This section is a description of some special modules and the usage of keyboard shurtcuts.

Portal

A Portal is a module in Simple Groupware. So every folder can be a portal. By default the homepage of a user profile is a portal (see the Folder templates for details about profiles). The datasets in a portal contain URLs. These pages will be embedded in the "Display" view.

For example you can use a portal to summarize folders within Simple Groupware or include other webpages and resources. See "Workspace / Demo / Portal" in your Simple Groupware installation for a summary of folders showing RSS feeds.

So when viewing a portal folder in the "Display" view, you'll see the contents of the pages you defined. In the title there are links for "+" and "-" which can be used to make the frame of the embedded content bigger or smaller in vertical size. An URL can be located on the Internet or your local Intranet. Internal URLs that point to Simple Groupware folders can be also used.

The "Full width" parameter allows the page to take the full width instead of being displayed with two other pages in the same row. The "Height" parameter takes the initial height of the included page, e.g. "210" for a height of 210 pixels.

Some examples for internal URLs:

• index.php?folder=9701&view=display
  
  This URL points to the folder number 9701 and the view display.
• index.php?folder=/Workspace/Organisation/Users&view=display
  
  This one points to the folder "/Workspace/Organisation/Users" (referenced by the position in the tree).
• index.php?folder=9401&view=display&markdate=custom&today=last monday&tomorrow=monday 23:59
  
  This one points to the folder number 9401 and the view display. The folder is a calendar and is opened with a custom date range to show the appointments beginning from last Monday and ending with next Monday.
• Google Universal Gadgets: e.g.
  <script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/..."> </script>
  
  should be as URL:
  http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://www.google.com/ig/modules/...
• more information about building Simple Groupware URLs can be found here.

Calendar

Recurrences are used to define appointments that occur every day, every week, every month or every year.
By default, a recurrence never ends. This can be limited by a special end date ("repeat until") or a special number of occurrences ("repeat count"). If an appointment only takes place every second day (week, month, year), you can set the "repeat interval" to 2. If it occurs every third or forth period, set the interval to 3, 4, etc. You can also exclude specials days from the recurrence by adding these days as "repeat exclusions".
See the User Manual for more information about "Calendar recurrences" and "Calendar collision testing".

Users

This module contains all user accounts. The default folder is "/Workspace/Organisation/Users", but there can be any number of folders for user accounts. The view "Calendar" shows the birthdays and anniversaries of the users. From there, these events can be copied to a calendar folder.
User accounts can be activated or deactivated (see the views "Active" and "Inactive"). When a user is deleted, the account gets deactivated and moved to "Workspace/System/Trash".

Contacts

The view "Calendar" shows the birthdays and anniversaries of the contacts. From there, these events can be copied to a calendar folder.

Keyboard shortcuts

All shortcuts use a special hotkey combined with a letter or digit on the keyboard. The hotkey depends on the browser and the configuration of the browser.
For Firefox 1.x, the hotkey is "Alt". For Firefox 2.0, the hotkey is "Alt + Shift", but it can be changed back to "Alt":

• Open Firefox 2.0 and navigate to the URL "about:config"
• Type "generalaccesskey" in the filter box
• Double click the entry "ui.key.generalAccessKey" and replace the value "-1" with "18"
• Now you can use again "Alt + x"

In Opera, the hotkey is "Shift + Esc". In Internet Explorer it is "Alt". Safari uses "Ctrl".