The most of the functionality provided by the Departments section is based on standard Kentico CMS modules and features. The following topic provides brief descriptions of the particular sub-sections and the modules and features that they are based on. With each module or feature, you can find a link leading to its full documentation in Kentico CMS Developer's Guide.

 

 

News

 

The News section is based on standard Kentico CMS documents. Each published news item is a document of the News (CMS.News) document type stored under the News document in the department's section. For more information on document types, please refer to Developer's Guide -> Development -> Document types and transformations.

 

To enable adding of news on the live site, the User contributions (Wiki) module is leveraged. Detailed information about the module is located in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> User contributions (Wiki).

 

Calendar

 

The calendar used for events scheduling and attendees registration is based on the Booking system module. To find more information about the module, please refer to Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Booking system.

 

Documents

 

Documents storage on the live site is provided by the Document library module. More information about the use of this module on the portal can be found in the Document libraries chapter of this guide. Complete documentation of the module is located in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Document library.

 

Media

 

The Media section is based on the Media libraries module. Each department has its own media library created in CMS Desk -> Tools -> Media libraries. The library is recognizable by the name in the <Department name> media library format. Detailed documentation of the module can be found in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Media libraries.

 

 

Blogs

 

Functionality of the Blogs section is provided by the Blogs module. Blogs are standard documents in Kentico CMS content tree, but the module also has its dedicated user interface in CMS Desk -> Blogs. Detailed documentation of the module can be found in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Blogs.

 

Forums

 

The discussion forums are based on the Forums module. Each department has its own forum group created in CMS Desk -> Tools -> Forums. The forum group is recognizable by the name in the <Department name> forum group format. Detailed documentation of the module can be found in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Forums.

 

Wiki

 

Similarly as the News section, the Wiki section is also based on standard Kentico CMS documents. Each published wiki article is of the Simple article (CMS.SimpleArticle) document type, stored under the Wiki document within the department's section in the content tree.

 

To enable adding of articles on the live site, the User contributions (Wiki) module is leveraged. Detailed information about the module is located in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> User contributions (Wiki).

 

Projects

 

Functionality of the Projects section is provided by the Project management module. The module's user interface is located in CMS Desk -> Tools -> Project management. Its functionality and management is briefly described in the Project management chapter of this guide. Full documentation of the module can be found in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Project management.

 

 

Members

 

The Members page only contains a combination of the following three interconnected web parts: Basic repeater + Department members data source + Filter. These web parts are configured so that the Basic repeater displays users provided by the Department members data source. The data source is configured so that it displays only members of the current department (i.e. members of the roles added in the Department roles field on the Form tab of the department's parent document's editing interface). The filter enables further filtering of displayed users based on their names.

 

Detailed information about data source web parts can be found in Developer's Guide -> Development -> Web parts -> Data source web parts. A detailed reference concerning management of users and roles in Kentico CMS can be found in Developer's Guide -> Development -> Membership.

 

RSS

 

The RSS page is not accessible via the department's navigation. It contains special sub-pages which provide RSS feeds of the department's content. The feeds are created using web parts of the Syndication module. A full reference on the module can be found in Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Syndication.

 

Search

 

Search of the department's content is provided by the Smart search module. Each department has two indexes created in Site Manager -> Administration -> Smart search: one for its discussion forums (with name in the <Department name> - Forums format) and one for the actual content of the department pages (with name in the <Department name> - General format). For a full reference on the module, please refer to Developer's Guide -> Modules -> Smart search.

 

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