Settings

Use the portal administration Settings page to specify general 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 Settings page is arranged in the following sections:

Page Drafts

The Page Drafts section of the Settings page enables you to specify whether changes to portal pages are applied immediately, or applied to a page draft that must be published to allow others to view the changes. More

Element	Description
Enable	Select to apply page updates to page drafts. This allows users to refine their changes in draft mode in one or more editing sessions. When satisfied with the page updates, an approver can publish the page. More Deselect to apply page updates immediately, without creating a page draft.

Element

Description

Enable

Select to apply page updates to page drafts. This allows users to refine their changes in draft mode in one or more editing sessions. When satisfied with the page updates, an approver can publish the page. More

Deselect to apply page updates immediately, without creating a page draft.

Assets

The Assets section of the Settings page enables you to establish the default settings for the portal assets (page template, skin, and resource catalogs for pages and page templates).

Element Description

Element	Description
Page Template	By default, a portal inherits the page template defined for the portal template that you select when you create the portal. If the portal template does not specify a page template, the portal uses the default page template specified by the system administrator for all portals. Optionally, select a different page template for the portal, overriding the portal template setting and the application setting. The list displays out-of-the-box page templates and custom templates added to the application or the portal. [system default] applies the page template specified for the application by the system administrator. Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the page template dynamically based on certain criteria. Each page template works together with a skin to determine the overall look and feel of the pages in your portal. A page template can define a preferred skin to identify the skin that works best with that page template. When a page template is selected for a portal, the default skin automatically updates to the page template's preferred skin, if it has one. More
Skin	By default, a portal inherits its skin from the application-level settings. Optionally, select a different skin for the portal, overriding the application setting. When you change the skin for a portal, the skin is applied to all the pages of the portal. However, the portal administration pages are not affected. They always appear with the default skin, `Alta`. The list displays out-of-the-box skins and custom skins added to the application or the portal. [system default] applies the skin specified for the application by the system administrator. Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the skin dynamically based on certain criteria. If the page template selected for the portal defines a preferred skin, the default skin automatically updates to the page template's preferred skin. Changing the default skin to something other than the preferred skin for the selected default page template may produce unexpected results. More
Resource Catalog for Pages Resource Catalog for Page Templates	By default, a portal inherits the resource catalogs for its pages and the page template from the application-level settings. Optionally, select different resource catalogs for the portal, overriding the application settings. The lists display out-of-the-box resource catalogs and custom resource catalogs added to the application or the portal. [system default] applies the resource catalog specified for the application by the system administrator. Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the resource catalog dynamically based on certain criteria. More

Page Template

By default, a portal inherits the page template defined for the portal template that you select when you create the portal. If the portal template does not specify a page template, the portal uses the default page template specified by the system administrator for all portals. Optionally, select a different page template for the portal, overriding the portal template setting and the application setting.

The list displays out-of-the-box page templates and custom templates added to the application or the portal.

[system default] applies the page template specified for the application by the system administrator.

Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the page template dynamically based on certain criteria.

Each page template works together with a skin to determine the overall look and feel of the pages in your portal. A page template can define a preferred skin to identify the skin that works best with that page template. When a page template is selected for a portal, the default skin automatically updates to the page template's preferred skin, if it has one.

Skin

By default, a portal inherits its skin from the application-level settings. Optionally, select a different skin for the portal, overriding the application setting. When you change the skin for a portal, the skin is applied to all the pages of the portal. However, the portal administration pages are not affected. They always appear with the default skin, Alta.

The list displays out-of-the-box skins and custom skins added to the application or the portal.

[system default] applies the skin specified for the application by the system administrator.

Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the skin dynamically based on certain criteria.

If the page template selected for the portal defines a preferred skin, the default skin automatically updates to the page template's preferred skin. Changing the default skin to something other than the preferred skin for the selected default page template may produce unexpected results.

Resource Catalog for Pages

Resource Catalog for Page Templates

By default, a portal inherits the resource catalogs for its pages and the page template from the application-level settings. Optionally, select different resource catalogs for the portal, overriding the application settings.

The lists display out-of-the-box resource catalogs and custom resource catalogs added to the application or the portal.

[system default] applies the resource catalog specified for the application by the system administrator.

Click the Advanced edit options icon next to the dropdown list to enter an EL expression that determines the resource catalog dynamically based on certain criteria.

Options

The Options section of the Settings page enables you to modify the copyright and privacy URL for the portal, choose whether to display or hide the page footer displaying this information, and set a default language for the portal.

