Contents

List of Figures

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

Part I Architecture

1 Introduction to Communities

• 1.1 Overview
  • 1.1.1 Community Examples
  • 1.1.2 When to Use Communities
  • 1.1.3 Managing Communities
  • 1.1.4 Adding Community Security
  • 1.1.5 Developing Community Features
• 1.2 Communities in the Portal Life Cycle
  • 1.2.1 Architecture
  • 1.2.2 Development
  • 1.2.3 Staging
  • 1.2.4 Production
• 1.3 Getting Started
  • 1.3.1 Prerequisites
  • 1.3.2 Related Guides

2 Determining Community Needs

• 2.1 Do You Need Communities?
• 2.2 Creating a Custom Community
• 2.3 Where to Go Next

3 Community Architecture

• 3.1 Community Concepts and Features
  • 3.1.1 Community Templates
    • 3.1.1.1 The .community File
    • 3.1.1.2 The .ctmeta File
  • 3.1.2 Community Membership
  • 3.1.3 Registration
  • 3.1.4 Community Tools
  • 3.1.5 Invitations
  • 3.1.6 Notifications
  • 3.1.7 Community Context
    • 3.1.7.1 Community User Context
  • 3.1.8 Security: Capabilities vs. Roles
    • 3.1.8.1 Capabilities
    • 3.1.8.2 Roles
• 3.2 How a Community is Rendered

4 Planning and Designing Communities

• 4.1 Planning Community Characteristics
• 4.2 Determining Security Needs
• 4.3 Creating Look & Feel Resources
• 4.4 Determining Content Needs
• 4.5 Determining Custom Community Property Needs

Part II Development

5 Developing Custom Communities

• 5.1 Creating a .community File
  • 5.1.1 Converting Between .portal and .community Files
• 5.2 Creating a Community Template Meta File (.ctmeta)
• 5.3 Developing Community Registration
• 5.4 Developing a Multi-Purpose Community Error Page
• 5.5 Adding Oracle's Collaboration Portlets to Custom Communities
• 5.6 Adding Community and Visitor Tools to a Community
• 5.7 Community Security
  • 5.7.1 Guidelines for Working with Capabilities
• 5.8 Developing Callback Classes
• 5.9 Extending How Community Invitations Are Sent
• 5.10 Developing Community Notification
• 5.11 Using the Community Framework API
• 5.12 Using Tag Libraries in Your Community
  • 5.12.1 Using the ActiveMenus Tag Library
  • 5.12.2 Using the DragDrop Tag Library
  • 5.12.3 Using the Dynamic Content Tag Library
  • 5.12.4 Using the UserPicker Tag Library
• 5.13 Adding Interaction Management to Communities

Part III Staging

6 Setting Up Community Infrastructure

• 6.1 Creating a Community Template
• 6.2 Community Properties Reference
• 6.3 Deploying Communities

Part IV Production

7 Creating and Managing Communities

• 7.1 Creating a Community
  • 7.1.1 Activating a Community
• 7.2 Modifying and Deleting a Community Template
• 7.3 Modifying Community Properties
• 7.4 Creating Custom Community Properties
• 7.5 Setting Delegated Administration Rights on Community Resources
• 7.6 Setting Visitor Entitlements on Community Resources
• 7.7 Creating Localized Community Titles and Descriptions
• 7.8 Deactivating or Deleting a Community
  • 7.8.1 Deactivating a Community
  • 7.8.2 Deleting a Community
• 7.9 Managing Community Members
  • 7.9.1 Modifying Member Capabilities
  • 7.9.2 Removing Members from Communities
• 7.10 Propagating Communities