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Contents
Title and Copyright Information
Preface
Audience
Documentation Accessibility
Related Documents
Conventions
What's New?
New and Changed Features for 11
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Release 1 (11.1.1.8.3)
New and Changed Features for 11
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Release 1 (11.1.1.8.0)
Who's Who
Knowledge Worker
Application Specialist
Web Developer
Developer
System Administrator
Part I Getting Started
1
Introduction to Building Portals with WebCenter Portal
1.1
About This Guide
1.2
Where Do I Start?
1.3
Building Portals Concepts
1.3.1
What Is a Portal?
1.3.2
What Is the Home Portal?
1.3.3
What Is Portal Builder?
1.3.4
What Is a Portal Template?
1.3.5
What Is the Portal Server?
1.3.6
What Is a Subportal?
1.3.7
What Are Pages?
1.3.8
What Are Portal Components?
1.3.9
What Are Portal Assets?
1.3.10
What Are Portal Tools and Services?
1.4
Building Portals Tasks
1.4.1
Creating and Publishing a New Portal
1.4.2
Editing, Administering, and Customizing a Portal
1.4.3
Creating, Editing, and Managing Portal Pages
1.4.4
Creating, Editing, and Managing Portal Assets
1.4.5
Managing Portal Security and Membership
1.4.6
Adding and Managing Portal Content
1.4.7
Adding and Managing Portal Tools and Services
1.4.8
Managing Portal Templates and Shared Assets for All Portals
1.4.9
Changing the Look and Language in a Portal
2
Creating and Building a New Portal
2.1
About Creating a New Portal
2.2
Creating a New Portal
2.3
Creating Pages When Creating a New Portal
2.4
What's Next?
3
Working with Portal Templates
3.1
About Portal Templates
3.1.1
About Out-of-the-Box Portal Templates and Categories
3.1.2
About Custom Portal Templates
3.2
Viewing Available Portal Templates
3.3
Creating a New Portal Template
3.4
Viewing Information About a Portal Template
3.5
Searching for a Portal Template
3.6
Renaming a Portal Template
3.7
Setting Up Access to a Portal Template
3.8
Publishing or Hiding a Portal Template
3.9
Deleting a Portal Template
4
Publishing a Portal
4.1
About Publishing a Portal
4.2
Publishing the Link to a Portal
4.3
Making a Portal Known (Discoverable)
4.4
Granting Users Access to a Portal
4.5
Granting Public Access to a Portal
5
Working with Subportals
5.1
About Portal Hierarchies
5.1.1
Understanding Inheritance in Portal Hierarchies
5.2
Viewing a Portal Hierarchy
5.2.1
Viewing Subportals of a Parent Portal
5.2.2
Viewing Parent Portals of a Subportal
5.3
Creating a Subportal
5.4
Creating a Custom Portal Hierarchy Navigation
5.5
Moving Subportals (Changing the Parent)
5.6
Managing a Subportal
5.6.1
Modifying Inheritance Security Settings for a Subportal
Part II Managing a Portal
6
Editing a Portal
6.1
Opening the Portal Editor
6.2
Editing a Portal
6.2.1
Accessing Pages in the Portal Editor
6.2.2
Accessing Assets in the Portal Editor
6.2.3
Accessing Members in the Portal Editor
6.2.4
Accessing Documents in the Portal Editor
7
Administering a Portal
7.1
Accessing Portal Administration
7.2
Administering Overview Settings and Actions for a Portal
7.2.1
Accessing the Overview Settings and Actions for a Portal
7.2.2
Changing the Title of a Portal
7.2.3
Modifying the Description or Keywords for a Portal
7.2.4
Changing the Internal Name of a Portal
7.2.5
Closing or Activating a Portal
7.2.6
Taking a Portal Offline or Online
7.2.7
Enabling or Disabling RSS News Feeds for a Portal
7.2.8
Deleting a Portal
7.3
Administering Look and Feel Settings for a Portal
7.3.1
Accessing Look and Feel Settings for a Portal
7.3.2
Changing the Page Template for a Portal
7.3.3
Changing the Skin for a Portal
7.3.4
Changing the Navigation for a Portal
7.3.5
Changing the Resource Catalogs for Pages and the Page Template for a Portal
7.3.6
Setting Page Behavior for a Portal When No Page Variant Exists
7.3.7
Displaying or Hiding a Page Footer in a Portal
7.3.8
Customizing the Copyright Statement and Privacy URL in a Portal
7.3.9
Setting a Portal Display Language
7.3.10
Changing the Portal Icon
7.3.11
Changing the Portal Logo
7.4
Administering All Pages in a Portal
7.4.1
Accessing Pages Administration for a Portal
7.4.2
Working with Portal Pages (from Portal Administration)
7.5
Administering All Assets in a Portal
7.5.1
Accessing Assets Administration for a Portal
7.5.2
Working with Assets in Portal Administration
7.6
Administering Attributes in a Portal
7.6.1
Accessing Attributes Administration for a Portal
7.6.2
Working with Attributes in Portal Administration
7.7
Administering Security in a Portal
7.7.1
Accessing Security Administration for a Portal
7.7.2
Changing the Access to a Portal
7.7.3
Managing Roles and Permissions in a Portal
7.7.4
Managing Members in a Portal
7.8
Administering Tools and Services in a Portal
7.8.1
Accessing Tools and Services Administration for a Portal
7.8.2
Working with Tools and Services in Portal Administration
7.9
Administering Subportals in a Portal
7.9.1
Accessing Subportals Administration for a Portal
7.9.2
Working with Subportals in Portal Administration
7.10
Administering System Pages in a Portal
7.10.1
