Once a gear has been created and its manifest file written, as described in the Portal Development Guide, you can use the manifest file to add the gear to your portal.
In the Portal Administration Pages, click the Gears tab.
The Available Gears page opens, showing a list of gear folders and the gears they contain.
Click the New Gear link in the side navigation panel.
The New Gear page opens.
Select a gear folder. Alternatively, you can click the New Gear Folder link to create a new folder.
Enter the location of the gear manifest file in the Upload gear manifest file field, or use the Browse button to locate the file.
Click Upload.
The gear is added to list of available gears (in the folder you specified) on the Available Gears page. To add the new gear to your portal pages, first make the gear folder available to the community, using the gear folders link for the community on the Available Communities page in the Portal Administration. Then, make an instance of the gear available, using the Select New Gears option on the Community Gears tab in the Community Administration. See Making Gears Available to a Community in the Community Administration chapter.
