Site Information

The Site Information page lets you configure many site-level settings for Colectica Portal.

General

Site Name

The name of the site, as displayed in the upper left corner of the site

Site Title

The title of the site, as included in the HTML <title> element

Theme Name

The name of the visual theme that determines fonts, colors, and other design elements.

Allow Commenting

Determines whether to allow users to add comments to items.

Allow Rating

Determines whether to allow users to rate items.

Display EU Cookie Warning

Determines whether the EU cookie warning should be displayed when users first visit the site.

Show tours on first visit

Determines whether the user is shown a tour of the site on their first visit.

Cookie Warning Text

The text to display in the cookie warning bar. If left blank, the default is “We use cookies to track usage and preferences.”

Allow Data Download

Determines whether custom data extracts can be downloaded.

Disable dataset download links on dataset page for non-registered users

Determines whether the links to public data file identifications are displayed on the dataset page for anonymous users

Home Page Content

Welcome Message

Text to be displayed at the top of the home page.

Secondary Welcome Message

Text to be displayed at the top of the home page, in the right column. If present, the Welcome Message (above) is displayed in the left column.

Custom HTML Content

Raw HTML to be displayed on the home page. This content will appear under the welcome message, if a welcome message is set.

Show Search

Determines whether the search box is displayed on the home page.

Types to Search

Determines which types of items to search when searching from the home page. If no item types are set, then all item types are searched.

Displayed Item Counts

Determines which types of items will show their item counts with links on the home page.

Item Lists

Determines which types of items will be listed directly on the home page.

Show grouped QuestionItem + QuestionGrid + QuestionBlock count

Determines whether a composite item count consisting of all QuestionItem, QuestionGrid, and QuestionBlock types is displayed on the home page. If enabled, it is recommended that none of the three question types are selected in the Item Counts setting, to avoid redundancy.

Login

Allow anonymous access

Determines whether users who are not logged in can access the portal

Is registration allowed

Determines whether users who are not administrators can create their own accounts. If turned off, only administrators can create new accounts.

Registration page welcome message

Text to be displayed at the top of the registration page.

Login page welcome message

Text to be displayed at the top of the login page.

Content

Footer Text

Text to appear at the bottom of every page.

Help Links

Links to be added to the help menu. Each line describes one link in the following format:

Link One,http://example.org/link1
Link Two,http://example.org/link2
HTML before </body>

Content to appear immediately before the closing body tag. This may include <script> elements.

Javascript files to include

Paths to Javascript files to include on every page. Each line should contain a single path.

Message for /explore

A message to be displayed on the /explore/ page when no concept is selected.

Message for /search

A message to be displayed on the /search/ page.

Message for /basket

A message to be displayed on the /basket/ page.

Message for /classifications

A message to be displayed on the /classifications/ page.

Visualization

Use concise concordance view by default

Determines whether the concise concordance view is displayed by default. If not enabled, the verbose concordance table is shown by default.

Use Line Charts not Bar Charts

For variable statistics, determines which type of chart is displayed.

Sort concordance views in descending order

Determines the order in which concordance tables and charts are displayed. By default, they are displayed in ascending order.

Email

Email Address for Feedback

The email address to which messages from the Feedback form will be directed

Basket

Types Allowed in Basket

Determines which types of items are allowed to be added to the basket.

Enable public basket sharing

If turned on, users can share their basket with others by providing a link.

User Profile

Terms of Use

Text to be displayed on the user registration page. The user must check a box to assent to the terms.

Position Choices

Determines the options available in the Position dropdown on the user registration page.

PDF

Enable PDF download

Determines whether users can download PDFs of items.

Header Text

Header text to be included in generated PDFs

Footer Text

Footer text to be included in generated PDFs

Include Cover Page

Determines whether a cover page is included in generated PDFs

Cover Page Image

The location on disk of an image to be included on the cover page of generated PDFs.

Include Table of Contents

Determines whether a table of contents is included in generated PDFs

Page Size

The page size of generated PDFs: either Letter or A4

Notes on the Cover Page Image

  • The cover page image should be an image the same size as the page size.

  • The image is used as the page background.

  • The document title is centered above the image.

API

Types Allowed for Set Creation

Determines which types items for which users can request full set retrieval. This effects the …/ddi-set request and the OAI PMH GetRecords functionality.

OAI lists latest versions only

If checked, the OAI PMH ListRecords request will only return the latest version of each item. If not checked, all versions are included.