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Contents
List of Examples
List of Figures
List of Tables
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
1
Introducing WebCenter
1.1
Introducing the WebCenter Spaces Application
1.1.1
Understanding the WebCenter Spaces Application
1.1.2
Understanding the Sidebar and Personal and Group Spaces
1.1.2.1
Understanding the Sidebar
1.1.2.2
Understanding Personal Spaces
1.1.2.2.1
Personal Pages
1.1.2.2.2
Business Role Pages
1.1.2.3
Understanding Group Spaces
1.1.3
Understanding Oracle Composer
1.2
Introducing WebCenter Services
1.3
A Day in the Life of WebCenter
Part I Fundamentals of the WebCenter Spaces Application
2
Learning Your Way Around WebCenter Applications
2.1
Registering Yourself with WebCenter Spaces
2.2
Logging In and Out of a WebCenter Application
2.2.1
Logging In to a WebCenter Application
2.2.2
Logging Out of a WebCenter Application
2.3
Getting to Know Your Personal Space
2.4
Hiding, Showing, Opening, and Closing Pages
2.4.1
Opening Pages
2.4.1.1
Opening Pages Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
2.4.1.2
Accessing Pages that Are Open But Hidden
2.4.2
Hiding Pages
2.4.3
Showing Hidden Pages
2.4.4
Opening Group Spaces
2.4.5
Closing Group Spaces and Other Top-Level Tabs
2.5
Initiating Actions from Tabs
2.5.1
What You Should Know About the Page Actions Menu
2.5.2
Accessing a Space or Page Actions Menu
2.5.3
Sending a Message to a Group Space's Moderator(s)
2.5.4
Exposing a Group Space Page in Your Personal Space
2.5.5
Renaming a Page
2.5.6
Previewing and Printing an Application Page
2.5.7
Viewing Space and Page Information
2.5.8
Obtaining a Group Space's Internal ID or a Group Space or Page's Direct URL
2.6
Accessing WebCenter Spaces Online Help
2.7
Contacting Your Application Administrator
3
Organizing Your WebCenter Spaces Environment
3.1
What You Should Know About Organizing Your Environment
3.2
Viewing and Revising Personal Profiles
3.2.1
Viewing Your Personal Profile
3.2.2
Viewing Another User's Profile
3.2.3
Editing Your Personal Profile
3.2.4
Uploading and Updating a Personal Profile Picture
3.3
Setting Personal Preferences
3.3.1
Choosing Your Preferred Display Language
3.3.1.1
What You Should Know About Display Languages in WebCenter Spaces
3.3.1.2
Setting a Session Display Language
3.3.1.3
Setting a Default Display Language
3.3.2
Setting Date and Time Preferences
3.3.2.1
Selecting Your Preferred Time Format
3.3.2.2
Selecting Your Preferred Date Format
3.3.2.3
Selecting Your Preferred Time Zone
3.3.3
Enabling or Disabling Screen Reader Optimization
3.3.4
Changing Your Application Look and Feel
3.3.5
Changing Your WebCenter Password
3.3.6
Providing Login Information for External Applications
3.3.7
Setting Messaging Preferences
3.3.8
Setting Preferences for WebCenter Spaces Search Results
3.3.8.1
Selecting the Services to Search
3.3.8.2
Specifying a Display Order for Search Results
3.3.8.3
Specifying the Type and Order of Information to Show with Search Results
3.3.9
Selecting Your Preferred Mail Connection
3.4
Personalizing Your Page View
3.4.1
Rearranging Page Content
3.4.1.1
Rearranging Components by Dragging and Dropping
3.4.1.2
Rearranging Components Using the Actions Menu
3.4.2
Changing Your Page Layout
3.4.3
Removing Components from Your View of a Page
3.4.4
Resizing Components
3.4.5
Collapsing and Expanding Components
3.5
Removing Your Page Personalizations
3.6
Working with Favorites
3.6.1
What You Should Know About Favorites
3.6.2
Adding Favorites
3.6.3
Adding Favorites Folders
3.6.4
Managing Favorites
3.6.4.1
Adding a Favorite Through the Manage Favorites Window
3.6.4.2
Adding a Favorites Folder Through the Manage Favorites Window
3.6.4.3
Editing Favorites and Favorites Folders
3.6.4.4
Rearranging Favorites and Favorites Folders
3.6.4.5
Searching for Favorites
3.6.4.6
Deleting Favorites and Favorites Folders
3.7
Working with the WebCenter Spaces Sidebar
3.7.1
What You Should Know About the Sidebar
3.7.2
Toggling Sidebar Views
3.7.3
Hiding and Showing Task Flows in the Sidebar
