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Generally, a knowledge base page consists of the following elements:

  1. The <form> widget that allows displaying a record form from the Knowledge BaseThe breadcrumbs widget allowing navigation within the portal pages structure.
  2. The <sidemenu>sidemenu widget that allows adding a side-menu.adding a sidemenu.
  3. The categoryFlat widget displaying object categoriesThe <breadcrumbs> widget that allows navigating within the Portal pages structure.

These widgets interact with each other.

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The page references the dedicated portal node with with the following attributes:

FieldValue
Enable Dynamic Nodes
is TRUE
True
Category Parent Column
has a reference to the 
Parent KB
Category table
Category (parent_knowledge_base_category)
.
Knowledge Base Form

Breadcrumbs widget configuration

Knowledge Base widget is basically a form widget surrounded by <div> elements.


To configure a form widget for the Knowledge Base, it is preferable to follow the recommendations when filling in the attribute values. You can use the example below as a patternTo configure breadcrumbs correctly, it is preferable to use the attribute values as in the example below (type these values in the Template field of the breadcrumbs widget form):

Code Block
languagexml
themeEclipse
titleKnowledgebase formbreadcrumbs
linenumberstrue
<div class="portal__kb_itembreadcrumbs customized">
<Form tableName="article" sysid={data.item} view="SP" uiActions="false" userScripts="true"/>
<div>  <breadcrumbs>
</div>

After that, you can define the breadcrumbs view in the CSS field of this form:

Code Block
languagecss
themeEclipse
titleBreadcrumbs CSS
linenumberstrue
.customized {
  font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Segoe,sans-serif;
}

Sidemenu widget configuration


To configure a sidemenu widget, it is preferable to follow the recommendations when filling in the attribute values. You can use the example below as a pattern:

Code Block
languagexml
themeEclipse
titleSidemenusidemenu
linenumberstrue
<SideMenu
 parentsDepth="1"
 childrenDepth="1"
   includeCategories="1"
   includeItems="1">\
</SideMenu>
Breadcrumbs

CategoryFlat widget configuration


To configure breadcrumbs correctly, it is preferable to use the attribute values as in the example below (type these values in the Template field of the <breadcrumbs> widget form)a categoryFlat widget, use the example below as a pattern:

Code Block
languagexml
themeEclipse
titlebreadcrumbscategoryFlat
linenumberstrue
<div<CategoryFlat classnodeId="158934872713077631"portal__breadcrumbs customized">
  <breadcrumbs>
</div>

After that, you can define the breadcrumbs view in the CSS field of this form:

Code Block
languagecss
themeEclipse
titleBreadcrumbs CSS
linenumberstrue
.customized {
   background: #FFFFFF;
  padding: 9px 0px 8px 16px;
} categorySubject="name" categoryDescription="description"  itemDescription="body" itemSubject="name" date="sys_created_at" user="sys_created_by"></CategoryFlat>


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