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Part I Understanding OracleAS Portal
1
What Is OracleAS Portal?
1.1
What Is a Portal?
1.2
What Is Content?
1.2.1
Keeping Up with Changes
1.2.2
Controlling Content Handling
1.3
Finding Content
1.4
Personalizing Your Portal
2
Interacting with Your Portal
2.1
Viewing Pages
2.1.1
Logging in to OracleAS Portal
2.1.2
Displaying a Page
2.1.2.1
Refreshing a Page
2.1.2.2
Refreshing a Portlet on a Page
2.1.2.3
Viewing New Items on a Page
2.1.3
Understanding Page and Item URLs
2.1.4
Choosing Your Home Page
2.1.4.1
Changing Your Home Page
2.1.4.2
Changing Your Mobile Home Page
2.1.5
Changing Your Password
2.1.6
Choosing a Default Page Style
2.1.7
Viewing Translated Content
2.2
Finding Information in Your Portal
2.2.1
Searching For Content
2.2.1.1
Performing a Basic Search
2.2.1.2
Performing an Advanced Search
2.2.2
Interpreting Search Results
2.2.3
Saving and Reusing Searches
2.2.3.1
Saving a Search
2.2.3.2
Adding a List of Saved Searches to a Page
2.2.3.3
Reusing a Saved Search
2.3
Personalizing Pages
2.3.1
Adding a Portlet to a Page
2.3.2
Rearranging Portlets in a Page Region
2.3.3
Moving Portlets to Different Regions/Tabs
2.3.4
Hiding a Portlet on a Page
2.3.5
Removing a Portlet from a Page
2.3.6
Rearranging the Order of Tabs in a Region
2.3.7
Hiding a Tab on a Page
2.3.8
Applying a New Style to a Page
2.3.9
Personalizing a Page Parameter
2.3.10
Removing Your Page Personalizations
2.4
Subscribing to a Page or Item
2.4.1
Subscribing to a Page
2.4.2
Subscribing to an Item
2.4.3
Setting Up the My Notifications Portlet to Show Your Subscriptions
2.5
Accessing OracleAS Portal Page Editing Tools
2.5.1
Accessing Page Editing Tools
2.5.2
Accessing Page Portlet Editing Tools
2.6
Adding Content to a Page
2.6.1
Adding Content
2.6.1.1
Adding Items with a Wizard
2.6.1.2
Adding Items from Your Desktop
2.6.2
Performing Actions on Items
2.7
Getting Your Content Approved
2.7.1
Submitting Content for Approval
2.7.1.1
Using the Pending Items Preview Mode
2.7.1.2
Personalizing the My Approval Status Portlet
2.7.2
Approving or Rejecting Content
2.7.2.1
Setting Up the My Notifications Portlet to Show Approval Status
2.7.2.2
Approving or Rejecting an Item
2.8
Troubleshooting
Part II Planning Your Portal
3
Planning Your Portal
3.1
Getting Up to Speed
3.1.1
Approaching Your Portal
3.1.2
Knowing Your Audience
3.1.3
Key Concepts and Terms
3.2
Making Key Decisions
3.2.1
Understanding the Planning Process
3.2.2
Using Page Groups Effectively
3.2.3
Configuring a Page Group for Content Management
3.2.4
Deciding What Content To Publish
4
Working with Page Groups
4.1
Creating a Page Group
4.2
Deleting a Page Group
4.3
Delegating Page Group Responsibilities
4.3.1
Assigning Page Group Privileges
4.3.1.1
Granting Access to a Page Group
4.3.1.2
Changing Access to a Page Group
4.3.2
Controlling Who Can Apply a Different Style to a Page
4.3.3
Specifying a Page Group Contact
4.3.3.1
Specifying the Page Group Contact E-mail Address
4.3.3.2
Adding the Page Group Contact E-Mail Address to a Page
4.4
Configuring a Page Group's Page Edit Modes
4.5
Setting Page Defaults for the Pages in a Page Group
4.5.1
Specifying Inheritance Rules for Newly Created Pages
4.5.2
Choosing a Default Style for a Page Group
4.5.3
Choosing a Default Navigation Page for a Page Group
4.5.4
Choosing a Default Template or Page Skin for a Page Group
4.5.5
Specifying Tab Navigation Behavior for a Page Group
4.5.6
Defining URL Rewrite Rules for a Page Group
4.5.7
Enabling and Disabling Parameters and Events for a Page Group
4.5.8
Enabling JavaServer Page Access to a Page Group
4.5.8.1
Enabling JSP Access
4.5.8.2
Publishing a Portlet Externally
4.5.8.3
Additional JSP Information
4.6
Sharing Objects Across Page Groups
4.6.1
Understanding the Shared Objects Page Group
4.6.2
Moving Objects to the Shared Objects Page Group
4.7
Troubleshooting Page Groups
5
Understanding Oracle Instant Portal
5.1
What Is Oracle Instant Portal?
