Adding Content to the Desktop Using Channels

Portal administrators can add content to the portal desktop by adding provider and portlet channels. The following procedures discuss how to create a channel, modify it’s properties, add it to the desktop and then verify that it is being displayed.

To Create a URLScraper Channel

Suppose you want to create a channel, named MyChannel, that displays content from an external web page (for example, http://www.google.com). The following steps show how to create a URLScraper channel. The same steps can be followed to create other Provider based and Portlet based channels.

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1. Login to the Portal Server management console as administrator (amadmin).

2. Click the Portals tab.

3. Click the Portal-URI in the Portals list.

4. Select Enterprise Sample [Org] in the Select DN list.

5. Click Design Desktop Layout.

6. Select a tab where the new channel will be created. For example, click the News tab.

7. Click New Channel or Container in the NewsContainer page.

8. Select URLScraper in the Channel Library list.

9. Click Add to Desktop in the Channel Library.

   A popup window will display. Provide the following info:

   1. Specify the channel title.

   2. Specify the channel name.

   3. Specify the channel width.

10. click Add Channel. The channel is now available and visible in the work area.