Accessing System Pages Administration for a Portal
7.10.2
Working with System Pages in Portal Administration
7.11
Administering Device Settings in a Portal
7.11.1
Accessing Device Settings Administration for a Portal
7.11.2
Working with Device Settings in Portal Administration
8
Customizing System Pages for a Portal
8.1
About System Pages
8.2
Customizing System Pages (and Page Variants) in a Portal
8.3
Removing All Page Customizations from a System Page (or Page Variant)
9
Managing Device Groups for a Portal
9.1
About Device Settings
9.2
Accessing Device Settings in a Portal
9.3
Managing Device Groups
9.3.1
Editing a Device Group
9.3.2
Showing and Hiding Device Groups
9.3.3
Setting a Default Device Group
9.3.4
Filtering Device Groups
9.3.5
Ordering Device Groups
10
Customizing Task Flows for a Portal
10.1
About Task Flow Customization for a Portal
10.2
Customizing Task Flows for a Portal
10.3
Removing Task Flow Customizations
11
Working with the Portal Browser Task Flow
11.1
About the Portal Browser Task Flow
11.2
Adding a Portal Browser Task Flow to a Page
11.3
Setting Portal Browser Task Flow Properties
11.3.1
About the Portal Browser Task Flow Properties
11.3.2
Portal Browser Task Flow Parameters
Part III Working with Portal Pages
12
Creating and Editing a Portal Page
12.1
Viewing the Pages and Page Variants in a Portal
12.1.1
Accessing the Pages in a Portal
12.1.2
Previewing a Page Variant for a Device
12.1.3
Filtering a Portal Page Listing by Device Group
12.2
Creating Pages or Subpages in a Portal
12.2.1
Creating Pages or Subpages When Creating a New Portal
12.2.2
Creating a Page or Subpage in an Existing Portal
12.3
Creating a Page Variant for a Device Group
12.4
Editing a Page
12.4.1
About the Page Editor (Composer)
12.4.2
About Concurrent Users in Composer
12.4.3
Opening a Page in the Page Editor (Composer)
12.4.4
Providing Page Background Color, Image, and CSS Encoding
12.4.5
Adding New Content Regions
12.4.6
Creating Layered Content Regions Using Tabs
12.4.7
Adding Components to a Page
12.5
Personalizing Pages
13
Managing a Portal Page
13.1
Managing a Page in a Portal
13.2
Adding an Existing Page to the Portal Navigation
13.3
Adjusting Page Order and Hierarchy in the Portal Navigation
13.4
Copying a Page
13.5
Deleting a Page
13.6
Viewing Information About a Page
13.7
Renaming a Page
13.8
Entering or Changing a Page Description
13.9
Showing or Hiding a Page in the Portal Navigation
13.10
Setting Page Behavior for a Specific Page When No Page Variant Exists
13.11
Adding or Modifying Page Parameters
13.12
Adjusting the Widths of Page Columns
13.13
Adding a Page Header and Footer
13.14
Viewing and Modifying Page Source Code
13.15
Setting Page Security
13.15.1
Setting Security on a Page Component
13.16
Setting Navigation Properties and Display Options for a Page
14
Adding and Editing Resource Catalog Components on a Page
14.1
Accessing the Resource Catalog
14.2
Adding a Component to a Page
14.2.1
Adding a Component to a Page in Design View
14.2.2
Adding a Component to a Page in Select View
14.2.3
Adding a Component to a Page in Structure View
14.3
Modifying Components
14.3.1
About Component Properties
14.3.2
Setting Properties on a Component
14.3.3
Working with Component Parameters
14.3.4
Working with Component Display Options
14.3.5
Working with Child Components
14.3.6
Working with Style and Content Style Properties
14.3.7
Working with Component Contextual Events
14.4
Deleting a Component from a Page
14.4.1
Deleting a Component in Design View
14.4.2
Deleting a Component in Structure View
15
Working with Web Development Components on a Page
15.1
About Web Development Components
15.2
Adding a Web Development Component to a Page
15.3
Working with the Box Component
15.3.1
About the Box Component
15.3.2
Setting Box Component Properties
15.4
Working with the Change Language Component
15.5
Working with the HTML Markup Component
15.5.1
About the HTML Markup Component
15.5.2
Setting HTML Markup Component Properties
15.5.3
Embedding Video, Music, Slides, and Other Types of Content
15.6
Working with the Hyperlink Component
15.6.1
About the Hyperlink Component
15.6.2
Setting Hyperlink Component Properties
15.7
Working with the Image Component
15.7.1
About the Image Component
15.7.2
Setting Image Component Properties
15.8
Working with the Links Component
15.8.1
About the Links Component
15.8.2
Adding Navigation Links Using the Links Component
15.8.3
Configuring an Advanced Search for Content Links
15.8.4
Configuring a Link in the Links Component
15.8.5
Reordering Navigation Links
15.8.6
Deleting a Link from the Links Component
15.8.7
Setting Links Component Properties
15.9
Working with the Movable Box Component
15.9.1
About the Movable Box Component
15.9.2
Setting Movable Box Component Properties
15.10
Working with the Text Component
15.10.1
About the Text Component
15.10.2
Setting Text Component Properties
15.11
Working with the Web Page Component
15.11.1
About the Web Page Component
15.11.2
Setting Web Page Component Properties
16
Working with Layout Components on a Page
16.1
About Layout Components
16.2
