About ALI Portlet Alignment
Where a portlet is displayed on the ALI portal page defines
its size.
The ALI portal page is made up of columns. In a two-column configuration,
narrow portlets are displayed on the left, wide portlets on the right.
In a three-column configuration, wide portlets are displayed in the
middle. In the Low Bandwidth version of the portal or the Portal for
People with Disabilities, width is irrelevant; portlets are displayed
in a single column.
When you configure a portlet object in the portal, you may choose
from the following alignments:
- Narrow portlets are displayed in a narrow side column on
the portal page. Narrow portlets must fit in a column that is fewer
than 255 pixels wide.
- Wide portlets are displayed in the middle or widest side
column on the portal page. Wide portlets fit in a column fewer than
500 pixels wide.
- Header portlets override the portal header at the top of
the page, allowing you to add custom branding to a Community page.
Note: In header portlets, make sure to include the
pt:pageName and
pt:realmName markup
tags. The "realm" name is either the name of the current Community
or one of the following: "My Pages," "Documents," "Administration,"
or "Gateway." The page name is the name of the current page in a Community
or My Page or blank otherwise. The localized name will be used if
available. For details, see
About ALI Adaptive Tag Libraries .
- Footer portlets override the portal footer at the bottom
of the page, allowing you to add custom branding to a Community page.
- Content Canvas portlets span across all rows and columns
of a Community page, taking up all space between the header and footer.
Each My Page or community page is made up of many portlets, selected
and arranged based on alignment. For example, the portlets on the
Support Center community page shown below includes a selection of
portlets:
- The Support Center header and custom navigation are implemented
using portlets.
- The left column includes a portlet that provides navigation links
to the subsections (Resources) within the Support Center site, portlets
with links to profile configuration pages, and another that provides
access to support contact information.
- The center column includes a portlet that lists recent Support
Alerts and a Knowledge Base search portlet.
- The right column includes portlets with links to product downloads
and information.
