{"id":431,"date":"2012-09-18T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/?post_type=question&#038;p=431"},"modified":"2012-10-29T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T19:46:47","slug":"how-do-i-customize-my-butler","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/question\/how-do-i-customize-my-butler\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I customize My.Butler?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you&#8217;ve logged into <em>My.Butler<\/em>, there are a number of ways you can customize what you see.<\/p>\n<h5>Content and Layout<\/h5>\n<p>You can customize the optional pagelets you see on each tab within <em>My.Butler<\/em>, and you can control the order in which they display. You can do this in one of two ways. You can drag and drop the pagelets that appear on each tab by grabbing onto the pagelet header or you can click on the &#8216;Customize this page&#8217;\u00a0 links in the upper left of the screen to select and order your pagelet display. Dragging and dropping your pagelets is quicker, but if you&#8217;ve removed a pagelet from your display and later decide you want to add it back, you&#8217;ll need to visit the &#8216;Customize this page&#8217; links.<\/p>\n<h6>Drag and Drop Features<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>To move a pagelet to a different page location, hover your mouse over the desired pagelet header: you should see the cursor turn into a four-headed arrow.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/four_headed_arrow.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-753\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/four_headed_arrow.gif\" alt=\"Hovering the cursor over the pagelet header to display the four-headed arrow\" width=\"224\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nClick and hold down on your mouse button, then drag the pagelet to the desired location.<\/li>\n<li>To minimize a pagelet, click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/minimize_pagelet.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-754\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/minimize_pagelet.gif\" alt=\"Minus sign icon to minimize pagelet\" width=\"12\" height=\"17\" \/><\/a>button that appears on the right side of the pagelet header.<\/li>\n<li>To maximize a pagelet again, click on the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/maximize_pagelet.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-755\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/maximize_pagelet.gif\" alt=\"Maximize icon button to display pagelet content again\" width=\"16\" height=\"14\" \/><\/a>button on the right side of the pagelet header.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Using Customize This Page<\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/customize_content_layout.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-751\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/customize_content_layout.gif\" alt=\"Customize this page for content or layout\" width=\"385\" height=\"19\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/customize_content_layout.gif 385w, http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/customize_content_layout-300x14.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the tab you wish to customize.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the &#8216;Content&#8217; link just below the tabs.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Personalize Content<\/strong> page appears. You can check or uncheck any named pagelet that appears here to display or hide it on this tab.<\/li>\n<li>Once you&#8217;re done customizing the content, look back up near the top of the page for the &#8216;Personalize Layout&#8217; link.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrange_pagelets.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/arrange_pagelets.gif\" alt=\"Arrange pagelets: go to Personalize Layout\" width=\"289\" height=\"23\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Personalize Layout<\/strong> page appears. Here you can select a two or three column layout, and move your pagelets between columns, or re-order how they display.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5>Favorites and My Links<\/h5>\n<p>If you typically navigate to a few key locations within My.Butler, you may find it useful to save those items within your My.Butler <strong>favorites<\/strong> menu that appears at the top left of your screen, or in the <strong>my links<\/strong> option that appears at the top right. Once saved in these locations, you have an easy way to access your content quickly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/favorites.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-756\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/favorites.gif\" alt=\"Favorites and main menu flyout menu locations\" width=\"262\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/mylinks_menu.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-757\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/files\/2012\/09\/mylinks_menu.gif\" alt=\"My Links Menu\" width=\"210\" height=\"81\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>My links<\/strong> has two advantages over the<strong> favorites<\/strong> option: it allows you to reference a whole<a title=\"How do I add an entire folder from the main menu to my links?\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/question\/how-do-i-add-an-entire-folder-from-the-main-menu-to-my-links\/\"> collection or folder of links<\/a>, pulled directly from the My.Butler main menu, and it allows you to <a title=\"How do I add an external URL to \u2018my links\u2019?\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/question\/how-do-i-add-an-external-url-to-my-links\/\">add links to content outside<\/a> of My.Butler.<\/p>\n<p>To add a <em>My.Butler<\/em> page to either the favorites or my links, navigate to the desired page normally, then click on the favorites menu or the my links dropdown, select &#8216;add&#8217; and follow the onscreen prompts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"faq-topic":[114256],"faq-tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","faq-topic-my-butler","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-topic?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"faq-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/mybutlerhelp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq-tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}