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 > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org as: > je...@cornell.edu > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev > -- > > You are currently subscribed to uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org as: > steve.swinsb...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see > http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev -- You are currently subscribed to uportal-dev@lists.ja-sig.org as: arch...@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://www.ja-sig.org/wiki/display/JSG/uportal-dev