Customizing the Display Name of Child Components
16.3
Setting panelGridLayout Properties
16.4
Setting gridRow Properties
16.5
Setting gridCell Properties
16.6
Setting panelGroupLayout Properties
16.7
Setting panelStretchLayout Properties
16.8
Setting panelTabbed Properties
16.9
Setting showDetailFrame Properties
16.10
Setting sidebarItem Properties
16.11
Setting spacer Properties
17
Working with OmniPortlet
17.1
About OmniPortlet
17.2
Adding an OmniPortlet Instance to a Page
17.3
Working with the OmniPortlet Wizard
17.3.1
Accessing the OmniPortlet Wizard
17.3.2
Selecting the Data Source Type
17.3.3
Identifying the Data Source
17.3.4
Setting Filtering Options
17.3.5
Setting View Options
17.3.6
Setting Layout Options
17.3.7
Customizing Your OmniPortlet
17.4
Working with OmniPortlet Parameters
17.5
Setting OmniPortlet Properties
17.5.1
About OmniPortlet Properties
17.5.2
OmniPortlet Properties
17.6
Troubleshooting OmniPortlet
18
Working with the Web Clipping Portlet
18.1
About Web Clipping
18.2
Adding a Web Clipping Portlet Instance to a Page
18.3
Working with the Web Clipping Portlet
18.4
Setting Web Clipping Portlet Properties
18.4.1
About Web Clipping Portlet Properties
18.4.2
Web Clipping Portlet Properties
18.5
Current Limitations of the Web Clipping Portlet
18.6
Troubleshooting the Web Clipping Portlet
19
Wiring Pages, Task Flows, Portlets, and ADF Components
19.1
About Component Wiring
19.1.1
About Parameter and Event Wiring
19.2
Wiring One Component to Another
19.2.1
Wiring a Task Flow to a Task Flow
19.2.2
Wiring a Portlet to a Portlet
19.2.3
Wiring a Portlet to a Task Flow
19.2.4
Wiring a Task Flow to a Portlet
19.2.5
Wiring an ADF Component to a Task Flow
19.3
Wiring Components and Page Parameters
19.3.1
Creating Page Parameters
19.3.2
Consuming Page Parameters
19.4
Passing Parameter Values Through the Page URL
Part IV Working with Portal Assets
20
Creating, Editing, and Managing Assets
20.1
About Assets
20.2
Accessing Portal Assets
20.3
Creating Assets
20.4
Editing Assets
20.4.1
Editing an Asset Using the Edit Option
20.4.2
Editing the Source Code of an Asset
20.5
Managing Assets
20.5.1
Viewing Information About an Asset
20.5.2
Previewing an Asset
20.5.3
Showing and Hiding Assets
20.5.4
Copying an Asset
20.5.5
Setting Properties on an Asset
20.5.6
Setting Security for an Asset
20.5.7
Deleting an Asset
20.6
Working with Portal Assets in JDeveloper
20.6.1
Downloading an Asset
20.6.2
Uploading an Asset
20.7
Querying Assets Through the Expression Language (EL)
20.8
Applying Assets Dynamically Using EL Expressions
21
Working with Page Templates
21.1
About Page Templates
21.1.1
About Built-in Page Templates in WebCenter Portal
21.2
Setting the Default Page Template
21.2.1
Setting the Default Page Template for a Portal
21.2.2
Setting the Default Page Template for All Portals
21.3
Creating a Page Template
21.4
Editing a Page Template
21.5
Adding Portal Components to a Page Template
21.6
Setting the Preferred Skin for a Page Template
21.7
Customizing a Shared Page Template for a Portal
21.8
Adding Navigation to a Page Template
21.8.1
Adding a Built-in Navigation Task Flow to a Page Template
21.8.2
Setting Navigation Task Flow Properties
21.8.3
Downloading Additional Navigation Task Flows
21.8.4
Designing Advanced Navigation Visualization
21.9
Managing a Page Template
22
Working with Portal Navigation
22.1
About Portal Navigation
22.1.1
About Navigation Models
22.1.2
About Navigation Visualization
22.2
Editing a Navigation Model
22.2.1
Editing the Portal Default Navigation Model in the Portal Editor
22.2.2
Editing a Navigation Model in the Assets or Shared Assets Page
22.2.3
Adding Resources to a Navigation Model
22.2.4
Setting Properties for Resources in a Navigation Model
22.3
Creating a Navigation Model
22.4
Managing a Navigation Model
22.5
Rendering a Navigation Model
22.6
Use Case Examples
23
Working with Resource Catalogs
23.1
About Resource Catalogs
23.2
About the Resource Registry
23.3
Setting the Default Resource Catalogs
23.3.1
Setting the Default Resource Catalogs for a Portal
23.3.2
Setting the Default Resource Catalog for All Portals
23.4
Creating a Resource Catalog
23.5
Editing a Resource Catalog
23.5.1
Adding a Resource to a Resource Catalog
23.5.2
Creating a Custom Component
23.5.3
Creating a Folder
23.5.4
Setting Properties on a Resource
23.5.5
Rearranging Resources
23.5.6
Copying a Resource
23.5.7
Deleting a Resource
23.5.8
Previewing a Resource Catalog
23.6
Managing a Resource Catalog
24
Working with Skins
24.1
About Skins
24.2
Setting the Default Skin
24.2.1
Setting the Default Skin for a Portal
24.2.2
Setting the Default Skin for All Portals
24.2.3
Setting the Default Skin for the Home Portal
24.3
Creating a Skin
24.4
Editing a Skin
24.5
Managing a Skin
25
Working with Page Styles
25.1
About Page Styles
25.2
Applying a Page Style to a WebCenter Portal Page
25.3
Creating a Page Style
25.4
Editing a Page Style
25.5
Managing a Page Style
26
Working with Content Presenter Templates
26.1
About Content Presenter Templates
26.2
Creating a Content Presenter Template
26.3
Managing Content Presenter Templates
27