5.1.1
Creating an Oracle Instant Portal
5.2
What Can You Do with Oracle Instant Portal?
5.2.1
Contributing Content
5.2.2
Creating New Pages
5.2.3
Administering Oracle Instant Portal
5.2.3.1
Customizing the Look and Feel
5.2.3.2
Controlling Access to Your Portal
5.3
Using OracleAS Portal to Affect Oracle Instant Portal
5.3.1
Importing and Exporting Oracle Instant Portal
5.3.2
Limiting the Size of Uploads
5.3.3
Working with the News and Announcements Portlets
5.3.3.1
Determining How Many Items To Collect and When
5.3.3.2
Displaying Content From a Different Page
5.3.4
Refreshing the Search Index in Oracle Instant Portal
5.3.4.1
Determining the Proper Synchronization Interval
5.3.4.2
Changing the Oracle Text Synchronization Interval
5.3.5
Adding Portlets to the Oracle Instant Portal Home Page
5.4
What's Next?
6
Preparing to Add Content
6.1
Things You Can Do with Content
6.2
Working with Attributes, Item Types, and Page Types
6.2.1
Working with Attributes
6.2.1.1
Creating an Attribute
6.2.1.2
Editing an Attribute
6.2.1.3
Deleting an Attribute
6.2.2
Working With Item Types
6.2.2.1
Creating an Item Type
6.2.2.2
Editing an Item Type
6.2.2.3
Making an Item Type Available to a Page Group
6.2.2.4
Deleting an Item Type
6.2.3
Working with Page Types
6.2.3.1
Creating a Page Type
6.2.3.2
Editing a Page Type
6.2.3.3
Making a Page Type Available to a Page Group
6.2.3.4
Deleting a Page Type
6.3
Setting Up Content Classification
6.3.1
Working with Categories
6.3.1.1
Creating a Category
6.3.1.2
Editing a Category
6.3.1.3
Making a Category Available to a Page Group
6.3.1.4
Moving a Category to the Shared Objects Page Group
6.3.1.5
Deleting a Category
6.3.2
Working with Perspectives
6.3.2.1
Creating a Perspective
6.3.2.2
Editing a Perspective
6.3.2.3
Making a Perspective Available to a Page Group
6.3.2.4
Moving a Perspective to the Shared Objects Page Group
6.3.2.5
Deleting a Perspective
6.4
Setting Up Approvals
6.4.1
Enabling Approvals and Notifications for a Page Group
6.4.2
Setting Up the Approval Process for a Page Group
6.4.2.1
Setting Up an Approval Process for a Page Group
6.4.2.2
Enabling Page Managers to Specify Their Own Approval Processes
6.4.3
Monitoring Pending Approvals
6.4.4
Setting Up Expiry Notifications for a Page Group
6.4.4.1
Setting Up Expiry Notifications
6.4.4.2
Displaying Expiry Notifications on a Page
6.5
Managing Item Behavior at the Page Group Level
6.5.1
Changing the Page Group Quota
6.5.2
Setting the Item Versioning Level for a Page Group
6.5.3
Managing Unpublished Items
6.5.3.1
Displaying Unpublished Items
6.5.3.2
Retaining Deleted Items
6.5.3.3
Permanently Removing Expired and Deleted Items
6.5.4
Displaying the New and Updated Icons
6.5.5
Disabling the Rich Text Editor
6.6
Troubleshooting Content Management
Part III Creating Pages
7
Creating Pages
7.1
Understanding Pages in OracleAS Portal
7.1.1
Pages and Page Types in OracleAS Portal
7.1.2
When To Use Each Page Type
7.2
Creating a Standard Page
7.3
Creating a Sub-Page
7.4
Creating a URL Page
7.5
Creating a PL/SQL Page
7.6
Creating a JavaServer Page (JSP)
7.6.1
Creating a JSP Through the Page Creation Wizard
