Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) E12405-02 |
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This chapter describes how to customize WebCenter Spaces for your target audience. You must login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges to set any of the application-wide properties described here.
This chapter includes the following sections:
Audience
The content of this chapter is intended for WebCenter Spaces administrators. Users granted the WebCenter Spaces Administrator
role or a custom role that grants the Application-Manage
permission).
Out-of-the-box, the application name WebCenter Spaces appears in the banner (see Figure 18-1). If you prefer, you can change the name to better suit your target audience. For example, you might want to display your company name here or the name of a department within your company.
Note: You can change the logo that displays next to the application name too. See Section 18.4, "Changing the WebCenter Logo". |
To change the name of your WebCenter Spaces application:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
In the Application Name field, enter the new name.
Alphanumeric characters are allowed together with spaces, underscores (_) and dashes (-). For example, Finance Department - My Corporation
.
Click Apply.
Online help for WebCenter Spaces displays when you click the Help link located at the top of the application (see Figure 18-2). Out-of-the-box, this Help link opens Oracle's built-in help. If you want, you can write online help specifically aimed at your end-users and redirect the Help link to a different help location.
When you customize the Help link, built-in help for WebCenter Spaces is still available through help buttons, help icons, and so on.
To customize the main Help link for WebCenter Spaces:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
In the Global Help URL field, enter the location of your help (Figure 18-2).
Ensure that you enter a fully qualified URL. For example: http://<myhost>:<port>/myhelp
The default Global Help URL is /webcenterhelp/spaces
. This URL opens Oracle Help for the Web (OHW) and displays Oracle's built-in help for WebCenter Spaces.
Note: If you leave the Global Help URL field blank, the Help link is not displayed. |
Click Apply.
Click Help at the top of the application to check the custom help opens correctly.
The Sidebar in WebCenter Spaces offers users quick access to personal services such mail, worklist assignments, personal contacts, and more. Out-of-the-box, the Sidebar will offer the full range of WebCenter services that are available and WebCenter users can hide any services they do not use or require.
The Sidebar is configurable. WebCenter Spaces administrators can customize the default sidebar for all users as follows:
Administrators can choose which services are available through the sidebar and the order they are displayed. If some services are not in use or not yet configured you can hide them.
If you want to hide the entire sidebar, hide all available services.
To hide or show services on the sidebar:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Personal Space tab.
Click the Sidebar tab.
Set the Display option (Figure 18-4):
Click the gray cross to show an item on the sidebar (cross changes to check mark).
Click the green check mark to hide an item on the sidebar (check mark changes to cross).
Use the Move Up and Move Down arrows to change the display order.
Any changes you make immediately impact everyone's personal sidebar.
Users can personalize their sidebar, that is, display sidebar panes when they require them and hide sidebar panes that they do not need or use. Sidebar personalization is useful for hiding non-essential services but might prove less desirable for sidebar content that is critical for user productivity. By locking individual panes on the sidebar, WebCenter Spaces administrators can control which resources always display and which resources never display.
To lock sidebar content:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Personal Space tab.
Click the Sidebar tab.
Set Allow Personalization (Figure 18-5):
Click the gray cross to allow user personalization (cross changes to check mark).
Click the green check mark to prevent user personalization (check mark changes to cross).
Any changes you make immediately impact everyone's personal sidebar.
One way to apply corporate branding to WebCenter Spaces, is to add your company logo to the top left corner of the application (Figure 18-6). If your company's logo is not suitable, any graphic that brings visual interest can be used.
Note: You can change the application name that displays next to the logo too. See Section 18.1, "Naming Your WebCenter". |
The logo you specify will resize automatically, according to the application skin.
To change the WebCenter logo:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
Click Browse for the Application Logo property.
The File Upload dialog box opens.
Select the logo you want to use.
Click Apply to save.
The logo is uploaded to the WebCenter Spaces image directory (/webcenter/images
) and the new logo immediately appears in the top left corner of the application banner.
