| Oracle® Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Spaces 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0) Part Number E10149-09 |
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| Oracle® Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle WebCenter Spaces 11g Release 1 (11.1.1.5.0) Part Number E10149-09 |
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Out-of-the-box, WebCenter Spaces is pre-configured with various default settings which administrators may customize to suit their audience. This chapter includes the following sections:
Section 5.11, "Choosing a Default Look and Feel for New Pages"
Section 5.12, "Enabling and Disabling Access to the Home Space"
See also, Chapter 6, "Configuring Services, Portlet Producers, and External Applications"
Audience
This chapter is intended for WebCenter Spaces administrators with the Manage Configuration permissions.
Out-of-the-box, the application name WebCenter Spaces appears in the banner (see Figure 5-1). If you prefer, you can change the name to better suit your target audience. For example, you might want to display your company name here or the name of a department within your company.
Another way to apply corporate branding to WebCenter Spaces, is to add your company logo (Figure 5-1). If your company's logo is not suitable, any graphic that brings visual interest can be used.
The logo you specify will resize according to the application's page template. If you want to adjust the logo size, you can modify the page template. See, Section 12.3, "Editing a Page Template".
If you want, you can reference your application name and logo in EL expressions. For details, see Section B.3.2, "EL Expressions Relevant to the WebCenter Spaces Application".
To change the name or logo for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration, then General.
In the Application Name field, enter the new name.
Alphanumeric characters are allowed and also spaces, underscores (_) and dashes (-). For example, Finance Department - My Corporation.
Click Browse for the Application Logo property.
The File Upload dialog box opens.
Select the logo you want to use.
The logo is uploaded to the WebCenter Spaces image directory (/webcenter/images) and the new logo immediately appears in the top left corner of the application banner.
Click Apply.
Administrators can customize or hide copyright and privacy statements for WebCenter Spaces:
Copyright - Displays a copyright statement for the entire application.
Privacy URL - Links to a document that contains a privacy policy for the entire application.
In the default page template, the copyright and privacy URL appear in the application's page footer (Figure 5-2).
If you want, you can reference your copyright message and privacy document in EL expressions. For details, see Section B.3.2, "EL Expressions Relevant to the WebCenter Spaces Application".
Individual Spaces may provide their own copyright and privacy statements. For details, see Section 51.4.14, "Customizing the Copyright Statement and Privacy URL".
To customize or hide copyright and privacy statements:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration, then General.
Do one of the following:
Select Display Page Footer to display copyright and privacy information.
Deselect Display Page Footer to hide the page footer. No legal notices or other information that normally displays in the footer will display.
If you have chosen to display legal notices:
Copyright - Enter a suitable copyright statement for the WebCenter Spaces application. If no copyright information is required, leave this field blank.
Privacy URL - Specify the location of the application's privacy policy. Enter a fully qualified URL. If no privacy information is required, leave this field blank.
Click Apply to save.
Online help for WebCenter Spaces displays when you click the Help link for the application (see Figure 5-3). Out-of-the-box, this Help link opens Oracle's built-in help. If you want, you can write online help specifically aimed at your end-users and redirect the Help link to a different help location.
If you want, you can reference the Help location in EL expressions. For details, see Section B.3.2, "EL Expressions Relevant to the WebCenter Spaces Application".
When you customize the Help link, built-in help for WebCenter Spaces is still available through help buttons, help icons, and so on.
To customize the main Help link for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration, then General.
In the Global Help URL field, enter the location of your help.
Ensure that you enter a fully qualified URL in the format:
http://host:port/helplocation
For example:
http://myhost:8888/myhelp
The default Global Help URL is /webcenterhelp/spaces?topic=welcome_main. This URL opens Oracle Help for the Web (OHW) and displays Oracle's built-in help for WebCenter Spaces. Enter this URL if you want to return to the default setting.
Note:
If you leave the Global Help URL field blank, the Help link is not displayed.Click Apply.
Click Help in your application to check whether your custom help opens correctly.
