Managing Homepages

Use the Content Ref Administration page (PORTAL_CREF_ADM) to create and maintain homepage definitions.

Image: Content Ref Administration page for a classic homepage definition

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Content Ref Administration page for a classic homepage definition. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Image: Content Ref Administration page for a fluid homepage definition

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Content Ref Administration page for a fluid homepage definition. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Use the Content Reference Security page (PORTAL_CREF_SEC) to define the portal registry security for the homepage definition.

Image: Content Reference Security page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Content Reference Security page (a classic homepage definition is shown). You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Use the Tab Content - Tab Content page (PORTAL_TAB_CON_ADM) or the Tile Content: Tab Content page (PORTAL_TAB_LANDING) to select which pagelets or tiles are available to users who have access to this homepage.

Image: Tab Content - Tab Content page for pagelets

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tab Content - Tab Content page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Image: Tile Content - Tab Content page for tiles

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tile Content - Tab Content page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Important! While this page still determines which tiles are displayed as required, fixed, or by default, the restrictive function of this page does not apply to fluid homepages—that is, all tiles can be added to any fluid homepage by any user with permissions to that tile regardless of whether the tile has been explicitly allowed on this page.

To select the pagelets or tiles that can be displayed on this homepage:

1. Expand any collapsed group boxes and then select the check box to make the pagelet or tile available for this homepage.

   Select the Include All? check box to select all pagelets or tiles in that category.

   Note: A user must also have security access to the pagelet or tile definition for the item to be displayed on the homepage.

2. In addition:

   • For classic homepages, you can click the Pagelet Search button and select a pagelet from the Pagelet Search page to add it to the homepage tab definition.

     See Searching for and Importing Pagelets and Tiles for more information on searching for pagelets on local and remote nodes.

   • For fluid homepages, you can click the Tile Search button and select a pagelet from the Tile Search page to add it to the homepage tab definition.

     See Searching for and Importing Pagelets and Tiles for more information on searching for tiles on local and remote nodes.

3. Use the drop-down list box to select the pagelet behavior. Values are:

   Field or Control	Definition
   Opt-Dflt (optional default)	The pagelet or tile is visible to all users by default for users that have permissions to the pagelet or tile; users can move or delete the pagelet or tile. Note: You must select the Opt-Dflt setting if you wish to publish additional tiles to users who have already personalized this homepage. See (Fluid only) Publishing Additional Tiles to Already Personalized Homepages for more information.
   Optional	The pagelet or tile is available to all users for users that have permissions to the pagelet or tile, but it is not visible by default; users can add, move, or delete the pagelet or tile. Note: However, since all tiles are already available to all users that have permissions to the tile, this selection is unnecessary for tiles.
   Req-Fix (required fixed)	The pagelet or tile is visible to all users by default for users that have permissions to the pagelet or tile; however, users cannot move or delete the pagelet or tile. Note: A tile that is designated as fixed cannot be moved directly. If a fixed tile is also the first tile, no other tiles can be moved in front of it. However, if non-fixed tiles precede the fixed tile, other tiles can be moved in front of the fixed tile thereby rendering the fixed setting moot.
   Required	The pagelet or tile is visible to all users by default for users that have permissions to the pagelet or tile; users can move the pagelet or tile, however, they cannot delete it.

4. Click the Save button.

Use the Tab Layout page (PORTAL_TAB_LAY_ADM) to specify the initial layout of columns and pagelets for a classic homepage.

Image: Tab Layout page for classic homepages

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tab Layout page for classic homepages. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Field or Control	Definition
Label	Displays the label information from the Content Ref Administration page.
Basic Layout	Select to display the pagelets in either two or three columns on the homepage. To specify the three-column layout, be sure that at least one pagelet does not have the Req-Fix behavior option selected on the Tab Content page.
Columns	Displays the pagelets selected on the Tab Content page in the column sections. If the basic layout is two columns, the pagelets are divided into left and right columns. If the basic layout is three columns, the pagelets are divided into left, center, and right columns. Note: A pound sign (#) indicates a pagelet with the Req-Fix behavior option selected on the Tab Content page. An asterisk (*) indicates a pagelet with the Required behavior option selected on the Tab Content page. For example, #Signon would indicate that the Signon pagelet cannot be moved to a different location on the homepage.
	Use the Move icons to position the pagelets. Highlight a pagelet, and then click the directional arrow buttons to move the selected pagelet above a pagelet, below a pagelet, to the next column to the right, or the next column to the left.
Delete Pagelet	Highlight a pagelet and then click to delete it from the homepage.

To arrange the tab layout:

1. Select a basic layout option.

2. Select the pagelet name.

3. Click the directional arrow buttons to position the pagelets in the columns.

4. Click the Save button.

There is no specific page that allows the portal administrator to arrange or order the tiles on a fluid homepage. Instead, the sequence number for each tile determines the initial order of tiles on a fluid homepage. Tiles appear in order with the lowest sequence number first. If any sequence numbers are identical, then the order is alphanumeric. If no sequence number is specified, the default value of zero is used for that tile.

To rearrange the tile order:

1. Select PeopleTools > Portal > Structure and Content.

2. Continue to navigate through the folder structure; select Fluid Structure Content > Fluid Pages.

3. Click the link for the folder that contains the tile that you want to reorder.

4. Click the Edit link for each tile that you want to reorder.

5. Enter a number in the Sequence field.

6. Click Save.

Use the Tile Publish page to publish additional tiles to users who have already personalized this homepage.

Image: Tile Publish page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Tile Publish page.

To publish additional tiles to users who have already personalized this homepage:

1. On the Tile Content - Tab Content page, select the additional tiles for this homepage.

2. Select Opt-Dflt for each of these tiles.

3. Save the homepage definition.

4. Click the Tile Publish button.

   The Tile Publish page is displayed listing all new and existing tiles that have been marked as Opt-Dflt.

5. Select which tiles are to be published to users who have already personalized this homepage.

   Note: Tiles that are not selected and tiles that have been previously published for this homepage are not removed by this process.

6. Click the Publish button.

   A confirmation message indicates how many tiles have been published.

7. Click OK.

8. Make note of the process ID in case you need to use Process Monitor to review the status of this process.

   Note: Process Scheduler must be running on your system to complete this process. After the process successfully completes, the updates will be visible to users when they sign in next or after they refresh the homepage.

9. Click the Return button to return to the Tile Content - Tab Content page.

The sequence number determines the order in which the homepages appear. Homepages appear in order with the lowest sequence number first. If any sequence numbers are identical, then the order is alphanumeric. If no sequence number is specified, the default value of zero is used for that homepage.

To rearrange the homepage order:

1. Select PeopleTools > Portal > Structure and Content.

2. Continue to navigate through the folder structure depending on the homepage type:

   • For classic homepages, select Portal Objects > Homepage > Tabs.

   • For fluid homepages, select Fluid Structure Content > Fluid Homepages.

3. Click the Edit link for each homepage that you want to reorder.

4. Enter a number in the Sequence field.

5. Click Save.

If caching is turned on for the portal, the tab order change does not take effect until the cache is recycled or the web server is restarted.

Use the Publish System Homepage page (PTPHP_PUBLISHHP) to publish an administrator created or personalized homepage as a new fluid homepage.

Image: Publish System Homepage page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Publish System Homepage page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

You can change the access to certain PeopleTools-delivered definitions to restrict certain ways in which users can personalize fluid homepages, the NavBar, or both. The delivered PTPT1400 (PeopleSoft Guest) permission list has some of these personalization features turned off by default. See the following table for a list of personalization features, the PeopleTools definition that provides access to that feature, and whether the feature is enabled in PTPT1400.