As WebCenter Spaces Administrator, you may customize the appearance of WebCenter Spaces for all users by changing its skin. A skin changes the way the user interface appears, but does not change the application's behavior. A selection of built-in skins are provided with WebCenter Spaces. Alternatively, create skins of your own and brand the application according to your corporate image.
The look and feel of WebCenter Spaces is driven by an ADF Faces skin. A skin in ADF Faces is a global style sheet for the entire application. Every component in WebCenter Spaces will automatically use the styles described by this skin. ADF Faces skins are based on the Cascading Style Sheet specification, and use CSS 3.0 syntax.
Out-of-the-box, WebCenter Spaces uses the Deep Sea skin. In addition, WebCenter Spaces provides several built-in skins, with names such as Storm and Midnight, so that you can experiment with some different look and feels. For details, see Section 18.5.2, "Selecting a Skin".
If none of the built-in skins suit your requirements or you want to apply a look and feel that reflects your corporate brand, you may provide your own ADF Faces skin and apply it to WebCenter Spaces. For details, see Section 18.5.3, "Making New Skins Available to WebCenter Spaces".
To apply a different skin to your WebCenter Spaces application:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
Choose an Application Skin from the list provided.
The skin list provided is generated from a file called trinidad-skins.xml
. To add skins to this file, read Section 18.5.3, "Making New Skins Available to WebCenter Spaces".
Click Apply.
The selected skin is immediately applied to WebCenter Spaces.
If none of the built-in skins suit your requirements or you want to apply a look and feel that reflects your corporate brand, you may provide your own ADF Faces skin and apply it to WebCenter Spaces.
Because newly deployed skins only become available to WebCenter Spaces once the application's managed server is restarted, custom skin deployment typically takes place before the WebCenter Spaces application goes live or during scheduled maintenance periods.
Custom skin deployment is described in a whitepaper entitled "Extending WebCenter Spaces" available on the Oracle Technology Network (http://webcenter.oracle.com
).
Administrators can customize or hide copyright and privacy statements for WebCenter Spaces. If displayed, the copyright and privacy URL appear in the application's page footer (Figure 18-7):
Copyright - Displays a copyright statement for the entire application.
Privacy URL - Links to a document that contains a privacy policy for the entire application.
Individual group spaces may provide their own copyright and privacy statements. See "Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
To customize or hide copyright and privacy statements:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
Do one of the following:
Select Display Page Footer to display copyright and privacy information at the bottom of the application.
Deselect Display Page Footer to hide the page footer. No legal notices will display.
If you have chosen to display legal notices:
Copyright - Enter a suitable copyright statement for the WebCenter Spaces application. If no copyright information is required, leave this field blank.
Privacy URL - Specify the location of the application's privacy policy. Enter a fully qualified URL. If no privacy information is required, leave this field blank.
Click Apply to save.
New settings immediately display in the page footer.
The WebCenter Spaces application is translated into the following languages:
Table 18-1 Languages Available for Oracle WebCenter Spaces
A to Fi | Fr to No | P to T |
---|---|---|
Arabic |
French |
Polish |
Brazilian Portuguese |
German |
Portuguese |
Chinese (Simplified) |
Greek |
Romanian |
Chinese (Traditional) |
Hebrew |
Russian |
Czech |
Hungarian |
Slovak |
Danish |
Italian |
Spanish |
Dutch |
Japanese |
Swedish |
English |
Korean |
Thai |
Finnish |
Norwegian |
Turkish |
Application content is translated, including links, field labels, display text, message text, and dialog boxes. However, information that users add to WebCenter Spaces such as announcements, documents, discussion forum content, and the like, is not translated. All user supplied content displays only in the language used by its author.
It is the administrator's job to choose a default display language for WebCenter Spaces. When picking the default language, consider which language suits the majority of people using the application. The first time a user logs in to WebCenter Space the default language displays but individuals can personalize their display language through user preferences.