3.7.4
Opening Task Flows from the Sidebar
3.7.5
Jumping to a Task Flow Main View from the Sidebar
3.8
Working with External Applications
3.8.1
What You Should Know About External Applications
3.8.2
Logging In to an External Application
3.8.3
Personalizing the Applications Pane
3.8.4
Managing Your External Application Login Credentials
Part II Working with WebCenter Pages
4
Introducing the Page Service and Oracle Composer
4.1
Understanding Pages and Page Management in WebCenter Spaces
4.1.1
Understanding WebCenter Spaces Page Types
4.1.2
Introducing the Page Actions Menu
4.1.3
Introducing the Manage Pages Dialog Box
4.1.4
Introducing Page Styles and Schemes
4.2
Understanding Pages and Page Management in Custom WebCenter Applications
4.2.1
Introducing the Page - Create New Task Flow
4.2.2
Introducing Page Service APIs
4.2.3
Introducing the Page Service Data Control
4.3
Introducing Oracle Composer
4.3.1
Accessing Oracle Composer
4.3.2
Introducing Design View and Source View
4.3.3
Introducing the Catalog
4.3.4
Introducing the Component Properties Dialog Box
4.3.5
Introducing the Page Properties Dialog Box
4.3.6
Introducing the Change Layout Feature
4.3.7
Introducing the Reset Page Button
4.3.8
Understanding the Sandbox in Custom WebCenter Applications
5
Working with the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.1
What You Should Know About the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.2
Accessing the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.3
Finding Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.3.1
Searching for Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.3.2
Filtering Your View of Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.4
Changing the Order of Pages Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.5
Setting Page Creation Defaults for Your Personal Pages
5.6
Creating a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.7
Setting and Revoking Page Access Permissions
5.7.1
Setting Custom Page Access
5.7.2
Making a Personal Page Public
5.7.3
Revoking Custom Page Access
5.8
Copying a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.9
Entering Edit Mode Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
5.10
Deleting a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
6
Creating, Editing, and Deleting Pages
6.1
Creating Pages
6.2
Editing Pages
6.2.1
Entering and Exiting Page Edit Mode
6.2.2
Removing All Edits, Personalizations, and Customizations from a Page
6.3
Setting Page Access
6.4
Working with Page Layouts, Styles, and Schemes
6.4.1
What You Should Know About Page Layouts, Styles, and Schemes
6.4.2
Changing the Page Scheme and Scheme Background Color
6.4.3
Changing Everyone's Page Layout
6.5
Working with Page Layout Components
6.5.1
What You Should Know About Page Layout Components
6.5.1.1
Introducing the Box Layout Component
6.5.1.2
Introducing the HTML Markup Layout Component
6.5.1.3
Introducing the Hyperlink Layout Component
6.5.1.4
Introducing the Image Layout Component
6.5.1.5
Introducing the Movable Box Layout Component
6.5.1.6
Introducing the Text Layout Component
6.5.1.7
Introducing the Web Page Layout Component
6.5.1.8
Introducing Hidden Layout Components
6.5.2
Adding a Layout Component to a Page
6.5.3
Working with Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.1
Setting Properties on a Layout Component
6.5.3.1.1
Setting Layout Component Properties in Design View
6.5.3.1.2
Setting Layout Component Properties in Source View
6.5.3.2
Working with Box Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.3
Working with HTML Markup Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.4
Working with Hyperlink Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.5
Working with Image Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.6
Working with Movable Box Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.7
Working with Text Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.8
Working with Web Page Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.9
