Personalizing Layout

Use either of these two methods to personalize your homepage or dashboard layout:

  • Drag and drop pagelets.

  • Use the Personalize Layout page.

Dragging and Dropping Pagelets

You can rearrange pagelets on your homepage or dashboard by dragging and dropping them between columns, as you see in this example:

This example illustrates dragging the Calendar pagelet to change the homepage layout.

Example of dragging the Calendar pagelet to change the homepage layout

  1. Access the homepage or dashboard.

    Note:

    The homepage or dashboard must already be configured with one or more pagelets.

  2. Move your cursor to the pagelet header.

    The cursor changes shape to indicate that you can drag the pagelet.

  3. Click the pagelet header.

    The system automatically minimizes the pagelet when you click the mouse button.

  4. Drag the pagelet to a new location.

    When your pagelet header is in the new space, the background of the browser window changes color. This color change represents the new location. If you are changing columns, at least 50 percent of the width of the header must be in the new column before the system identifies the new location.

    Note:

    If your mouse has a scrollable wheel, you can scroll the wheel while you press the mouse button to facilitate the movement of pagelets below the visible area of the browser window.

  5. Release the mouse button.

    The pagelet maximizes automatically in the new location unless you manually minimized the pagelet.

Note:

You cannot move pagelets that the portal administrator configures as required-fixed. You also cannot move pagelets if you do not have the appropriate permissions to personalize the page.

See Portal Technology: Managing Homepages.

Using the Personalize Layout Page

Access the Personalize Layout page (from the homepage or dashboard, click the Personalize Layout link).

This example illustrates the fields and controls of the Personalize Layout page for an example homepage.

Example of a Personalize Layout page
Field or Control Description

Basic Layout

Select to display the pagelets in either two or three columns on the homepage or dashboard.

A two-column layout results in one narrow column on the left side of your homepage or dashboard and one wider column to the right. A three-column layout results in three narrow columns of equal width. If you place a wide pagelet in a narrow column, the column stretches to accommodate the wider pagelet.

Note: The system moves required pagelets (indicated by an asterisk [*]) from the third to the second column when you switch from a three-column to a two-column layout.

Columns

The pagelets selected on the Content page are listed 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 number sign (#) indicates a required fixed position pagelet. An asterisk (*) indicates a required moveable pagelet. For example, #Signon indicates that the Signon pagelet cannot be moved to a different location on the homepage. You cannot assign required fixed pagelets to the right column in a three-column layout.

Position icon

Use to position the pagelets. Select the desired pagelet (or multiple pagelets) and then click the arrows to move the selected pagelet above a pagelet, below a pagelet, to the next column on the right, or to the next column on the left.

Delete Pagelet

Select the desired pagelet and then click this button to delete the pagelet from your homepage or dashboard.

Return to Home

Click to view your new choices.

From the homepage or dashboard, you can choose to minimize a pagelet or remove it altogether. Use the minimize and remove buttons in the pagelet header to do so. When you minimize a pagelet, the system replaces the minimize button with the restore button. Click the restore button to fully open the pagelet again. Clicking the remove button opens the Removal Confirmation page for that pagelet. Select Yes-Remove or No-Do Not Remove.

To arrange the layout of a homepage or dashboard:

  1. Select a basic layout option.

  2. Select the pagelet name.

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

  4. Click the Save button.