NetResults Tracker Help
Item Page

The Item Page is the page that will display the information within a Knowledge Base article. Various aspects of the item Page can be customized as described below.

Header and Footer

Header or Footer
Click on the Header or Footer button to the left of Item Page on the Knowledge Base Configurations Page to customize the Header or Footer section of the Item Page. You can enter your own custom HTML into the text box provided. You may wish to add your company logo or other branding or instructional text to the page in the custom HTML sections. Click OK to save your changes. Please do not enter any header tags into this area. Some examples of header tags are <HTML>, </HTML>, <BODY>, </BODY>. If you wish to display an image in the Header or Footer, you can upload the file as a global file attachment. The Header is the text "Knowledge Base Article" displayed in the Item Page Sample above. The Footer is the text "Support || Sales" displayed in the Item Page Sample above.

Page Title
Enter up to 80 characters to be displayed as the page title in the browser. The text you enter will be displayed before the browser name. You can use the variables <workgroup> to include the name of the workgroup as part of the Page Title. and <itemlabel> <number> to include the item label (e.g. "Article" or "PRN" or other label for the PRN field) and record number. The Page Title is the text "Knowledge Base Article ID 234" displayed in the Item Page Sample above.

Contents

The contents of the Item Page can be customized to determine which fields will displayed in the sections of each article. To customize the contents of the Item Page, click on the Contents button to the left of the Item Page on the Knowledge Base Configurations Page.

To customize the options on the Contents page:

  1. Login to the Knowledge Base workgroup as Admin
  2. Click on the Admin icon in the Button Bar
  3. Click on the Knowledge Base link
  4. Click on the Contents button to the left of "Results Page"

Article Title

Click on the Edit button to the left of Title to select a field that will be used as the title for each article. All fields that are a Text type field will be available to be selected as the Article Title. Information on adding a Text type field to the database can be found in the Fields Help section. Click OK to save your selection.

Summary

Click on the Edit button to the left of Summary to select the fields that will be displayed in the Summary section of the article. All fields created in the Fields section of the workgroup except fields that are TextArea type fields will be available to be displayed in the Summary section. Fields listed in the Selected Items column are the fields that will appear in the Summary section.

To add a field such that it will be displayed in the Summary section of the Item Page:

  1. Click on the field in the Not Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Add button
  3. If desired, change the order in which the field appears relative to the other fields in the Selected Items column by clicking on the Edit button, then entering the number to be used as the new order. Click OK to save the new value for the order.

To edit the order of a field with respect to the others in the Summary section:

  1. Click on the field in the Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Edit button
  3. Enter a number for the order with respect to other fields in the Selected Items column. Fields that have the same order will be sorted alphabetically.
  4. Click OK to save the change

To remove a field such that it will no longer be displayed in the Summary section of the Item Page:

  1. Click on the field in the Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Remove button

Body

Click on the Edit button to the left of Body to select which fields will be displayed in the Body section of each Knowledge Base article. All fields created in the Fields section of the workgroup will be available to be selected for the Body section. Fields listed in the Selected Items column are the fields which will appear in the Body section.

To add a field such that it will be displayed in the Summary section of the Item Page:

  1. Click on the name of a field in the Not Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Add button
  3. If desired, change the order in which the field appears relative to the other fields in the Selected Items column by clicking on the Edit button, then entering the number to be used as the new order. Click OK to save the new value for the order.

To edit the order of a field with respect to the others in the Summary section:

  1. Click on the field in the Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Edit button
  3. Enter a number for the order with respect to other fields in the Selected Items column. Fields that have the same order will be sorted alphabetically.
  4. Click OK to save the change

To remove a field such that it will be no longer be displayed in the Summary section of the Item Page:

  1. Click on the name of a field in the Selected Items column
  2. Click on the Remove button

You can choose to display fields that are TextArea type fields as Text or HTML. By default, the fields will be displayed as Text. To display the fields as HTML, check the box called Display TextArea Fields as HTML. Click OK to save this change.

Customizing the Color Preferences for the Item Page

The color scheme of the Item Page can be customized.

To set the color preferences for the Item Page:

  1. Login to the Knowledge Base workgroup as Admin
  2. Click on the Admin icon
  3. Click on the Knowledge Base link
  4. Click on the Color button
  5. Make selections for the color preferences (a detailed description of each item is available in preferences
  6. Click OK to save the changes

Color Preferences

The following color preferences can be set on the Item Page.

General Settings

Page Background
The background color of the Item Page. The page background may not always be visible on the Item Page; it depends on how content is displayed in the article's Item Page.

Header Background
The background color of the top section of the Item Page (e.g. the color behind the text "Knowledge Base Article" in the Item Page Sample).

Header Text
The color of the text in the top section of the Item Page (e.g. the color of the text "Knowledge Base Article" in the Item Page Sample).

Footer Background
The background color of the bottom section of the Item Page (e.g. the color behind the text "Support | Sales" in the Item Page Sample).

Footer Text
The color of the text in the bottom section of the Item Page (e.g. the color of the text "Support | Sales" in the Item Page Sample).

Body Background
The background color of the body of the Item Page (e.g. the color behind the text "A new option to be added" and "Enhancement in KB Page" in the Item Page Sample).

Title Text
The color of the text displayed as the title in the body of the Item Page (e.g. the color of the text "Enhancement Request" in the Item Page Sample).

Error Message Text
The color of the text displayed when no match is found for a Quick Search (e.g. the text "Sorry no match found for your search. Please click here to perform a new search." will be displayed when an invalid article number is entered into the Quick Search field on the Search Page.)

Summary Section

Title Background
The background color of the left column in the Summary section, which displays the field names (e.g. the color behind the text "PRN" and "Product" in the Item Page Sample).

Title Text
The color of the text in the left column in the Summary section, which displays the field names (e.g. the color of the text "PRN" and "Product" in the Item Page Sample).

Text Background
The background color of the right column in the Summary section, which displays the field values (e.g. the color behind the text "20" and "Microsoft" in the Item Page Sample).

Body Text
The color of the text in the right column in the Summary section, which displays the field values (e.g. the color of the text "20" and "Microsoft" in the Item Page Sample).

Body Section

Title Text
The color of the text displayed as the name of each field included in the Body section (e.g. the color of the text "Description", "Title" and "Platform" in the Item Page Sample).

Body Text
The color of the text displayed as the value of each field included in the Body section (e.g. the color of the text "A new option to be added" in the Item Page Sample).

Customizing the Style Sheet for the Item Page

A style sheet is used to determine the size, style and family of the fonts on the Item Page. You can use your own style sheet by placing a copy of your style sheet into the Styles directory of your workgroup's Knowledge Base files. Any color options set in the style sheet will be overridden by the settings in the Color Preferences section for the Item Page. The directory can be found at:

<installation directory>/workgroup/KB/Styles

where <installation directory> is the location where you installed your Tracker files. By default, the <installation directory> is at C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\NetResultsTracker and workgroup is the name of the workgroup used as Knowledge Base.

Click on the Style button to the left of the Item Page to specify the name of your customized style sheet. In the Style Sheet File Name field, enter the name of your style sheet file in the format FileName.Extension as in the example KBStyle6.css, which is the style sheet used by default.

Check the box for the option Apply to all pages to apply the style sheet entered in the Style Sheet File Name field to all pages related to the Knowledge Base. Enabling this option will overwrite any other style sheets specified in the Style section for the Search and Results pages.

Click OK to save your selections.



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