Working with Hidden Layout Component Properties
6.5.3.9.1
Working with panelStretchLayout Properties
6.5.3.9.2
Working with panelGroupLayout Properties
6.5.3.9.3
Working with Change Layout/Layout Customizable Properties
6.5.3.9.4
Working with spacer Properties
6.5.4
Deleting Layout Components
6.5.4.1
Deleting a Layout Component in Design View
6.5.4.2
Deleting a Layout Component in Source View
6.6
Using Pretty URLs for WebCenter Spaces Pages
6.7
Deleting Pages
7
Working with Page Content
7.1
Adding Content to a Page
7.1.1
What You Should Know About Adding Content
7.1.2
Adding Document Library Content to a Page
7.1.3
Adding Task Flows to a Page
7.1.4
Adding Portlets to a Page
7.1.4.1
Introducing Portlets
7.1.4.2
Adding a Portlet to a Page
7.1.5
Embedding Video, Music, Slides, and Other Types of Content
7.2
Customizing and Personalizing Page Content
7.3
Deleting Page Content
7.4
Setting Properties on Page Content
7.4.1
What You Should Know About Component Properties
7.4.2
Setting Component Properties
7.4.3
Working with Component Parameters
7.4.4
Working with Component Display Options
7.4.5
Using Expression Language (EL) Expressions with Component Properties
7.4.5.1
Introducing the Expressions Editor
7.4.5.2
Expression Language Expressions
7.4.5.2.1
EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Application Information
7.4.5.2.2
EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Group Spaces
7.4.5.2.3
EL Expressions Relating to Application Pages
7.4.5.2.4
EL Expressions Relating to Services
7.4.5.2.5
EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Navigation
7.4.5.2.6
EL Expressions Relating to Application Security
7.4.5.2.7
EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces User Preferences
7.4.5.2.8
Utilitarian EL Expressions
7.4.6
Working with Style and Content Style Properties
7.4.6.1
Understanding Style and Content Style Properties
7.4.6.2
Entering Other CSS on the Style and Content Style Tabs
7.4.6.3
Using the Other CSS Property to Change Component Borders
7.4.7
Working with Component Contextual Events
8
Wiring Pages, Task Flows, Portlets, and UI Components
8.1
What You Should Know About Parameter and Event Wiring
8.2
Wiring One Component to Another
8.2.1
Wiring a Task Flow to a Task Flow
8.2.2
Wiring a Portlet to a Portlet
8.2.3
Wiring a UI Component to a UI Component
8.2.4
Wiring a Portlet to a Task Flow
8.2.5
Wiring a Task Flow to a Portlet
8.2.6
Wiring a UI Component to a Task Flow
8.3
Wiring Components and Page Parameters
8.3.1
Creating Page Parameters
8.3.2
Consuming Page Parameters
8.4
Working with the Parameter Form and Display Portlets
8.4.1
What You Should Know About The Parameter Form and Display Portlets
8.4.2
Adding the Parameter Form and Display Portlets to a Page
8.4.3
Customizing the Parameter Form Portlet
8.4.4
Wiring the Parameter Form and Display Portlets
8.5
Passing Parameter Values Through the Page URL
Part III Working with WebCenter Spaces Group Spaces
9
Understanding Group Space Basics
9.1
What You Should Know About Group Spaces
9.2
Viewing Available Group Spaces
9.3
Subscribing to a Group Space
9.3.1
Subscribing to a Group Space (Registered WebCenter Spaces User)
9.3.2
Subscribing to a Group Space (Unregistered WebCenter Spaces User)
9.4
Unsubscribing from a Group Space
9.5
Requesting a Group Space Member Role Change
9.6
Interacting with Group Spaces Before Logging In (Public User)
10
Building Group Spaces
10.1
Who Is the Group Space Moderator?
10.2
What You Should Know About Group Space Templates
10.3
Creating a New Group Space
10.4
Adding Content to a Group Space
10.5
Managing Group Space Pages
10.6
Customizing Standard Group Space Pages
10.6.1
Customizing the Home Page
10.6.2
Customizing the Self-Subscription Page
10.6.3
Customizing the Unauthorized Access Page
10.6.4
Customizing the Group Space Unavailable Page
10.7
Applying a Look and Feel to a Group Space
10.7.1
Choosing a Default Page Scheme and Style
10.7.2
Changing the Group Space Display Name
10.7.3
Changing the Group Space Icon
10.7.4
Changing the Group Space Logo
