Registering Homepage and Template Pagelets

Before you can access a pagelet through the portal or associate a template pagelet with a target or WorkCenter page, you must register the pagelet in the portal registry. You can register pagelets by using the Component Registration Wizard, or by using the following procedure:

To register a new homepage pagelet or template pagelet:

1. Select PeopleTools, and then Portal, and then Structure and Content. Then:

   • For template pagelets, click these links in this order: Portal Objects, Template Pagelets.

     Template pagelets must be registered in this folder.

   • For homepage pagelets, click these links in this order: Portal Objects, Pagelets. Then select any subfolder; for example, you can register a homepage pagelet in the Portal Objects, Pagelets, Organizers folder.

2. Click the Add Content Reference link.

   • For template pagelets, select Target as the usage type.

   • For homepage pagelets, select Pagelet as the usage type.

3. Select Always use Local as the node name.

4. Select the URL type based on the location of the pagelet.

   • Select PeopleSoft Component for component-based template pagelets.

   • Select PeopleSoft Script for iScript-based template pagelets.

   • Select PeopleSoft Generic URL for Pagelet Wizard-based pagelets.

5. Set pagelet attributes as necessary.

6. Set the content reference attributes as necessary.

7. Set additional parameters, if needed.

8. Save the content reference.