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Links and Menus

The links and menus displayed in the WebReg module have several customizable options.

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Admin/Security > Settings > Web Links

Applies To:    Enterprise    Plus    Basic

Links and Menus

The following fields make up the form fields for links and menus. Below are examples of specific links and menus that can be created.

  • Title:  The display text the client will see on the page and will click on.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.
  • URL Start and End Date:  Optional date fields to start and end the display of the link.
  • Type:  Select New or Same Window as the target window for the link.
  • Location: This value is used to determine the location of the menu or link.
    • Select Top to display the link in the upper right corner of the page above the banner.
    • Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
    • Select Left-V to display the link as a menu option and restrict the main course search. This option is used when adding Ed2Go vendor or ProTrain vendor category search menus and you desire to remove these courses from the main course search.
  • Order: Select the numerical order for links to be displayed.  If all links are ranked the same, the resulting order will be by alpha.
  • To add a link for an email catalog request, use this URL in the website URL field:    http://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/catalogrequest.cfm where YOURSITE is the URL extension used to identify your web registration site.

Adding Category Search Menu to WebReg Module

This process sets up a new menu option for Course Category Search where the categories display in a two-column list format along with the courses available in title only.  If category images are uploaded, the image will display with the category title.  From this page, the client can click on a course title and be redirected to the search results page for all the offerings of that one-course title.

  • Click the New button.
  • Title:  The actual link text the client will see on the page.  We suggest using the word Course Category Search.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.  In this case, the URL will be as follows where YOURSITE would be your organization’s site name.  Organizations with custom URLs should modify the following URL accordingly.
  • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?category=1
  • URL Start and End Date:  Leave blank.
  • Type:  Select "Same Window" as the target window for the link.
  • Location:  Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
  • Order:  We suggest setting the menu order at 2 or greater so the Category Search option displays in the menu after the Course Search.
  • If there are 30 or fewer courses, the results will display in one column. If more than 30, then the results will display as two columns with an attempt to split the columns evenly in half, even if a category is split between two columns. Note that because the page is created dynamically, it is nearly impossible to make the column's length match exactly.

A variation of the Category Search menu can be added for the online vendors Ed2Go or ProTrain.  To add these specialty category search menus, follow these steps.

  • Click the New button.
  • Title:  The actual link text the client will see on the page.  We suggest using the word Ed2Go Category Search or ProTrain Category Search.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.  In this case, the URL will be as follows where YOURSITE would be your organization’s site name.  Organizations with custom URLs should modify the following URL accordingly.
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?ed2go=1
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?protrain=1
  • To restrict the main course search and calendar view by preventing the vendor courses from displaying, set the URL as follows:
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?ed2go=restrict
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?protrain=restrict
  • To restrict the main course search and the general categories by preventing the vendor courses from displaying, set the URL as follows:
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?ed2go=restrict2
    • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/categorySearch.cfm?protrain=restrict2
  • URL Start and End Date:  Leave blank.
  • Type:  Select "Same Window" as the target window for the link.
  • Location: Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
  • Order:  We suggest setting the menu order at 2 or greater so the vendor Category Search option displays in the menu after the Course Search.

Adding Program Search Menu to WebReg Module

This process sets up a new menu option for Program Search where the Programs available will display in list format.  Once a program is clicked, the page will display all the courses for that program grouped in category order.  If category images are uploaded, the image will display with the category title.  From this page, the client can click on a course title and be redirected to the search results page for all the offerings of that one-course title.

  • Only Programs tagged as Display on the Web will display in the list.
  • Click the New button.
  • Title:  The actual link text the client will see on the page.  We suggest using the word Program Search.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.  In this case, the URL will be as follows where YOURSITE would be your organization’s site name.  Organizations with custom URLs should modify the following URL accordingly.
  • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/programSearch.cfm?search=Program
  • URL Start and End Date:  Leave blank.
  • Type:  Select "Same Window" as the target window for the link.
  • Location:  Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
  • Order:  We suggest setting the menu order at 2 or greater so the Program Search option displays in the menu after the Course Search.

