He might have added that this is a VERY good reason for not having all
your tabs available to 'everyone', but choosing as you create them - it
took us ages to go back through and reassign the tabs we wanted to be
after the login page to be visible to staff, students etc but not
guests.....   :*)

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Dr Malcolm Murray wrote:

> Hi Najib,
>
> Excuse me Merv if I reply to this.
> It all comes down to portal roles.
> Before you log in, a Bb user has the role of guest. If tabs are visible
> to a guest, then they can see it. If not they can't.
> Thus if you want a tab called staff info only visible to staff logged
> in, assign it to a portal role of staff. Remember too that you can make
> a tab visible to several roles - a user with one or more matching role
> will see it.
>
> Equally if you have pages you only want visible before logging in,
> assign them to guest.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Malcolm.
>
> Najib Maan wrote:
>
>> Hi Merv,
>>
>> Just a quick question, when using the default brand for portal direct
>> entry how can you disable the tabs for the initial portal page as in
>> your case leaving just the 'Welcome' tab and the 'Help' tab, then still
>> have all the normal tabs appear for users after they login? I am a bit
>> confused on how to make this happen.
>>
>> Hope this makes sense, any help welcome.
>>
>> Thanks. Najib.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of merv stapleton
>> Sent: 26 November 2004 11:24
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Homepage customisation
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>> we have taken the same approach as Malcolm at Durham :
>> http://blackboard.citysun.ac.uk
>>
>> regards
>>
>> merv
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> merv stapleton
>> e-Learning manager
>> city of sunderland college
>> bede centre
>> durham road
>> sunderland
>> sr3 4ah
>>
>> tel: +44(0) 191 511 6153
>>
>> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist on behalf of Dr Malcolm Murray
>> Sent: Fri 26/11/2004 10:51
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Homepage customisation
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> We have made some changes to the homepage, using portal direct entry:
>> http://duo.dur.ac.uk
>>
>> We also tweaked the old login page to provide some links for staff and
>> students...
>> http://duo.dur.ac.uk/webapps/login?action=relogin
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Malcolm.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Dr Malcolm Murray
>>
>> Learning Technologies Team
>> Information Technology Service
>> University of Durham
>> Durham, England
>>
>>
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