Configuring Kontact's Summary View
When you select from the Kontact menu (only available in Summary View), a dialog pops up that allows you to select which summary plugins Kontact should show in its summary view. Here is a brief list of the currently available plugins and what they do:
Kontact 1.1.1 no longer includes the Contacts Summary plugin that shows Birthdays and Anniversaries; instead, you can use the “Special Dates” plugin (see the section called “Kontact Summary Plugins: Special Dates”) to show these dates, as well.
The “Calendar” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Appointments. This will display any appointments that currently apply.
Kontact Calendar Summary Plugin
The “KPilot” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled KPilot Information. This area contains a lot of information from KPilot, including:
Last synchronization (with sync log)
User who last synchronized
Device last synchronized
Current status
Available conduits
Kontact KPilot Summary Plugin
The “Mail” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled New Messages. This area is updated every time you receive new messages to inform you how many of these messages there are and which folder they are in.
Kontact Mail Summary Plugin
The “NewsTicker” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled News Feeds. This area contains the latest news from the currently configured news feeds. You can add and remove feeds in Kontact's Summary View Configuration. Please note that as of KDE 3.4, the more efficient way of accessing RSS feed information is the new Akregator application, which provides notifications instead of requiring constant checking of the Summary View to see if new articles have appeared.
The “NewsTicker” plugin is not available unless you have installed the kdenetwork package. Some distributions may offer KNewsTicker as a separate package.
Kontact NewsTicker Plugin
The “Notes” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Notes. This area displays all current notes' titles (titles default to the date/time the note was created). Clicking on the title of a note will bring up the Notes area.
Kontact Notes Summary Plugin
The “To-do List” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled To-dos. This area contains all current to-dos, including ones that have been completed. It displays the title of the to-do, the percentage of completion, and the current status of the to-do. Note that you can purge all completed to-dos via the Kontact To-do List. Clicking on a to-do's title will currently do nothing.
Kontact To-do List Summary Plugin
The “Special Dates” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Special Dates. This area contains information based on the criteria selected in the configuration area of the plugin in Kontact's Summary View configuration. The “Special Dates” plugin is especially useful because it can display birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, and special occasions from both the calendar and the contact list in one place.
The “Weather” plugin for Kontact's Summary View adds an area in the view labeled Weather Information. This area contains the information for currently configured weather locations. For more information about configuring KWeather, the weather reporter used as a plugin within Kontact, see the KWeather documentation.
Kontact Weather Summary Plugin