Adding Department Search Menu to WebReg Module

This process sets up a new menu option for Department Search where the Departments available will display in list format.  Once a program is clicked, the page will display all the courses for that Department grouped in category order.  If category images are uploaded, the image will display with the category title.  From this page, the client can click on a course title and be redirected to the search results page for all the offerings of that one-course title.

  • Click the New button.
  • Title:  The actual link text the client will see on the page.  We suggest using the word Department Search.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.  In this case, the URL will be as follows where YOURSITE would be your organization’s site name.  Organizations with custom URLs should modify the following URL accordingly.
  • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/programSearch.cfm?search= Department
  • URL Start and End Date:  Leave blank.
  • Type:  Select "Same Window" as the target window for the link.
  • Location:  Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
  • Order:  We suggest setting the menu order at 2 or greater so the Department Search option displays in the menu after the Course Search.

Adding Calendar View to WebReg Module

This process sets up a new menu option for a Calendar View where the course offerings available will display in a monthly or weekly format.  When the menu option is clicked, the page will display all the course sections for that day in the month view using the same as used to determine if course sections display in the search results.  Course Sections are displayed based on Start Date only.  The user can change to a weekly view.  Clicking on the course title will navigate the user to the Course Detail page.  

Important Note: The Calendar view query is cached for 15 minutes to improve performance. Changes made to data will take up to 15 minutes to appear in the calendar view.

To preview the calendar before enabling it to the public, type your WebReg URL as usual and add /calendar.cfm to the end of the URL.

  • Click the New button.
  • Title:  The actual link text the client will see on the page.  We suggest using the word Calendar View.
  • Website URL:  The full URL of the link.  In this case, the URL will be as follows where YOURSITE would be your organization’s site name.  Organizations with custom URLs should modify the following URL accordingly.
  • https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/calendar.cfm
  • URL Start and End Date:  Leave blank.
  • Type:  Select "Same Window" as the target window for the link.
  • Location:  Select Left to display the link as a menu option.
  • Order:  We suggest setting the menu order at 2 or greater so the Department Search option displays in the menu after the Course Search.

There are nine user-defined color settings associated with the calendar view.  Those color settings can be modified at Admin/Security > Settings > Colors.

Parameters Available for WebReg View Calendar URL

The following URL parameter can be used directly to the view calendar URL, such as https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/calendar.cfm?rooID=1. If more than one URL parameter is used, the results will be filtered by all the parameters. Sites with custom URLs must modify the sample URL provided, but the URL parameters are the same.

  • Room/Location: Uses the Room/Location ID as rooID=#

Parameters Available for Search Result URLs

The following URL parameters can be used directly to search results such as https://registration.xendirect.com/YOURSITE/searchResults.cfm?catID=23. If more than one URL parameter is used, the results will be filtered by all the parameters. Sites with custom URLs must modify the sample URL provided, but the URL parameters are the same.

  • Branch: Uses the Branch ID as branchID=#
  • Course: Uses the Course ID as couID=#
  • Course Category: Uses the Category ID as catID=#
  • Course Section: Uses the Section ID as schID=#
  • Course Format: Uses the Format ID as forID=#
  • Conference: Uses the Conference ID as conference=1
    • The Conference URL parameter uses only 1 as an option to enable the list of conferences display.  The Conference URL does not support the use of a primary key ID to filter for one conference.  Instead, use the schID as in the Course Section URL filter.
  • Facility: Uses the Facility ID as facID=#
  • Program Group: Uses the Program Group ID as prgID=#
  • Sequence: Uses the Sequence ID as prgIDseq=#
  • Session: Uses the Session ID as sesID=#
  • Vendor: Uses the Vendor Name as ven=name

In each of the above where an ID field is used, the ID can be obtained as follows:

  • Navigate to the desired table.
  • View/Edit the desired record.
  • In the URL, locate the [Primary Key] field to identify the ID.

This example shows the catID 27 for the course category Animal Care.


 

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