Page Editor

This topic describes the page editor for portal pages. For help with the page editor for a page template, system page, or task flow, see:

Page Editor: Design View for editing a task flow.
Page Editor: Structure View for editing a page template, system page, or task flow.

Use the page editor to build or revise page layout and content. The page editor provides a WYSIWYG rendering of the page and its content, where controls are directly selectable on each component to move, delete, or perform custom actions on the component.

When editing a page, the page content is editable, but the page template "container" for the page is not editable. Your edits are not immediately available when viewing the portal. This means that you can refine your changes to a page in draft mode in one or more sessions. When you are satisfied with your page edits, and are ready to make the page available to others who view the portal, you can publish the page.

To add components to the page, you use the resource catalog, which you can show and hide on the right side of the page. How?

Element	Description
Desktop	Click to select a device to display a preview of the page on that device. Even if you are building a portal for a desktop browser, this gives you an idea of what the portal might look like on other devices. More
Change Layout	Click to change the page layout to a built-in or custom layout that is defined as an asset at either the portal or application level. More
Show Catalog/Hide Catalog	Click to show or hide the Resource Catalog. When you hide the inline resource catalog, click Add Content in any layout container on the page to show the resource catalog and select a component to add in that layout container. When you show the inline resource catalog, click a component in the resource catalog to add the component to the page. More
Save	Click to save your changes.
	Click to display the resource catalog, which lists the layout components, task flows, and portlets that you can add to the current layout container.
Component toolbar	On the toolbar for a component, click and drag the Move icon to reposition the component on the page, click Edit Content to edit a content publishing component (Image, Text, or Styled Text), or select an action from the View Actions menu: Select a component properties category to display the associated properties dialog. More Components, such as task flows and portlets, and UI components, such as buttons, boxes, and images, carry a set of properties that control their appearance and behavior. Select Delete to delete the component from the page. You can delete a component only if it is a direct child of a Box component. Therefore, this action is enabled only when such a component is selected.When you delete a component, all of its child components are also deleted from the page. Select a component-specific custom action, if available.