Page Properties

This article applies to versions 4.5.2 and later of P2 Explorer. For more, see Release History.

Overview

Explorer's page properties display audit information for each page, as well as page details (workspace, ID, Explorer version when the page was created). This is where you supply a page description, and where you can set the minimum page dimensions.

Some page properties can be manually added or updated (for example, the description and the thumbnail), while others are automatically updated (for example the author's user name, and the last modified date).

How to get to Page Properties

To open the Page Properties, you need to locate and open the page in Studio, and then click the Properties button on the Studio ribbon.

1. On the Home ribbon tab, click Workspaces.

2. In the Workspaces panel, click the workspace containing your page.

3. Ensure the Pages tab is selected, then type the name (or part of the name) of your page in the Search box and press Enter.

4. Click the button on the top right of the page.

5. Click the edit button for the page, in the summary panel.

The page opens in Studio mode.

6. On the Studio ribbon tab, click Properties.

 

The Page Properties panel opens, on the right.

 

To close the Page Properties panel, click Properties on the Studio ribbon again.

 


Page Properties

The page properties panel is divided into separate sections:

Page History

The page history is updated every time a page is saved.

This portion of the Page Properties provides the page's basic information and history, and cannot be edited.

Workspace The workspace where the page is stored
Explorer Version The version of Explorer used when the page was first saved
Last Modified The user name of the person who edited the page most recently, as well as the date and time it was last edited
Page Number Another way of identifying the page
Page Identifier The unique page ID, within an installation of Explorer

Description

To add or update a description:

1. Type a description in the edit box.

2. Click Save on the page toolbar.

Note: The description also appears under the page name, in the page summary in the Workspace. This is useful if you're scrolling through pages with similar names, as ideally the description summarises the purpose of a page, to differentiate it from other pages.

Auditing

Note: Page audits can only be reviewed by Explorer Administrators.
Page Auditing is disabled in the default Explorer installation, and will not appear in the Properties Panel.

To add a comment to the audit log, type a comment in the Audit Log edit box, then click Add. The comment is saved to the audit log, and the edit box clears.

Thumbnail

1. Click the upload area, to upload a thumbnail for this page. The recommended size is 414 x 262 px. Images that are a different size will be resized to fit.

2. Navigate to an image file and click open.

The image is added as a thumbnail, which you can Change or Remove.

3. Click Save on the page toolbar.

In the Workspace panel, the thumbnail is useful for giving a visual preview of the page contents.

 

TOP TIP

If you take a screenshot of the page in run mode, this makes a good thumbnail image.

Dimensions

You can resize an Explorer page by setting the Dimensions in the page properties. This affects how the Explorer page appears in run mode, and also how you can work with it in design mode.

1. Type in a Minimum Width and Height.

2. Click Save on the page toolbar.

If this is larger than a standard minimum, for example 1670 by 900 (measured in pixels), your design page will get horizontal and vertical scrollbars, which is useful if you want to add a background image, for example.

To clear the Minimum Width/Minimum Height, click Clear for each.

 

TOP TIP

If you are going to set page dimensions, it's easier to do this before you start adding components to the page.


Release History

 

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