10.7.5
Setting the Group Space Default Display Mode
10.7.6
Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements
10.8
Defining Custom Attributes for a Group Space
10.9
Creating Your Own Group Space Templates
10.10
Adding Wikis or Blogs
10.11
Making a Group Space Available
10.11.1
Making a Group Space Known (Discoverable)
10.11.2
Granting WebCenter Spaces Users Access to a Group Space
10.11.2.1
Granting Access to a Group Space
10.11.2.2
Granting Access to Individual Group Space Pages
10.11.3
Granting Public Access to a Group Space
10.11.3.1
Making a Group Space Public
10.11.3.2
Making Individual Group Space Pages Public
11
Managing Group Spaces
11.1
Accessing Group Space Administration Pages
11.2
Renaming a Group Space (and Changing the Group Space URL)
11.3
Managing Group Space Services
11.3.1
Enabling and Disabling Services Available to a Group Space
11.3.2
Configuring a Custom Group Space Mail Distribution List
11.3.3
Specifying Where Group Space Discussions Are Stored
11.3.4
Publishing Group Space Mail in a Discussion Forum
11.3.5
Enabling or Disabling RSS News Feeds for a Group Space
11.4
Taking a Group Space Offline
11.5
Bringing a Group Space Back Online
11.6
Closing a Group Space
11.7
Deleting a Group Space
11.8
Managing Group Space Templates
12
Managing Group Space Members and Roles
12.1
Setting Up the Group Space Membership Policy
12.1.1
Managing Self-Subscription and Membership Changes for a Group Space
12.1.2
Managing Approval Requirements for Group Space Unsubscription
12.2
Managing Group Space Roles and Permissions
12.2.1
What You Should Know About Group Space Roles and Permissions
12.2.1.1
Understanding the Default Group Space Roles
12.2.1.2
Understanding Group Space Permissions
12.2.1.3
Understanding Custom Group Space Roles
12.2.2
Defining Custom Group Space Roles
12.2.3
Viewing and Editing Permissions of a Group Space Role
12.2.4
Deleting a Group Space Role
12.3
Managing Members and Assigning Roles
12.3.1
What You Should Know About Group Space Membership
12.3.2
Viewing Group Space Members
12.3.3
Composing Messages to New Members
12.3.4
Adding Members to a Group Space
12.3.4.1
Adding or Inviting a WebCenter Spaces User
12.3.4.2
Allowing a WebCenter Spaces User to Self-Subscribe
12.3.4.3
Inviting a Non-WebCenter Spaces User
12.3.5
Changing Member Role Assignments
12.3.6
Approving Requests for Group Space Membership
12.3.7
Communicating with Moderators and Members of a Group Space
12.3.7.1
Sending a Message from the Group Spaces Page
12.3.7.2
Sending a Message from the Members Page
12.3.7.3
Contacting the Group Space Moderator(s)
12.3.7.3.1
Contacting Moderator(s) from the Group Spaces Page
12.3.7.3.2
Contacting Moderators from the Actions Menu
12.3.8
Revoking Group Space Membership
Part IV Working with Shared Services
13
What You Should Know About Shared Services
13.1
Introducing the Documents Service
13.2
Introducing the Events Service
13.3
Introducing the Links Service
13.4
Introducing the Lists Service
13.5
Introducing the Page Service
13.6
Introducing the Tags Service
14
Working with the Documents Service
14.1
What You Should Know About the Documents Service
14.1.1
Adding Documents Service Task Flows at Design Time versus Runtime
14.1.2
Understanding the Documents Task Flow
14.1.3
Understanding the Document List Viewer Task Flow
14.1.4
Understanding the Recent Documents Task Flow
14.2
Working with the Documents Service Task Flows
14.2.1
Adding a Task Flow to a Page
14.2.2
Opening Files and Folders
14.2.2.1
Opening Files
14.2.2.2
Opening Folders
14.2.3
Adding Files
14.2.3.1
Uploading Files
14.2.3.1.1
Uploading a File Using the Toolbar
14.2.3.1.2
Uploading a File Using a Menu
14.2.3.2
Creating and Editing Rich Text Documents
14.2.3.2.1
Creating HTML Documents with the Rich Text Editor
14.2.3.2.2
Editing HTML Documents with the Rich Text Editor
14.2.3.3
Copying and Pasting Files
14.2.3.3.1
Copying and Pasting Files Using the Toolbar
14.2.3.3.2
Copying and Pasting Files Using a Menu
14.2.4
Managing Files and Folders
14.2.4.1
