End User Customizations

End users can customize the sample portal desktop in the following ways.

• Setting the channel time out

• Selecting column layout from the Layout page

• Moving channels up and down, as well as side to side

• Arranging channels by width

• Re-sizing the channel window

• Adding and removing certain channels from the Content page

• Customizing channels by using the channel Edit page

• Selecting theme from a set of preset themes or customize the theme by changing color scheme and font type for the Desktop channels

• Creating, removing, and editing tabs

Users customize channels by using the Edit Channel icon for a particular channel (as long as the administrator has made it available). Users customize the look and feel of the Desktop through the Themes page. See the Portal Server software End User Desktop Online Help for more information.

Users can also configure:

• Time zone, language, and password by using the User Info channel Edit page.

• Personal information by using the Sun Java^TM System Access Manager software administration console.