7.6.2
Creating a JSP By Copying Another Page
7.7
Creating a Mobile Page
7.8
Creating a Navigation Page
7.9
Editing Page Properties
7.10
Troubleshooting Page Creation
8
Defining and Displaying Page Information
8.1
Enabling Item Versioning for Page Groups, Pages, and Templates
8.2
Listing the Pages You Manage
8.3
Viewing Information About Pages and Page Content
8.3.1
Viewing Page Property Sheets
8.3.2
Viewing Portlet Property Sheets
8.3.3
Viewing Item Property Sheets
8.4
Classifying a Page
8.4.1
Assigning a Category to a Page
8.4.2
Assigning Perspectives to a Page
8.5
Adding Keywords to a Page
8.6
Specifying a Page Contact
8.7
Specifying a Representative Image for a Page
8.8
Selecting Default Regions for Content Uploads
8.8.1
Selecting Default Regions for a Page
8.8.2
Selecting a Default Region for a Portal Template
8.9
Defining the Display of Sub-Page Links
8.10
Troubleshooting Page Information Issues
9
Performing Actions on Pages
9.1
Locating Pages in OracleAS Portal
9.1.1
Locating a Page Through the Page Groups Portlet
9.1.2
Locating a Page Through the Portal Navigator
9.2
Copying a Page
9.3
Moving a Page
9.4
Deleting a Page
9.5
Placing One Page Onto Another
9.5.1
Publishing a Page as a Portlet
9.5.2
Displaying a Page Through the Page Portlet
9.5.3
Selecting Page Portlet Regions for Display
9.6
Performing Actions on Multiple Pages Simultaneously
9.6.1
Performing Bulk Actions Through List View
9.6.2
Performing Bulk Actions Through the Portal Navigator
9.7
Troubleshooting Actions on Pages
10
Working with Pages Designed for Mobile Devices
10.1
Mobile Support in OracleAS Portal
10.2
Creating a Mobile Page
10.3
Adding Content to a Mobile Page
10.4
Personalizing Mobile Pages
10.5
Viewing Standard Pages on Mobile Devices
10.6
Adding MobileXML to OracleAS Portal Pages
10.7
Viewing OracleAS Portal Pages from a Mobile Device
10.7.1
Step 1 Acquire a mobile device
10.7.2
Step 2 Configure mobile access for OracleAS Portal
10.7.3
Step 3 Make mobile content available on OracleAS Portal pages
10.7.4
Step 4 Configure a home page for mobile users
10.7.5
Step 5 Contact OracleAS Portal from a mobile device
10.8
Using the OracleAS Wireless Debugger/Simulator
10.9
Troubleshooting Mobile Pages
Part IV Designing the Layout and Appearance of Pages
11
Working with Layouts
11.1
Using Regions to Create a Page Layout
11.1.1
Adding a Region to a Page
11.1.2
Deleting a Region from a Page
11.2
Configuring Region Display Options
11.2.1
Changing a Region Name
11.2.2
Changing a Region Type
11.2.3
Changing the Height and Width of a Region
11.2.4
Displaying or Hiding Banners
11.2.5
Changing the Number of Columns and Rows in a Region
11.2.6
Changing the Alignment of Items
11.2.7
Setting Sub-Page Links Region Properties
11.2.7.1
Specifying Whether One or Two Sub-Page Link Levels Display
11.2.7.2
Specifying the Attributes to Display with Sub-Page Links
11.2.7.3
Selecting a Navigation Image
11.2.8
Setting a Uniform Height and Width for Item Icons
11.2.9
Changing the Attributes Displayed in a Region
11.2.10
Grouping Items in a Region
11.2.11
Defining a Sort Order for Items
