Multiple Login Sessions

Squiz Matrix Support
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when i have the matrix open, logged in as a sysadmin/ or any other user

  1. and i open another window, and login (say via account manager), and log out in this newly opened window.


  2. this action logs me out of the above said matrix as well.


  3. Can the matrix and the newly opened window work independently of each other.



    This is very important because. Say if i plan to give a backend user to build a page via asset builder / or just the front end, to prevent them having access to the matrix.
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[quote]3.  Can the matrix and the newly opened window work independently of each other.
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This is not a Matrix issue, its a Browser issue: Your browser is configured to maintain sessions across all instances of the browser. There is (as far as I know) no way to stop this on Firefox. Using Internet Explorer, you need to set your browser to start each browser in a seperate process. That way, each instance of the browser will be able to maintain its own session.

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You are talking about how the browser conducts it's sessions between windows. There are a stack of questions we would want to ask such as - are you using ie and opening another window from the current session or a completely different session? Best way to make sure that your sessions don't cross is to use two different browsers such as IE and Firefox. It is unreliable to work with two different logged in sessions of matrix unless you are realy comfortable with the intricacies of the browsers. This is not something that generally affects users in normal use.


The answers to how to set up for backend and frontend editing are covered in detail during an implementation as they tend to be quite varied and specific to our different clients.



Cheers

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i think that was a mistake from my side. it is doing as expected, opening an external browser does not log me off the system. I might have opened another session at the same time.


But another question completely different.



Is it possible to include XML tags within the body copy of a page or PARSE FILE

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how do i display the contents of PDF (uploaded via asset builder) to a particular page.


is there a way to read / display an xml file.

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File asset (all types) are displayed in their native format. They will never print within the context of your design.


Entering XML into a RAW HTML field in a standard page will output the XML and you will have control over things like designs.

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[quote]File asset (all types) are displayed in their native format. They will never print within the context of your design.
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This is not entirely true: You could, through the interesting (read: intricate) configuration of asset listings and iframes create what looks like embedded PDF content. Its still just HTML trickery though. Its better just to have a link to the PDF, so it opens up in the user’s Acrobat reader.

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[quote]Entering XML into a RAW HTML field in a standard page will output the XML and you will have control over things like designs.
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To expand on this: Its possible to create valid XML output by using a blank design (i.e. a design that only has a BODY mysource_area tag, in text-only mode) and using either a standard page and Raw HTML bodycopy (with Raw HTML presentation too) or by carefully configuring an asset listing to output the XML for you.



We usually setup and configure these kinds of things during an implementation project for your specific needs.