Out-of-the-box, WebCenter Spaces supports 27 languages and 100 different locales. It is the administrator's job to choose a default application display language for WebCenter Spaces. When picking the default language, consider which language suits the majority of people using the application. Alternatively, enter an EL expression that determines the default language dynamically based on certain criteria. For example, you may prefer the default display language to change according to the location or organization of the user that is logged in.
The first time a user logs in to WebCenter Space the default language displays but individuals can personalize their display language through user preferences. See, Section 35.2, "Choosing Your Preferred Display Language".
The default display language only applies when users log in to WebCenter Spaces. Public pages, such as the welcome page and the login page, display in the browser language. If no default language is provided, the browser language is used. See also, Section 24.1.1, "Display Language Precedence".
Note:
Moderators can nominate a display language for a particular Space. When defined, the Space language overrides both the default language and any user language preference. See also, Section 51.4.15, "Setting a Space Display Language".To select the default display language for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
Do one of the following:
Choose a Default Language from the list available.
If the language you want is not available in the dropdown list, click Customize, select the check box for the language you require, and click Save.
Click the Expression Builder icon, and enter an EL expression that determines the default language dynamically based on certain criteria.
Click Apply.
The display languages that are available for selection here are also offered to users and space moderators through user preferences. As the administrator, you can reduce the range of languages available to WebCenter Spaces users. For details, see Section 5.5, "Customizing the Language List".
Out-of-the-box, WebCenter Spaces offers 27 languages and 100 different locales and all these languages are available to users by default. As WebCenter Spaces administrator, you can tailor the languages that are on offer to suit your audience. For example, you may prefer to remove all the territory language variants in favor of a more simplified language list or only offer European languages if your portal is specifically aimed at a European audience.
To customize the languages available to WebCenter Spaces users:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
Click Customize (below Default Language).
Choose which languages to offer by selecting (or deselecting) each language check box.
Click Save.
By default, users see the Home Space when they log in but you can configure the initial landing page to be a specific Space or page.
Note:
If the application is set up to remember the page a user last accessed, this landing page setting is ignored. For details, see "Controlling Last Page Accessed Behavior in WebCenter Spaces" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter.To select the landing page for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
In the Login section, choose what users see first when they login--the Home Space, or a specific Space or page.
To specify that a particular Space displays, select Open a Specific Space and enter the Space name or click Browse to select from a list of Spaces.
To specify that a particular page displays, select Open a Specific Page URL and enter the page location.
Typically this is an internal page. You can enter a full or relative page URL as shown in these examples:
http://mywebcenter.com:8888/webcenter/spaces/page/landingpage
http://mywebcenter.com:8888/webcenter/spaces/myspace/page/landingpage
/spaces/myspace/page/landingpage
If you specify an external page, ensure that you specify the full URL.
Click Apply.
As WebCenter Spaces Administrator, you may customize the default appearance of WebCenter Spaces for all users by changing the default skin. A skin changes the way the user interface appears, but does not change the application's behavior. See Section 14.5.1, "Applying a Skin to WebCenter Spaces".
If you want, you can reference the default skin in EL expressions. For details, see Section B.3.2, "EL Expressions Relevant to the WebCenter Spaces Application".
Individual users can change the skin applied to their Home Space view through user preferences if they do not like the default skin that you specify. See Section 14.5.3, "Applying a Skin to Your Home Space".
In WebCenter Spaces, page templates define how individual pages and groups of pages display on a user's screen. Every WebCenter page displays within a page template. Administrators can define the default page template used to display WebCenter pages in:
The Home Space
New Spaces, when the Space's template does not specify that a particular page template must be used
Space moderators can override the default selection within their Space but users cannot override the page template applied to the Home Space.
See also, Chapter 12, "Working with Page Templates".
To select the default page template for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
Do one of the following:
Choose a Default Page Template from the list available.
To learn how to add page templates to this list, read Section 12.5.1, "Showing and Hiding a Page Template".
Click the Expression Builder icon, and enter an EL expression that determines the default page template dynamically based on certain criteria.
For example, you may like the default page template to change depending on which department or organization the logged in user belongs to.
