General

Use the portal administration General page to specify general portal administration settings for the current portal. The settings on this page are available to the portal manager (or members with the Manage Configuration permission). More

The portal administration General page is arranged in the following sections:

Portal Information

The Portal Information section of the General page enables you to enter or modify the portal title, description, and keywords.

Element	Description
Title	The external display name of the portal. This title displays at the top of the portal and other places where portals are available for selection, such as the Portals menu and the portal browser. Changing the title does not affect the internal name and URL for the portal. More
Acronym	Identifies a portal in the portal browser, in combination its tile color and name. Optionally, enter a new acronym for the portal. An acronym may be no more than 5 alphanumeric characters, uppercase or lowercase More
Description	Enter a short description explaining the purpose or objective of the portal. More
Portal Color	Click Choose Color to select a new color for the portal tile in the portal browser. On the portal administration Settings page, you can specify whether the portal tile should display a color or logo in the portal browser More
Keywords	Enter keywords associated with the portal for use in searches. Separate keywords with a space or comma. More

Portal Details

The Portal Details section of the General page enables you to modify the internal name of the portal, and provides the URL, ID, and information about portal activity.

Element	Description
Name	The internal name of the portal. Click Rename to enter a new internal name. More Warning: Changing the internal name changes the direct URL link to the portal.
Portal URL	The pretty URL for the portal. You can navigate directly to the portal with this URL. Pretty URLs are much shorter versions of the URL you might copy from your browser address bar and enable you to send simpler, shorter URLs to your colleagues. More
Internal ID	The internal ID of the portal, which other applications may use to reference this portal.
Members	The number of members of the portal, as specified on the portal administration Security page. More
Last Activity	The last time there was any activity in the portal.
Created	The time that the portal was created and the user name of the portal creator.

Status

The Status section of the General page enables you to close or activate a portal, take the portal offline or online, and enable or disable RSS feeds.

Element Description

Element	Description
Active	Select or deselect to toggle between the following options: The portal is active: The portal is accessible to its members. The portal is closed: Close the portal if it is no longer being actively used, without deleting the portal. When you close a portal, the content is archived. When you close a portal, it is removed from everyone's Portals menu and displays in the portal browser only when a member selects Closed from the Show list. Portal content remains accessible and searchable to those who still want to reference it and members can continue working in the portal. More
Online	Select or deselect to toggle between the following options: The portal is online: The portal is accessible to its members. The portal is offline: The portal is temporarily offline. Portal members are unable to access a portal when it is offline; instead they see the portal Unavailable page. Only the portal manager or members with `Manage Configuration` permission can access a portal that is offline or bring it back online. More
Publish RSS	Select or deselect to toggle between the following options: RSS publishing is enabled: News feeds will report portal activity, such as list revisions and discussion forum contributions. More RSS publishing is disabled: No news feeds display in the portal.

Active

Select or deselect to toggle between the following options:

The portal is active: The portal is accessible to its members.
The portal is closed: Close the portal if it is no longer being actively used, without deleting the portal. When you close a portal, the content is archived.

When you close a portal, it is removed from everyone's Portals menu and displays in the portal browser only when a member selects Closed from the Show list. Portal content remains accessible and searchable to those who still want to reference it and members can continue working in the portal. More

Online

Select or deselect to toggle between the following options:

The portal is online: The portal is accessible to its members.
The portal is offline: The portal is temporarily offline.

Portal members are unable to access a portal when it is offline; instead they see the portal Unavailable page. Only the portal manager or members with Manage Configuration permission can access a portal that is offline or bring it back online. More

Publish RSS

Select or deselect to toggle between the following options:

RSS publishing is enabled: News feeds will report portal activity, such as list revisions and discussion forum contributions. More
RSS publishing is disabled: No news feeds display in the portal.

Actions

The Actions section of the General page enables you to delete the portal.

Element	Description
Delete this portal	Click to open the Delete Portal dialog, then confirm or cancel your intent to delete the portal. More