Organize Uses the notion of pages to represent objects within your area. Areas usually have a default set of pages that are created based on the type of the area that was created. In addition, the types of objects that can be created within an area are defined by the type of area. Not all pages are available in all areas. In most cases, you can delete the default pages and use the Add A Page command to add new pages.
To add a new page, you select the add icon [
]. This will display the list of pages that can be created. In some cases, you will only be able to add 1 specific type of object so you will not see this step and will just get the editor.
This screenshot shows the Add A Page options for a Family Area.
To create a new page just click on the type of page that you want to create. Once you have selected a type, the form for creating that type will be displayed. All page editors have a title field and a tabbed editor with a "Description" Tab and an "Advanced" Tab.
Title:
The title for this Page. Organize Us uses the title in the URL for the object, so the title must be unique for each page created in the same place. You will receive an error if you try to create a page with the same name as an existing page.
Description:
This tab contains the rich text editor for this page. Each page can have a description that will be displayed at the top of the page. You can use this share information with other members or to describe what information is in the page and how the page should be used.
Advanced:
This tab is used to control the behavior of the page that you are creating. Each type of page has a different use and will have different settings available in the advanced tab. Included below is a description of the advanced settings that may be available:
Who Can Edit Page:
This option allows you to specify who can edit the page. This setting will have a different default depending on the object that you are creating. Area Organizers[
] can edit anything in the area. In addition, a member is always allowed to edit something that they create. This is represented by the notion of creator [
]. To provide the maximum flexability for areas that have a high degree of trust with the members, you can also open up the edit setting and allow all area members to edit the page [
].
In addition, Organize Us supports hierarchical settings for access control. You can use the "use parents" option represented by the [
] icon to have the page base use the same setting as its parent.
Who Can Add Children:
You can use this setting to control who can add objects to the page. This setting can be different from who can edit the page itself. The person that created the page (Page Creator) and Area Organizers, can always add children to any page. If you want, you can open up the access control and allow all area members to add children. For example, if you are creating a new calendar, you may want to allow all members to add events to the calendar. But depending on the situation, you may also want to restrict who can add the events, so that you can control what events get added to the calendar.
Who Can Edit Children:
This setting can be used to control who can edit the children. Child pages can override this setting by changing the "Who Can Edit Page" setting described above. This setting will enable you to allow all area members to edit all children if you want. For example, you may want all area members to be able to edit all of the events in a calender. This way all members could update the time, or add information to the event even if they didn't create it.
Children Use This Lifecycle:
Organize Us supports the notion of lightweight lifecycles. Lifecycles allow you to manage objects in a progression of steps, or states. Different types of pages support using lifecycles as a way to manage the objects. When a page supports a lifecycle, you can enable or disable the use of the lifecycle by using this setting. The above screenshot shows a folder that has the option of using the web publishing lifecycle.