The Business Center portlet in OfficeClip consists of various
categories with links in each of them, The name of each category,
their links and description are specified in the xml file. Also the
title, url and description of each link can be changed.
Following are the attributes for the categories:
- id - This is a unique number and starts from 100
- name - The name of the category
- column - Determines which column of the table this
category is shown. This is valid only if the categories are shown
in multiple columns
- active - Determines whether the category is enabled. If
the category is disabled, the category and the associated links are
not shown. Valid values are "Y" and "N"
For each category, there are multiple links. These links are
displayed when the category is clicked on the home page. The user
can then click on the appropriate link to visit the page he/she
wants. Following are the attributes for the links:
- id - The unique id of the link. id should be unique
across the whole xml file (also across categories)
- url - The address of the page which is visited when
somebody clicks on the link
- title - The text of the link which is shown on the link
page
- desc - The description of the link which appears next to
the title
<?xml version="1.0"
encoding="utf-8"?>
<businessCenter>
<category id="110" name="Legal" column="1"
active="Y">
<link id="1"
url="http://www.prepaidlegal.com/" title="Pre-paid Legal Services"
desc=": Pre-paid Legal Services" />
<link id="2"
url="http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/" title="Business Law" desc=":
American Bar Association" />
<link id="3" url="http://www.copyright.com"
title="Copyright Clearance Center" desc=": Licenser of photocopy
reproduction rights and distribution of copyrighted materials"
/>
</category
</businessCenter>
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