UI personalization allows the creation of a simplified user interface. It’s a great way to create personalized and extensible user experiences that empower people to get things done. System administrators are able to remove tabs, menu items, actions and parts of UI pages that aren’t needed. This allows users to not be overwhelmed by loads of unnecessary options. System administrators are able to deploy intelligent user interfaces. In this session we will examine how this feature is used within Kentico CMS 7. We will cover the basics of technical implementation, design concerns, extensibility and security. In this webinar we looked at how to implement the basics of UI personalization on your Kentico CMS 7 site.

1. Introduction to UI Personalization
with Kentico CMS 7
Thom Robbins
thomasr@kentico.com

2. Session agenda
• UI personalization fundamentals
• System management options
• Creating custom UI elements
• Wrap up

3. UI personalization fundaments

4. Importance of UI personalization…
• Create simplified
interfaces
– Decrease the learning
curve
– Remove unnecessary
features
– Show only essential
business features

5. UI Personalization Fundamentals
• Kentico CMS user
interface consists of
Modules
• Modules contain UI
Elements
– Page or part of page in
CMS Desk that can be
hidden from a users
• Tab
• Menu Item
• Groups of Controls
CMS Desk Only!

6. Runtime Management
• UI profile defines visibility of a UI Element for a particular role
• User profile defined by UI profiles of their roles
• UI element visible if at least one role the user is a member makes element visible

7. Demo – UI Personalization in Action
Let’s Meet Andy

8. System management options

9. Enabling UI Personalization
Site Manager -> Settings -> Security -> Enable UI Personalization

10. What Can I Customize?
***UI Personalization applies to CMS Desk only***
Personalization available for UI Elements
• CMS Desk main tabs (module CMS Desk)
• CMS Desk –> Content Tab (module Content)
• CMS Desk -> Content -> New (module New)
• CMS Desk -> My desk tab (module My desk)
• CMS Desk -> Tools tab (module Tools)
• CMS Desk -> Administration tab (module administration)
• WYSIWYG editor (module WYSIWYG editor)
• Media dialog (module Media dialog)

11. Modules..
Site Manager ->Development -> Modules
Define which UI Elements are available

12. UI Personalization
Site Manager ->Development -> Modules
Set Permissions for Roles

13. Creating custom UI elements

14. Adding New UI Elements
Display Name Element name in Administration interface
Code name Web site code name
Element is custom Set value to true for custom UI elements
Caption UI Caption
Icon path Menu item icon

15. Demo
Adding a New Tab to the CMS Desk

16. Wrap up…
• UI personalization
provides a great
opportunity to
customize the
interface
• Understand your user
needs

17. Questions…
Thanks!
Thomas Robbins, Kentico CMS Chief Evangelist
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Email: thomasr@kentico.com
Twitter: @trobbins
Twitter: @MYMKTING

18. Who are we?
Kentico CMS is one of the
most powerful Customer
Experience Management
Systems and Content
Management Systems on the
planet. With over 18,000 web
sites in 90 countries it is used
for everything from simple web
sites to complex applications.
Kentico CMS is easy to
install, simple to manage and
reliable.