Overview:

• Internet Explorer 9
  
• Internet Explorer 8
  
• Internet Explorer 7
  
  
• Firefox 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0 +
  
• Firefox 3.5 / 3.6
  
  
• Google Chrome
  
  
• Safari for Mac
  
• Safari for Windows
  
  
• Opera
  

Internet Explorer 9

1. Once your browser is open, click the gear at the top right to open the settings menu.
2. Select Safety and Delete Browsing History (optionally you may simply press Ctrl-Shift-Delete to open the Delete Browsing History window)
3. Choose what to delete: Select Temporary Internet Files.
4. You will also need to uncheck all the other boxes, especially Preserve Favorites website data. This option makes the window also delete objects from websites in your Favorites folder, which is necessary to completely clear your cache.
5. Click the Delete button near the bottom of the window to perform the operations (i.e. clear your cache by deleting temporary files).

Internet Explorer 8

1. Once your browser is open, click the Tools menu (optionally you may simply press Ctrl-Shift-Delete to open the Delete Browsing History window and skip step 2)
2. Click on Delete Browsing History and select Temporary Internet Files.
3. Click the Delete button near the bottom of the window to delete your temporary files (i.e. clear your cache).
4. If you want the browser to automatically clear the cache whenever you close it, click the Advanced tab. Click to check the box next to the Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed option (in the section labeled Security). Click OK. This will delete everything except cookies.

Note: IE8 has a "feature" which retains some cookies even after you clear your cache if you do not UNCHECK the "Preserve Favorites Website Data." If you truly need to clear your cache, you will want to uncheck this.


Internet Explorer 7

1. Open IE 7 and click the Tools menu. Click the Delete Browsing History link at the top.
2. Under the Temporary Internet Files heading, click Delete files and click Yes when you see the prompt asking if you are sure you want to delete all temporary files.

Alternatively, clear your cache for just the current page you're visiting. Press and hold [Ctrl] on your keyboard, then Press [F5] or click on the Refresh button (square button on the toolbar with opposite-facing arrows).


Firefox 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0 +

1. Click the Firefox menu in the top left corner. Next, select the right arrow next to History >, and click Clear Recent History (or click on Tools then Clear Recent History if you don't have the FireFox Menu).
2. Make sure 'Details' is expanded, then select Cache from the list. Uncheck everything else.
3. In the Time Range to Clear: drop down, select Everything.
4. Select Clear Now.

Firefox 3.5 / 3.6

1. Click the Tools menu, then select Clear Recent History. Note: If you don't see the Tools menu, hold down the Alt key then press the T key to access Tools.
2. Choose the time range of cache you'd like to clear.
3. Click on Details and make sure Cache is checked and select „Clear Now“.

Google Chrome

1. Once your browser is open, select the Wrench icon (the settings menu, located in the upper-right corner) then, Tools, and Clear Browsing Data.
2. Select the Empty the cache check-box. Uncheck everything else to avoid deleting data unintentionally.
3. In the Obliterate the following items from: dropdown menu, select the beginning of time.
4. Click the Clear Browsing Data button.

Safari for Mac OS X

1. Once your browser is open, click the Safari menu and select Empty Cache and click „Empty“.

Safari for Windows

1. Once your browser is open, click the Edit menu and select Empty Cache and click „Empty“.

Opera

1. Once your browser is open, select the tools menu and click delete private data.
2. Click the details button.
3. If you do not wish to delete cookies, saved passwords, etc., remove checks from them in the list.
4. Press delete.

The following settings need to be checked so guests can pass a comment as well:

1. The permission comment_create needs to assigned to the user role Guest. Note: If the permission does not exist already, then you need to add it with exact this name "comment_create".
2. Guests need to fill out a captcha to pass comments. The style of the captcha can be chosen here in Tools & Administration > Portal Settings > Server & Services > External Services & API > Captcha.
3. Guests can now enter their name when commenting or a alias. Members can have the same choice: Network & Community > Network Settings > General > Section Comments.

Go to Portal Manager > Tools & Administration > Design & Layout. In the navigation on the left click General Settings, in the section Navigation you can change the color in the lines Navigation: Color and Background Color.

Yes, in Tools & Administration > System Emails click in the navigation on the left Reset. This is where you can exchange the email addresses of all system emails. You can choose between the exchange of the email address and the reset of the content of the system emails. Don't worry, there is a confirmation message before.

