Providing Access to Web Content with Web Content Sources
Content
sources provide access to external content repositories, enabling
users to submit documents and content managers to create content crawlers
to import documents into the Knowledge Directory. Each content source
is configured to access a particular document repository with specific
authentication. For example, a content source for a secured web site
can be configured to fill out the web form necessary to gain access
to that site. Register a content source for each secured web site
or back-end repository from which content can be imported into your
portal.
Note: The World Wide Web content source, created upon install,
provides access to any unsecured web site.
To create a web content
source you must have the following rights and privileges:
- Access Administration activity right
- Create Content Sources activity right
- At least Edit access to the parent folder (the folder that will
store the content source)
- Click Administration.
- Open the folder in which you want to store the content
source.
- In the Create Object drop-down list,
click Content Source - WWW.
The Content Source Editor opens.
- Complete the tasks on Main Settings page:
- Click the Proxy Server Configuration page and complete the following task:
- Click the Login Form Settings page
and complete the following task:
- Click the Cookie Information page
and complete the following task:
- Click the Header Information page
and complete the following task:
- Click the Properties and Names page
and complete the following tasks:
Users with
at least Select access to this content source can now submit documents
from this content source or create content crawlers that will access
this content source.