Navigating in the Documents Task Flow
14.2.4.1.1
Making a Subfolder the Top Folder
14.2.4.1.2
Moving Up the Folder Hierarchy
14.2.4.2
Creating and Copying Folders
14.2.4.2.1
Creating Folders Using the Create a New Folder Icon
14.2.4.2.2
Copying a Folder and Its Content
14.2.4.3
Renaming Files and Folders
14.2.4.3.1
Renaming a File or Folder Through a Menu
14.2.4.3.2
Renaming a File and Revising Its Description Through Properties
14.2.4.4
Moving Files and Folders
14.2.4.5
Checking a File Out or In
14.2.4.5.1
Checking a File Out
14.2.4.5.2
Canceling File Check-Out
14.2.4.5.3
Checking a File In
14.2.4.6
Working with File Version Histories
14.2.4.6.1
Viewing a File Version History
14.2.4.6.2
Deleting a File Version
14.2.4.7
Viewing File and Folder Properties
14.2.4.8
Deleting Files and Folders
14.2.5
Sharing Files and Folders
14.2.6
Running Document Searches
14.2.6.1
Running a Basic Document Search
14.2.6.2
Running an Advanced Document Search
14.3
Personalizing and Customizing Documents Service Task Flows
14.3.1
What You Should Know About Personalizing and Customizing
14.3.2
Personalizing Documents Service Task Flows
14.3.2.1
Hiding and Showing Columns in Documents Service Task Flows
14.3.2.2
Reordering Columns in Documents Service Task Flows
14.3.2.3
Sorting Files and Folders in Documents Service Task Flows
14.3.3
Customizing the Documents Service Task Flows
14.4
Setting Documents Service Task Flow Properties
14.4.1
Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Parameters Tab
14.4.2
Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Display Options Tab
14.4.3
Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Style and Content Style Tabs
14.4.4
Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Events Tab
15
Working with the Events Service
15.1
What You Should Know About the Events Service
15.2
Working with the Events Service Task Flow
15.2.1
Viewing Events
15.2.1.1
Displaying the Events Page
15.2.1.2
Displaying Events by Day, Week, or Month or as a List
15.2.1.3
Viewing Events for a Different Date
15.2.1.4
Refreshing Your View of Events
15.2.1.5
Setting Time Display Preferences
15.2.2
Scheduling an Event
15.2.3
Viewing Event Details
15.2.4
Revising Scheduled Events
15.2.5
Deleting Scheduled Events
15.3
Setting Events Service Task Flow Properties
16
Working with the Links Service
16.1
What You Should Know About the Links Service
16.2
Working with Links Service Features
16.2.1
Linking to Existing Objects
16.2.1.1
Opening the Links Dialog Box to Link to Existing Objects
16.2.1.2
Linking to an Existing Announcement
16.2.1.3
Linking to an Existing Discussion Forum Topic
16.2.1.4
Linking to an Existing Document
16.2.1.5
Linking to an Existing Event
16.2.2
Linking to New Objects
16.2.2.1
Opening the Links Dialog Box to Link to a New Object
16.2.2.2
Adding and Linking to a Discussion Forum Topic
16.2.2.3
Adding and Linking to a Document
16.2.2.4
Adding and Linking to an Event
16.2.2.5
Adding and Linking to a Note
16.2.2.6
Linking to a Web Page
16.2.3
Accessing Link Targets
16.2.4
Deleting a Link
17
Working with the Lists Service
17.1
What You Should Know About the Lists Service
17.2
Working with Lists Service Task Flows
17.2.1
Viewing Lists
17.2.2
Creating and Managing Lists
17.2.2.1
Creating a List
17.2.2.2
Editing List Structure
17.2.2.2.1
Renaming a List and Revising a List Description
17.2.2.2.2
Adding Columns to a List
17.2.2.2.3
Revising List Column Details
17.2.2.2.4
Rearranging List Columns
17.2.2.2.5
Deleting a List Column
17.2.2.3
Copying a List
17.2.2.4
Deleting Lists
17.2.3
Adding and Managing List Data
17.2.3.1
Adding a List Row
17.2.3.2
Editing a List Row
17.2.3.3
Deleting List Rows
17.2.4
Personalizing and Customizing Lists
17.2.4.1
Filtering List Data
17.2.4.1.1
Applying an Ad Hoc Filter to a List Instance
17.2.4.1.2
Applying a Permanent, Personal Filter to a List Instance
17.2.4.1.3
Removing a Permanent, Personal List Filter
17.2.4.1.4
Applying Filters to Everyone's View of a List
17.2.4.1.5
Removing Filters from Everyone's View of a List