Working with Pagelets
27.1
About Pagelet Producer
27.2
Exporting and Importing Pagelet Producer Resources
28
Working with Data Presenter
28.1
About Data Presenter
28.2
Working with Data Controls
28.2.1
Supported Data Controls
28.2.2
Creating Data Controls
28.2.3
Editing Data Controls
28.2.4
Managing Data Controls
28.3
Working with Task Flows
28.3.1
About the Built-In Task Flows
28.3.2
Supported Visualizations
28.3.3
Creating a Task Flow to Visualize Data
28.3.4
Editing a Task Flow
28.3.5
Consuming Data Controls in a Task Flow
28.3.6
Controlling the Data Displayed in Visualizations
28.3.7
Writing to a Data Source from a Visualization
28.3.8
Managing Task Flows
28.3.9
Consuming a Task Flow in a Page
28.4
Working with Task Flow Styles
28.4.1
About the Built-in Task Flow Styles
28.4.2
Creating a Task Flow Style
28.4.3
Editing a Task Flow Style
28.4.4
Managing Task Flow Styles
28.5
Data Presenter Examples
Part V Working with Portal Roles, Permissions, and Members
29
Managing Roles and Permissions for a Portal
29.1
About Roles and Permissions for a Portal
29.1.1
Understanding the Default Roles for a Portal
29.1.2
Understanding Permissions and Permission Models in a Portal
29.1.3
Understanding Custom Roles in Portals
29.2
Defining Custom Roles for a Portal
29.3
Viewing and Editing Permissions of a Portal Role
29.4
Using Advanced Permissions
29.5
Deleting Roles in a Portal
30
Managing Members and Assigning Roles in a Portal
30.1
About Portal Membership
30.2
Viewing the Members of a Portal
30.3
Setting Up Membership Options for a Portal
30.3.1
Managing Self-Service Membership for a Portal
30.3.2
Managing Self-Service Membership Removal from a Portal
30.4
Composing Messages to New Members
30.5
Adding Members to a Portal
30.5.1
Searching for a User or Group in the Identity Store
30.5.2
Adding Registered Users and Groups
30.5.3
Inviting a Registered User
30.5.4
Inviting a Non-Registered User
30.5.5
Allowing a Registered User to Self-Subscribe
30.6
Changing Member Role Assignments
30.7
Approving Requests for Membership of a Portal
30.8
Communicating with Moderators and Members of a Portal
30.9
Revoking Membership to a Portal
31
Working with the Portal Members Task Flow
31.1
About the Portal Members Task Flow
31.2
Adding a Portal Members Task Flow to a Page
31.3
Managing Portal Membership Through the Portal Members Task Flow
31.4
Contacting All Portal Members
31.5
Contacting Individual Members of a Portal
31.6
Sorting Portal Members
31.7
Filtering Portal Members
31.8
Setting Portal Members Task Flow Properties
31.8.1
About the Portal Members Task Flow Properties
31.8.2
Portal Members Task Flow Parameters
Part VI Working with Content in a Portal
32
Introduction to Working with Content
32.1
About Adding Content to a Portal
32.2
About Content Management Selections in the Resource Catalog
33
Publishing Content Using Content Presenter
33.1
About the Content Presenter Task Flow
33.1.1
Understanding Site Studio Integration
33.2
Adding a Content Presenter Task Flow to a Page
33.3
Displaying the Content Presenter Configuration Dialog
33.4
Selecting Content
33.4.1
Selecting a Single Content Item
33.4.2
Selecting the Contents of a Folder
33.4.3
Selecting Content Based on the Results of a Query
33.4.4
Selecting a List of Content Items
33.4.5
Selecting Content Based on the Results of a Scenario
33.5
Selecting a Display Template
33.6
Previewing the Results
33.7
Using Responsive Templates
33.7.1
Prerequisites
33.7.2
About the Articles View Template
33.7.3
Using the Articles View Template
33.7.4
About the Full Article View Template
33.7.5
Using the Full Article View Template
33.7.6
Optimizing Display on Mobile Devices
33.8
Adding Links from Content to Navigation Nodes
33.9
Authoring Site Studio Content to Optimize Presentation in Content Presenter
33.9.1
Best Practices for Images
33.9.2
Best Practices for Defining Styles
33.9.3
Best Practices for JavaScript
33.10
Creating or Editing Site Studio Content in the Content Presenter Configuration Dialog
33.11
Creating and Editing Files In-Context in a Content Presenter Task Flow
33.11.1
Editing Wiki Documents or HTML Files In-Context
33.11.2
Editing Site Studio Files In-Context
33.11.3
Creating New Site Studio Content In-Context
33.11.4
Changing the Edit Mode Key Sequence
33.12
Approving and Rejecting Files in Workflow
33.13
Setting Content Presenter Task Flow Properties
33.13.1
About the Content Presenter Task Flow Properties
33.13.2
Content Presenter Task Flow Parameters
34
Working with Document Task Flows and Document Components
34.1
About the Document Task Flows
34.1.1
Understanding the Document Explorer Task Flow
34.1.2
Understanding the Document List Viewer Task Flow
34.1.3
Understanding the Document Manager Task Flow
34.1.4
Understanding the Document Navigator Task Flow
34.1.5
Understanding the Folder Viewer Task Flow
34.1.6
Understanding the Recent Documents Task Flow
34.1.7
Understanding the Document Viewer Task Flow
34.1.8
Understanding the Document Mini Properties Task Flow
34.1.9
Understanding the Document Properties Task Flow
34.1.10
Understanding the Document Version History Task Flow
34.2
