implementation, please contact the developers.
In the output Home Page, the myQuickLinks function is contained between the comments <!--Quick links--> and <!--Quick links end-->, containing a main DIV block with class and id="quicklinks" incorporating the title and a nested DIV block with class-quicklinks_text containing all of the QuickLinks.
<!-- Quick links-->
<div class="quicklinks" id="quicklinks">
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td class="h2">myQuickLinks</td>
</tr>
</table>
<div class="quicklinks_text">
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk">BBC News</a><br>
<a href="http://www.excite.co.uk/weather/city/105150010005000005">London Weather</a><br>
<a href="http://mycompany.com">myCompany Home Page</a><br>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Quick links end-->
The stylesheet is individual to each implementation. The code below is just an illustration of how it may be implemented.
#quicklinks {
position: absolute;
top: 285px;
left: 230px;
text-align: center;
width: 180px;
overflow: auto;
background-position: bottom;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding: 10px 6px;
z-index: 10;
}
.quicklinks_text {
font-size: 10px;
}