17.2.4.2
Sorting and Resizing List Columns
17.2.4.2.1
Sorting and Resizing Columns in Your View of a List
17.2.4.2.2
Sorting and Resizing Columns in Everyone's View of a List
17.2.4.3
Changing Column Order on a List Instance
17.2.4.3.1
Changing Column Order in Your View of a List Instance
17.2.4.3.2
Changing Column Order in Everyone's View of a List Instance
17.2.4.4
Applying Color Banding to List Rows
17.2.4.4.1
Applying Color Banding to Your Personal View of a List
17.2.4.4.2
Removing Personal Color Banding
17.2.4.4.3
Applying Color Banding to Everyone's View of a List Instance
17.2.4.4.4
Removing Color Banding from Everyone's View of a List
17.2.5
Exporting a List to a Spreadsheet and Importing an Exported Spreadsheet
17.2.5.1
What You Should Know About Exporting and Importing Lists
17.2.5.2
Exporting a List to a Spreadsheet
17.2.5.3
Importing an Exported Spreadsheet
17.3
Setting Lists Service Task Flow Properties
18
Working with the Tags Service
18.1
What You Should Know About the Tags Service
18.1.1
Understanding Tags
18.1.2
Understanding the Tags Task Flow
18.1.3
Understanding the Similarly Tagged Items Task Flow
18.1.4
Understanding the Tag Center
18.1.5
Understanding Tags in Custom WebCenter Applications
18.2
Working with Tags Service Features and Task Flows
18.2.1
Tagging WebCenter Application Pages
18.2.2
Tagging WebCenter Application Documents
18.2.3
Working with Tags and Tagged Items in the Tags Task Flow
18.2.3.1
Viewing Tags and Tagged Items in the Tags Task Flow
18.2.3.2
Sorting Tags and Tagged Items
18.2.3.3
Filtering Tags and Tagged Items
18.2.3.4
Renaming a Tag from the Tags Task Flow
18.2.3.5
Deleting a Tag from the Tags Task Flow
18.2.4
Viewing Tags and Tagged Items in Search Results
18.2.5
Working with Tags and Tagged Items in the Tag Center
18.2.5.1
Opening the Tag Center
18.2.5.2
Selecting Different Views and Arrangements of Tags in the Tag Cloud
18.2.5.3
Selecting Different Views and Arrangements of Tagged Items
18.2.5.4
Refining the Display of Information in the Tag Center
18.2.5.5
Discovering Who Has Used a Tag in the Tag Center
18.2.5.6
Editing the Tags Associated with an Item from the Tag Center
18.3
Setting Tags Service Task Flow Properties
Part V Working with Social Networking Services
19
What You Should Know About Social Networking Services
19.1
Introducing the Announcements Service
19.2
Introducing the Discussions Service
19.3
Introducing the Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Service
19.4
Introducing WebCenter Blogs and Wikis
20
Working with the Announcements Service
20.1
What You Should Know About the Announcements Service
20.1.1
Announcement Manager Task Flow
20.1.2
Announcements Task Flow
20.2
Working with Announcements Service Task Flows
20.2.1
Working with the Announcement Manager Task Flow
20.2.1.1
Viewing Announcements in the Announcement Manager
20.2.1.2
Adjusting Your View of the Announcement Manager
20.2.1.3
Creating an Announcement
20.2.1.4
Editing Announcements
20.2.1.5
Deleting an Announcement
20.2.2
Working with the Announcements Task Flow
20.2.2.1
Sending Mail from an Announcement
20.2.2.2
Linking a WebCenter Object to an Announcement
20.3
Setting Announcements Service Task Flow Properties
20.3.1
Region Parameters
21
Working with the Discussions Service
21.1
What You Should Know About the Discussions Service
21.2
Working with Discussions Service Task Flows
21.2.1
Creating a Discussion Forum
21.2.2
Editing the Forum Name and Description
21.2.3
Creating and Managing Forum Topics and Replies
21.2.3.1
Posting a New Forum Topic
21.2.3.2
Replying to Topic Posts
21.2.3.3
Viewing Topic Posts and Replies
21.2.3.4
Editing Topics and Replies
21.2.3.5
Deleting Topic Posts and Replies
21.2.3.6
Switching Between Topic View Modes
21.2.4
Showing and Hiding Additional Discussion Forum Information
21.2.4.1
Showing or Hiding Information in the Forums Task Flow
21.2.4.2
Showing or Hiding Information in the Popular Topics Task Flow
21.2.4.3
Showing or Hiding Information in the Recent Topics Task Flow
21.2.4.4