About Document Components
34.3
Adding a Selected Folder or File to a Page
34.4
Adding a Document Task Flow to a Page
34.5
Understanding the Document Task Flows Menus and Actions
34.6
Troubleshooting Documents Tool Issues
34.6.1
Document Permissions Not Working in a Portal
34.6.2
Document Permissions Not Granted When Creating a Portal
35
Setting Document Task Flow and Document Component Properties
35.1
About Document Task Flow and Document Component Properties
35.2
Setting Document Explorer Task Flow Properties
35.2.1
Document Explorer Task Flow Parameters
35.3
Setting Document List Viewer Task Flow Properties
35.3.1
Document List Viewer Task Flow Parameters
35.4
Setting Document Manager Task Flow Properties
35.4.1
Document Manager Task Flow Parameters
35.5
Setting Document Navigator Task Flow Properties
35.5.1
Document Navigator Task Flow Parameters
35.6
Setting Folder Viewer Task Flow Properties
35.6.1
Folder Viewer Task Flow Parameters
35.7
Setting Recent Documents Task Flow Properties
35.7.1
Recent Documents Task Flow Parameters
35.8
Setting Document Viewer Task Flow Properties
35.8.1
Document Viewer Task Flow Parameters
35.9
Setting Document Mini Properties Task Flow Properties
35.9.1
Document Mini Properties Task Flow Parameters
35.10
Setting Document Properties Task Flow Properties
35.10.1
Document Properties Task Flow Parameters
35.11
Setting Document Version History Task Flow Properties
35.11.1
Document Version History Task Flow Parameters
35.12
Setting Document Link Component Properties
35.12.1
Document Link Component Display Options
35.13
Setting Document Inline Frame Component Properties
35.13.1
Document Inline Frame Component Display Options
35.14
Setting Document Image Component Properties
35.14.1
Document Image Component Display Options
36
Working with Workflow-Enabled Content
36.1
About Content Workflows
36.1.1
Understanding Workflow Types
36.1.2
Understanding Workflow Steps
36.1.3
Understanding Workflow Process
36.2
Assigning a Workflow to a Folder in a Portal
36.3
Viewing Files in Workflow
36.3.1
Viewing Workflow Files in a Document Task Flow
36.3.2
Viewing Workflow Files in a Content Presenter Task Flow
36.3.3
Viewing Workflow Files in a Workflow Queue
36.4
Viewing Workflow Status and File Information
36.4.1
Viewing Detailed Workflow Status
36.4.2
Viewing Content Information and Actions
36.5
Changing or Deleting a Workflow
36.6
Participating in a Workflow
36.6.1
Approving or Rejecting a File in Workflow
36.6.2
Working with a Rejected Revision
37
Adding a Wiki to a Portal
37.1
About Wikis
37.2
Prerequisites for Enabling Wiki Functionality
37.3
Adding an Existing Wiki to a Portal
37.4
Creating a New Wiki In a Portal
37.5
Working with Wikis
37.6
Use Case Examples
38
Adding a Blog to a Portal
38.1
About Blogs
38.2
Prerequisites for Enabling Blog Functionality
38.3
Creating a New Blog in a Portal
38.4
Working with Blog Task Flows
38.4.1
Understanding the Blog Task Flows
38.4.2
Creating a Blog Using Blog Task Flows
38.4.3
Setting Blog Task Flow Properties
Part VII Working with Portal Tools and Services
39
Introduction to Portal Tools and Services
39.1
About Tools and Services
39.2
Enabling and Disabling Tools and Services Available to a Portal
40
Adding Activity Graphs and Recommendations to a Portal
40.1
About the Activity Graph Recommendations
40.1.1
Working with the Recommended Connections Task Flow
40.1.2
Working with the Similar Portals Task Flow
40.1.3
Working with the Similar Items Task Flow
40.1.4
Working with the Top Items Task Flow
40.2
Adding an Activity Graph Task Flow to a Page
40.3
Setting Activity Graph Task Flow Properties
40.3.1
About the Activity Graph Task Flow Properties
40.3.2
Activity Graph Task Flow Parameters
41
Adding Activities to a Portal
41.1
Comparison of Activity Stream and Recent Activities
41.2
About the Activity Stream
41.3
Adding an Activity Stream Task Flow to a Page
41.4
Setting Activity Stream Task Flow Properties
41.4.1
About Activity Stream Task Flow Properties
41.4.2
Activity Stream Task Flow Parameters
41.4.3
Using an Advanced Query to Filter Activity Stream Items
41.4.4
Using Properties to Configure an Activity Stream Task Flow Instance
41.5
Working with Activity Stream Task Flows
41.6
About Recent Activities
41.7
Adding a Recent Activities Task Flow to a Page
41.8
Setting Recent Activities Task Flow Properties
41.8.1
About the Recent Activities Task Flow Properties
41.8.2
Recent Activities Task Flow Parameters
41.9
Working with the Recent Activities Task Flow
41.10
About Publisher
41.11
Adding a Publisher Task Flow to a Page
41.12
Setting the Publisher Task Flow Properties
41.12.1
About Publisher Task Flow Properties
41.12.2
Publisher Task Flow Parameters
41.12.3
Prohibiting File Uploads Through a Publisher Task Flow Instance
41.12.4
Limiting the Scope of Recipients
41.12.5
Using the Publisher as a Profile Status Updater
41.12.6
Using the Publisher as a File Uploader
41.13
Working with the Publisher Task Flow
42
Adding Analytics to a Portal
42.1
About Analytics
42.1.1
Understanding the Analytics Administration Page in WebCenter Portal
42.1.2
