The Site Manager can be configured with the settings in the XML files (see
above). Their default location is the directory <InstallDirectory>/properties/corem. Customize
the editor, by adjusting the following elements:
Enter a user name and a password for the login. See element
<Editor>.Select the language and country settings which should be used, preferably located in
editor-startup.xml. See element<Locale>.Circumvent the standard login window with your own authentication factory. See element
<AuthenticationFactory>.Determine which Web Extensions such as a preview should be used. See element
<WebContext>.Determine which browser should be used. See element
<WebBrowser>.Select and configure the appearance of the fields in the document overview of the main window, of the query window and of the selection window for internal links. See element
<Explorer>.Determine the filters used on the documents in the document overview of the main window. See element
<Filter>.Determine the filters and sorting algorithms affecting the folders in the folder overview. See elements
<TreeSorter>,<TreeFilter>.Set a factory for client side properties. See element
<PropertyModelFactory>.Define multiple views for the document overview of the main window, which can be selected with the menu item View|Display. See element
<Explorer>.Determine which fields of a document type should be shown in the document window. See element
<Documents>.Determine which document types should be shown in File|New. See element
<DocumentTypes>.Define initializer and validators for the fields of newly created documents. See element
<DocumentTypes>.Set certain conditions for these fields (editable, obligatory field ...). See element
<Property>.Allocate certain editors to the fields and in this way, for example, define a selection field with certain preset values. See element
<Property>.Enable or disable the spell checker. See element
<SpellChecker>.Configure the class for language determination of a property used by the spell checker. See element
<PropertyLanguageResolverFactory>.Configure the appearance of the workflow. See elements
<Workflow>,<Processes>.Enable or disable the remote control of the editor. See element
<RemoteControl>.
A formal description of the syntax of this XML file can be found in the corresponding DTD in
<InstallationDir>/lib/xml/coremedia-editor.dtd. The XML files must obey the DTD, but are not
validated against the DTD. Find the default editor.xml file in the editor-components/editor module in the
development workspace of CoreMedia Project.
In the following section, the configuration of the Site Manager via the
file editor.xml is described.






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