From the outset Ava web has been designed to be both secure and easily customisable.
Ava web can combine with your existing static pages (php, html or aspx etc.) without excessive or expensive modification.
At its simplest, all that is required on your static pages is an additional link or links to "login", "Customers register" and or "Employees register"
We have used an edition of the Ava web site as an
example:
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For web site styling, each customer has their own "client key". The client key is just a name that is used to uniquely refer to each Ava web site the customer has installed. This is normally the web site URL for internet facing sites and the customer's name and the database name for intranet facing sites. The client key specifies the css file to use, the icons and images to use and the html for the left and right sides of a dynamic menu. It also points to the html (template) files for email messages that the active site will generate with specific user actions.
The basic configuration of the active web pages is a
(small) banner with a menu beneath. Below this there is content.
The reason for this layout is that on active web pages: active
content is the most important part of the page. This is
unlike the main page of a web site or static pages, where design
and impact to new users is of the highest importance. On static
pages design is used to capture attention, call to action and
retain interest. On active pages, the user has logged on and wants
the service of easily accessible information. The active page
layout can be similar to the main Ava.co.uk site. We encourage
customers to make the banner as small as possible. In the simplest
case it may just have a company logo, name and contact
numbers.
There are three examples below:
There are three parts to the Ava web menu. The example
below is taken from the middle screen shot example above. These
allow links back to your static pages from the Ava web active
content.
The code required is standard xml of the form:
The code required is standard xml of the form:
The code can be highlighted and copied from the text at the bottom of this article.
Ava should be supplied with:
Free Microsoft XML Notepad editor
Greenshot: a good free screen grab tool which allows capture of expanded menus, tool tips etc.
MainSiteMenuLeft.xml
<ul
id="treemenu1">
<li>
<a
href='https://swbhweb/'>Home</a>
</li>
<li>
<a
href='https://NurseBank/'>Nurses Home</a>
</li>
</ul>
MainSiteMenuRight.xml
<ul id="treemenu2">
<li>
<a
href='https://www.ava.co.uk/search.aspx'>Locums</a>
</li>
<li>
<a
href='https://www.ava.co.uk/contact-us.aspx'>Admin and
clerical</a>
</li>
</ul>