Understanding Analytics Task Flows in WebCenter Portal
42.1.3
Access to Analytics Task Flows in WebCenter Portal
42.2
Adding an Analytics Task Flow to a Page
42.3
Setting Analytics Task Flow Properties
42.3.1
About the Analytics Task Flow Properties
42.3.2
Analytics Task Flow Parameters
42.4
Working with Analytics Task Flows
42.4.1
Customizing Analytics Reports
42.4.2
Personalizing Your Analytics Report View
43
Adding Announcements to a Portal
43.1
Prerequisites for Announcements
43.2
About Announcements
43.3
Modifying Announcement Forum Settings for a Portal
43.4
Adding an Announcements Page to a Portal
43.5
Adding an Announcements Task Flow to a Page
43.6
Setting Announcements Task Flow Properties
43.6.1
About the Announcements Task Flow Properties
43.6.2
Announcements Task Flow Parameters
43.7
Working with the Announcements Task Flow
43.7.1
Viewing Announcements in the Announcements Task Flow
43.7.2
Working with the Announcements - Quick View Task Flow
44
Adding a Calendar and Events to a Portal
44.1
Prerequisites for Events
44.2
About Calendars and Events
44.3
Creating and Managing Portal Event Categories
44.4
Showing Events on a Page in the Home Portal
44.5
Showing Events on the Events Page in a Portal
44.6
Displaying Multiple Calendars in an Events Task Flow
44.6.1
Enabling Calendar Overlaying
44.6.2
Displaying Additional Calendars
44.7
Adding an Events Page to a Portal
44.8
Adding an Events Task Flow to a Page
44.9
Setting Events Task Flow Properties
44.9.1
About the Events Task Flow Properties
44.9.2
Events Task Flow Parameters
44.9.3
Events - Mini View Task Flow Parameters
45
Adding Connections to a Portal
45.1
About Connections
45.2
Adding a Connections Task Flow to a Page
45.3
Setting Connections Task Flow Properties
45.3.1
About Connections Task Flow Properties
45.3.2
Connections Task Flow Parameters
45.3.3
Using Properties to Configure a Connections Task Flow Instance
45.4
Working with Connections Task Flows
46
Adding Discussion Forums to a Portal
46.1
Prerequisites for Discussions
46.2
About Discussions
46.3
Modifying Discussion Forum Settings for a Portal
46.4
Publishing Portal Mail in a Discussion Forum
46.5
Adding a Discussions Page to a Portal
46.6
Adding a Discussions Task Flow to a Page
46.7
Setting Discussions Task Flow Properties
46.7.1
About the Discussions Task Flow Properties
46.7.2
Discussions Task Flow Parameters
46.8
Working with Discussions Task Flows
46.8.1
Creating a Discussion Forum
46.8.2
Editing the Forum Name and Description
46.8.3
Deleting a Discussion Forum
47
Adding Lists of Information to a Portal
47.1
Prerequisites for Working With Lists
47.2
About Lists
47.3
Adding a Lists Page to a Portal
47.4
Adding a Lists Task Flow to a Page
47.5
Setting List Viewer Task Flow Properties
47.5.1
About List Viewer Task Flow Properties
47.5.2
List Viewer Task Flow Parameters
47.6
Working with the Lists Task Flow
47.6.1
Customizing Lists
47.6.2
Exporting a List and Importing a List from an Excel Spreadsheet
48
Adding Mail to a Portal
48.1
Prerequisites for the Mail Service
48.2
Configuring the Mail Distribution List for a Portal
48.2.1
Configuring a Shared Mail Connection for a Portal
48.3
Configuring the Send Mail Feature
48.3.1
Selecting Your Preferred Mail Connection
48.4
About the Mail Service Task Flow
48.5
Adding the Mail Service Task Flow to a Page
48.5.1
Logging in to Mail
48.6
Setting Mail Service Task Flow Properties
48.6.1
About the Mail Task Flow Properties
48.6.2
Mail Task Flow Parameters
49
Adding Messages and Feedback to a Portal
49.1
About Message Board
49.2
About Feedback
49.3
Adding a Message Board or Feedback Task Flow to a Page
49.4
Setting Message Board and Feedback Task Flow Properties
49.4.1
About Message Board and Feedback Task Flow Properties
49.4.2
Message Board and Feedback Task Flow Parameters
49.4.3
Using Parameters to Configure Message Board and Feedback Task Flow Instances
49.5
Working with Message Board and Feedback Task Flows
50
Adding Notifications to a Portal
50.1
About Subscriptions and Notifications
50.2
Adding a Notifications Task Flow to a Page
50.3
Setting Notifications Task Flow Properties
50.3.1
About Notifications Task Flow Properties
50.3.2
Notifications Task Flow Parameters
50.3.3
Hiding Save and Refresh Actions on Subscription Preferences
50.3.4
Displaying Subscription Controls for One Portal in Another
50.4
Working with Notifications Task Flows
51
Adding Personal Notes to a Portal
51.1
Prerequisites for Working With Notes
51.2
About Notes
51.3
Adding the Notes Task Flow to a Page
51.4
Setting Notes Task Flow Properties
51.5
Working with the Notes Task Flow
52
Adding Polls to a Portal
52.1
Prerequisite for Working with Polls
52.2
About Polls
52.3
Adding a Polls Task Flow to a Page
52.4
Setting Polls Task Flow Properties
52.4.1
About the Polls Task Flow Properties
52.4.2
Polls Task Flow Parameters
52.5
Working with the Polls Task Flows
52.5.1
Creating a Quick Poll Task Flow
52.5.2
Working with the Take Polls Task Flow
52.5.3
Working with the Polls Manager Task Flow
52.5.4
Working with the View Poll Results Task Flow
53
Adding Profiles to a Portal
53.1
About Profiles
