About User Interface Customization
AquaLogic Interaction provides several features that work
together to control your portal user interface.
About Customizing the User Interface with Adaptive Layouts
Adaptive layouts let
you quickly change the look and feel of areas in the portal user interface
using adaptive tags in standard XHTML. Adaptive layouts are displayed
in the portal through remote portlet web services. Adaptive page layouts
are applied at the experience definition level and affect the entire
experience definition. Adaptive portlet layouts are applied at
the My Page and community page level and affect only that page.
About Controlling the User Interface with Experience Definitions and Experience Rules
Experience definitions
provide multiple user experiences within a single portal. An experience
definition defines certain elements of a user experience, such as
adaptive page layout settings, branding style, and navigation.
About Branding with Header and Footer Portlets
Branding portlets customize
the look of your portal through the use of headers and footers. For
example, you probably want to add your company logo and tagline to
the header and you might want to add contact information or copyrights
to the footer.
About Navigation Options
The
portal includes navigation schemes that allow you to select the menu
layout and core navigation structure most appropriate for your bandwidth
constraints, browser requirements, design needs, deployment size,
and end-user expectations. You can also create your own navigation
schemes, using the existing code as a starting point.
Portal Interface Types
Users
can change their portal display to accommodate assistive technologies
or slow internet connections.
Editing Locale Settings
Users
can change their portal display to accommodate their time zone and
locale.
- About Customizing the User Interface with Adaptive LayoutsAdaptive layouts let you quickly change the look and feel of areas in the portal user interface using adaptive tags in standard XHTML. Adaptive layouts are displayed in the portal through remote portlet web services. Adaptive page layouts are applied at the experience definition level and affect the entire experience definition. Adaptive portlet layouts are applied at the My Page and community page level and affect only that page.
- Reverting to a Legacy User InterfaceIf you want to display the user interface used in previous versions of the portal you can do so with settings in the Experience Definition Editor.
- About Controlling the User Interface with Experience Definitions and Experience RulesExperience definitions provide multiple user experiences within a single portal. An experience definition defines certain elements of a user experience, such as adaptive page layout settings, branding style, and navigation. An experience rule defines the conditions that, when met, display the associated experience definition to a user.
- About Branding with Header and Footer PortletsBranding portlets customize the look of your portal through the use of headers and footers. For example, you probably want to add your company logo and tagline to the header and you might want to add contact information or copyrights to the footer.
- About Navigation OptionsThe portal includes navigation schemes that allow you to select the menu layout and core navigation structure most appropriate for your bandwidth constraints, browser requirements, design needs, deployment size, and end-user expectations. You can also create your own navigation schemes, using the existing code as a starting point.
- About Controlling the Initial Portal ExperienceAquaLogic Interaction includes several features that work together to control users' initial portal experience, such as the user interface and access to content.