The default display language only applies when users log in to WebCenter Spaces. All public pages, such as the welcome page and login page, display in the browser language.
WebCenter Spaces provides a language switcher on the welcome, login, and self registration pages to accommodate anyone whose native language is not the browser language. The language switcher sets the session language cookie which overrides the browser language and any default display language you may define for the application. The session language is retained for the life of the session cookie. When a user clears browser cookies—deliberately—the session language is also cleared and the browser language (unauthenticated) and default display language (authenticated) become active again.
To summarize, the order of precedence for WebCenter Spaces display language settings from weakest to strongest is as follows:
Browser language - your Browser documentation will describe how to change the browser's language.
Application display language - see instructions below.
User-defined display language - see "Choosing Your Preferred Display Language" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
Session language - see "Setting a Session Display Language" in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
To select the default display language for WebCenter Spaces:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the General tab.
Choose a Default Language.
Click Apply.
The new language is effective immediately.
Discussion forums allow group space members to capture, share, and preserve content that is relevant to their project or community goals.
As WebCenter Spaces Administrator, you are responsible for setting discussion forum options through WebCenter Spaces Administration (Figure 18-8).
From here, you can configure the following:
Note: The Fusion Middleware Administrator maintains the connection between WebCenter Spaces and the discussions server. If you are experiencing issues with this connection, report the problem to the Fusion Middleware Administrator. See also, Section 11.1, "Setting Up Connections for the Discussions and Announcements Services". |
Administrators can change the root category (on the discussions server) under which all WebCenter Spaces discussions and announcements are stored.
If the root category is not defined within the connection, WebCenter is selected by default. You can choose a different location if you wish. This might be useful when WebCenter Spaces is connected to a discussions server that is hosting discussion forums for multiple applications.
Oracle recommendations:
Choose a category that is dedicated to this WebCenter Spaces application. There may be conflicts when multiple WebCenter Spaces applications share the same root category.
Do not switch the root category once WebCenter Spaces is up and running. If you change the root category, all the discussion forums under the old root will continue to work but you cannot, use the Links service to, create links to discussions or announcements stored in the old category.
Group spaces either own a category (supporting multiple forums) or a single forum, under the root category that you specify. It is the group space's template that determines whether it can support multiple forums. For example:
Communities of interest - A sub category is created under the root category for each new group space based on the Community of Interest template.
Group projects - As single forum is created under the root category for each new group space based on the Group Project template.
Group spaces based on blank templates - By default, a single forum is created under the root category for each new group space based on the Blank template. Your systems administrator might override this if they feel that a sub category, that supports multiple forums, is more suitable. See also, Section 11.1.3, "Registering Discussion Servers".
To specify where WebCenter Spaces discussion forums are stored:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Services tab, and then select Discussions.
Specify an appropriate Root Category for storing WebCenter Spaces discussions.
Click the Find icon to view the categories available and then select the most appropriate location.
To create a new category especially for this WebCenter Spaces application, click Create Category. You must have system administrator permissions on the discussions server to create new categories.
Click Apply to save the settings.
Out-of-the box, a default discussion forum is provided for any group space that is based on the Community of Interest template and this default forum is named after the group space.
Group spaces that are based on the Community of Interest template support multiple forums. If you want, you can choose your own name and description for the default forum in these group spaces or you can disable the default forums feature altogether.
Default forum properties do not apply to group spaces based on the Group Project template. Project-based group spaces offer a single discussion forum that is always available and named after the group space.
To set up or disable the default discussion forum:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Services tab, and then select Discussions.
Select Create Default Forum to always provide a default forum in group spaces based on Community of Interest templates.
Deselect this option to disable this feature. Group space moderators and members with the Discussions-Manage
permission can create a discussion forum as and when one is needed.
If a default discussion forum is required:
Use Forum Description to specify a name for the default discussion forum.
