Virtual Desktop Plugin 4.2

1. Installation

1. Upload plugin and restart the site
2. Enable type Portlet Virtual Desktop in your workspace
3. Create a navigation Category, e.g "My Desktop"
4. Create a Portal attached to the Category
5. Create a Portlet Selection, insert it inside the Portal
6. Create a Portlet Virtual Desktop, insert it inside the Portlet Selection
7. Edit the Portlet Virtual Desktop and select the navigation category

2. Configuring Services

Services are standard portlets that can be customized by members inside their Virtual Desktop.

Edit the portlet instance you want to provide as a Service and perform the following operations :

1. Enable "Service" ability on the portlet :
   Open the tab Personnalization of the portlet's properties and select the "Service" ability in the "Virtual Desktop" section.
2. Select a preview image to be displayed to the user :
   Open the tab Description of the portlet's properties and select/upload an appropriate image (dimensions : 200x150).
   If no image is selected, the preview of the current template is used. It is is recommended to provide a custom image for better user experience.

N.B.: The portlet must be a skinnable portlet, and should have its default template selected in order not to interfere with the service's skin.

3. Configuring default Desktop

When a user access hirs virtual desktop for the first time, his desktop is automatically created from a "default desktop".
There is always one global default desktop configurable from the administration area. It is also possible to configure a default per workspace.

During its first connexion, if there are several desktops available to the user, he will be able to select one of those desktop and customize it.

3.1 Global default Desktop

The global Desktop can be configured by the technical administrator, through the administration area, using link "Edit default Virtual Desktop".

It cannot can be deleted.

3.2 Workspace's default Desktop

Default Desktop of a workspace can be configured by the technical administrator or workspace administrator through the workspace's administration area, using link "Edit default Virtual Desktop".

To stop proposing a workspace's default desktop to the users, edit the workspace's desktop and delete it.

This plugin requires JCMS 9.0.