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Modifying Groupware Channels

Knowledge Base: Academus, Collaborative Groupware, Channel, Tomcat, Roster
Submitted: January 31, 2007

How can the Groupware channels be renamed, reordered, and removed?

Below is an exercise that will walk through the process of modifying the Groupware channels.

The Channels.xml file controls the placement of all the channels in the Collaborative Groupware superchannel. This exercise is intended to demonstrate the customizable nature of this Superchannel. Complete the following steps to rename one of the Groupware channels and to change the placement of two other Groupware channels.

  1. Edit Channels.xml.
    {INSTALLDIR}/unicon/Academus/portal-tomcat-a/webapps/portal/WEB-INF/classes/properties
  2. Modify the entry for the Roster Channel definition.
    From
    <label>Roster</label>
    To
    <label>Class Members</label>
  3. Modify the Topic Administration Channel definition.
    <channel order="5" mode="Administration" handle="TopicAdminChannel">
  4. Modify the Offering Administration Channel definition.
    <channel order="3" mode="Administration" handle="OfferingAdminChannel">
  5. Restart Tomcat.
  6. Login to Academus and access the Collaborative Groupware channel.
  • Note: You may also remove a channel by simply commenting it out through the Channels.xml file.