Showing or Hiding Information in the Watched Forums Task Flow
21.2.4.5
Showing or Hiding Information in the Watched Topics Task Flow
21.2.5
Watching Forums and Topics
21.2.5.1
Adding a Discussion Forum or Topic to Your Watch List
21.2.5.2
Removing a Discussion Forum or Topic from a Watch List
21.2.5.3
Viewing Watched Forums and Topics from the Sidebar
21.3
Setting Discussions Service Task Flow Properties
22
Working with the Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMP)
22.1
What You Should Know About the IMP Service
22.2
Working with IMP Service Features and Task Flows
22.2.1
Viewing the Status of Other Users
22.2.2
Sending a Mail Message from the Presence Icon Menu
22.2.3
Sending an Instant Message from the Presence Icon Menu
22.2.4
Initiating a Phone Conference from the Presence Icon Menu
22.2.5
Working with the Buddies List
22.2.5.1
What You Should Know About the Buddies List
22.2.5.2
Sorting Buddies
22.2.5.3
Filtering Buddies
22.2.5.4
Viewing the Status of Contacts
22.2.6
Working with the Members Task Flow
22.2.6.1
What You Should Know About the Members Task Flow
22.2.6.2
Managing Group Space Membership
22.2.6.3
Contacting All Group Space Members
22.2.6.4
Sorting Members
22.2.6.5
Filtering Members
22.2.6.6
Viewing the Status of Members
22.3
Setting IMP Service Task Flow Properties
23
Working with Wikis and Blogs
23.1
What You Should Know About Wikis and Blogs
23.2
Exposing Wikis and Blogs in WebCenter Applications
23.2.1
Exposing a Wiki or Blog in a WebCenter Spaces Application
23.2.1.1
Exposing a Wiki or a Blog on a WebCenter Spaces Page
23.2.1.2
Creating a Link to a Wiki or Blog in WebCenter Spaces
23.2.2
Exposing a Wiki or Blog in a Custom WebCenter Application
23.2.3
Accessing Information About a Wiki Domain
23.2.4
Adding and Removing Additional Blog Authors
23.3
Working with Wiki and Blog Content
23.3.1
Working with Wiki Pages
23.3.1.1
Creating a Wiki Page
23.3.1.2
Editing a Wiki Page
23.3.1.3
Printing a Wiki Page
23.3.1.4
Accessing Information About a Wiki Page
23.3.1.5
Deleting a Wiki Page
23.3.1.6
Restoring an Older Version of a Wiki Page
23.3.2
Working with Blog Entries
23.3.2.1
What You Should Know About Blog Entries
23.3.2.2
Creating a Blog Entry
23.3.2.3
Editing a Blog Entry
23.3.2.4
Adding a Blog Comment
23.3.2.5
Deleting a Blog Comment
23.3.2.6
Viewing Information About a Blog
23.3.2.7
Deleting a Blog Entry
23.3.3
Using Wiki HTML Editor Controls
23.3.4
Using Wiki Mark-Up
Part VI Working with Personal Productivity Services
24
What You Should Know About Personal Productivity Services
24.1
Introducing the Mail Service
24.2
Introducing the Notes Service
24.3
Introducing the Recent Activities Service
24.4
Introducing the RSS Service
24.5
Introducing the Search Service
24.6
Introducing the Worklist Service
25
Working with the Mail Service
25.1
What You Should Know About the Mail Service
25.2
Working with the Mail Service Task Flow
25.2.1
Logging in to Mail
25.2.2
Personalizing Your View of the Mail Task Flow
25.2.3
Opening Mail Messages
25.2.4
Downloading Mail Attachments
25.2.5
Composing and Sending Mail Messages
25.2.6
Sending Mail with Attachments
25.2.7
Removing Attachments from the Add Attachment Window
25.2.8
Replying to and Forwarding Mail
25.2.9
Refreshing Mail
25.2.10
Deleting Mail
25.3
Setting Mail Service Task Flow Properties
25.3.1
Region Parameters
26
Working with the Notes Service
26.1
What You Should Know About the Notes Service
26.2
Working with the Notes Service Task Flow
26.2.1
Creating a Note
26.2.2
Filtering and Clearing Filters on Notes
26.2.3
Editing Note Details
26.2.4
Refreshing Your View of Notes
26.2.5
Deleting Notes
26.3
Setting Notes Service Task Flow Properties
27
Working with the Recent Activities Service
27.1
What You Should Know About the Recent Activities Service
27.2
Working with the Recent Activities Service Task Flow
27.2.1
Personalizing the Recent Activity Task Flow
27.2.2
Accessing Recently Acted-On Items
27.2.3
Refreshing the Recent Activity Task Flow
27.3
Setting Recent Activities Service Task Flow Properties
