Add Panel

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Add Panel

Use this dialog to customize the contributor workspace with one or more relevant panels. For example, you might share a convenient set of links or selectively distribute a set of tools, as shown below.

This dialog displays in edit mode for existing custom panels.

Name: Required. Labels must be a maximum of 20 characters, including spaces.
Description: Optional. A text description for the new panel.
Panel URL: Required. Enter a fully qualified or site-relative URL, for example, http://www.mysite.edu/ourtools.htm or /my_folder/my_panel_file.cfm
Panel Help URL: Optional. Enter a fully qualified or site-relative URL for online Help for the new panel.
Display State: Choose one:

Displayed as a Panel: Renders the new left-pane item as a panel, as shown above for Site Utilities.
Displayed as an Icon: Renders the new left-pane item as an icon, as shown in the lower part of the image above
Hidden: The new item does not display.

Panel Icon URL: Required if Display State is icon. Enter a fully qualified link to an icon-sized image for this new item. Icons must be 14x14. Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to exit without saving.

Related Links

You can download PDF versions of the Content Contributor's, Administrator's, and Elements Reference documents from the support section of paperthin.com (requires login).

The following guides are available from the support site and are in the /docs/directory of your CommonSpot Server:

You can also download these other guides from the support section of paperthin.com (with login):

For technical support:

http://www.paperthin.com/support/