Architectural Overview

 

Welcome to BEA WebLogic Portal Architectural Overview! While most WebLogic Portal documents focus on a specific development role and task, this document provides an overview of WebLogic Portal services and data structures. Each member of your team can use this document to understand how an individual component contributes to the overall application.

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Architectural Overview

WebLogic Portal in the BEA E-Business Platform

Web Applications, Enterprise Applications, and WebLogic Server Domains

Your Web Application in Context

Types and Scope of Resources

URLs for Accessing Web Applications

The BEA_HOME and PORTAL_HOME Directories

The Reference Domain and Enterprise Applications

petflowDomain

p13nDomain

wlcsDomain

portalDomain

Non-Archived Enterprise Applications

Portals and Portlets

Relationships Among Applications and Portals

Portal Concepts

What Is a Group Portal?

What is a Portal Page?

What Is a Layout?

What Is a Portlet?

Designing the Appearance of Portlets

Personalization versus Customization

Visitor Entitlements

Delegated Administration

Flow Management with Webflow

Webflow as a State Machine

Namespaces

The Scope of Webflow Components

Creating, Modifying, and Synchronizing Webflow Components

For More Information

User and Group Management

Services for Registering Customers and Managing Customers

Customer and Group Profiles

Unified User Profile

Security

Security Realms

Security Roles and Declarative Security

Property Sets

Property Sets Serve as Namespaces for Properties

Where Property Sets Are Used

Rules

Customer Segments

Content Management

Content Management Systems

Content Selectors

Ad Placeholders

Comparison of Methods for Retrieving and Displaying Documents

The Advisor

Events and Behavior Tracking Service

Campaign Services

Campaigns and the Mail Service

Commerce Services

Product Catalog

Payment and Order Services

Discounts

Item Discounts and Order Discounts

Global Discounts and User Discounts

Internationalization Framework

Development Tools

WebLogic Server Administration Console

Accessing the WebLogic Server Administration Console

E-Business Control Center

WebLogic Portal Administration Tools

Accessing the WebLogic Portal Administration Tools

Logging In to the Administrator Account

Changing the Administrator Password