11.2.12
Displaying or Hiding Portlet Headers and Borders
11.2.13
Showing or Hiding Portlet Header Links
11.2.14
Changing Portlet and Item Spacing
11.3
Working with Tabs
11.3.1
Adding a Tab to a Page
11.3.2
Naming a Tab
11.3.3
Rearranging the Order of Tabs in a Region
11.3.4
Hiding/Showing Tabs
11.3.4.1
Hiding and Showing a Tab
11.3.4.2
Hiding and Showing Multiple Tabs at Once
11.3.5
Changing the Alignment of Tabs
11.3.6
Changing a Tab Image
11.3.7
Adding a Rollover Effect to Tabs
11.3.8
Deleting Tabs
11.3.8.1
Deleting One Tab
11.3.8.2
Deleting Multiple Tabs Simultaneously
11.4
Troubleshooting Regions and Tabs
12
Working with Colors and Fonts
12.1
Understanding Style Basics
12.2
Creating a Style
12.3
Style Element Properties
12.3.1
Items
12.3.2
Tabs
12.3.3
Portlets
12.3.4
Common
12.4
Defining Styles for Items
12.5
Defining Styles for Portlets
12.5.1
Changing the Portlet Body Color
12.5.2
Changing Portlet Header Colors, Fonts, and Edges
12.5.3
Changing Portlet Heading and Text Colors and Fonts
12.5.4
Controlling Styles for Page Portlets and Navigation Pages
12.6
Defining Styles for Tabs
12.7
Defining Common Style Elements
12.7.1
Changing the Page or Region Background
12.7.2
Designing Styles for Banners
12.7.2.1
Changing Banner Thickness and Text Alignment
12.7.2.2
Changing Banner Colors and Fonts
12.8
Applying a Style
12.8.1
Applying a Style to a Page
12.8.1.1
Applying a Style by Default
12.8.1.2
Applying a Style Explicitly
12.8.2
Applying a Style to a Region
12.9
Making a Style Available to Other Users
12.9.1
Publishing a Style to Other Users
12.9.2
Sharing a Style Across Page Groups
12.10
Editing a Style
12.11
Deleting a Style
12.12
Using Portal Style Element Classes in HTML Templates and CSSs
12.13
Troubleshooting Styles
13
Providing a Standard Look and Feel
13.1
Understanding Templates in OracleAS Portal
13.1.1
What Are Portal Templates?
13.1.1.1
Portal Template Uses and Benefits
13.1.1.2
Portal Templates for Pages
13.1.1.3
Portal Templates for Items
13.1.2
What Are HTML Templates?
13.1.2.1
HTML Template Uses and Benefits
13.1.2.2
HTML Page Skins
13.1.2.3
HTML Content Layouts
13.1.3
Comparing Template Types
13.2
Working with Portal Templates for Pages and Items
13.2.1
Using Portal Templates with Pages
13.2.1.1
Creating a Portal Template for Pages
13.2.1.2
Applying Portal Templates for Pages
13.2.1.3
Editing Portal Templates for Pages
13.2.1.4
Detaching a Portal Template from a Page
13.2.2
Using Portal Templates with Items
13.2.2.1
Creating Portal Templates for Items
13.2.2.2
Applying Portal Templates for Items
13.2.2.3
Calling a Portal Template for Items at Runtime
13.2.2.4
Editing Portal Templates for Items
13.2.2.5
Detaching a Portal Template for Items
13.2.3
Copying a Portal Template
13.2.4
Editing Portal Template Properties
13.3
Working with HTML Templates
13.3.1
Using HTML to Define a Page Border
13.3.1.1
Creating an HTML Page Skin
13.3.1.2
Applying an HTML Page Skin
13.3.1.3
Editing an HTML Page Skin
13.3.1.4
Detaching an HTML Page Skin from a Page
13.3.2
Using HTML to Define the Layout and Appearance of Region Content
13.3.2.1
