| Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Desktop Customization Guide |
About This Guide
This guide explains how to customize the Sun™ ONE Portal Server Release 6.2 software Desktop. Sun ONE Portal Server software provides a platform to create portals for your organization’s integrated data, knowledge management, and applications. The Sun ONE Portal Server software platform offers a complete infrastructure solution for building and deploying all types of portals, including business-to-business, business-to-employee, and business-to-consumer.
This preface includes the following sections:
Who Should Read This BookYou should read this guide if you are responsible for customizing the Sun ONE Portal Server software Desktop at your site.
What You Need to KnowBefore you customize Sun ONE Portal Server software, you must be familiar with the following concepts:
You must also be familiar with the following software administration and customization tasks:
How This Book Is OrganizedThis book contains the following chapters and appendices:
(this chapter)
Chapter 1, "Introduction to Customizing the Desktop"
This chapter describes the Sun ONE Portal Server software Desktop, the different kinds of customizations, who would make those customizations, and the actual Desktop files that you customize.
Chapter 2, "Display Profile Properties"
This chapter supplies information on the display profile definitions and properties that ship with Sun ONE Portal Server software.
Chapter 3, "Container Provider Display Profile Definitions and Properties"
This chapter supplies information on the container channel default display profile definitions that ship with Sun ONE Portal Server software.
Chapter 4, "Leaf Provider Display Profile Definitions and Properties"
This chapter describes the leaf provider default display profile definitions and provider specific properties.
Chapter 5, "Display Profile Channel Definitions"
This chapter describes the default display profile definitions and properties of the channels that ship with Sun ONE Portal Server software.
Chapter 6, "Understanding the Sample Portal"
This chapter describes the sample portal that you can choose to install on your system during the Sun ONE Portal Server software installation.
Chapter 7, "Customizing the Desktop Interface"
This chapter describes common customization tasks for modifying the look and feel of the Desktop.
Chapter 8, "Customizing the Service Providers"
This chapter describes common customization tasks for modifying the Search provider.
Chapter 9, "Customizing the Desktop End-User Online Help"
This chapter supplies information on customizing the Sun ONE Portal Server software Desktop online help.
Appendix A, "Desktop Template and Tag Reference"
This appendix describes the Desktop templates files and serves as a reference for the tags used by the template files.
Appendix B, "JavaServer Pages Tag Library Reference"
This appendix describes the Desktop custom tag library and serves as a reference for the tags available within the library.
Appendix C, "JavaServer Pages Reference"
This appendix describes the various JavaServer Pages used by Sun ONE Portal Server.
Document Conventions Used in This GuideMonospaced Font
Monospaced font is used for any text that appears on the computer screen or text that you should type. It is also used for file names, distinguished names, functions, and examples.
Bold Monospaced Font
Bold monospaced font is used to represent text within a code example that you should type. For example, you might see something like this:
./pssetup *******************************************************************
Sun(TM) One Portal Server (6.1 release)
*******************************************************************
Installation log at /var/sadm/install/logs/ipsinstall.13343/install.log
This product will run without a license. However, you must either purchase a Binary Code License from, or accept the terms of a Binary Software Evaluation license with, Sun Microsystems, to legally use this product.
Do you accept? yes/[no]
In this example, ./pssetup is what you would type from the command line and the rest is what would appear as a result.
Italicized Font
An italicized font is used to represent text that you enter using information that is unique to your installation (for example, variables). It is used for server paths and names and account IDs.
Square or Straight Brackets
Square (or straight) brackets [] are used to enclose optional parameters. For example, in the Sun ONE Portal Server software documentation, you will see the usage for the dpadmin command described as follows:
dpadmin list|modify|add|remove [command-specific options]
The presence of [command-specific] indicates that there are optional parameters that may be added to the dpadmin command.
Command-Line Prompts
Command-line prompts (for example, % for a C-Shell, or $ for a Korn or Bourne shell) are not displayed in the examples. Depending on which operating system environment you are using, you will see a variety of different command-line prompts. However, you should enter the command as it appears in the document unless specifically noted otherwise.
Variables
Table 0-1 is a two column table that describes the common variables used in this document. The first column lists the variables, and the second column provides a description of how the variables are used.
Where to Find Related InformationIn addition to this guide, Sun ONE Portal Server software comes with supplementary information for administrators as well as documentation for developers. Use the following URL to see all the Sun ONE Portal Server software documentation:
http://docs.sun.com/prod/s1portalsrv
Listed below are the additional documents that are available:
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Administrator’s Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server, Secure Remote Access 6.2 Administrator’s Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Developer’s Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Deployment Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Installation Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Migration Guide
- Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Release Notes
Where to Find This Guide OnlineYou can find the Sun ONE Portal Server 6.2 Desktop Customization Guide online in PDF and HTML formats. This book can be found at the following URL:
http://docs.sun.com/prod/s1portalsrv
