4 Accessing Spaces Administration Pages

This chapter describes how to access administration pages for the Spaces application. It contains the following sections.

• Section 4.1, "Accessing the Spaces Administration Page"

• Section 4.2, "Performing Actions From Spaces Administration Pages"

Audience

The content of this chapter is intended for Spaces administrators. Users granted the Spaces Administrator role or a custom role that grants one of the following permissions:

• Application-Manage All

• Application-Manage Configuration

4.1 Accessing the Spaces Administration Page

Many administrative actions are performed from Spaces Administration pages. Once you log in as the application administrator, there are a couple of ways to access this page:

• Click the Administration link.

• Use the following URL to navigate to the Spaces Administration page:

  http://host:port/webcenter/spaces/admin
  

See Also: Appendix A, "Spaces User Interface URLs."

4.2 Performing Actions From Spaces Administration Pages

In the Spaces application, there are five main Administration pages: Spaces, Pages, Resources, Security, and Configuration (Figure 4-1):

Figure 4-1 Spaces Administration Pages

Table 4-1 describes the actions administrators can perform from Administration pages and lists the permission required to perform them.

Table 4-1 Spaces Administration Pages

Page	Description	Required Permission
Spaces Spaces Space Templates	Use this page to manage spaces and space templates. For more information, see: Performing Administrative Tasks for All Spaces Performing Administrative Tasks for All Space Templates Importing and Exporting Spaces and Space Templates	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Pages Business Role Pages Personal Pages System Pages	Use this page to manage business role pages, personal pages, and system pages in the Spaces application. For more information, see: Working with Business Role Pages Working with Personal Pages Working with System Pages	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Resources	Use this page to manage application-level resources for the Spaces application, such as page templates, skins, and task flows. For more information, see: Working with the Resources that Compose a Portal or Community	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Security Users and Groups Roles	Use this page to manage users and roles. For more information, see: Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions	Manage All or Manage Members
Configuration General Services	Use the Configuration page to customize the Spaces application. For example, you can specify a default language, application name, and so on. For more information, see: Configuring Global Defaults Use the Services page to set application-wide properties for discussion forums, announcements, mail, and people connection components such as activity streams, personal profiles, connections, messages boards, and feedback. For more information, see: Configuring Discussion Forum Options for the Spaces Application Configuring Send Mail Notifications for the Spaces Application Configuring People Connections Defaults for the Spaces Application You can also register portlet producers and external applications from the Services tab: Registering Portlet Producers Registering External Applications	Manage All or Manage Configuration