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=====Capstone Dashboard=====

The Capstone Dashboard is the main landing page for students, coaches, instructors, and administrators in Capstone.

The Capstone Dashboard consists of three main elements:

  - A Dashboard content item
  - The Dashboard content type
  - Views used on the dashboard.

====Dashboard content item====

The website should have one Dashboard content item.  If that item gets deleted, users will see a 404 error when they try
to get to the Capstone Dashboard.

You can check for the presence of the Dashboard content by the following:
  - Log in to [[https://byucapstone.byu.edu]]
    - If the gray menu bar is not showing on your browser click on the Manage menu at the top left of the browser window.  This will open the gray Administrator menu bar.
  - Click on the Content tab on the Administrator menu.
  - Filter by content type Dashboard.
  - There should be one and only one entry of type Dashboard, with a title Dashboard.

If there is not a Dashboard content item, add one by doing the following:
  - Click the Add Content (blue) button on the Content page.
  - Click the Dashboard title on the Add content page
  - Type Dashboard in the Title block
  - Click the Save button
  - Click the Edit tab on the Dashboard node page
  - Click the URL Redirects link on the left side of the page (between Revision information and Authoring information)
  - Click on the Add URL redirect link
  - Type ''dashboard'' in the Path box
  - Click Save
  - Click on the BYU Capstone logo to make sure the dashboard works properly

====The Dashboard content type====

The Dashboard content type is used to configure the layout of the Dashboard content item.  To inspect or change this layout, do the following:

  - Log in to [[https://byucapstone.byu.edu]]
    - If the gray menu bar is not showing on your browser click on the Manage menu at the top left of the browser window.  This will open the gray Administrator menu bar.
  - Click on the Structure menu tab
  - Click on the Content types link
  - Find Dashboard in the list of content types
  - In the drop-down menu button on the right, select ''Manage display''.
    - If you don't see ''Manage display'' in the dropdown, you will need to have a role that has the permissions to manage display.  Contact the web development team to get these permissions.
  - Click on the Manage layout button.  This will display the ''Edit layout for Dashboard content items'' window.

<html><div class="capnote">
NOTE:  As of 9/23/22, the Manage Layout button does not allow you to drag the fields around.The web developers will need to do this.
</div></html>

====Dashboard Views====

The elements displayed on the dashboard are View displays of the Block type

You can find the name of the View displayed by following the instructions above to display the ''Edit layout for Dashboard content items'' window.

Then, clear the ''Show content preview'' checkbox at the top of the page.

This will show the names of all the Views blocks that are on the Dashboard page.  As you look, you will see that all the views names begin with ''Dashboard'', although that is a convention, not a requirement.

To change the views blocks:
  - Click on the Structure tab of the Administrator menu.
  - Click on the Views link
  - On the Views page, find the view you wish to enter.
  - Click the Edit button on that view
  - Select the Block display at the top of the page
  - Edit the block as desired
  - Click the Save button


====Dashboard Links====
The links on the Dashboard (for example, the Coach Training Zoom Meeting link) are fixed links in the website, but there is a URL Redirect that takes place.  To change the destination for these links, you will need to adjust the URL Redirect in Drupal.

To adjust the URL Redirect in Drupal:
  -Click on the Configuration tab of the Administrator menu (if the Administrator doesn't show up, click on the Manage tab at the top of the window)
  -Scroll down to find the Search and Metadata group
  -Click on URL Redirects in that group
  -Find the URL Redirect that you wish to change, and click on the Edit button for that URL
  -Type the desired target URL in the To box on the Edit URL Redirect page
  -Click the Save button
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