The Start Center that users see when they log
in depends on their security group. By default, Start Center templates
are in English. An administrator can create a Start Center template
that can be viewed in multiple languages. Then, the administrator
can assign the template to the security group whose users require
non-English languages.
Before you begin
You must have an administrator account whose default language
is the language that you want to use in the Start Center. If you require
templates in several languages, you must have an administrator account
for each language.
About this task
The content and structure of Start Center templates are
stored in .xml files. However, any editable description
labels are stored in a separate database table and are referenced
in the .xml files by using the contentuid attribute.
The description labels in English are stored in the MAXLABELS table,
and description labels in other languages are stored with their language
codes in L_MAXLABELS table.
To reduce the number of changes
that are required in Start Center templates, create the template after
you verify that all portlets and content are required.
Procedure
- Log in as an administrator whose default language is English
and create a Start Center template.
- In the new English-language template, add portlets.
- Configure the portlets to include the necessary content
and provide labels for the editable descriptions.
- Save the template. The template is saved
in English. The labels in the XML are inserted into the MAXLABELS
table.
- In the Security Groups application, open the relevant group
for your users and specify the new template as the Start Center template.
- Save the record and log out.
- Log in as an administrator whose default language is not
English, click Modify Existing Template, and
select the English-language template that you created. All editable description labels are in English. If a portlet
does not provide editable description labels, then those labels are
shown in the default language. For example, your default language
is Russian and your template includes the KPI Graph portlet and the
Inbox portlet. The KPI Graph portlet is entirely in English, but the
labels for the Inbox portlet are in Russian.
- Edit each portlet to include editable description fields
in the non-English language.
- Save the template.
- To apply the changes for the non-English language, update
the Start Center. The editable description labels
are now shown in the non-English language. The description labels
are also saved in the L_MAXLABELS table with the language code.
Results
Any user whose default language is the same as the language
code in the L_MAXLABELS table can log in and see that language used
in the Start Center labels. Users whose default language is English
can see the English version of the Start Center.
If the Start
Center template requires the addition or removal of portals, you must
log in as an administrator whose default language is English and change
the English language version of the template.