BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 Documentation

BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 with Service Pack 3

BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 provides enterprise portal infrastructure for streamlined portal development. This framework includes a rich, graphical, environment for developing portals as well as browser-based assembly tools for business experts. BEA WebLogic Portal simplifies the production and management of custom-fit portals, allowing you to leverage a shared services environment to roll out changes with minimal complexity and effort.

This Web site contains current documentation for WebLogic Server 8.1 Service Pack 3 and is updated on an ongoing basis.

What's New in WebLogic Portal 8.1 Service Pack 3? For a list of new enchancements for WebLogic Portal, see WebLogic Portal Enhancements. For a complete list of enhancements for WebLogic Platform, see WebLogic Platform Enhancements.

Download the WebLogic Portal documentation in PDF

View Service Pack 2 documentation

Getting Started

WebLogic Portal Release Notes
Portal Overview
Installing WebLogic Platform
Getting Started with Portal Development
Getting started with Portal Administration

Tutorials and Samples

Portal Development Tutorials HTML | PDF
Portal Administration Tutorials HTML | PDF
Portal Samples

Upgrading WebLogic Portal

Upgrade to Service Pack 3
Upgrade Guide

Portal Administration

Getting Started with Portal Administration
Using the Administration Portal
Rebranding the Administration Portal

User Management

Users and Groups
Delegated Administration
Visitor Entitlements

Portal Management

Portal Management in the Administration Portal
Creating Portals in the Administration Portal
Portal Library Administration

Security

Overview of Security Administration
Using Multiple Authentication Providers with WebLogic Portal

Search Management

Search Management in the Administration Portal

Content Management

Managing Content in the Administration Portal
Bulkloader Guide
Guide for Creating Additional Repositories
White Paper: Integrating Content Into the BEA Virtual Content Repository

Database Administration

Database Administration Guide

Visitor Tools

Using the Visitor Tools

Partner Documentation

MobileAware Interaction Server documentation
WebLogic Portlets for SAP documentation
WebLogic Portlets for Siebel documentation
Compoze Portlets for BEA WebLogic Portal User's Guide
Autonomy Documentation

AutoIndexer Administrator's Guide
Distributed Service Handler (DiSH) Administrator's Guide
DRE 4 / AXE Administration
HTTP Fetch Administrator's Guide
ODBC Fetch Administrator's Guide (supported only on Windows platform)

PointBase Product Documentation
Kapow RoboSuite, BEA WebLogic Edition
Kapow RoboSuite 5.0 Documentation
Portal Solutions Catalog

Portal Development

Getting Started with Portal Development
Developing Portals with WebLogic Workshop

The WebLogic Workshop Development Environment
Developing Web Applications
Building Web Services
Building Portal Applications
Developing Enterprise Java Beans

Framework

Developing Portal User Interfaces
White Paper: WebLogic Portal Framework

Deployment

Team Development Guide
Deploying Portal Applications

Security

Securing Portal Applications
Using Multiple Authentication Providers in Portal Development
How WebLogic Portal Uses the WebLogic Server SSPI

WSRP Support

Using WSRP in WebLogic Portal
Best Practices for Implementing WSRP
Establishing WSRP Security

Controls

Working with Java Controls
Adding Portal Controls to Java Page Flows

Portlets

Building Portlets
Using Portlets from the Portlet Library
Building a Remote Portlet

Personalization

Developing Personalized Applications
Interaction Management in the Administration Portal
Using Rules in Portal Applications
White Paper: Content Personalization

Performance Tuning

Performance Tuning Guide
Capacity Planning Guide
Service Administration in the Administration Portal

Reference

WebLogic Portal
WebLogic Portal Javadoc
Compoze Javadoc
Autonomy Javadoc
Portal JSP Tags
Properties for Portal Components

Accessibility

Accessibility Notes for BEA WebLogic Workshop
Accessibility Notes for the BEA WebLogic Administration Portal

Other Sources of Information

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Customer Support
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