53.2
Adding a Profile Task Flow to a Page
53.3
Setting Profile Task Flow Properties
53.3.1
About Profile Task Flow Properties
53.3.2
Organization View Task Flow Parameters
53.3.3
Profile Task Flow Parameters
53.3.4
Profile Gallery Task Flow Parameters
53.3.5
Profile - Snapshot Task Flow Parameters
53.3.6
Using Properties to Configure a Profile Task Flow Instance
53.4
Working with Profile Task Flows
54
Adding RSS Feeds to a Portal
54.1
Prerequisites for RSS News Feeds
54.2
About RSS News Feeds
54.2.1
RSS Task Flow
54.3
Adding an RSS Task Flow to a Page
54.4
Setting RSS Task Flow Properties
54.4.1
About the RSS Task Flow Properties
54.4.2
RSS Task Flow Parameters
54.5
Working with RSS Task Flows
54.5.1
Editing the Feed Location of an RSS Task Flow
54.5.2
Deleting the RSS Task Flow
55
Adding Search to a Portal
55.1
About Searching in WebCenter Portal
55.1.1
Understanding Search with Oracle SES
55.1.2
Understanding New Search Behavior with Oracle SES 11.2.2.2
55.2
Customizing Search with Oracle SES 11.2.2.2
55.2.1
Working with the Oracle SES 11.2.2.2 Search Task Flows
55.2.2
Reverting to Oracle SES 11.1.2.* Behavior
55.2.3
Configuring the Filtering Dropdown
55.2.4
Changing the Search Box Search
55.2.5
Configuring Search Scope
55.2.6
Configuring Facets
55.2.7
Enriching Search Results with Custom Attributes
55.3
Customizing Search with Oracle SES 11.1.2.*
55.3.1
Working with the Oracle SES 11.1.2.* Search Task Flows
55.3.2
Narrowing the Scope of Search
55.3.3
Customizing Search Results with Attributes and Refiners
55.3.4
Setting Search Task Flow Properties
55.4
Limitations with Search
56
Adding Tags and Bookmarks to a Portal
56.1
About Tags
56.1.1
Understanding Tags
56.1.2
Understanding the Tag Center
56.2
Working with Tags Features and Task Flows
56.2.1
Adding the Tags Icon to Pages
56.2.2
Tagging Application Pages
56.2.3
Tagging Application Documents
56.2.4
Viewing Tags and Tagged Items in Search Results
56.2.5
Working with Tags and Tagged Items in the Tag Center
56.2.6
Understanding the Tag Cloud and the Tag Selection Task Flows
56.2.7
Understanding the Similarly Tagged Items Task Flow
56.3
Setting Tags Task Flow Properties
56.3.1
About Tags Task Flow Properties
56.3.2
Tags Task Flow Parameters
57
Adding Worklists to a Portal
57.1
Prerequisites for Working with Worklists
57.2
About Worklists
57.3
Setting Messaging Preferences
57.4
Adding a Worklist Task Flow to a Page
57.5
Setting Worklist Task Flow Properties
57.6
Working with the Worklist Task Flow
Part VIII Managing Shared Resources for All Portals
58
Managing All Portal Templates
58.1
About Managing Portal Templates
58.2
Viewing All Portal Templates
58.3
Importing and Exporting Portal Templates
58.3.1
Importing Portal Templates
58.3.2
Exporting Portal Templates
58.4
Creating a New Portal Template
58.5
Viewing Information About a Portal Template
58.6
Searching for a Portal Template
58.7
Renaming a Portal Template
58.8
Setting Up Access to a Portal Template
58.9
Publishing and Hiding Portal Templates
58.10
Deleting a Portal Template
59
Working with Shared Assets
59.1
About Shared Assets
59.2
Accessing Shared Assets
59.3
Creating Shared Assets
59.4
Editing Shared Assets
59.5
Managing Shared Assets
59.6
Setting the Availability of a Shared Asset
59.7
Working with Shared Assets in JDeveloper
Part IX Enhancing Portals Through Design and Language
60
Creating a Look and Feel for Portals
60.1
About Creating a Look and Feel
60.2
Tips on Defining Page Templates
60.2.1
Page Template Layout
60.2.2
Customizing the Appearance of Components
60.2.3
Defining Scrolling
60.2.4
Defining Margins, Borders, and Padding
60.3
Tips on Defining Skins
60.3.1
Externalizing Static Assets
60.4
Optimizing Portals for Mobile Devices
60.5
Useful Design Tools
61
Translating Portals Into Other Languages
61.1
About Languages in WebCenter Portal
61.1.1
Handling Different Information Types For Translation
61.1.2
Display Language Precedence
61.1.3
Languages Supported Out-of-the-Box by WebCenter Portal
61.1.4
Fallback Language Mechanism
61.2
Configuring Language Options
61.3
Enabling Users to Choose a Language
61.3.1
Adding a Change Language Task Flow to a Page
61.3.2
Setting Change Language Task Flow Properties
61.4
Editing Strings or UI Text For a Particular Portal
61.4.1
Editing a Particular String or Portal
61.4.2
Finding the Resource Key for a String
61.4.3
Finding the GUID for a Portal
61.5
Presenting Translated Content Through a Content Presenter Template
Part X Appendices
A
WebCenter Portal Pretty URLs
A.1
Pretty URLs for WebCenter Portal Administration Pages
A.2
Pretty URLs for System Pages
A.3
Pretty URLs for Managing All Portals
A.4
Pretty URLs for the Default Portal
A.5
Pretty URLs for User Profiles
A.6
Pretty URLs for the Home Portal
A.7
Pretty URLs for Pages in a Specified Portal
B
Portal Components
B.1
About Portal Components
B.2
Accessing Portal Component Properties
B.3
About Portal
B.3.1
About Portal Component Display Options
B.3.2
About Portal Component Tag and XML
B.4
About WebCenter Portal
B.4.1
About WebCenter Portal Component Display Options
B.4.2
About WebCenter Portal Component Tag and XML
