Location Information

If you have enabled the display of location information (with the ShowLocation INI setting), a location link will be displayed on the course information page.

The user can click the link to get more location information.

You have three options for displaying Location information when a user clicks the location link:  

  • Basic Table (Default) - the default is a basic table that displays the Location name (i.e. Building and Room if using the Split Location option on Course Preferences) and Location Information.  

 

  • HTML Formatted Description - you can create a custom Location Information page for each Location by placing HTML formatted text into the Additional (ACEweb) Information field on the Location record. The contents of this field will be displayed when users click the Location Information link. 

Note:  the contents will appear as a block inside a page which already has a standard header and footer, so do NOT include html header code in the Additional (ACEweb) Information field.   

 

  • LocInfo.htm - you can use the LocInfo.htm template to create a custom Location Information page.  This allows you to create a custom Location Information page that is used with all locations.  

 

A sample LocInfo.htm template is available in the Alternate folder.  If you do not have a copy, please contact your ACEware technician to obtain one.  The LocInfo.htm template must be placed in your Templates folder (i.e. wconnect/ace).

Note:  you cannot use this option with the HTML Formatted page option--if you have a LocInfo.htm template, the system will use it instead of the HTML code in the Additional (ACEweb) field. However, you can place a link URL in the Additional (ACEweb) field.  For instance, the Map URL in the above example is stored in the Additional (ACEweb) field and the LocInfo.htm template creates a link out of the field entry.  

 

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