In the Application Host settings.xml file, add an <applicationReference> element for each application you want to load into the Application Host.
Before you begin
Each application you want to load in the Application Host requires a
manifest.htm file and
manifest.xml located in the same directory. The files can be located in any directory, although for SDL Applications the files are typically located in the
Manifest/ directory:
- Manifest/manifest.htm
-
The application Web page for loading the manifest.xml file.
- Manifest/manifest.xml
-
The application configuration file for defining the
<applicationSuite> and <applicationEntryPoints> (navigation).
Procedure
- Go to the Web site where an SDL Application is running.
- Open the Application Host
settings.xml file in a text editor.
- Find the
<applicationReferences> section, which defines the applications that can be loaded into the Application Host. Each child <applicationReference> element points to an application.
The order of the child
<applicationReference> elements is relevant in the following ways:
- In the slide-out navigation pane, the applications appear in the same order as the order of the
<applicationReference> elements.
- The plain URL shows a login screen with the logo (stylized name) of the application indicated by the first
<applicationReference> element. Your users may want to have the URL of another application, whose login screen shows the logo of that specific application. To get such an application-specific URL, your users can open the slide-out navigation pane and select the application. They can then copy or bookmark the URL they see in their browser's address bar.
- Add an
<applicationReference> element for each application you want to load into the Application Host, for example:
<applicationHost>
<manifestCacheMaxAge>3600</manifestCacheMaxAge>
<manifestLoadTimeout>5</manifestLoadTimeout>
<applicationReferences>
<applicationReference id="sc" url="https://DomainName/InfoShareAuthorQ/manifest/manifest.html"/>
<applicationReference id="wcm" url="http://DomainName/SDL/manifest/manifest.html"/>
<applicationReference id="mm" url="https://DomainName/vms/frame/manifest/manifest.html"/>
</applicationReferences>
</applicationHost>
An <applicationReference> has the following attributes:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|
id | The ID of the <applicationSuite> you want to load into the Application Host, as defined in the application manifest.xml file. |
url | The address of the application manifest.htm file (which loads the application's manifest.xml file). |
- Save and close
settings.xml.