27.3.1
Region Parameters
28
Working with the RSS Service
28.1
What You Should Know About the RSS Service
28.1.1
RSS Icon
28.1.2
RSS Task Flow
28.2
Obtaining Service News Feeds
28.2.1
Obtaining the Recent Activities News Feed
28.2.1.1
Obtaining a Recent Activity News Feed URL from the RSS Manager
28.2.1.2
Obtaining a News Feed URL from the Recent Activity Task Flow
28.2.2
Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed
28.2.2.1
Obtaining a Discussion Forum News Feed from the RSS Manager
28.2.2.2
Obtaining a News Feed from the Discussions Page
28.2.2.3
Obtaining a News Feed from a Discussion Forum Manager Task Flow
28.2.3
Obtaining List News Feeds
28.2.3.1
Obtaining a List News Feed from the RSS Manager
28.2.3.2
Obtaining a News Feed from the Lists Page
28.2.3.3
Obtaining a News Feed from a List Task Flow
28.2.4
Obtaining an Announcements News Feed
28.2.4.1
Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager
28.2.4.2
Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements Page
28.2.4.3
Obtaining a News Feed from an Announcements Task Flow
28.3
Working with the RSS Task Flow
28.3.1
Adding an RSS Task Flow to a Page
28.3.2
Refreshing an RSS Task Flow
28.3.3
Deleting an RSS Task Flow From the Page
28.3.4
Editing Feed Information for an RSS Task Flow
28.4
Setting RSS Service Task Flow Properties
28.4.1
Region Parameters
29
Working with the Search Service
29.1
What You Should Know About the Search Service
29.2
Working with Search Service Task Flows
29.2.1
Searching in a WebCenter application
29.2.1.1
Performing a Global Search
29.2.1.2
Performing a Group Space Search
29.2.2
Refining the Display of Search Results
29.2.3
Saving Searches
29.2.3.1
Saving a Search
29.2.3.2
Running a Saved Search
29.2.3.3
Sharing a Saved Search in WebCenter Spaces
29.2.3.4
Deleting a Saved Search
29.2.3.5
Adding a Saved Search to a WebCenter Spaces Page
29.2.3.6
Adding the All Saved Searches Task Flow to a WebCenter Spaces Page
29.2.4
Adding the Search Task Flow to a Group Space Page
29.2.5
Using the Search Preferences Task Flow in Custom WebCenter Applications
29.3
Setting Search Service Task Flow Properties
30
Working with the Worklist Service
30.1
What You Should Know About the Worklist Service
30.2
Working with the Worklist Service Task Flow
30.2.1
Viewing and Responding to Worklist Items
30.2.2
Setting Messaging Preferences
30.2.3
Arranging Your Display of Worklist Items
30.3
Setting Worklist Service Task Flow Properties
Part VII Working with Portlets
31
What You Should Know About Portlets
31.1
What Is a Portlet?
31.2
What Does a Portlet Look Like?
31.3
What Can I Do with Portlets?
31.4
What Kinds of Portlets Can I Use?
31.4.1
Prebuilt Portlets
31.4.2
JSF Portlets
31.4.3
Programmatic Portlets
31.4.4
Web Clipping
31.4.5
OmniPortlet
31.4.6
Parameter Form and Parameter Display Portlets
32
Working with OmniPortlet
32.1
What You Should Know About OmniPortlet
32.2
Working with the OmniPortlet Wizard
32.2.1
Type
32.2.2
Source
32.2.2.1
Proxy Authentication
32.2.2.2
Connection and Portlet Parameters
32.2.2.3
Spreadsheet
32.2.2.4
SQL
32.2.2.5
XML
32.2.2.6
Web Service
32.2.2.7
Web Page
32.2.3
Filter
32.2.4
View
32.2.5
Layout
32.2.5.1
Tabular Layout
32.2.5.2
Chart Layout
32.2.5.3
News Layout
32.2.5.4
Bullet Layout
32.2.5.5
Form Layout
32.2.5.6
HTML Layout
32.2.5.7
Parameter Form Layout
32.2.6
Customize Mode
32.3
Working with OmniPortlet Parameters
32.4
Setting OmniPortlet Properties
32.5
Troubleshooting OmniPortlet
33
Working with the Web Clipping Portlet
33.1
What You Should Know About Web Clipping
33.2
Working with the Web Clipping Portlet
33.2.1
Adding a Web Clipping Portlet to a Page
33.2.2
Clipping Content for Display in the Web Clipping Portlet
33.2.3
Adding a Web Clipping That Users Can Personalize
33.2.3.1
Selecting a Clipping from OTN
33.2.3.2
Parameterizing a Web Clipping Portlet
33.2.3.3
Personalizing a Web Clipping Portlet
33.3
Setting Web Clipping Portlet Properties
33.4
Current Limitations of Web Clipping
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