4 Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

This chapter describes how to access administration pages in WebCenter Spaces. It contains the following sections.

• Section 4.1, "Accessing the WebCenter Administration Page"

• Section 4.2, "Performing Actions From WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages"

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 one of the following permissions:

• Application-Manage All

• Application-Manage Configuration

• Application-Manage Membership

4.1 Accessing the WebCenter Administration Page

Many administrative actions are performed from WebCenter Spaces Administration pages. Once you log in as the application administrator, there are a couple of ways to access this page:

• Click the Administration link.

• Use the following URL to navigate to the WebCenter Spaces Administration page:

  http://host:port/webcenter/spaces/admin
  

See Also:

Appendix A, "WebCenter Spaces User Interface URLs."

4.2 Performing Actions From WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

In WebCenter Spaces, there are five main Administration pages: Spaces, Pages, Resources, Security, and Configuration (Figure 4-1):

Figure 4-1 WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

Table 4-1 describes the actions administrators can perform from Administration pages and lists the permission required to perform them.

Table 4-1 WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages

Page	Description	Required Permission
Spaces Spaces Space Templates	Use this page to manage Spaces and Space templates. For more information, see: Performing Administrative Tasks For All Spaces Performing Administrative Tasks For All Space Templates Importing and Exporting Spaces and Space Templates	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Pages Business Role Pages Personal Pages System Pages	Use this page to manage business role pages, personal pages, and system pages in WebCenter Spaces. For more information, see: Working with Business Role Pages Working with Personal Pages Working with System Pages	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Resources	Use this page to manage application-level resources for WebCenter Spaces, such as page templates, skins, and task flows. For more information, see: Working with the Resources that Compose a Portal or Community	Manage All or Manage Configuration
Security Users and Groups Roles	Use this page to manage WebCenter users and roles. For more information, see: Managing Users, Roles, and Permissions	Manage All or Manage Members
Configuration General Services	Use the Configuration page to customize WebCenter Spaces. For example, you can specify a default language, application name, and so on. For more information, see: Configuring Global Defaults Use the Services page to set application-wide properties for discussion forums, announcements, mail, and people connection components such as activity streams, personal profiles, connections, messages boards, and feedback. For more information, see: Configuring Discussion Forum Options for WebCenter Spaces Configuring Send Mail Notifications for WebCenter Spaces Configuring People Connections Defaults for WebCenter Spaces You can also register portlet producers and external applications from the Services tab: Registering Portlet Producers Registering External Applications	Manage All or Manage Configuration