Hi Jerry,
We have the same issue, our skin is based on ivy. We are looking for a solution
as well so will be watching this one closely.
cheers,
Steve
On 17/02/2011, at 1:19 AM, Jerry Shipman wrote:
> I should clarify, sorry - it's not a blank screen, it's the header and footer
> of the uPortal, and the main nav tabs, but the content area is blank (no
> portlets and no login button).
>
> Thank you, (sorry for the spam)
> Jerry
>
> From: Jerry Shipman <je...@cornell.edu>
> Reply-To: "uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org" <uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org>
> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:07:28 -0500
> To: "uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org" <uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org>
> Subject: [uportal-dev] question about universality sidebar when logged out
>
> Hello,
> I have a sort of extremely specific issue, but I wonder if anybody has any
> ideas about how i might address it.
>
> The problem is: if a user comes in to a page other than the login screen
> (e.g. maybe following a bookmark to
> "render.userLayoutRootNode.uP?uP_fname=word-of-the-day" or something), he
> does not get the login button. He just gets a blank screen.
>
> It may only happen when the user is already authenticated with SSO, but does
> not have a uPortal application session.
>
> In the "quick start", it does not happen with the "uportal3" skin but it DOES
> happen if "ivy" is the default skin (I set this by editing
> "/uPortal-3.2.2/data/uP3_uPortal.script" (search for "uportal3")- perhaps
> there is an easier way?).
>
> I think the reason for this has to do with the universality USE_SIDEBAR
> variable, which is "true" for "uportal3" but "false" for "ivy". I think
> something like: if the sidebar always shows up anyway (USE_SIDEBAR==true),
> then it will be there with the login button in it. But the sidebar is not
> always supposed to show up, then it doesn't show up under this circumstance.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas about how to change this? I would like it to
> always show the login button if the user doesn't have a valid application
> session. Or maybe redirect to the login page or something.
>
> I am thinking I might be able to hack something into the theme ("if not
> authenticated, set use_sidebar=true", or "if (i don't have access to render
> some specific portlet) set use_sidebar=true", or something like that)...but I
> wondered if anybody had any idea that was better than that. Or if someone
> more knowledgable can provide me some guidance about what to hack (or what to
> not hack).
>
> Thank you,
> Jerry
>
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