Oracle 9i Application Server Portal Tutorial Release 3.0.9 Part Number A90097-01 |
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Welcome to the Oracle9i Application Server Portal (Oracle Portal) tutorial! This manual will help get you started with Oracle Portal Release 3.0.9.
This preface includes the following sections:
This manual is intended primarily for new users of Oracle Portal, to introduce them to the product and its functionality. Existing users who want to learn more about Oracle Portal's new features may also find this manual useful.
After reading this preface, you should read Chapter 1, "Learning the Basics" for an introduction on how to use Oracle Portal. To complete the tutorial, you need to read only those chapters that relate to your particular job function. To find out which chapters you should read, see "Structure".
If you are already comfortable using Oracle Portal and want more advanced examples, see Oracle9i Application Server Building Portals, Release 3.0.9.
The exercises within the tutorial make use of a demo schema, content area, and application. These demos are available on http://otn.oracle.com/docs/products/iportal/doc_index.htm. Contact your portal administrator, or refer to Section A.1, "Installing the Demo Schema, Content Area, and Application" for more information.
You must have a Web browser installed on your machine. The minimum and recommended requirements are:
You should be familiar with using your Web browser. For example, you should know how to start your Web browser and be familiar with the basic user interface elements, such as hypertext links.
You must set up or obtain the following information from your portal administrator:
In addition, to complete Chapter 5, "Building Application Components", you should have a basic understanding of PL/SQL and database concepts.
During this tutorial, you are an employee of Healthy Living Wholesalers, a company that provides health and fitness products.
Healthy Living wants to have an Intranet portal to provide its employees with quick access to the content and applications that they use the most. They also want a single repository for all the information about the company, its products, and other information required by both employees and customers. The Healthy Living Human Resources department also wants an application that enables HR staff to query and update information about the company's employees. In the tutorial you will assume several roles within the Healthy Living company in order to fulfill these requirements.
You do not need to complete all the exercises in the tutorial. The following table lists the chapters included in the tutorial and indicates what type of user should complete the exercises in that chapter. Only complete those chapters and exercises that relate to your actual role within your own company.
For more information, see the following manuals:
The Oracle9i Application Server Portal Quick Tour (available in the online help system or at http://otn.oracle.com/products/iportal/index.htm) provides an overview of the product.
The Oracle Technology Network (http://otn.oracle.com/products/iportal/index.htm) also provides many additional articles and white papers.
The following conventions are used in this manual:
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