If you want to include the name of the parent group space in the forum name, include the syntax #{groupSpace.description}
. For example: General - #{groupSpace.description}
Use the syntax #{groupSpace.description} in Forum Description to create a description based on the group space's name. For example:
This is a general discussion forum for the #{groupSpace.description}
group space.
In this example, a group space named 'Photography', has a default discussion forum with the following description: This is a general discussion forum for the Photography group space.
Click Apply to save the settings.
Mail communication through group space mail distribution lists can be published as discussion forum posts and archived on the discussions server. To enable this feature in WebCenter Spaces you must specify the mail server and mail account used to receive group space mail. WebCenter Spaces will monitor mail sent to this account and publish mail content on the appropriate group space discussion forum.
To ensure mail is not missed, the user account that you specify must be a member of every group space mail distribution list, that is, the user must be listed as a default user on the LDAP Directory Server. Default users are configured using a mail server connection property called LDAP Default User; this property takes multiple user names. See, Section 11.3, "Setting Up Connections for the Mail Service".
Once you have set up the mail server and mail account used to receive group space mail for all of WebCenter Spaces, its up to the moderator of each group space to say which mail distribution list is monitored and which discussion forum is used to publish the group space mail. While it is possible for multiple group spaces to use the same distribution list it is archived only once. See also "Publishing Group Space Mail in a Discussion Forum" in Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
To configure the mail server used to receive and store group space mail:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Services tab, and then select Discussions.
Configure Mail Settings:
Enter the User Name and Password for the mail account used to receive group space mail.
The user specified here must be listed as a default user on the LDAP Directory Server. See, Section 11.3, "Setting Up Connections for the Mail Service".
Enter the Host name and Port of the IMAP mail server used to receive group space mail.
Specify the mail server that is managing all group space distribution lists.
Enable or disable secure (encrypted) communication between WebCenter Spaces and the mail server.
If you enable this option, the mail server must support SSL.
Click Apply to save the settings.
Every WebCenter user has a personal profile that displays personal information such as their email address, phone number, office location, department, manager, direct reports, and so on. Most profile data originates from the back-end identity store that WebCenter Spaces is using (Figure 18-9).
Personal profiles are presented in four sections: Summary, Employee, Business Contact, Personal Information. Each section provides information related to the section heading. For example, Summary includes a collection of basic details, such as the user's name, mail address, and office location.
It's the administrator's job to specify what information displays in each section, and whether users are allowed to edit their profile data and their password within WebCenter Spaces.
To manage personal profiles for WebCenter Spaces:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Services tab, and then select Profiles (Figure 18-10)
Select Allow Password Change to allow WebCenter users to change their WebCenter Space login password through user preferences.
Clear this check box to prevent users from changing their login passwords through WebCenter Spaces. Some organizations provide a single, separate application for managing user credentials and prefer not to offer password management through other applications.
Use the Profile Access section to select which information sections display—Summary, Employee, Business Contact, Personal Information:
Select the Available check box to include a profile section.
Deselect the Available check box to exclude a profile section.
Specify whether WebCenter users can edit their profile details, section-by-section:
Select the Can Edit check box to allow users to edit a profile section.
Deselect the Can Edit check box to make a section read-only.
Use the Profile Attributes section to specify whether WebCenter users can modify individual profile attributes:
Select the Allow Update check box to allow users to update a profile attribute.
Deselect the Allow Update check box to make a particular profile attribute read-only.
Allow Update check box selections are only effective when the parent section is displayed and editable, that is, the Available and Can Edit check boxes must both be checked.
Click the Apply button to save your settings.
In WebCenter Spaces, a series of WebCenter services expose social networking and personal productivity features and functionality through various task flows.
Table 18-2 lists the services available to WebCenter Spaces and groups them into three classifications: social networking, personal productivity, and intersecting services, which combine the first two.
