50 Configuring Your Control Panel
Using Desktop Presets
Alternately, you can modify items in the desktop view by modifying and applying
desktop presets. The presets contain configurations of interface elements. You can
have several presets for your interface and switch between them when needed. You
can predefine the appearance of interface for your customers and customers of your
resellers.
To customize your desktop by means of a template:
1 Go to Server > Interface Management > Desktop Presets tab and click the
Default Administrator Desktop shortcut in the list of desktop presets.
If you wish to create a new preset based on an existing one, click the corresponding
icon.
2 Specify the configuration preset name.
3 Select the Default check box to apply this preset to the interface.
4 Specify whether to show the Server Information group and what items to
show there. Clearing check boxes will remove the respective items
from the desktop.
5 Specify what tasks you would like to accomplish through the control
panel. The appropriate shortcuts will be placed to the desktop. The
Selected tasks list shows the tasks for which shortcuts are already
placed on the desktop. The Available tasks list shows the tasks for which
you do not yet have shortcuts on your desktop.
To add a shortcut to the desktop, select the required tasks in the Available tasks
list and click Add >>.
To remove a shortcut from the desktop, select the task that you do not need in
the Selected tasks list and click << Remove.
6 To show your custom buttons on the desktop, select the Custom buttons
check box located above the list of Available tasks.
7 To show on the desktop a shortcut to functions for creating new
custom hyperlink buttons, select the Show the following buttons in the footer:
Create a new custom button check box below the Available tasks list.
8 Specify whether to show the Statistics and Favorites groups and what
items to show there. Clearing check boxes will remove the respective
items from the desktop. The Favorites group shows the links to items or
control panel screens that you added to desktop by navigating to the
respective control panel screens and clicking Add To Favorites or
Create Shortcut.
9 Click OK.
