Developing portal applications involves using the WebLogic Portal framework
and tools to surface applications in a portal user interface. It also involves
adding personalization, campaigns, and behavior tracking to your applications.
You can quickly and easily integrate your own applications into WebLogic
Workshop and apply WebLogic Portal's framework, tools, and services to them,
or you can create new portal applications in WebLogic Workshop.
When you have integrated your existing applications into the portal framework
or created new portal applications, you can create portlets to surface your
application functionality in a portal interface.
Updating Portal Libraries
with New Service Packs
Provides instructions on updating the WebLogic Portal libraries
in existing portal applications and Web projects when product service packs
are released.
Integrating
Existing Applications into Portals
Explains how to integrate many types of applications into
the WebLogic Workshop development environment and add the portal framework
and services to them.
Developing a
New Portal Application
Provides instructions on creating a portal framework and
building different types of applications that you can surface in a portal
interface using the portal framework. This section also includes instructions
on managing content and users and adding special features to your portal
desktops.
Building Portlets
Provides instructions on creating and customizing portlets,
adding portlets from Sample Portal to your portal application, and establishing
inter-portlet communication.
Related Topics
Guide to Development with
WebLogic Workshop
Developing Personalized Applications
Developing Portal User Interfaces
Assembling Portal Applications
Securing Portal Applications
Portal Reference