topic Re: BANNER does not show on site dashboard in Alfresco Archive

BANNER does not show on site dashboard

kuldeep — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 01:05:20 GMT

Hi all,I created couple of sites on Alfresco 4.0.D and had to reboot the serverNow, I notice that the very first site I created shows the site banner and no other sites display the banner. I am unable to customise the dashboard.I could go to the customise dashboard option on the very first site and

Re: BANNER does not show on site dashboard

afaust — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:15:36 GMT

Hello,

just a quick question: What component do you refer to by "BANNER"? Since there is no such thing as a banner from a naming perspective on any dashboard by default, I'm going to assume you mean the full-width dashlet "dynamic-welcome". In case this is the missing component and you want it back, you could get it back by copying the component XML in the repository from another site that has it.
When viewed in the Alfresco Explorer interface (you can't see it in Share), every site has a folder called "surf-config" which contains "components". Each XML in that folder describes a component binding. If you copy and adapt (replace old site name with new one) the XML "page.full-width-dashlet.site~<siteName>~dashboard.xml" into the "components folder of a target site, Share will pick it up (requires a restart of Share to clear caches) and display the banner again.

Regards
Axel

Re: BANNER does not show on site dashboard

kuldeep — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:07:25 GMT

Hi Axel,

The component, I am referring to, is the bar above the pages where it tells you the site name and the admin have the option to customize the dashboard, invite people, etc..

I will still dig around in explorer if I can work with surf-config.

Regards,
Kuldeep

Re: BANNER does not show on site dashboard

afaust — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:40:24 GMT

Hello,

ok, different component but no difference in treatment (except that the component file has a slightly different name format). The same approach should be used if the component XML is missing from a sites surf-config/components folder.

Regards
Axel