Topic: How to manage the Sproket Settings

Description: Learn how to manage the Sproket Settings for items such as Stock Ticker, Weather, Currency Converter, Favourties and Audit Panel

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Table of contents:

1.How to navigate to the Sproket Settings

2.How to enable the Weather

3.How to enable the Stock Ticker

4.How to enable the Currency Converter

5.How to enable Favourites

6.How to enable the Audit Panel

1.    How to navigate to the Sproket Settings

1.1.           Navigate to the home page of your site or relevant subsite

1.2.           Click on the Settings wheel > Sproket Settings

Located in the top RH corner click on the ‘Settings wheel’ and then ‘Sproket Settings’

A dialogue box will appear where you can configure items such as:

•            Weather

•            Stocks

•            Currency Converters

•            Favourites

•            Audit Panel

2.    How to enable the Weather

Following steps in section 1, navigate to the Sproket Settings dialogue box

2.1.           Complete the Weather details

Configure the weather settings by updating the following fields

1. Select the ‘Enabled’ tick box
2. Define the location by providing the relevant City name
3. Select if you would like to display as ‘Celsius’ or by ‘Fahrenheit’

2.2.           Click on ‘Save changes’

2.3.           View the weather in the ribbon

View your configured weather in the ribbon to see your City name, Weather icon and temperature

3.    How to enable the Stock Ticker

Following steps in section 1, navigate to the Sproket Settings dialogue box

3.1.           Complete the stock details

Configure the stock settings by updating the following fields

1. Select the ‘Enabled’ tick box
2. Provide the relevant stock code for your publicly listed stock

Tip: Simply google the stock code and copy and paste into the ‘Stock Codes’ field

3.2.           Click on ‘Save changes’

3.3.           View the stock in the ribbon

View your configured stock in the ribbon to see your stock details

4.    How to enable the Currency Converter

Following steps in section 1, navigate to the Sproket Settings dialogue box

4.1.           Complete the currency details

Configure the currency converter settings by updating the following fields

1. Select the ‘Enabled’ tick box
2. Define your base currency by inserting the 3 digit code of the currency
3. Define additional currencies you wish to compare, comma separate multiple currencies by their 3 digit code

Tip: Simply google the relevant country currency code or find your code here https://www.iban.com/currency-codes.html

4.2.           Click on ‘Save changes’

4.3.           View the currencies in the ribbon

View your configured currency converter in the ribbon to see your converted currencies based on your ‘base currency’

5.    How to enable Favourites

Following steps in section 1, navigate to the Sproket Settings dialogue box

5.1.           Select the ‘Enabled’ tick box

If you wish to display the ‘Favourties’ function in the top ribbon select the ‘Enabled’ tick box

5.2.           Click on ‘Save changes’

5.3.           View the favourites in the top ribbon

View your favourties in the top ribbon

6.    How to enable the Audit Panel

Following steps in section 1, navigate to the Sproket Settings dialogue box

6.1.           Complete the Audit Panel details

Configure the audit panel settings by updating the following fields

1. Select the ‘Enabled’ tick box
2. Define your field label and internal field name based on the page/site page meta data fields, comma separate multiple fields

6.2.           Click on ‘Save changes’

6.3.           View the audit panel on any page within your site

View your configured audit panel at the bottom of any publishing page or site page within your intranet site