Element	Description
Footer	Select to display a page footer at the bottom of the portal. The page footer can display copyright details for the portal and a link to its privacy statement. Deselect the check box to hide the page footer. More
Copyright	Enter a suitable copyright statement for the portal. The copyright statement displays in the page footer at the bottom left of the portal. If no copyright information is required, remove the existing contents and leave this field blank. More
Privacy URL	Enter a fully qualified URL for the location of the portal privacy policy (for example, `http://www.oracle.com/html/privacy.html`). The Privacy Statement link displays in the page footer at the bottom of the portal. If no privacy information is required, remove the existing contents and leave this field blank. More
Default Language	Select a language for the portal to control the language in which the user interface (UI) elements such as button and field labels, application links, and screen text render. The portal will always display using this language setting, which is given precedence over all other language settings (within the scope of viewing the portal). Click Customize to display a dialog where you can select from all available languages a subset of languages to display in the Default Language menu. To specify a variable value, click the Advanced edit options icon to open an Expression Language (EL) editor. More

Devices

The Devices section of the Settings page enables you to specify the page behavior when using a device (such as an iPhone) when no page variant exists for the device group to which that device belongs, and the device group is not the default device group for the portal. This sets the page fallback behavior for all pages in the portal. More

Element	Description
Page Fallback	This setting is honored based on the following rules: If the request is from a device in the default device group for the portal, then the default (base) page will be displayed no matter what is set for Page Fallback. More Note: This means that even if there is a page variant for the device group, the default (base) page will be displayed. If the request is from a device that is not in the default device group for the portal, then: If there is a page variant for that device group, the page variant is displayed on the device. If no page variant exists for the device group, then the Page Fallback setting is used by the device: Display default page to display the original base page on the device. Display no page to display the Page Not Available page on the device.

Element

Description

Page Fallback

This setting is honored based on the following rules:

If the request is from a device in the default device group for the portal, then the default (base) page will be displayed no matter what is set for Page Fallback. More

Note: This means that even if there is a page variant for the device group, the default (base) page will be displayed.
If the request is from a device that is not in the default device group for the portal, then:

If there is a page variant for that device group, the page variant is displayed on the device.

If no page variant exists for the device group, then the Page Fallback setting is used by the device:
- Display default page to display the original base page on the device.
- Display no page to display the Page Not Available page on the device.

Attributes

The Attributes section of the Settings page enables you to specify additional information (metadata) for the current portal. Every portal includes built-in attributes such as name, description, date created, icon, and so on. In addition to these built-in attributes, you can add custom attributes that are unique to the portal and its characteristics. Custom attributes are propagated throughout the portal. More

Any portal page, task flow, or portlet that delivers content based on parameter values can accept custom attribute values and display content accordingly. Typically, custom attribute values are retrieved using Expression Language (EL), but you can also set custom attributes to static values.

When you create a new portal that is based on a portal template that includes custom attributes, the new portal inherits the template's custom attributes and their values.

Element	Description
Add Attribute	Click to open the Add Attribute dialog to create a new portal attribute.
Name field	A non-editable existing portal attributes name.
Value field	An editable portal attribute value.
	Click to display the Delete Attribute dialog to confirm your request to remove the associated attribute from the portal.

Icon and Logo

The Icon and Logo section of the Settings page enables you to change the icon, logo, and preview image associated with the portal.

The image files can be up to 150 KB. Supported file types are .gif or .GIF, .png or .PNG, and .jpg or .JPG. If the file is not uploading, check the size of the file you are trying to upload. The file name must contain alphanumeric characters only.

Element	Description
Icon	The current portal icon, which displays alongside the portal display name in menus, such as the Portals menu. More A default icon is assigned by the portal template used when you create the portal. Click Change to open the Select Icon dialog, where you can upload a new icon image, or enter the URL to an icon image. The icon image file should be no larger than 16 x 16 pixels for best results.
Logo	The current portal logo, which displays alongside the portal name in larger areas, such as at the top of the portal. It also serves as the portal tile in the portal browser when Show portal logo instead of color tile is selected. If the portal is saved as a portal template, then the logo is used in the portal creation wizard to represent the portal template on the template selection page. More A default logo is assigned by the portal template used when you create the portal. Click Change to open the Select Logo dialog, where you can upload a new logo image, or enter the URL to a logo image. The logo image file should be no larger than 64 x 64 pixels for best results.
Preview Image	When you use the current portal as the basis for creating a new portal template, this is the image that represents a preview of a new portal created with the portal template. This image is exposed in the portal creation wizard in the preview pane on the portal specification page. More A default preview image is assigned by the portal template used when you create the portal. Click Change to open the Select Preview Image dialog, where you can upload a new preview image, or enter the URL to a preview image.
Show portal logo instead of color tile	Select to change the display of the portal in the portal browser from a color tile to its logo.