Sufia Dashboard Documentation

Dashboard Documentation and Breakdown

views and layout

sufia/config/locales/sufia.en.yml -

• config for menu and icons;
• including Dashboard
• many mnore

Path:sufia/app/views/dashboard/…

Index.html.erb * <%= content_for :sidebar do %> <%= render current_user %> <% end %>

• Render dashboard/_index_partials/contents
• Render "dashboard/_index_partials/heading_greetings"
• Render "dashboard/_index_partials/heading_actions"

index_partials/

• contents.html.erb - layout for panels below heading (see headings_actions.html.rb)
• heading_actions.html.erb - bootstrap row setup, layout of top rows (icons for Create Work, Create…)
• heading_greetings.html.erb - set h1 dashboard title
• proxy_rights.html.erb
• transfers.html.erb

Differences between Catalog View and Dashboard features

As discussed, while similar, the Catalog and Dashboard are designed to be two entirely separate parts of the site filling two different functions. The Dashboard is for logged-in users to manage literally everything about their content in Scholar. This includes creating works/collections, and adding works to those collections.

List of features available from the Dashboard: