BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 with Service Pack 4
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 documentation for all versions of WebLogic Portal 8.1 and is updated on an ongoing basis.
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What's
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Portal
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Portal
Administration Tutorials (PDF)
Portal Samples
| Portal Development |
Portal development involves creating all the resources and functionality for your application, then surfacing that application in a flexible, powerful user interface. Choose from the following topics to learn more about portal development.
Guides
Getting Started with Portal Development
Workshop Help Topics
Developing Portals with WebLogic Workshop
The WebLogic Workshop Development Environment
Developing Web Applications
Building Web Services
Building Portal Applications
Developing Enterprise Java Beans
Portal Design
Portal Design docs contain information relevant to the design phase of portal development. These articles include concepts and best practices that will ensure a smooth portal experience. We recommend that you become familiar with these documents before attemtping to build your first portal.
White Papers
Designing Portals for Optimal Performance
Portal Framework
Portal framework docs describe the portal rendering framework and provide steps for creating portal user interfaces.
Guides
Portal User Interface Framework Guide
White Papers
WebLogic Portal Framework
Workshop Help Topics
Developing Portal User Interfaces
WSRP Support
WSRP support docs show you how to develop and use federated "plug & play" portlets that are compliant with the Web Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP) standard.
Guides
Using WSRP with WebLogic Portal
> Introduction to WSRP
> Establishing Interportlet Communications with Remote Portlets
> Best Practices for Implementing WSRP
> Implementing Custom Data Transfer
> Establishing WSRP Security
> Working with Producers
Workshop Help Topics
Implementing WSRP-Compliant Portlets
Building a Remote Portlet
Portlets
Portlet docs show you how to build portlets, reuse portlets from the portlet library, use the collaboration portlets, and communicate between portlets.
Guides
Establishing Interportlet Communications
BEA WebLogic Portlets for Groupware Integration Documentation
Installation Guide
Setup Guide
User's Guide
Supported Configurations Guide
Javadoc
Workshop Help Topics
Building Portlets
Using Portlets from the Portlet Library
Building a Remote Portlet
Interaction Management
Interaction management docs show you how to build personalization with content selectors, placeholders, campaigns, and other features.
Guides
Interaction Management Guide
> Content Selectors
> Placeholders
> Campaigns
> Events and Behavior Tracking
Using Rules in Portal Applications
White Papers
Content Personalization
Administration Portal Help Topics
Interaction Management in the Administration Portal
Controls
Controls docs show you how to add predefined Java functionality of common tasks to your page flows and Web services applications using portal controls.
Workshop Help Topics
Working with Java Controls
Adding Portal Controls to Java Page Flows
Production Operations
Production operations include setting up a team development environment, configuring a portal cluster, deploying and propagating application updates to a production environment, and moving portal assets back and forth between development and staging environments.
Guides
Production Operations User Guide
Security
Security docs provide guidance on securing your portal applications.
Guides
Preventing Direct Access to Portlet Resources
Workshop Help Topics
Securing Portal Applications
Using Multiple Authentication Providers in Portal Development
How WebLogic Portal Uses the WebLogic Server SSPI
Performance Tuning/Capacity Planning
Performance tuning docs help you increase the speed of your portal applications, and capacity planning docs help you plan your hardware needs for the amount of traffic you anticipate.
Guides
Performance Tuning Guide
Capacity Planning Guide
Administration Portal Help Topics
Service Administration in the Administration Portal
Internationalization
Internationalization docs provide guidance on building portals that support multiple languages and multi-byte environments.
Guides
WebLogic Portal 8.1 SP4: Use with Multibyte Environment
Reference
Reference docs include Javadoc for WebLogic Portal and partner APIs, and descriptions of JSP tags.
Guides
WebLogic Portal Javadoc
Workshop Help Topics
WebLogic Portal Reference
Portal JSP Tags
Properties for Portal Components
| Portal Administration |
Portal administration involves: assembling portals, creating desktops; managing content, business logic, users, search capabilities, and databases; rebranding the WebLogic Administration Portal; and maintaining the overall portal environment. Choose from the following topics to learn more about portal administration.
Guides
Getting Started with Portal Administration
Rebranding the Administration Portal
Administration Portal Help Topics
WebLogic Administration Portal Online Help
Administering Portals with the WebLogic Administration Portal
Portal Management
The portal management docs show you how to build and manage portals and portal resources in the WebLogic Administration Portal.
Guides
Portal Management Guide
Administration Portal Help Topics
Portal Management in the Administration Portal
Overview of Portal Management
Overview of Library Administration
Content Management
The content management docs show you how to add and manage content in BEA's Virtual Content Repository, whether your content is stored in an external BEA-compatible repository or in a BEA repository.
Guides
Content Management Guide
BulkLoader Guide
Repository Guide
White Papers
Integrating Content Into the BEA Virtual Content Repository
Administration Portal Help Topics
Managing Content in the Administration Portal
User Management
The user management docs show you how to manage the users who will visit and manage your portal applications, including setting up unified user profiles, anonymous tracked users, delegated administration, and visitor entitlements.
Guides
User Management Guide
> Anonymous Users
> Unified User Profiles
Administration Portal Help Topics
Users and Groups
Delegated Administration
Visitor Entitlements
Search Management
The search management docs show you how to use and manage search functionality in your portals.
Administration Portal Help Topics
Search Management in the Administration Portal
Security
The security docs show you how to use multiple authentication providers in your portal applications.
Administration Portal Help Topics
Using Multiple Authentication Providers with WebLogic Portal
Database Administration
The database administration docs show you how to configure your 8.1-compatible database. The docs also provide descriptions of the database tables used in your portal applications, DDL modules, and database scripts.
Guides
Database Administration Guide
Visitor Tools
The visitor tools docs describe how to use WebLogic Portal's visitor tools to customize the portals you create.
Guides
Visitor Tools Guide
| Included Third-Party Technologies |
Included third-party technologies are products or technologies that are included in the WebLogic Portal installation.
PointBase
PointBase Product Documentation
| Complementary BEA Products |
Complementary BEA products are pre-integrated to WebLogic Portal and are available separately from BEA.
Archived Compoze Documentation
All Documentation for past Compoze Releases
Kapow
Kapow RoboSuite, BEA WebLogic Edition
Kapow RoboSuite Documentation
MobileAware
MobileAware Interaction Server Documentation
SAP
WebLogic Portlets for SAP Documentation
Siebel
WebLogic Portlets for Siebel Documentation
dev2dev
Portal Solutions Catalog
Accessibility
Accessibility docs describe the product features that support users with disabilities.
Guides
Accessibility Notes for BEA WebLogic Workshop
Accessibility Notes for the WebLogic Administration Portal
Other Sources of Information