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About the Vendor Extranet
The Stanley Martin Vendor Extranet provides access to realtime information that you need to do your best, including:

  All code contained in the Portal Starter Kit download package is free for use in your own applications. But if you prefer, you may customize the portal for your own use without writing a line of code. The portal includes built-in Administration pages for setting up your portal, adding content, and setting security options.

 

Portal Tabs
Content in the portal is grouped by Tabs. For example, this portal has five content tabs:


  1. Home: The Home tab is the front page of the Portal and is where general information is provided and registered user logins are performed.  
  2. LotInfo: The LotInfo tab is the area where detailed information can be obtained about a given lot.   This tab is only accessible to logged in users.
  3. Reference: The Reference tab contains various Contact and Documentary information that is made available to the public.
  4. Discussions: The Discussions tab contains multiple Discussion webs that the community can use to provide an on-line forum for the exchange of ideas.
  5. About the Portal: The About the Portal tab provides a useful help reference and is useful in familiarizing oneself with the basic structure and functionality of the Portal. 



Home
The Home tab is essentially the home page for the Portal site and is the location in which one might gain general news and information of interest to the Vendor community.  It is also where one might log in to gain access to LotInfo and other job-specific details.

LotInfo

The LotInfo tab is the key area for Vendors interested in obtaining Project and Lot Specific information.

It is only accessible to those who have successfully logged into the site.

The top layer of this this tab presents a basic Project selector in the left-hand panel as shown here.   In addition, whichever project is selected (highlighted in blue) will cause the center section to be populated with a table of all lots in pre-production or production status at the time. Note that only those projects in which the specific logged-in vendor is contracted will be shown.



To select a lot and drill-down to further detail, simply click on the magnifying glass icon [] at the left of the row in this lot summary table.



The second layer of the LotInfo tab is presented when one selects a particular lot for drill-down.

As show here, this layer displays a list of Reports in the left-hand panel as well as a center section which details further information about the lot and primary contact person as Stanley Martin for that Lot.

A handy MailTo: Button [] can be used quickly create an email to ask a question or make contact with the correct party at the company without having to fumble with your phone or rolodex.

 

 

A key feature of the LotInfo tab is providing access to specific reports that are designed to be useful to you in planning and executing your visits to one or more Stanley Martin communities. To run one of these reports simply click on the magnifying glass icon [] at the left of the row corresponding to the report you are interested in. A sample report is shown here and you can print this information to your printer by clicking on the Print button provided at the top of the report output window.










 

Additionally, on the right-hand panel of this layer you can use the preset Request for Info feature by expanding the section. To do this click on the [] icon next to the section title. To contract the expandable section, click on the [] icon next to the title of the expanded section. A similar expandable section is provided for a current weather report for the job location, to access this simply expand the section using the [] icon.

The right-panel features the ability to obtain scanned images of key production documentation under the title "Doc Images." Simply click on the hyperlink next to the document that you are seeking and a pdf image will be displayed if available.  Note that an Adobe Acrobat reader is required to utilize this feature. It is available free of charge by download at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

The "Request Info" section will allow you to quickly generate a request for documents that you are unable to obtain yourself in the section above.  Simply check the document type you are looking for and provide whatever details you can in the resulting mail message directed to the appropriate sales administration contact.

Lastly, the "Weather" section is provided in order to give you a quick view of the weather conditions at this particular site.

 

Reference
The Reference tab is an area where key contacts information is provided in order to ease communications between Vendors and Stanley Martin Companies personnel.   In addition, the Reference tab provides direct access to some basic documents that will be of use to Vendors without having to search files or request a fax.

Discussion
 The Discussions tab contains multiple Discussion webs that the Vendor community can use to share information with each other.   The basic idea to to provide an on-line forum for the exchange of ideas and generally promote the sharing of information within the community.

About the Portal
The About the Portal tab is provided as a basic informational resource about the Portal and is designed to orient new users to the basic structure and functional elements of the site.   Because the content is dynamic in nature, some of the pictorial examples provided herein may not reflect the current state of the site itself.

 

Portal Modules
Portal Modules are modular pieces of code and UI that each present some functionality to the user, like a threaded discussion list, or render data, graphics and text, like a "sales by region" report. Typically, several portal modules are grouped on a portal tab. For example, the Home tab of the Portal has seven modules:

When a user browses a tab in the portal, the portal framework reads a description of the tab from it's configuration file, and automatically assembles a page from the portal modules associated with the tab. The Home tab is composed from these modules:
  1. Account Login: The portal framework inserts this module on the first tab automatically if the user is not yet authenticated.
  2. QuickLinks: A Quick Launch section is compactly rendered list of Hyperlinks that are considered relevant to community.
  3. Html/Text: The Welcome section is created using an Html/Text module containing a brief narrative and image.
  4. Announcements: The News and Features section is created using the Announcements module type;  this section contains one or more narrative descriptions with embedded links to expanded content.
  5. Events: An Upcoming Events section is created with the generic Events module;  this section  lists one or more events with a narrative, time and date line as well as a hyperlinked title area for redirection to full details.
  6. Html/Text: A Project Openings section is created with an Html snippet, including an image.
  7. XML: A Top Movers section is created using the XML module and displays and XSLT transformed XML file containing Sales data by Product category.



AccountLogin
This module renders an image using an HTML IMG tag. The module simply sets the IMG tag's src attribute to a relative or absolute URL, so the image file does not need to reside within the portal. The module also exposes height and width attributes, which permits you to scale the image. Image includes an edit page, which persists these settings to the portal's configuration file.

Announcements
This module renders a list of announcements. Each announcement includes title, text and a "read more" link, and can be set to automatically expire after a particular date. Announcements includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to edit the data stored in the SQL database.

Contacts
This module renders contact information for a group of people, for example a project team. The Mobile version of this module also provides a Call link to phone a contact when the module is browsed from a wireless telephone. Contacts includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to edit the Contacts data stored in the SQL database.

Discussion
This module renders a group of message threads on a specific topic. Discussion includes a Read/Reply Message page, which allows authorized users to reply to exising messages or add a new message thread. The data for Discussion is stored in the SQL database.

Documents
This module renders a list of documents, including links to browse or download the document. Documents includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to edit the information about the Documents (for example, a friendly title) stored in the SQL database. The document itself may be linked to via URL or uploaded and stored in the SQL database.

Events
This module renders a list of upcoming events, including time and location. Individual events can be set to automatically expire from the list after a particular date. Events includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to edit the Events data stored in the SQL database.

Html/Text
This module renders a snippet of HTML or text. The Html/Text module includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to the HTML or text snippets directly. The snippets are stored in the SQL database.

Links
This module renders a list of hyperlinks. Links includes an edit page, which allows authorized users to edit the Links data stored in the SQL database.

Xml/Xsl
This module renders the result of an XML/XSL transform. The XML and XSL files are identified by their UNC paths in the xmlsrc and xslsrc properties of the module. The Xml/Xsl module includes an edit page, which persists these settings to the SQL database.

 

Managing the Portal
Using the Admin Tool
The Vender Extranet Portal provides an online Admin tool that authenticated users in the "Admins" role can use to manage the layout, and content.

You must sign in on the Home tab to use the Admin tool.  After signing in, you'll see a new tab called "Admin" at the top of the page. Click it to go to the Admin page.
 
 

 
  

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