Overview of Desktops

A desktop is a view of the portal that the visitor accesses. There can be one or more desktops per portal, so the portal is effectively a container for the desktops.

A desktop contains all the portlets, content, and look and feel elements necessary to create individual user views of a portal.

The hierarchy is as follows:

• Enterprise Application
  • Portal Web Application
    • Portal
      • Desktop
        • Book
          • Page
            • Portlet

You can create one or more desktops per portal, and tailor each desktop for a target audience.

Note: Book and Page resources are often created by developers in WebLogic Workshop. In order to make these resources visible in the library, you must create a desktop in the Administration Portal using the portal created in Workshop as the template. For example, if a developer creates book and page resources in a portal called NewTestPortal in Workshop, you must create a new desktop and select the NewTestPortal as your template for the desktop.

Related Help Topics:

• Modify Desktop Properties
• Create a Page
• Create a Book