B.5
Add to Favorites
B.5.1
Add to Favorites Component Display Options
B.5.2
Add to Favorites Component Tag and XML
B.6
Administration
B.6.1
Administration Component Display Options
B.6.2
Administration Component Tag and XML
B.7
Change Membership
B.7.1
Change Membership Component Display Options
B.7.2
Change Membership Component Tag and XML
B.8
Contact Administration
B.8.1
Contact Administration Component Display Options
B.8.2
Contact Administration Component Tag and XML
B.9
Copyright Message
B.9.1
Copyright Message Component Display Options
B.9.2
Copyright Message Component Tag and XML
B.10
Create Page
B.10.1
Create Page Component Display Options
B.10.2
Create Page Component Tag and XML
B.11
Create Portal
B.11.1
Create Portal Component Display Options
B.11.2
Create Portal Component Tag and XML
B.12
Create Subportal
B.12.1
Create Subportal Component Display Options
B.12.2
Create Subportal Component Tag and XML
B.13
Current User Profile
B.13.1
Current User Profile Component Display Options
B.13.2
Current User Profile Component Tag and XML
B.14
Edit Page
B.14.1
Edit Page Component Display Options
B.14.2
Edit Page Component Tag and XML
B.15
Favorites Menu
B.15.1
Favorites Menu Component Display Options
B.15.2
Favorites Menu Component Tag and XML
B.16
Global Help
B.16.1
Global Help Component Display Options
B.16.2
Global Help Component Tag and XML
B.17
Home Portal
B.17.1
Home Portal Component Display Options
B.17.2
Home Portal Component Tag and XML
B.18
Invite People as Connection
B.18.1
Invite People as Connection Component Display Options
B.18.2
Invite People as Connection Component Tag and XML
B.19
Join Portal
B.19.1
Join Portal Component Display Options
B.19.2
Join Portal Component Tag and XML
B.20
Leave Portal
B.20.1
Leave Portal Component Display Options
B.20.2
Leave Portal Component Tag and XML
B.21
Login
B.21.1
Login Component Display Options
B.21.2
Login Component Tag and XML
B.22
Logout
B.22.1
Logout Component Display Options
B.22.2
Logout Component Tag and XML
B.23
Mail Members
B.23.1
Mail Members Component Display Options
B.23.2
Mail Members Component Tag and XML
B.24
Mail Portal Moderators
B.24.1
Mail Portal Moderators Component Display Options
B.24.2
Mail Portal Moderators Component Tag and XML
B.25
Manage Pages
B.25.1
Manage Pages Component Display Options
B.25.2
Manage Pages Component Tag and XML
B.26
Page Links
B.26.1
Page Links Component Display Options
B.26.2
Page Links Component Tag and XML
B.27
Parent Portal
B.27.1
Parent Portal Component Display Options
B.27.2
Parent Portal Component Tag and XML
B.28
Portal Switcher
B.28.1
Portal Switcher Component Display Options
B.28.2
Portal Switcher Component Tag and XML
B.29
Print Preview
B.29.1
Print Preview Component Display Options
B.29.2
Print Preview Component Tag and XML
B.30
Privacy URL
B.30.1
Privacy URL Component Display Options
B.30.2
Privacy URL Component Tag and XML
B.31
RSS
B.31.1
RSS Component Display Options
B.31.2
RSS Component Tag and XML
B.32
Search
B.33
Self-Registration
B.33.1
Self-Registration Component Display Options
B.33.2
Self-Registration Component Tag and XML
B.34
Share Resource
B.34.1
Share Resource Display Options
B.34.2
Share Resource Component Tag and XML
B.35
Status Indicator
B.35.1
Status Indicator Component Display Options
B.35.2
Status Indicator Component Tag and XML
B.36
Subscription Preferences
B.36.1
Subscription Preferences Component Display Options
B.36.2
Subscription Preferences Component Tag and XML
B.37
Tags
B.37.1
Tags Component Display Options
B.37.2
Tags Component Tag and XML
B.38
User Preferences
B.38.1
User Preferences Component Display Options
B.38.2
User Preferences Component Tag and XML
C
Data Presenter Examples
C.1
Presenting Data from Analytics
C.1.1
Creating a Graph to Display Page Hits
C.1.2
Using a Parameterized Task Flow to Display a Graph of Page Hits in a Portal
C.1.3
Creating a Graph to View Portal Site Traffic Data
C.1.4
Presenting Data with Two Task Flows in a Master-Detail Relationship
C.2
Displaying Employee Data from SQL Data Control
C.2.1
Creating the SQL Data Control and Consuming it in a Task Flow
C.2.2
Adding a Parameter Form to a Data Visualization
C.2.3
Binding Task Flow Parameters to Data Control Parameters
C.2.4
Showing a Hidden Column in the Table
C.3
Presenting Data from the WebCenter Portal MDS Repository
C.4
Presenting Data from a WebCenter Portal Web Service Data Source
C.4.1
Listing the Portals in WebCenter Portal
C.4.2
Using a Form to Rename a Portal
C.5
Building and Using a Custom Task Flow Style with Predefined Columns
C.5.1
Building the Custom Task Flow Style
C.5.2
Creating a Task Flow Based on the Custom Style
C.6
Building and Using a Custom Task Flow Style with Date Fields
C.6.1
Building the Custom Task Flow Style
C.6.2
Creating a Task Flow Based on the Custom Style
C.7
Presenting Data in a Master-Detail Relationship that Contains a Google Maps Task Flow
C.7.1
Creating the Data Control
C.7.2
Creating the Details Task Flow
C.7.3
Creating the Master Task Flow
C.7.4
Wiring the Master and Details Task Flows
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