The tools area is a Design Module, which can be find here: Tools & Administration > Design & Layout > Master Design & Design Module/Design Module > $iconMenus. By clicking the name of the module you get to the editing mode. Modifications concerning the landing page need to be done in the Master Design-Template.

The tag cloud is a Design Module, which can be find here: Tools & Administration > Design & Layout > Master Design & Design Module/Design Module > $tagCloud. By clicking the name of the module you get to the editing mode. Modifications concerning the landing page need to be done in the Master Design-Template.

The search box is a Design Module, which can be find here: Tools & Administration > Design & Layout > Master Design & Design Module/Design Module > $searchBox. By clicking the name of the module you get to the editing mode. Modifications concerning the landing page need to be done in the Master Design-Template.

No, application links cannot be used as sub-menus. Application links can only be used as main menus or special links independent from the menu structure.

Settings for the VPM can be found under: Tools & Administration > Portal Settings > Global Settings/Server & Services > Tab "External Services & APIs" > Service: SITEFORUM, Name VPM.

You can set the desired default language in the standard fields of the registration profiles. Go to Tools & Administration > Portal Settings > Users & Logins/Registration Profiles  > Tab Standard Fields. In the column Default Value you can set the value which should be displayed by default.

If at least one file of the .zip package contains a special character in the file name, then the .zip file cannot be unpacked. In this case please replace the special characters with "regular" characters and try it again.

In the Design Module HtmlHead you can embed JavaScripts like the onLoad command in the tag <body>:

<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function openPopUp() {
window.open("http://www.siteforum.com","Window","width=300,height=200,resizable=yes");
}
//-->
</script>
</head><body onLoad="openPopUp()">
...
</body></html>

Through embedding JavaScripts those effects are possible in Design Modules like main-menus. For using a.hover effects (IE only) the links in the single Design Modules need to be adapted in a way, that the corresponding StyleSheet assignment doesn't influence the a-Tag of a link.

a.hover effects are visible for: 

<a class="submenu_0" href="...">link</a>+

but not for:

<a href="..."><span class="submenu_0" >link</span></a>

In the Master Design or in the Design Module HtmlHead you can embed external JavaScript files with the following sourcecode:

<head>
 <script src="my_javascript.js" type="text/javascript">
</head>

Java-Applets can be used e.g. in stories and in the Master Design:

<applet code="myJavaApp.class"
width="640" height="200" alt="My-Java-Applet">
<param name="myParameterName" value="SITEFORUM">
</applet>

Note: We recommend to do comprehensive embeddings only in the SITEFORUM Studio.

With skills in HTML and JavaScript you can directly embed layers in the long description of a story, in the Master Design and in the Design Modules:

<div style="position:absolute; top:100px;
left:100px; width:200px; height:100px;
z-index:1;">Texte</div>

For embedding flash objects in the Master Design or in the Long Description of a story you can use the following combination:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/
flash/swflash.cab#version=4,0,2,0"
width="400" height="300">
  <param name=movie value="/portals/04mysql/logo_images/myflash.swf">
  <param name=quality value=high>
  <embed src="/portals/04mysql/logo_images/myflash.swf" quality=high
  pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/
index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
  type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300">
  </embed>
</object>

Design Sets are combinations of fonts and color assignments, which are defined is a *.css file. These *.css files are stored in the directory portals/portalname/design/designsets" of the file system. When selecting a Design Sets in the area Design & Layout the corresponding file designset_name.css gets loaded in the database. Each of the Design Sets can be edited individually in the area Design & Layout. For each modification the file design/design.css gets rewritten.

"ExecutionBase" is the highest SITEFORUM Studio Template, which gets executed. In the SITEFORUM Studio are currently approx. 2,500 templates.

Example:
if executionBase = "/contentManager/selectCatalog" ... then menu display
if executionBase = "/contentManager/onStory" ... then story display
if executionBase = "/Default/onSearch_advanced" ... then advanced search

"Properties" are variables with stored values. There are approx. 1,200 properties in active portals.

Example:
if property "/design/maindoctype" = "HTML" ... then the doctype settings are on HTML
if property "/design/maindoctype" = "XHTML" ... then the doctype settings are on XHTML

These settings can be made in the Design & Layout area. If set once they change rarely.

"Local" is a local variable, which gets set and readout locally on templates. These variables are mainly used in the SITEFORUM Studio. There are approx. 120,000 local variables used currently.

Example: if local "a" = 123 ... then this local variable has the value 123