Creating an HTML Content Layout
13.3.2.2
Applying an HTML Content Layout
13.3.2.3
Editing an HTML Content Layout
13.3.2.4
Detaching an HTML Content Layout Template from a Region
13.3.3
Using HTML to Create Templates for Database Portlets
13.3.3.1
Creating an Unstructured User Interface Template
13.3.3.2
Applying an Unstructured User Interface Template
13.3.3.3
Editing an Unstructured User Interface Template
13.3.3.4
Deleting an Unstructured User Interface Template
13.3.4
Copying HTML Templates
13.3.4.1
Copying an HTML Page Skin or Content Layout Template
13.3.4.2
Copying an Unstructured User Interface Template
13.4
Deleting Templates from OracleAS Portal
13.4.1
Deleting a Portal Template
13.4.2
Deleting an HTML Template
13.5
Troubleshooting Templates
14
Designing Your Portal's Navigation
14.1
Understanding Navigation in OracleAS Portal
14.1.1
Navigation Pages
14.1.2
Smart Links, Breadcrumbs, Search Boxes, and Object Map Links
14.1.3
Custom Searches
14.2
Creating or Copying a Navigation Page
14.3
Publishing a Navigation Page as a Portlet
14.4
Adding a Navigation Page to a Page
14.5
Deleting a Navigation Page
14.6
Populating a Navigation Page with Navigation Elements
14.6.1
Adding a Basic Search Box Item
14.6.2
Adding a List of Objects Item
14.6.3
Adding a Login/Logout Link Item
14.6.4
Adding an Object Map Link Item
14.6.5
Adding a Page Path Item (Breadcrumbs)
14.6.6
Adding a Portal Smart Link Item
14.6.7
Adding a Portal Smart Text Item
14.6.8
Displaying Links to Sub-Pages
14.7
Troubleshooting Navigation Pages
Part V Working with Content
15
Working with Items
15.1
Understanding Items
15.2
Adding Items to a Page
15.2.1
Adding a File Item
15.2.2
Adding Text to a Page
15.2.2.1
Adding a Text Item
15.2.2.2
The Rich Text Editor
15.2.3
Adding a URL Link to a Page
15.2.4
Adding a Simple Item Link to a Page
15.2.5
Adding Dynamic Data (PL/SQL Item)
15.2.6
Specifying How Item URLs Are Formed
15.2.7
Tricks for Adding and Editing Items
15.2.7.1
Creating a Shortcut to Adding Content
15.2.7.2
Creating a Shortcut to Editing Content
15.3
Uploading Multiple Files Simultaneously
15.3.1
Preparing Zip Files for Upload
15.3.2
Adding a Zip File as a File
15.3.3
Adding a Zip File as a Zip File
15.3.4
Extracting a Zip File Within OracleAS Portal
15.4
Editing Items
15.4.1
Editing an Item
15.4.2
Classifying the Content of an Item
15.4.2.1
Changing the Category of an Item
15.4.2.2
Changing the Perspectives of an Item
15.4.2.3
Changing the Search Keywords for an Item
15.4.3
Setting a Publish Date for an Item
15.4.4
Enabling Item Check Out
15.5
Checking Items Out and In
15.5.1
Checking an Item Out
15.5.2
Checking an Item In
15.6
Hiding/Showing an Item
15.7
Copying Items
15.7.1
Copying a Single Item
15.7.2
Copying Multiple Items
15.8
Moving Items
15.8.1
Moving a Single Item
15.8.2
Moving Multiple Items
15.9
Rearranging the Order of Items
15.9.1
Rearranging the Order of Ungrouped Items
15.9.2
Rearranging the Order of Grouped Items
15.10
Deleting Items and Restoring Deleted Items
15.10.1
Deleting a Single Item
15.10.2
Deleting Multiple Items
15.10.3
Restoring a Deleted Items
15.10.3.1
