Customizing
These topics contain information for developers and others who want to customize their Content Manager environment.
- Configuring DTDs and DITA Specializations
You can install or update DTDs, configure the catalog, and configure DITA specialization for use with XMetaL. - Configuring the web client user interface
Configuring the Content Manager web client user interface includes configuring property dialogs, list views, search, translation management, and the tools menu. - Configuring the desktop clients user interface
The metadata that is displayed in the desktop clients can be configured in the configuration file MetadataConfig.xml. - Configuring Server Synchronization
To make sure that DTDs, authoring tool files and configuration files on the author's computer are always up to date, Content Manager desktop tools automatically synchronize local folders with folders on the server. - Configuring central user authentication
Authentication is the mechanism you use to verify the identity of visitors to your web site or web application. You can configure use of Windows Active Directory for authentication with Content Manager. - Configuring map editing in Publication Manager
These topics describe how to configure Publication Manager so you can edit maps. - Configuring metadata
The TriDK XML Setup Tool allows partners and system administrators to add, update, or remove customer specific metadata without interaction with Content Manager. - Configuring publishing
An overview of the publishing process and how to configure publishing using the DITA-OT and Knowledge Center are described. - Configuring default settings
You can define system-wide default settings for language and image resolution. - Configuring email notification when a status changes
You can configure Content Manager to send an email notification to users when a object"s status changes. - Configuring the XPP Plugin
This plugin generates PDF output files using the SDL XPP program and using the content maintained within the Content Manager repository. The connection between Content Manager and SDL XPP is established using the Webservices API of SDL XPP. - Configuring hosted systems to use a customer's ADFS
This information is for those with on-premises ADFS and want to use SDL Knowledge Center installations deployed on SDL hosted servers outside their network. - Customizing the HTML preview
By default, the HTML preview is configured for base DITA. If you are working with your own DITA specializations, or if you merely want to change the visual appearance, you can customize the preview by modifying the available XSL stylesheets. - Scripting the desktop clients
The Content Manager metadata configuration supports embedding scripts. When the script is loaded, any defined functions are compiled using .NET Framework and are executed at run-time. - Binding a metadata field with a SES taxonomy
The SDL Knowledge Center SES Connector contains an out-of-the-box implementation of the metadata bindingIHandlerinterface that makes it possible to use data coming from a SmartLogic Semantic Enhancement Server (SES) in metadata fields. - Security
Provides information for implementers working on security issues such as passwords and data encryption.