Table 18-2 WebCenter Services
Personal Productivity | Intersecting | Social Networking |
---|---|---|
MailFoot 1 |
DocumentsFootref 1 |
AnnouncementsFootref 1 |
NotesFoot 2 |
EventsFootref 2 |
BlogFootref 1 |
Recent ActivitiesFootref 2 |
LinksFootref 2 |
DiscussionsFootref 1 |
RSSFootref 1 |
ListsFootref 2 |
Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP)Footref 1 |
SearchFootref 1 |
PageFootref 2 |
WikiFootref 1 |
WorklistFootref 1 |
TagsFootref 2 |
Footnote 1 Connection to external back-end required.
Footnote 2 Connection to WebCenter repository and MDS repository required (databases where notes, events, links, lists, pages, and tags are stored).
Some WebCenter servicesFootref 0, such as Mail, require an external back-end server. The Fusion Middleware Administrator is responsible for managing connections to all external servers and also maintains the WebCenter and MDS repositoriesFootref 0 where application data, specific to WebCenter Spaces, is stored. See also Chapter 3, "Maintaining WebCenter Spaces".
When a service, such as Mail, is available in WebCenter Spaces:
Associated task flows display in the resource catalog.
Existing task flows function as expected.
(Group space services only) Moderators choose whether to enable or disable the service in their group spaces—using the Group Space Settings - Services page.
When a back-end server is not configured, intentionally or otherwise, WebCenter Spaces cannot offer features or functionality related to that service:
Associated task flows are not available in the resource catalog.
Existing task flows display a message indicating that the service is currently unavailable.
(Group space services only) Service is not listed, as available, to group space moderators —on Group Space Settings - Services page.
Reporting Temporary Issues with WebCenter Services
When a service is temporarily unavailable, report the issue to the Fusion Middleware Administrator. The Fusion Middleware Administrator can use Fusion Middleware Control to investigate, diagnose, and solve issues with WebCenter services. See also, Section 15.2.1, "Monitoring WebCenter Spaces".
Hiding Task Flows Belonging to Disabled Services
Most WebCenter Services are optional. If you decide not to offer a particular service in WebCenter Spaces, temporarily or permanently, consider removing any associated task flows that display, by default, out-of-the-box.
Oracle recommends that you hide disabled services in the sidebar too. See, Section 18.3, "Customizing the Sidebar".
Enabling and Disabling Services for a Single Group Space
Group space moderators can enable or disable available WebCenter services within their group spaces. See, "Enabling and Disabling Services Available to a Group Space" in Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
Personal spaces are optional in WebCenter Spaces—it is not mandatory to provide users with a private work area where they can store personal content and perform personal tasks. Users can fully participate in group space collaboration projects without a personal space.
Users who do not have a personal space are presented with My Group Spaces when they login. No personal productivity tools are available (such as the personal sidebar, favorites links, and so on) and users cannot create personal pages or see personal pages that other users might share.
The Application-View
permission controls which users have their own personal space. Administrators can disable personal spaces for everyone using WebCenter Spaces or specific users only. Use the table in step 5 to determine which permission settings you require.
To enable or disable user access to personal spaces:
Login to WebCenter Spaces with administrative privileges.
See Section 17.1, "Logging into WebCenter Spaces as an Administrator".
Click the Administration link at the top of the application.
Click the Security tab.
Click the Roles tab.
Select or clear the Application-View check box as follows:
Role | Select Application-View | Clear Application-View |
---|---|---|
Spaces-User | Everyone has a personal space. | Users do not have a personal space unless you grant them another role that specifies otherwise. |
Any Custom Role | Users assigned any custom role have a personal space. | Users with this role do not have a personal space. Foot 1 |
Administrator | Users assigned this role have a personal space. | Users with this role do not have a personal space. Footref 1 |
Public-User | Unauthenticated users can see personal pages/content marked public. | Unauthenticated users only see the login page. |
Footnote 1 Assumes the Application-View permission is disabled for the Spaces-User and the Public-User.