Restoring One Deleted Item
15.10.3.2
Restoring Multiple Deleted Items
15.11
Expiring Items
15.11.1
Setting the Expiration Details for an Item
15.11.2
Expiring a Single Item
15.11.3
Expiring Multiple Items Instantly
15.11.4
Restoring an Expired Item
15.12
Using Item Version Control
15.12.1
Changing Version Control Settings for an Item
15.12.2
Changing the Active Current Version of an Item
15.12.3
Using Your Own Version Numbering Scheme
15.12.4
Images and Item Versioning
15.13
Troubleshooting Item Issues
16
Working with Portlets
16.1
Adding a Portlet to a Page
16.2
Arranging Portlets in a Region
16.3
Editing and Personalizing Portlets
16.3.1
Comparing Edit Defaults, Edit Instance, and Personalize Portlet
16.3.2
Editing a Portlet's Defaults
16.3.3
Editing a Portlet Instance
16.3.4
Personalizing a Portlet
16.4
Hiding and Showing Portlets
16.4.1
Hiding a Single Portlet
16.4.2
Hiding Multiple Portlets Simultaneously
16.5
Deleting Portlets
16.5.1
Deleting One Portlet
16.5.2
Deleting Multiple Portlets Simultaneously
16.6
Moving Portlets to Another Region
16.6.1
Moving a Single Portlet
16.6.2
Moving Multiple Portlets Simultaneously
16.7
Sharing a Portlet Across Multiple Pages
16.7.1
Sharing One Portlet
16.7.2
Sharing Multiple Portlets
16.7.3
Adding a Shared Portlet Instance to a Page
16.8
Troubleshooting Portlet Issues
17
Working with Search Portlets
17.1
Understanding Search Options in OracleAS Portal
17.2
Working with Basic and Advanced Search Portlets
17.3
Working with the Custom Search Portlet
17.3.1
Placing a Custom Search Portlet on a Page
17.3.2
Setting Custom Search Options
17.3.2.1
Custom Search - Portlet Type Tab
17.3.2.2
Custom Search - What to Search Tab
17.3.2.3
Custom Search - Search Criteria Tab
17.3.2.4
Custom Search - Search Form Tab
17.3.2.5
Custom Search - Results Display Tab
17.3.3
The Custom Search Form
17.3.3.1
Understanding the Default Custom Search Form
17.3.3.2
Editing the Default Custom Search Form
17.3.4
The Custom Search Results Page
17.3.4.1
Understanding the Default Search Results Page
17.3.4.2
Using Your Own Search Results Page
17.3.4.3
Customizing Search Results
17.3.4.4
Using Custom Item Types to Customize Search Results
17.3.5
Creating a Portlet that Publishes Search Results Automatically
17.3.6
Restricting Portal Content from a Custom Search
17.3.7
Setting Search Criteria for a Custom Search Portlet
17.3.8
Defining Separate Portlets for Search Forms and Search Results
17.4
Troubleshooting Search Functionality
18
Protecting Your Content
18.1
Page and Object Security in OracleAS Portal
18.2
Delegating the Task of Assigning Privileges
18.3
Granting Global Privileges
18.3.1
Granting Global Privileges to a User
18.3.2
Granting Global Privileges to a Group
18.4
Securing Page Groups
18.5
Securing Pages
18.5.1
Making a Page Available to Everyone
18.5.2
Granting Privileges on a Page
18.5.3
Caching and Security
18.6
Securing Tabs
18.7
Securing Portlets
18.7.1
Granting Global Privileges on Portlets
18.7.1.1
Portlet-Related Global Privileges on All Portlets
18.7.1.2
Portlet-Related Global Privileges on All Providers
18.7.1.3
