In the Design module, you will create and edit the
layouts of your portals. Intrexx layouts are based completely off of
Cascading Style Sheets. The entire design is therefore represented by
CSS positioning, which makes possible a quick page construction and an optimal
searchability for search engines without the use of frames.
Through the use of caching mechanisms, the combination of many
individually loaded files into a few larger ones, as well as the
comprehensive compression of Javascript and CSS files, a high degree of
performance is possible. Barrier-free pages can also be constructed.
From Version 5.0 on we support you in the creation of portals and
applications for mobile end devices – including especially
for the Apple iPhone.
When developing applications for mobile end devices, special
requirements come about for the underlying platform: in addition to the
minimal bandwidth of connections and the insufficient to completely
missing support of some devices for Javascript (required for AJAX and
interactive forms), special requirements, like the sliding effects for the iPhone
for example, must be taken into account.
The support for mobile end devices is based on the following three
principles:
Design and design selection corresponding to the end device
Arrangement and layout of applications
Construction of the menu
Design and design selection
Every end device supports a specific range of possibilities, which are
restricted by the bandwidth of the connection, the abilities of the
installed browser, the device software and the device itself. While the
iPhone from Apple offers the greatest degree of functionality, devices like the
Blackberry end devices of the previous generation offer no support for
Javascript.
In the Design module, you can define which end
devices with which layout should be supported and whether the end
device offers support for Javascript or not. The Intrexx server
provides the desired layout corresponding to the identification of the
end device.
Arrangement and layout of applications
The transformation of an application page for a mobile end device
automatically ensures that no layout is used for the
page that is based on tables; rather, a page will be generated that is
completely based off of CSS and pure HTML. The designer of the
application must not have any special knowledge of CSS here. One must
only take into account that the page must be sufficiently small that it
can be shown on the display of the end device.
Construction of the menu
In Intrexx individual menus for each layout can be created, which are customized for the special requirements of
mobile end devices.
This allows, for example, for applications to be offered exclusively
for the iPhone, while other applications will be implemented for all
mobile end devices. The start page for an application, specially
adjusted for the end device, can also now be defined by editing the
menu. One and the same application can be placed in the menu as many
times and in as many places as you wish.
Further information on the areas of the Design
module you will find
here.
