Downloading and Working with Portal Page Templates

To download the portal page templates to your local computer

1In the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway Administration Portal, click Downloads.

2Under Sample Portal Page Templates, right-click one of the links, click Save Target as, and specify a location in the dialog box.

To work with the templates for Windows and Linux users

1Determine how many custom portal pages that you need. You can use the same portal page for multiple groups.

Use this portalpage:

To include links to these clients:

 

 

vpnAndKioskClients.html

Firebox SSL Secure Access Client and kiosk mode.

 

 

vpnClientOnly.html

Firebox SSL Secure Access Client only.

 

 

kioskClientOnly.html

Kiosk mode only.

 

 

2Make a copy of each template that you will use and name the template, using the extension .html.

3 Open the file in Notepad or an HTML editing application.

4To replace the WatchGuard image, locate the following line in the template: <img src=”citrix-logo.gif”/>

5Replace citrix-logo.gifwith the filename of your image. For example, if your image file is named logo.gif, change the line to:

<img src=”logo.gif” />

An image file must have a file type of GIF or JPG. Do not change other characters on that line.

6Save the file.

Using the ActiveX Control

If you would like to use the ActiveX control to start the client portal page, insert the following code into the portal page template.

<html>

<head>

<title>Hello $citrix_username;</title> $citrix_activex_object_include; </head>

<body>

<img src=”citrix-logo.gif”> <br/><br/>

<b>Hello $citrix_username;,</b> <br/><br/>

$citrix_portal; </body> </html>

Installing Custom Portal Files on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway

Custom portal pages and referenced image files must be installed on the Firebox SSL VPN Gateway.

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SSL VPN specifications

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