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Create a custom method configuration

The goal of this exercise is to create a new customized method configuration. Later in this tutorial we will publish this configuration.

  1. Make sure that you are in the Authoring perspective.
  2. There are two ways to create a new method configuration.
    • Click File > New > Method Configuration.
    • In the Library view, right-click the Configurations folder and click New > Method Configuration.
  3. Name the new configuration "my_configuration".
  4. Click the Plug-in and Package Selection tab. In the list of plug-ins, check my_plug-in, which you created in the Create Method Content tutorial. This method plug-in has OpenUp as a base and references parts of its content and has elements that extend and replace base content. If you do not have this method plug-in, complete the Create Method Content tutorial before continuing.
  5. When you select my_plug-in, some errors and warnings are displayed in the Problems view. To fix these problems click the Fix errors and warnings button. fix errors and warnings button
  6. Drill down into the content packages in the my_plug-in plug-in by clicking the + signs. Clear the extends_test and replace_test content packages if you have created them in earlier tutorials. Clearing these avoids conflicts that may occur because the same base element is affected by the method plug-ins.
  7. Click the Views tab.

    Any custom category can be added as a view to a configuration. You can create any number of custom categories. They are flexible in terms of the content that you can add to a custom category and in the order in which the content appears.

    Click Add View and add my_custom_category as a view in the configuration.

    Experiment with adding other custom categories as views.

  8. Make my_custom_category the default view by selecting the my_custom_category tab and clicking Make Default.
  9. Save the configuration by closing the configuration editor.
  10. In the configuration selection box at the top of the screen, click my_configuration. The items in the configuration view change.
  11. Switch to the Browsing perspective. Explore the content in the Configuration view. You should see the content that you created in your method plug-ins and some inherited content.
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