Chapter 8   Configuring Personal Note


The personal note provider allows you display a personal note channel on the user's mobile device. The personal note channel displays messages that the user creates on the Portal Server HTML desktop.

This chapter discusses how to use the Administration Console to set up this channel.

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Note	See the "Desktop Attributes" section of Chapter 8, "Attributes and Schemas," in the iPlanet Portal Server: Mobile Access Pack Programmer's Guide for information about configuring provider attributes for your mobile device user.

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To set up the personal note channel, complete the following steps:

1. As root, log in to the Administration Console and select Manage Domains.

2. Select the link for your server's domain.

3. Select the icon next to the Applications heading to display the Applications list.

4. Select the Desktop link to display the profile for the desktop.

5. From the Available Channels list, select iwtWirelessPersonalNoteProvider.

6. Select Edit Channel to display the personal note provider attributes.

7. In the Title text field, specify a name for the channel.

   The personal note channel content is displayed with this name.

8. In the Background Color text field, specify a background color for the channel.

9. In the Personal Note text box, provide a default personal note, if appropriate.

10. Select Add to display the personal note in the Personal Note list.

11. From the Width list, specify the width of the channel.

12. Select the Detached check box to detach the channel from the desktop.

13. Select the Minimized check box to minimize the channel in the desktop.

14. In the Refresh Time text field, specify the frequency for updating or refreshing content in the channel.

15. Select the Framed check box to frame the channel in the desktop.

16. In the Column text field, specify which column the channel is to appear in.

17. In the Row text field, specify which row the channel is to appear in.

18. Select Submit and then select Continue.