Click Apply to save.
New permissions are effective immediately.
WebCenter Spaces uses an Oracle Content Server to store group space and personal space documents. WebDAV (Web-Based Distributed Authoring and Versioning), which allows users to look at their content repository using their Windows Explorer, can be used with Oracle Content Server and hence with WebCenter Spaces content.
Using WebDAV, WebCenter users can seamlessly drag and drop content, files, and folders back and forth between their desktop and their personal and group spaces. Users will not know the WebCenter Spaces WebDAV URL for unless you publish this information—maybe in a document or on a business role page that everyone can access.
Contact your Fusion Middleware Administrator to find out the URL for the Oracle Content Server that WebCenter Spaces is using to store group space and personal space documents. If the base URL for that Oracle Content Server is http://<host>:<port>/<relative_web_root>
, the WebDAV root URL will be http://<host>:<port>/<relative_web_root>/idcplg/webdav
.
A series of application templates define what is displayed around WebCenter pages. For example, application templates define areas such as the global tool bar, the sidebar, the footer, and so on (Figure 18-11).
Out-of-the-box application templates include:
default - Normal WebCenter Spaces view with global tool bar, the sidebar, the footer, and so on.
gsDefault - Group space full-screen mode.
pageDefault - Page full-screen mode
tabLess - Default WebCenter Spaces view without any tabs.
noChrome - Print preview mode.
Users can view any page with any one of these application templates by appending a URL parameter called wc.chromeLevel
to the page's URL. For example: http://mycompany.com/webcenter/spaces/mygroup/page/Contacts?wc.chromeLevel=noChrome
.
If you want to exclude certain content or display different content within these template areas you must modify the default application templates through JDeveloper. Custom application template deployment typically takes place before the WebCenter Spaces application goes live or during scheduled maintenance periods as the application's managed server must be restarted for changes to take effect.
For more information, refer to the whitepaper entitled "Extending WebCenter Spaces" available on the Oracle Technology Network (http://webcenter.oracle.com
).
WebCenter Spaces offers eight page styles out-of-the-box (Figure 18-12).
Some page styles come prepopulated with a selection of useful task flows. Others include properties that suggest a particular use for the page. For example, the Web page style includes a configurable property for specifying a URL. See "WebCenter Seeded Page Styles" in Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.
If the built-in page styles do not suit your requirements or you want to offer a different set of page styles, you may create page styles of your own (defined in jspx files) and deploy them to WebCenter Spaces.
Newly deployed page styles only become available to WebCenter Spaces once the application's managed server is restarted, so custom page styles are typically deployed before the WebCenter Spaces application goes live or during scheduled maintenance periods.
For more information, refer to the whitepaper entitled "Extending WebCenter Spaces" available on the Oracle Technology Network (http://webcenter.oracle.com
).
In WebCenter Spaces, the Oracle Composer's catalog provides access to page content, such as task flows and portlets, and page layout components, such as images, content boxes, hyperlinks, and the like. The catalog presents available resources in a series of folders and subfolders and the content on offer changes dynamically depending on which services are currently available. For example, in a particular group space, mail-related task flows will display in the group space catalog when mail services are available but will not display if the back-end mail server is not yet configured or the Mail service has been disabled by the group space moderator.
WebCenter Spaces provides two catalogs out-of-the-box—a personal space catalog and a group space catalog. Each catalog contains a default set of task flows. Should you need to add new task flows, remove task flows, or reorganize the folder hierarchy to better suit your audience you can make a copy, and customize each catalog through JDeveloper.
Resource catalog customization and new task flow deployment typically take place before the WebCenter Spaces application goes live or during scheduled maintenance periods as the application's managed server must be restarted for the changes to take effect.
For more information, refer to the whitepaper entitled "Extending WebCenter Spaces" available on the Oracle Technology Network (http://webcenter.oracle.com
).