faq:apps:mobile-experience

How to manage the mobile experience widget?

The mobile experience widget allows you to add the links to the mobile apps to your site Index or Dashboard page.

If both SkaDate iOS and SkaDate Android servers are installed on your site, the widget with two banners will be available on your site by default. If the app servers plugins are not installed, the widget won't show up on your site. If only one app server plugin is installed, only one banner will show up in the mobile experience widget.

By default the mobile experience banners are linked to the generic SkaDate app. To get your own links, you should customize the applications following the manuals on the: iOS app customization Android app customization

Admin side

To replace the links to the generic SkaDate iOS App with the links to your app, go to Admin area > Plugins > Installed plugins.1)

Find the SkaDate iOS plugin - move mouse cursor over it, and click the Settings button.

You will be directed to the SkaDate iOS plugin management page.

Copy the link to your app from your iTunes account, paste it to the App URL field.

Click Save.

To replace the links to the generic SkaDate Android App with the links to your app, go to Admin area > Plugins > Installed plugins.2)

Find the SkaDate Android plugin - move mouse cursor over it, and click the Settings button.

You will be directed to the SkaDate Android plugin management page.

Copy the link to your app from your Google Play account, paste it to the App URL field.

Click Save.

User side

To manage mobile experience widget, you should first login to the site with the administrator account access details.

Go to the Index page by typing index in the address bar: http://[your_site_URL]/index

Click the Customize this page button at the top of the page.

You will be redirected to the Index customization page.

Move the mouse cursor over the widget title (mobile experience) and drag it 3)

Then drop 4) this widget to the preferred position.

To configure the widget, click Edit (wheel) icon against the widget title.

If you want to hide the banner, uncheck the boxes next to iOS or Android boxes in the Banners column.

To change the positions of the banners, choose the proper radio button in the Show first column.

In the General Widget Settings you can:

  • change the widget title
  • choose the widget title icon
  • change the widget view
  • make the widget available to certain user roles

As soon as you finish the widget configuration, click Save and Finish Customizing button.

1) , 2)
If plugin is not installed, you should install it by following the instructions here
3)
click on the widget with the left mouse button and hold it
4)
while still holding the left mouse button, move the mouse cursor to the position you want to add the widget to, and then release the button
faq/apps/mobile-experience.txt · Last modified: 2017/06/07 09:11 by 127.0.0.1