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Creating a Remote Portlet Web Service for an Adaptive Layout

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.

The tasks described below assume that you have already created the adaptive layouts as described in the Adaptive Page Layouts section of the AquaLogic User Interaction Development Guide.

Before you create a remote portlet web service, if necessary, create the remote server the web service will point to. If your adaptive layouts are stored on the computer that hosts the Image Service, you can use the ImageServer Remote Server.

To create a remote portlet web service you must have the following rights and privileges:
  • Access Administration activity right
  • Create Web Service Infrastructure activity right
  • At least Edit access to the parent folder (the folder that will store the web service)
  • At least Select access to the remote server the web service will point to
  1. Click Administration.
  2. Open the Page Layouts folder. Remote portlet web services for adaptive layouts must be stored in this folder to be available in the Experience Definition Editor and the Select Page Layout dialog box for My Pages and community pages.
  3. Open the folder for the type of layout for which you are creating a web service. For example, if you are creating a web service for a layout that applies to search results pages, open the Search Results Page Layouts folder.
  4. In the Create Object drop-down list, click Web Service — Remote Portlet.
  5. Next to Remote Server, click Browse. The Choose Remote Server dialog box opens.
  6. Select the remote server this web service should point to and click OK. If your adaptive layouts are stored on the computer that hosts the Image Service, you can use the ImageServer Remote Server.
  7. In the Portlet URL box, complete the path to the adaptive layout. For example: plumtree/portal/private/pagelayouts/searchresultslayout.html
The default security for this web service is based on the security of the parent folder. You can change the security when you save this web service (on the Security tab page in the Save As dialog box), or by editing this web service (on the Security page of the Web Service Editor).
Note:
  • If you are creating a web service for a portlet layout, provide at least Select access to any users you want to be able to select the layout in My Pages or community pages.
  • If you are creating a web service for a page layout, provide at least Select access to any users you want to be able to select the layout in experience definitions.
Parent topic: Customizing the User Interface with Adaptive Layouts

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