Design

Default Behaviour(s)

The main menu is accessible from every pages of the DAM by clicking on the menu icon in the Header.

By default, the main menu is composed of :

Search for an asset link
- Redirects to the search page,
Upload assets link
- Redirects to the mass upload page (only visible for Administrators and Contributors)
Footer links
- Legal Notice : the user is redirected on the legal notice page
- Terms of use : the user is redirected on the terms of service page
- Feedback : opens the feedback’s popup.
Profile picture / First Name / Last Name
Logout link
- The user is disconnected from the DAM by clicking on this link
My boards link
- Redirects to “My Boards” page
My searches link
- Redirects to “My searches” page
Release Number
- Automatically set by the DAM
Language drop-down menu with options :
- French, English, Deutch
Cross, for closing the menu

Advanced Configuration

Adding shortcuts in the main menu

The shortcuts you want to display must be described in the action-availabled.json file located in the menu directory. It is an Array<Action> with the following settings :

Config Path

Default value

Description

$.menu.actionAvailabled=

[
  {
    "id": "menu-action-search",
    "key": "sidebar.search.title",
    "icon": "fal fa-search",
    "to": {
      "name": "dam-explore",
      "params": {
      }
    },
    "descriptionKey": "sidebar.search.description"
  },
  {
    "id": "menu-action-upload",
    "key": "nav.upload",
    "icon": "fal fa-cloud-upload",
    "to": {
      "name": "import-jobs",
      "params": {

      }
    },
    "descriptionKey": "sidebar.upload.description",
    "onlyForUserGroups": [
      4, 27
    ],
    "onlyIfAllFeaturesActive": ["upload"]
  }
]

Shortcut to asset search

Shortcut to asset import

Each Action object has the following structure :

Property	Type	Default	Description
`id`	`string`	`false`	Unique identifier of your choice for the shortcut
`key`	`string`	`undefined`	I18n key for shortcut label
`icon`	`string`	`undefined`	Font awesome style `fa-s/l/r` + icon name prefixed with `fa-`
`to`	`object`	`{}`	A JSON object with a mandatory `name` property to specify the Vue route to follow on an existing component of your choice. Ex: `{` `"name": "dam-explore",` `"params": {}` `}`
`descriptionKey`	`string`	`undefined`	I18n key for shortcut description

Adding footer links in the main menu

The footer links you want to display must be described in the footer-links.json file located in the menu directory. The links property is an Array<Link> with the following settings :

Config Path

Default value

Description

$.menu.footerLinks

{
  "links": [
    {
      "i18n": "page.title.legal",
      "routing": {
        "to": {
          "name": "legal"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "i18n": "sidebar.about",
      "routing": {
        "to": {
          "name": "cgu"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

Link to legal notice page

Link to CGU page

Each Link object has the following structure :

Property

Type

Default

Description

i18n

string

undefined

I18n key for link label

routing

object

{}

A JSON to object containing a mandatory name property to specify the Vue route to follow. Ex:

{ "to": { "name": "legal" } }

Adding links in the sidebar menu

The links you want to display in the sidebar menu must described in the links.json file located in the menu directory. It's an Array<Link> with the following settings :

Config Path

Default value

Description

$.menu.links =

[
  {
    "key": "sidebar.links.board",
    "suffixIfAnonymous": true,
    "to": { 
      "name": "boards",
    },
    "descriptionKey": "sidebar.links.boardDescription",
    "onlyIfAllFeaturesActive": ["boards"]
  },
  {
    "key": "sidebar.links.searches",
    "onlyIfLogged": true,
    "to": {
      "name": "savedSearches"
    },
    "descriptionKey": null
  }
]

Link to the user boards

Link to the user stored searches

Each Link object has the following structure :

Property	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
`key`	`string`	`true`	`undefined`	I18n key for link label
`to`	`object`	`true`	`{}`	A JSON object containing a mandatory `name` property to specify the Vue route to follow. Ex: `{ "to": { "name": "savedSearches" } }`
`descriptionKey`	`string`	`false`	`undefined`	I18n key for shortcut description
`suffixIfAnonymous`	`boolean`	`false`
`onlyIfAllFeaturesActive`	`array`	`false`	`[]`	A list of features required for link activation
`onlyIfLogged`	`boolean`	`false`	`true`	Specifies if the link is public or if the user must be logged in for link activation

Disabling one or more languages

The list of available languages can be modified from the available-languages.json file located in the language directory. It is an Array<Lang> with the following description :

Config Path

Default value

Description

$.language.availableLanguages

[
  {
    "name": "fr",
    "id": 1
  },
  {
    "name": "en",
    "id": 2
  },
  {
    "name": "de",
    "id": 4
  }
]

An array of lang objects with 2 entries:

name: the ISO code
id

Disabling access to the Profile menu

See Main Menu - User profile

Hiding the Release Number

Add or modify the hide-server-version.json file (located in the menu directory) and set its content to true (default is false).