FirstClass Customization:
*This 2-day course is exclusively offered by DTI using materials developed and tested with the cooperation of novice and experienced FirstClass Administrators. The goal in the development of this material is to provide a rewarding learning experience coupled with an easy to follow resource manual.
Course Summary
The FirstClass Customization course teaches you how to customize your FirstClass site. The course is divided into two parts. The first part introduces the FirstClass Designer Application. With the Designer, you can add resources such as pictures, icons, forms, and sounds. The second part of the course concentrates how to customize your web site and the web environment for your users who log in by a browser. The course concentrates on how to have the web experience most closely match the FirstClass client experience. The course focuses on the different, but complementary functions of the FC Resource Registry and settings files. It examines how web templates allow you to customize the look of your web site. You'll also learn how to support multiple web sites and multiple languages from one FirstClass server.
Course Benefits
The benefits you will gain from participating in this course include:
* Storage of pictures, icons, and user-defined forms on the server
* Override of standard forms, icons, and sounds
* Creation of stationery forms
* Additions of new forms on the FirstClass web site
* Running multiple web sites from one FirstClass server
* Support of multiple languages on the web site
Course Length
This course is two days in length.
Cost
$950.00 U.S
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Course Content
Day 1: Designer
Administration review
* FirstClass components
* Registering users
* Creating conferences
* Subscribing conferences
* Setting conference backgrounds
Designer overview
* Server stored resources
* Resource retrieval procedure
* Testing tips
* Creating a new settings file
* Adding icons, pictures, and sounds
* Using the FC Resource Registry to store customized resources
* Overriding standard FirstClass resources
Creating and customizing forms
* Working with fields
* Setting the tab order automatically and manually
* Adding checklist, pop-up menu, number, guide text, button, tabs, open form, URL, and calendar fields to a form
* Form styles and types
* Creating stationery
* Adding your own logo to the Login form
* Taking away the ability to store a password or change the connection information.
Day 2: Advanced FirstClass Customization
Internet Services and Global Settings
* Internet Services components
* Global site preferences
* Templates and HeaderMatch
* Adding custom forms to your FirstClass web site
* Hosting multiple web sites and languages
Publishing Web Content
* Working with FirstClass documents
* Working with HTML
Making the Web Experience Match the Client Experience
* Adding icons
* Conference and desktop backgrounds
* Adding custom forms
Other Customization
* X-FC commands
* CGI
* Java
* FTP
* Newsgroups
* Mail lists
* Hosting multiple web sites
* Hosting multiple languages
FirstClass RAD (Rapid Application Developer):
FirstClass RAD training is designed to give technically savvy FirstClass System Administrators unlimited facility for customizing and adding application interfaces to FirstClass Intranets. Participants of this program will gain fundamental skills in designing and creating useful solutions for FirstClass. As an added bonus, each student will program and customize at least three real-world solutions that they can then install on their own FirstClass Intranet.
Course Benefits
The benefits you will gain from participating in this class include:
* Intensive instruction on building projects with FirstClass RAD
* Comprehensive information on FirstClass RAD and FirstClass
* Mentored programming instruction
* Hands-on experience building useful solutions for FirstClass.
Prerequisites
* FirstClass Customization course or previous experience creating forms with the FirstClass Designer.
* Basic programming experience
* FirstClass Administration course or previous administrator experience.
* Basic knowledge of FirstClass Batch Administration commands (NEW, ADD, GET USER)
Course Length
This course is two days in length.
Cost
$995.00 U.S.
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Course Content
* FirstClass RAD project management
* Preparing your FirstClass setting file
* Working with Forms and Fields
* Connecting to a ODBC compliant Database
* Binding Columns
* Working with records
* Using RAD to automate Batch Administration
* Building and installing your application
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