More Professional Custom Main Page Template

Ekrem_Bayar · May 29, 2024, 3:13pm

Hello ShinyProxy lovers,

As you know, it is possible to make some changes to the user interface on ShinyProxy. Thanks to custom templates.

Currently, there are 5 deployed shiny apps on my ShinyProxy and it is increasing day by day because I develop more shiny apps. That’s why, I’d like to show the main page more professionally to the users.

By default, the apps on the main page are listed one by one like below

I wonder, is there any different main page template to use or how to make a more professional main page?

This is the default main page

github.com

openanalytics/shinyproxy/blob/master/src/main/resources/templates/index.html

<!--

    ShinyProxy

    Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Open Analytics

    ===========================================================================

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the Apache License as published by
    The Apache Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    Apache License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the Apache License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.apache.org/licenses/>

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Thanks in advance!

Best,
Ekrem.

kramerrs · May 30, 2024, 8:10pm

The main page is editable, thyme leaf. You can also land directly on an app that then links out. IMO the concept of one landing page where all users land is a little naive though (just a little). I would prefer to see ShinyProxy handle the apps a little more independently and transparently without having to setup different instances of ShinyProxy for each application URL. EG literally just a proxy that handles authentication, web socket connection and some http. It is nice for starting out to be able to have a number of apps to switch between and a menu to start and restart, but as they apps become more stable that isn’t as necessary.