Portlet-Related Global Privileges on All Portal DB Providers
18.7.2
Granting Personalization Privileges on Portlets
18.8
Locking Regions
18.8.1
Locking a Page Region
18.8.2
Locking a Portal Template Region
18.9
Securing Items
18.9.1
Using Item Level Security
18.9.1.1
Understanding Item Level Security
18.9.1.2
Enabling Item Level Security on a Page
18.9.1.3
Enabling Item Level Security on a Tab
18.9.1.4
Enabling Item Level Security on a Portal Template
18.9.1.5
Changing Item Access
18.9.2
Using Approvals to Pre-Screen Items
18.9.3
Item URL Security
18.10
Granting Privileges on Styles
18.11
Granting Privileges on Portal Templates
18.11.1
Granting Access to Portal Templates for Pages
18.11.2
Granting Access to Portal Templates for Items
18.11.3
Template-Related Privileges
18.12
Granting Content Attribution Privileges
18.13
Troubleshooting Page and Object Security Issues
Part VI Advanced Page Design Features
19
Using WebDAV Clients with OracleAS Portal
19.1
When to Use Which WebDAV Client with OracleAS Portal
19.2
Setting Up OracleAS Portal for WebDAV
19.2.1
Specifying Default Item Types for Zip and WebDAV Uploads
19.2.2
Selecting a Target Region for Content Added Through WebDAV
19.3
Setting Up Your WebDAV Client
19.4
General Rules for Using a WebDAV Client
19.4.1
Listing Portal Content in a WebDAV Client
19.4.2
Viewing Content Through a WebDAV Client
19.4.3
Moving, Copying, and Editing Content Through WebDAV
19.4.4
How WebDAV Handles Item Types and Attributes
19.4.5
Versioning Support in WebDAV
19.4.6
Approvals and Drafts Support in WebDAV
19.4.7
Deleting Content Through WebDAV
19.4.8
Checking Content Out and In through WebDAV
19.4.9
Creating OracleAS Portal Pages and Sub-Pages Through WebDAV
19.4.10
Viewing WebDAV Errors
19.4.11
Authentication and WebDAV
19.5
Using Oracle Drive as a WebDAV Client
19.5.1
Installing Oracle Drive
19.5.2
Configuring Oracle Drive to Work with OracleAS Portal
19.5.3
OracleAS Portal Right-Click Menu Options
19.6
Using Web Folders as a WebDAV Client
19.6.1
Web Folders and Network Places
19.6.1.1
Setting up a Web Folder or a Network Place
19.6.1.2
Additional Notes on Web Folders and Network Places
19.6.2
Using Web Folders to Work with Portal Content
19.6.3
Error Messages in Web Folders
19.7
Using Cadaver as a WebDAV Client
19.8
Using Sitecopy as a WebDAV Client
19.9
Using Dreamweaver as a WebDAV Client
19.10
Using Microsoft Office as a WebDAV Client
19.11
Example: Using Web Folders to Add Content to a Portal Page
19.12
Example: Using Microsoft Office 2000 to Edit Portal Page Content
19.13
Example: Using Dreamweaver to Edit Portal Page Content
19.14
Troubleshooting WebDAV Issues
20
Translating Portal Content
20.1
Understanding Translation in OracleAS Portal
20.1.1
Selecting a Session Language
20.1.2
Displaying a Translation
20.1.3
Translation and Attributes
20.1.3.1
Translatable Attributes
20.1.3.2
Non-Translatable Attributes
20.1.3.3
Translating Attributes
20.2
Creating a Translatable Page Group
20.2.1
Planning for Translations
20.2.1.1
Installing Languages
20.2.1.2
Choosing a Default Language
20.2.1.3
What Must Be Translated?
