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Advanced Web Interface Customizations - BriForum 2010
- 1. Advanced Web Interface Customizations Delivered at BriForum 2010 by Sam Jacobs Director of Technology Development at IPM
- 2. Session Agenda Basic Customizations Intermediate Customizations Advanced Customizations Debugging / Customization Tools Resources
- 4. Basic Customizations “ Out-of-the-box” customizations The Access Management Console (AMC) Web Interface Themes
- 5. Intermediate Customizations The .properties files Custom hyperlinks Multi-language support CSS files WebInterface.conf
- 6. Advanced Customizations Skills Needed Web Interface vs. Netscaler customizations Useful Tools / Resources
- 7. Advanced Customizations Demo: Active Directory integration Demo: Adding custom tabs to Web Interface Adding support information (user IP, OS/browser info) Demo: Enhanced SecurID (suppress when internal) Demo: Using WI to control single sign-on to web apps
- 8. Basic Customizations The Access Management Console (AMC) Consistent with corporate image/brand Logo / background image / color Footer
- 10. Basic Customizations Web Interface Themes Carbon Fiber - default theme for all sites White Pearl – may be made the default or applied to individual sites
- 11. Web Interface Themes theme (as defined by Microsoft): “ … a unified set of design elements and color schemes that you apply to pages to give them a consistent and attractive appearance…” Colors – headings, body text, backgrounds, links, etc. Graphics – background, banners, bullets, buttons, etc. Styles – combinations of fonts and colors
- 12. Carbon Fiber White Pearl
- 13. Carbon Fiber White Pearl Theme Comparison
- 14. Basic Customization Demo Fade to … white … ? (applying the White Pearl theme to Web Interface 5.3)
- 15. Intermediate Customizations The .properties files Controls: all text (labels, buttons, messages) tool tips font sizes text box / button widths color codes for site/links
- 16. The .properties files control:
- 17. Custom Hyperlinks MessagesNone=You have no messages. MessagesNone=<a href='/docs/UserGuide.doc'>Click here to download the User Manual.</a>
- 18. Multi-Lingual
- 19. Multi-Lingual Same keys as before, but now taken from: accessplatform_strings_ es .properties
- 20. Multi-Lingual Common language directory: C:\Program Files\Citrix\Web Interface\5.3.0\languages Language override directory: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Citrix\ <sitename> \languages Common/override directories are also for ICA clients.
- 21. Multi-Lingual Built-in languages: -- English _de - German _es - Spanish _fr - French _ja - Japanese _ko - Korean _ru - Russian _zh_CN - Simplified Chinese _zh_TW - Traditional Chinese Easy to add your own! Add an xx.lang file Create language files with _xx suffix
- 22. CSS Files Carbon Fiber CSS: LinkColor= #E0E0E0 LinkHoverColor= #E8E8E8 SiteBgColor= #000000 SiteBorderColor= #999999 UsefulLinkColor= #FBFBFB UsefulLinkSeparatorColor=# 0066D5 White Pearl CSS: LinkColor= #ffffff LinkHoverColor= #000000 SiteBgColor= #ffffff SiteBorderColor= #5a5a5a UsefulLinkColor= # 000000 UsefulLinkSeparatorColor=# 5a5a5a Page/font colors, font size, margins, backgrounds, borders, alignment
- 23. WebInterface.conf Sometimes you may require manual modification of WebInterface.conf: Changing authentication point: AuthenticationPoint= AccessGateway AuthenticationPoint= WebInterface AGEWebServiceURL= https://agee.company.com/ # AGEWebServiceURL= Allow auto-launch of desktop: (or application, with code modification): AutoLaunchDesktop=On http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX125277 Enable compatibility with Presentation Server 4.0 farms: RequireLaunchReference=Off
- 24. Advanced Customizations The Goal: “ Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. ” … Confucius, Circa 551 - 479 Think out of the box … “ Wouldn’t it be nice if …”
- 25. Advanced Customizations What do I need to know? WI Version Release Date Skill Sets NFuse 1.0 (Charlotte) 2/2000 ASP / VBScript NFuse 1.5 9/2000 NFuse 1.6 10/2001 NFuse Classic (1.7) / NFuse Elite 6/2002 NFuse 2.0 5/2003 Web Interface 3.0 4/2004 ASP.Net / C# Web Interface 4.0 3/2005 Web Interface 4.2 5/2006 Web Interface 4.5 11/2006 Web Interface 4.6 7/2007 Web Interface 5.0 2/2008 ASP.Net/C#/Java/AJAX Web Interface 5.1 2/2009 Web Interface 5.2 9/2009 Web Interface 5.3 3/2010
- 26. Web Interface vs. Netscaler Customizations Web Interface Netscaler All source code available: Java C# Javascript DHTML Only source code available: Javascript HTML Can be integrated with Active Directory Cannot be integrated with Active Directory May query and write to databases No database access Full access to: ASP.NET Request Object ASP.NET Response Object Session & Application variables Access to: QueryString and Cookies
- 27. Demo Active Directory integration
- 28. Demo Adding custom tabs to Web Interface Adding support info (User IP address, OS/browser info)
- 29. Anatomy of a Web Interface Tab
- 30. Demo Enhanced SecurID integration Internal Users External Users
- 31. Demo Control single sign-on to web apps via Web Interface
- 32. Debugging / Customization Tools Web.config Script to dump session/application variables, cookies IE Developer Toolbar - Microsoft ieHTTPHeaders – http://www.blunck.info/
- 33. Resources Web Interface SDK: http://community.citrix.com/display/xa/Web+Interface+SDK Carlo Costanzo http://VMwareInfo.com Doug Brown http://www.dabcc.com Pierre Marmignon http://www.citrixtools.net Jason Conger http://www.jasonconger.com Citrix Forums http://forums.citrix.com/support ..and, of course, Brian Madden http://www.brianmadden.com
- 34. Questions?