communityportlets.properties File

The configuration variables defined in the communityportlets.properties file, in most cases, need not be modified. To modify the file, log into any system that has portal server installed as superuser and access the file in the PortalServer-DataDir/portals/portal-ID/config/ directory.

The file contains the following (editable) variables:

ps-community-create-type

Specifies the membership and configuration contributor type to use when creating new communities.

search-server-url

Specifies the URL for all the community portlets, which are integrated with search, to access search server for submitting, indexing, as well as searching documents.

community-search-database-prefix

Specifies a prefix when a database is created for a community. For example:

community_contents_portal1

community_discussions_portal1

community_communities_portal1

search-taxonomy-root

Specifies the root of the taxonomy. The value can be ROOT to use the whole taxonomy tree for categorization. Or, specify any valid full path of a classification to use part of the taxonomy tree.

dp-priority-base

Specifies the base value used to set display profile priorities for created communities.