Domo

NiagaraMods Domo

Version 1.0 Beta 1

Domo is a module that allows you to completely customize the Niagara web login screen. Domo adds three new Login Templates to the Niagara WebService. Two of them are completely redesigned login experiences ready to go out of the box. The third allows you provide your own custom HTML, JavaScript, CSS and images to build a login screen from scratch.

Domo is currently in beta and has a limited feature set. For more information on the limitations in this version, see the Beta Notes & Roadmap section below.

Installation

Domo works on Niagara 4.3 and later

1. Extract the zip file and copy the nmxdomo-rt.jar file to your Niagara modules directory.

2. If Workbench is open, close it and relaunch.

3. If you are using this module on a local station, restart the station using the Application Director in your Platform.

4. If you are installing on a remote station, connect to the platform of the remote station. Then go to the Software Manager and install the nmxdomo-rt module to the remote station.

Usage

1. Connect to your station, then open the Property Sheet of your WebService component in Config > Services

2. Find the Login Template property, and uncheck null if it is checked.

3. In the first dropdown of the Login Template property, select nmxdomo

4. In the second dropdown of the Login Template property, select the template you wish to use.

5. If you select to use the DomoUserCustom template, you will need to provide a custom login theme to use in your station file system. For more details, see the Using Custom Themes section below

Built-in Templates

The two built-in templates, DomoLeftPane and DomoFloatingCard provide a simple login interface with beautiful fullscreen wallpapers from Unsplash.com. Both templates are fully responsive and will look great on desktop browsers and mobile phones.

Left Pane

Provides a split login pane with a random full art background image from Unsplash. This background image will change every time a user visits the page, or you can set a custom image to be used all the time.

Floating Card

Provides a centered floating card in the middle of the screen with a full art background image from Unsplash. This background image will change every time a user visits the page, or you can set a custom image to be used all the time.

Customizing the Built-in Templates

Both built-in templates work with the two custom WebService slots that Niagara provides to specify a logo image and a CSS styles. In addition to these two slots, you can further customize the login experience with the slot list below. Just add the slot to the WebService component using the Slot Name below and set the value if one is required.

Using Custom Themes

You can find custom themes to download on the NiagaraMods Exchange under the domo tag.

You can use your own, completely custom HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and image files to build a login page from scratch. To activate the custom page, choose the DomoUserCustom as the Login Template for the WebService and place your custom theme's files in a folder named domo in the root of your station file system at Ord file:^domo/.

For details on building a custom theme, see the Building Custom Themes section below.

Beta Notes & Roadmap

Important notes about this version of Domo

• Supported Auth Types - the built-in Domo templates and Domo JavaScript library only support digest authentication. This is the default authentication type for Niagara users. Single Sign-on (SSO) and other mechanisms for authentication are supported in Niagara are not supported in Domo. You can write this support yourself in your theme if you are using the DomoUserCustom template and providing your own HTML and JavaScript.

• Localization - the built-in Domo templates do not support Lexicons or localization. We plan to build this support in to a future version. In the meantime, you can localize your own DomoUserCustom template using the theme files for the two built-in templates that are included with the package download.

Security Notes

Public/Unauthorized Access to Domo Files

When a Domo Login Template is enabled, Domo will serve files in the domo directory of your station file system publicly at the URL login?domo/filname.ext. Domo will only respond to requests for files that exist in the domo directory of your station file system. No other data will be served. Do not put a file in the domo directory unless you want it to be publicly accessible for a login screen.

Web Filtering and Outbound Firewalls

Domo connects to the server unsplash.niagaramodules.com over HTTP/S to fetch randomized wallpapers from the Unsplash API. The images are then downloaded from images.unsplash.com. Ensure that both of these hosts are accessible from your end users' networks/web browsers. This is only necessary if you wish to use Unsplash images as wallpapers. Domo does not cause your Niagara station to hit these end points, they are hit in the end-user's web browser. Domo does not issue any requests over the internet from your station.

Building Custom Themes

You can use your own, completely custom HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and image files to build a login page from scratch. To activate the custom page, choose the DomoUserCustom Login Template in the station WebService and add your custom files to a folder named domo in the root of the station file system.

This package file includes examples of the two built-in themes as well as a base template for starting a new custom theme.

Login Page (required)

The only required file for your theme is a login.hbs or login.html page. This file should exist in your station at the file:^domo/login.html or file:^domo/login.hbs ords.

Handlebars Templates

Domo uses Handlebars templates to insert data in to your page. This includes the customization slot values listed above in Customizing the Built-in Templates so you can allow users of your theme to customize it further.

• The login file will be parsed with Handlebars even if it has a .html file extension

• Domo does not support the use of partials, but does support Block Helpers including #if and #unless

• Domo uses handlebars.java to parse templates, for more details on supported features, see the documentation

Template Variables

Template variables can be accessed using the standard Handlebars syntax of {{variableName}}

Custom Template Variables

You can expose any additional WebService slots as custom template variables by including a file named custom.slots in the domo directory. The full Ord location is file:^domo/custom.slots. This file should contain a list of slot names you wish to make available as template variables. There should be one slot name per line. The following custom.slots example file will make the customSlot and Another$20Slot variables available in the template with the same values as the slots on the WebService. Two other Boolean variables named hasCustomSlot and hasAnother$20Slot will be created that can be used to check if the slot exists from template HBS/HTML files and from JavaScript.

custom.slots Example:

customSlot
Another Slot

Note the space in the second entry Another Slot will be converted to Slot Path syntax Another$20Slot – you must use Slot Path syntax when accessing the slot from your template.

<!-- Example Usage in Template -->
<h1>
  Custom Slot is: <b>{{customSlot}}</b>
</h1>

<!-- Check if slot exists in WebService before displaying its value -->
{{#if hasAnother$20Slot}}
  <h2>
    Another Slot is: <b>{{Another$20Slot}}</b>
  </h2>
{{/if}}

To verify or find out which slots and variables are included in the template you can print out the full list in a web browser's console with the following JavaScript:

console.log($domo.config);

Supporting Files

You can access other files in the domo directory from your template's HTML/HBS file using the /login?domo/filename.ext path. For example, if you have an image named logo.png in your station at the Ord file:^domo/logo.png you could display it in your Login HTML file like this:

<img src="/login?domo/logo.png">

Only files in the domo directory can be accessed this way. These are the only files from your station made available to users who have not logged in. Make sure you do not put any file in the domo directory unless you want it to be publicly accessible.

Niagara Logo and Login CSS

You can include the standard logo file and login css file specified in the WebService slots with the standard URLs used by Niagara:

Logo - /login/logo

Example

<img src="/login/logo">

Login CSS - login/loginCss

Example

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/login/loginCss" />

User Defined Custom Background Image

You can access the custom background slot in your HTML using the /login?image=background URL.

CSS Example

.background {
  background-image: url('/login?image=background');
}

HTML Image Tag Example

<img src="/login?image=background">

Domo JavaScript Library

The Domo JavaScript Library can be utilized in your custom login pages by including the following lines in the <head> tag in your HTML before any content or other external JavaScript files are loaded.

<script type=