Step 4: Modify the Placeholder Definition

In this step, you will change the definition of the Placeholder and view the results.

  1. Select Placeholders in the main navigation pane.

  2. In the Placeholders Resource tree, select Placeholders -> tutorial -> Tutorial Content Query. The following information should be available in the Editor pane:

  3. Select the link [ internal ] to open the following dialog box:

  4. Change this from internal to external, and click Save Changes. The content search definition should now reflect the newly selected value.
  5. In the browser displaying the desktop used in the previous step, refresh the display to see how the modified definition has changed what is displayed.

At this point you can see how easy it is to change the content that is displayed in a Placeholder. In the next steps you will learn how to easily personalize the contents of a portlet.