Configuring Your New Hub
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Configuring Your New Hub
Erich HuebnerHUB Liaison, HUBzero® Platform for Scientific Collaboration
HUBbub 2013Purdue University
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Two Sides
“Front End”What end users see
“Back End”What Hub Administrators see
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Change the hub name
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Change the hub style (template)
List of installed templates
Star marksactive template
Choose another and save
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Same site, different templates
hubbasic2013 hubbasic
Create your own templates:https://hubzero.org/documentation/
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Changing “static” pages
See this page on the front end?
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Changing “static” pages
Edit this page on the back end…
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Changing “static” pages
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Changing “static” pagesReload the pageon the front endto see the effect
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Change the front page
See instructions about changingthe home page here here
Don’t be fooled by various placesin the back end that say “front page.”
Here’s how it works…
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Change the front page
Star markscurrent home page
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Change the front page
“welcome” module
module position:featureLeft
module position:featureMiddle
module position:featureRight
Front page is an“article” with lotsof embeddedmodules
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Front page is an “article”
module position
hard-coded text
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Exploring modules
Find the “welcome”module on the
back end
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Edit the “welcome” textChange themodule on theback end…
…See thechange on thefront page
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Create new modulesFrom the module manager…
Choosemoduletype
Edit modulepropertiesand position
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Create new modulesNew module showsup in “featureLeft”position