Portal Browser

Use the portal browser to view all the portals that are available to you. Your role and permissions determine the actions you can perform.

By default, a portal is shown in the portal browser as a color tile, overlaid with an acronym and portal name. In the portal administration settings, you can change the display of a portal in the portal browser to its logo. More

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Enter Keyword

Enter a full or partial search term, then press Enter (or click Search icon) to show all portals for which a match is found in the Title, Description, or Keywords (specified when the portal was created or on the General page in the administration settings for the portal).

To display all portals, delete the search string, then press Enter (or click Search icon) to refresh the portal browser with all portals.

Note: The Home portal and Administration pages are not included in search results.

Show

Choose the category of portals to show on the page:

  • All Portals to show all portals available to you, both public and private. Portals defined as hidden when created are not shown.

  • Joined to display portals of which you are a member.

  • Managed to display portals for which you have portal manager privileges.

  • Closed to display portals available to you that have been closed by the portal manager. The content of a closed portal remains accessible and searchable to those who still want to reference it and portal members can continue working in the portal either by selecting Closed, or by direct URL (http://host:port/webcenter/portal/portalName).

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Sort By

Choose a sort order for the portals listed on this page:

  • Name to order alphabetically.

  • Most Active to order from greatest to least activity.

  • Last Accessed to order from most to least recently accessed.

  • Popularity to order by most to least often accessed.

Create Portal

Click to create a new portal. More

Administration

Click to navigate to WebCenter Portal administration for all portals. More

Home Portal

Click to navigate to the Home portal. More

Other portals

Click a portal tile to open it.

The Security icon (Security icon) indicates that the portal is secured and some action, like edit or change membership, and may not be available to you.

Click Administration icon to display a menu of portal actions. The actions available to you are determined by your role and permissions in the portal.

Administration icon

Click to display a list of portal actions. The menu may include all or some of the following actions, depending on your role and permissions in the portal:

  • View opens a view of the portal.

  • Edit opens the portal's home page in the portal editor. More

  • Administer opens the portal administration settings pages. More

  • Contact opens a submenu that includes:

    Subscribe opens the Subscribe dialog, where you can select notification messages that you want to receive from the portal. More

    Send Mail to Members and Send Mail to Portal Managers open a pre-addressed message composer. The members option opens a mail message that is addressed to everyone who is a member of the portal. The managers option opens a mail message that is addressed to everyone assigned the role of portal manager in the portal. More

  • Membership opens a submenu that includes:

    Change Role opens a dialog with controls for requesting a role change or canceling your membership in the portal. More

    Cancel Membership cancels your membership in the portal. More

  • About opens a submenu that includes:

    Portal opens the About Portal dialog, which contains information about the portal. More

    Share Link opens the Share dialog, which allows you to share the portal URL with others. More

  • Delete to delete the portal. More