A page creation wizard is available to administrators in order to create and publish portal pages quickly and easily.
- Mouse over Site Editor then select Add New Page.
- The wizard window is divided into two sections: the left pane contains the existing page/node hierarchy and the right pane displays the Page Editor.
In the left pane, you can navigate up and down the node/page structure.In the right pane are the required parameters for a new page. - Current Selected Page Node
- The path of the selected node to add a new sub page
- Node Name
- The node name of the added page. It is required field. This field must start with a character and must have a length between 3 and 30 characters.
- Extended label mode
- This is a new feature which allows Administrators to add labels to pages in multiple supported languages. When the language of the site is changed, the pages will display the appropriate localized label.
- Language
- Set the language for the page.
- Display Name
- The display name of the node which contains the added page and must have a length between 3 and 30 characters.
- Visible
- This check box toggles the global visibility of this page.If checked the page or the page node appears on the navigation bar, the page navigation and the site map. If "visible" is checked the visibility depends on the "publication date & time" attribute.If unchecked, the page is not shown in the site map or navigation bar.
Important
The Visible check box must not be used as a security measure, as non-visible pages will still be accessible using a direct URL, such as http://localhost:8080/portal/private/classic/pagename. - Publication date & time
- This option allows publishing the page for a period of time. If this option is checked the visibility of the page depends on the publication period start and end date.
Important
The Publication Date & Time functionality must not be used as a security measure, as pages configured for time-specific publication will always be accessible using a direct URL regardless of publication dates. - Start Publication Date
- The start date and time to publish the page. This field is only visible if the Publication date & time box is checked.
- End Publication Date
- The end date and time to publish the page. This field is only visible if the Publication date & time box is checked.
Note
You can set date and time by clicking the Start Publication Date field and End Publication Date field and select a date in the calendar pop up.- Click Next or number '2' of the wizard steps to go to step 2.
- Select Empty Layout or click the drop down arrow at the top of the right pane to see more templates to select.
- Click the Next button or number '3' of the wizard step to go to step 3. You can drag portlets from the pop-up panel into the main pane to create the content of this page.
- Applications
- Allows listing all existing portlets
- Containers
- Allows listing all existing containers
- View Page properties
- Allows reviewing or changing various page settings (title, Page ID and more) and/or page permissions.
- Switch View mode
- Allows viewing a page in preview mode
- You can click on the Switch View mode button to view the content of this page. You can switch between viewing the page by layout (showing containers and portlets) or to preview how the page will look when live. The contents of the page can be edited in either mode.
- Once you have configured the new page, use the icons located in the top right corner of the Page Editor window to navigate as required:Click Back (the small left-facing arrow) to return the previous step, Save (the small disk icon) to create the new page or Abort (the small cross) to quit without creating a new page.
- Mouse over Group in the Toolbar, highlight Administration then select Page Management.
- Click on Add New Page.
- The fields in this window are:
- Page Id
- A string that identifies the page. It is automatically generated when you finish creating the page.
- Owner type
- If the page Owner type is set to portal the page is created with shared ownership portal. Therefore users who have edit permissions on the portal level can edit this page type.If the page Owner type is group the page is created for a group. Therefore users who have manager permissions for that group can edit this page type.
- Owner Id
- The name of the current portal is automatically selected for Owner id ensuring the edit permissions are assigned to users who can edit the current portal.When the owner type is set to group, a list of groups will allow you to select one user as the 'owner'.
- Page Name
- The name of the page. This is a required field and must be unique. Only alphabetical, numerical, dash and underscore characters are allowed to be used for this field and the name must be at least 3 and no more than 30 characters in length.
- Page title
- The title of the page. This is an optional field. If you choose to add a title to the page it must be at least 3 and no more than 120 characters in length.
- Show Max Window
- The option allows users to choose whether the page is shown at maximum size or not.
- Click Save.
- Click ++.
- Click the edit icon on the row of page to edit in the existing page list.Click View Page properties icon to show a form to edit page properties.
- The properties presented in the Page Properties window are Page ID, Owner type, Owner Id and so on.
- Permission Setting
- Permission on each page is set in two levels: Access right and Edit right.
- Access right
- Access right can be set to specific user groups or set to everyone (this includes unregistered users).Current access permissions on page are listed in Access Permission Setting tab and you can remove permissions (by clicking the delete icon) or add further permission (by clicking the Add Permission button).Populating the Make it public check box will allow all users (registered or unregistered) to access the page.
- Edit right
- The Edit right allows users to change information on a page. Edit right is set for a group of users only.Edit right can be set for one specific membership type within a particular group (* allows every membership type in a group).To reassign this right to another group, click Select Permission in the Edit Permission Setting tab to choose another one.
- Mouse over Group in the Toolbar. Highlight Administration and then click on Page Management. You will be presented with a list of all existing pages.
- Click the trash can icon in the row of the page you want to delete. It will display the confirmation message.
- Click the OK button to complete the deletion or Cancel button to quit without deleting the page.
It is possible for Administrators to reorganize and customize the appearance of a portal page by dragging and dropping elements.
- From the toolbar, click → .
- Click on the Portal Page, and drag and drop content as required.