Add Panel

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Add Panel

Use this dialog to customize the contributor workspace with one or more relevant panels. For example, you might share a convenient set of links or selectively distribute a set of tools, as shown below.

This dialog displays in edit mode for existing custom panels.

Name: Required. Labels must be a maximum of 20 characters, including spaces.
Description: Optional. A text description for the new panel.
Panel URL: Required. Enter a fully qualified URL, for example, http://www.mysite.edu/ourtools.htm
Panel Help URL: Optional. A fully qualified URL for online Help for the new panel.
Display State: Choose one:

Displayed as a Panel: Renders the new left-pane item as a panel, as shown above for Site Utilities.
Displayed as an Icon: Renders the new left-pane item as an icon, as shown in the lower part of the image above
Hidden: The new item does not display.

Panel Icon URL: Required if Display State is icon. Enter a fully qualified link to an icon-sized image for this new item. Icons must be 14x14. Click Save to keep your changes or Cancel to exit without saving.

Related Links

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