Click Apply.
In WebCenter Spaces, navigation models enable users to see and navigate to information quickly and easily. Administrators can specify which navigation is used to present Home Space information.
Alternatively, you can enter an EL expression that determines the navigation dynamically based on certain criteria. For example, you may like to display different navigations depending on which department or organization the logged in user belongs to.
See also, Chapter 11, "Working with Navigation".
To select a navigation model for the Home Space:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
Do one of the following:
Choose a Navigation for Home Space from the list available.
To learn how to add navigations to this list, read Section 10.4.3, "Showing and Hiding Resources".
Click the Expression Builder icon, and enter an EL expression that determines the navigation dynamically based on certain criteria.
Click Apply.
In WebCenter Spaces, a series of Resource Catalogs display when you edit a page or a page template in Oracle Composer and click Add Content. Each catalog presents available resources in a series of folders and subfolders and the content on offer changes dynamically depending on which services are currently available and the permissions of the person who is editing the page or page template. Available resources include task flows, portlets, and page layout components, such as images, content boxes, hyperlinks, and the like.WebCenter Spaces provides several default catalogs out-of-the-box but you can add new task flows, remove task flows, or reorganize the folder hierarchy to better suit your audience or create brand new ones of your own. For details, see Chapter 16, "Working with Resource Catalogs".
WebCenter Spaces administrators can specify default page catalogs for:
Spaces
Home Space
Business Role Pages
As well as, default page template catalogs for:
Spaces
Home Space
It is entirely up to you whether you specify a different catalog for each scenario or use the same catalog throughout.
To select default resource catalogs for WebCenter Spaces:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Configuration tab, then General.
Choose default resource catalogs for the following:
Resource Catalog for Spaces
Resource Catalog for Home Space
Resource Catalog for Business Role Pages
Resource Catalog for Page Templates in Space
Resource Catalog for Page Templates in Home Space
To learn how to add resource catalogs to this list, read Section 16.4, "Showing and Hiding a Resource Catalog".
Click the Expression Builder icon, and enter an EL expression that determines the default resource catalog dynamically based on certain criteria. For example, you may like the default resource catalog to change depending on the which role the logged in user belongs to.
Click Apply.
Administrators can set up a default look and feel for personal and business role pages. Use this feature to simplify page creation for first-time users or to steer users toward a particular page scheme and style. See Chapter 7, "Preparing Your Initial Portal Pages ".
Individuals may personalize the default settings in their Home Space view. See Section 38.1.1, "Setting Page Creation Defaults for Personal Pages".
Access to the Home Space is optional in WebCenter Spaces—it is not mandatory to provide users with a private work area where they can store personal content and perform personal tasks. Users can fully participate in collaborative projects without access to the Home Space.
Users who do not have access to the Home Space, cannot use personal productivity tools (such as favorites), create personal pages, or see personal pages that other users might share.
The View Application permission controls whether users have access to the Home Space. Administrators can disable access to everyone using WebCenter Spaces or specific users only. Use the table shown in Step 3 to determine which permission settings you require.
To enable or disable access to the Home Space:
Open WebCenter Spaces Administration.
For details, see Chapter 4, "Accessing WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages.".
Click Security, then Roles.
Select or clear the View Application check box as follows:
| Role | Select View Application | Clear View Application |
|---|---|---|
| Authenticated-User | Everyone can access the Home Space. | Users cannot access the Home Space unless you grant them another role that specifies otherwise. |
| Any Custom Role | Users assigned the custom role have access to the Home Space. | Users with the custom role cannot access the Home Space. Foot 1 |
| Public-User | Unauthenticated users can see personal pages and content marked public. | Unauthenticated users only see the login page. |
| Administrator | Users assigned this role can always access the Home Space. | Not applicable for administrators. |
Footnote 1 Assumes the View Application permission is disabled for the Authenticated-User and the Public-User.
Click Apply to save.
New permissions are effective immediately.
WebCenter Spaces administrators are responsible for setting up default service options for the entire application. For more information, read:
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