This WebSite Director (WSD) Application Desktop displays when you first log on to WSD if Explorer Navigation has been selected for your User Preferences . This initial screen provides access to WSD functions. 

• The functions on this screen are determined by your User Permissions.
• If your User Preferences  have been set for Multiple Window mode, WSD will open new browser windows when functions are selected from the Application Desktop.

The three selection bars - Menu Bar, Tool Bar and Function Bar - provide access to WSD functions. You may hide  or display  any or all of these bars. 

• Menu Bar -
  The four drop-down lists on this bar (File, View, Tools and Help) allow you to select functions viatext drop-down lists. These lists include the same functions as those provided by icons on the Tool Bar and Function Bar.
• Tool Bar -
  This bar provides icon selections for access to your User Preferences, Submit New Request (to the default submission stage), Administration screens, Help screens and Tutorials.
  •  User Preferences
  •  Submit New Request
  •  System Configuration
  •  Template Administration
  •  User Administration
  •  System Reports
  •  Relogon
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  •  Tutorial Index
  •  Help Index
  •  Help for this screen
    
• Function Bar-
  This bar provides icon access to screens where you can perform functions associated with existing requests to add and maintain content and templates on your site.

Immediately below these bars are the Things I can do and Request Selection columns. 

  Requests in Workflow - Click [+] or this text to list the workflow stages;   indicates that the workflow stage contains one or more requests. Click the name of a workflow stage to display the requests in the Request Selection panel. Each request is identified by the the Request Type (ADD, MODIFY, etc.), and the path and filename associated with the request.  indicates that the request is locked (see Locked Request ).

To work on a request,

1. Click the name of the application workflow stage.
   • The requests display in the Request Selection panel.
2. Highlight the applicable request and select one of the following icons from the Tool Bar or Function Bar:

 View Request - Click to display the content associated with the request in a Browser window.

 View Properties - Click to display the Properties screen showing WSD-specific information about the selected request.

 Compare with Published - Click to view the current and published views of the selected request in a split browser window. The Windows title displays the location of each of the views. The published version is on the left or bottom window, depending on your method of viewing (Horizontal or Vertical) as set on the User Preferences screen. This function will be available if the request is to Modify existing content.

 Edit Request - Displays the Edit Request screen for the selected Document or Template .

 Comments - Click to view the  Comments associated with the selected request.

 Approve Request - Click to display the  Approve Request screen for the selected request.

 Disapprove Request - Click to display the Disapprove Request screen for the selected request.

  System Administration - Click [+] or this text to list the System Administration options.

 Administration Desktop - Click to display the  System Administration page where you may access System Administration maintenance functions, including those for Stages, Groups, Templates, and Approval Classes.

  System Configuration -  Click to display the System Configuration screen where you can configure WSD options such as Temp File Cleanup Age, E-mail Templates, Directory Indexing defaults, and Document Numbers.

  Scheduled Processes -  Click [+] or this text to list the following scheduled processes: Check Permissions, Cleanup Database, Publish Approved Content, Send Notices & Reminders and Verify Database Integrity. You may immediately start one of these processes by click the process name. A report will display when the process is complete. Also see the  Overnight Processes tutorial for more information on each process.

  All Pending Requests - Click this text to display the   All Pending Requests page which displays the requests awaiting processing in all users' Pending Requests stages.

  Trash Bin -  Click this text to display the Maintain Trash Bin where you can delete or recover (Approve into the workflow) requests that have been Disapproved into the Trash Bin while in the WSD workflow process.

  Publishing Folder - Click this text to access the Publishing Status page where you may review requests that have been approved for publishing, but have not yet been published. If you have permission you may publish or disapprove these requests.

  System Policies  -  Click this text to access the System Policies page where you can set system policies including  Maintain Directory Index Files, Default Publish Date, Duplicate First and Last Names Allowed, etc.

  Maintain Web Site - Click this text to access the Maintain Web Site page where you can access screens to control WSD user access and maintain Meta data for your site's directories. It provides access to the Directory Properties screen where you can enter Meta data, mark directories as "Private" (including all documents within the directories), select directories to be indexed, and restrict user access to your directories.

  SYSTEM REPORTS - Click this text to display the System Reports page where you may view and print the six types of reports about WSD activities: Request Status, User Information, Request Activity, Log Files, Templates and Link Check.

  TEMPLATE ADMINISTRATION - Click [+] or this text to list the Template Administration options.

 Administration Desktop - Click this text to display the Maintain Templates page where you select the Template Group (Header, Footer, E-mail, Directory Indexing, Edit Layout or Page Layout) to be maintained, and access the Maintain <template-group> Templates screen for the selected group. If "Modify Templates" has been set to "Submit Request" on the System Policies screen, the only function available from the Maintain <template-group> Templates screen will be "Apply Template."

  E-Mail Templates -  Click this text to display the  Maintain E-Mail Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view templates for E-mail Notification Messages.

  Edit Layout Templates -  Click this text to display the Maintain Edit Layout Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view Edit Layout Templates .

  Footer Templates -  Click this text to display the Maintain Page Footer Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view Footer Templates.

  Header Templates -  Click this text to display the Maintain Page Header Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view Header Templates.

   Index Templates -  Click this text to display the Maintain Index Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view Index Templates.

  Page Layout Templates -  Click this text to display the Maintain Page Layout Templates screen where you can add, edit, delete and view Page Layout Templates.

  USER ADMINISTRATION - Click this text to display the User Administration page. Also see the  User Administration tutorial.

  WORKFLOW ADMINISTRATION - Click [+] or this text to list the Workflow Administration options.