20.2.1.4
Translation, Names, and Display Names
20.2.1.5
Adding Content in a Language Other than the Default Language
20.2.1.6
Translations and the Shared Objects Page Group
20.2.2
Adding Translation Languages to a Page Group
20.2.3
Making a Translation Available to All Users
20.2.4
Deleting a Page Group Translation
20.3
Creating Translatable Content
20.3.1
Adding a Translated Item
20.3.2
Translations and Item Versioning
20.3.3
Copying Translatable Attributes
20.3.4
Translations and Approvals
20.3.5
Translations and Object Deletion
20.4
Troubleshooting Translations
21
Setting Up an Approval Chain
21.1
Setting Up an Approval Process for a Page
21.2
Enabling Users to Subscribe to a Page or Item
21.3
Troubleshooting Approval and Notifications
22
Improving Page Performance
22.1
Page Caching
22.1.1
Changing How a Page Is Cached
22.1.2
Page Caching Options
22.1.3
Clearing the Cache for a Page
22.2
Portlet Caching
22.2.1
Changing How a Portlet Is Cached
22.2.2
Portlet Caching Options
22.2.3
Portlet Caching Level Options
22.3
Template Caching
22.3.1
Changing How a Portal Template Is Cached
22.3.2
Portal Template Caching Options
22.3.3
Clearing the Cache for a Portal Template
22.4
Troubleshooting Page Performance
23
Using Parameters and Events
23.1
Understanding Parameters
23.1.1
Understanding Page Parameters
23.1.1.1
Page Parameters in URL Pages
23.1.1.2
Page Parameters in PL/SQL Pages
23.1.2
Understanding Portlet Parameters
23.2
Understanding Events
23.3
Adding a Parameter to a Page or Portal Template
23.4
Passing Parameter Values to Portlets
23.5
Setting Up Events on a Page
23.6
Assigning Parameter Values to Items Displayed on a Portal Template
23.6.1
Defining Parameter Values for Items Displayed on a Portal Template
23.6.1.1
Overriding Parameter Values for an Item Displayed on a Portal Template
23.7
Troubleshooting Parameters and Events
Part VII Appendixes
A
OracleAS Portal Seeded Objects
A.1
Built-in Page Groups
A.2
Base Attributes
A.2.1
Base Content Attributes
A.2.2
Base Display Attributes
A.2.3
Base Search Result Display Attributes
A.2.4
Base Searchable Attributes
A.3
Base Page Types
A.4
Base Item Types
A.5
Built-in Portlets
A.5.1
Working with the Favorites Portlet
A.5.1.1
Personalizing the Favorites Portlet
A.5.1.2
Adding Default Favorites and Favorite Groups to the Favorites Portlet
A.5.2
Working with the Recent Objects Portlet
A.5.2.1
Personalize the Recent Objects Portlet
A.5.3
Working with the External Applications Portlet
A.5.3.1
Personalizing the External Applications Portlet
A.5.4
Working with the Login Portlet
A.5.4.1
Setting Up the Login Portlet
A.5.5
Working with the Set Language Portlet
A.5.5.1
Setting Up the Set Language Portlet
A.5.6
Working with the OracleAS Portal Community News Portlets
A.5.7
Working with the Survey Portlets
A.5.7.1
Creating a Survey
A.5.7.2
Creating a Poll
A.5.7.3
Creating a Test
A.5.7.4
Adding a Survey, Poll, or Test to a Page
B
Page Group Object Privileges
B.1
Privileges Required for Page Group Related Tasks
B.2
Page Group Privileges
B.3
Page and Tab Privileges
B.4
Item Privileges
C
Formation of URLs in OracleAS Portal
C.1
Path-Based URLs
C.1.1
Forming Path-Based URLs
C.1.2
Examples of Path-Based URLs
C.2
Durable URLs
C.2.1
Forming Durable URLs
C.2.2
Examples of Durable URLs
C.3
Additional Notes on Path-Based and Durable URLs
C.3.1
Additional Notes on the Formation of URLs in OracleAS Portal
C.3.2
How Name, Display Name, and File Name Affect a Path-Based URL
C.3.2.1
File-Based Item Type Has an Exposed Name Attribute
C.3.2.2
File-Based Item Type Has a Hidden Name Attribute
C.3.2.3
File-Based Item Type Has No Name Attribute
C.3.3
The Language Parameter in Path-Based and Durable URLs
D
Object Naming Rules in OracleAS Portal
E
Substitution Tags for HTML and Unstructured UI Templates
E.1
Substitution Tags for HTML Page Skins
E.2
Style Element Classes Used with OracleAS Portal Styles
E.2.1
Style Element Classes Associated with Common Elements
E.2.2
Style Element Classes Associated with Tabs
E.2.3
Style Element Classes Associated with Items
E.2.4
Style Element Classes Associated with Portlets
E.3
Substitution Tags for HTML Content Layouts
E.4
Database Portlet Substitution Tags
F
Customizing the Style of Design-Time Dialogs
Glossary
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