User Preferences

User preferences exist under the 'Help' menu. They are broken down into two types:
  • Global preferences, which affect the whole application, regardless of user
  • User preferences which can be set on a user by user basis.
    • You don't have to set preferences, they come with suitable default values.
Note it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you set the global preferences as administrator access only - see the security system)

GLOBAL Preferences

  • There are none at this time, however, this page is in place for future expansion.

USER Preferences

  • Background colour (1) of lines (default #CCCCCC)
When displaying a number of 'lines' on a list or records, it is useful to colour the odd and even lines differently. This preference allows you to set the background colour of the odd lines. This is a hexadecimal number, prefixed by '#'. E.g. #CCCCCC is light grey, #CCFFFF is light green, #FFFFFF is white.
  • Background colour (2) of lines (default #CCCCCC)
As above, but for even lines. Setting colour 1 to #CCFFFF and 2 to #FFFFFF gived a 'payama paper' effect.
  • Table border size of record lists - 0 no border (default 1)

Normally, lists of records are shown with table borders. It is possible to switch off the borders completely (value 0 - zero), or enlarge them (values 2-9).

  • Editor to use - 1-3 (default 2)
As of version 0.07, xdbcms allows the user to pick their preferred WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. Three choices are presented:

  • 1 - Plain text - This editor is the 'simplest', and presents raw HTML to edit - there are no in-built commands to give items such as bold, font, etc. This option is recommended only for people competent in HTML programming.
  • 2 - RTE editor - This is the default editor, and has been supplied and developed as part of the xdbcms project. RTE has reasonable all-round support.
  • 3 - tinyMCE editor - This option was introduced in version 0.07. TinyMCE is an editor written as a separate project, and is independently supported (please note - all enquiries concerning this editor should be directed to tinymce.moxiecode.com). TinyMCE is more advanced than RTE in a number of areas, e.g. handling links to pages, and style sheets (the subject of future releases), however, RTE still has some advantages of tinyMCE, especially in designing tables.

Last Updated: November 9, 2006, 9:30 pm

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