Chapter 1. About the Portal
The Red Hat JBoss Portal is the result of two mature Java projects: JBoss Portal and eXo Portal. This community project takes the best of both offerings and incorporates them into a single J2EE deployment archive. The aim is to provide an intuitive user-friendly portal and a framework to address the requirements of today's Web 2.0 applications.
This book introduces and provides detailed information about most features and capabilities of the portal, such as user and group management and access permissions, using portlets, and changing basic interface objects such as skins, language and page orientation.
1.1. Related Links
- Technical documentation
- Other technical documentation, including an Installation Guide, a Development Guide, and an Administration and Configuration Guide can be found at https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/JBoss_Portal_Platform/
- Non-technical documentation
- Links to non-technical documents are included on the front page of the portal:
1.2. Product Documentation
The full suite of product documentation is available from the Customer Portal, which is located at http://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/JBoss_Portal_Platform/.
Portal Administrators will find the Installation Guide and the Administration and Configuration Guide to be invaluable resources for setting up and configuring the portal platform.
Portal, and Web Developers will find the Development Guide to be a useful reference document in their day to day development tasks.
1.3. Supported Browsers
For a list of supported browsers, see the Supported Configurations page on the Customer Portal, which is located at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/119833.
1.4. Accessibility Statement
Red Hat JBoss Portal (JBoss Portal) has improved its design to make sites created with the platform accessible to a wider audience, and to ensure a better experience for all users and technologies.
JBoss Portal 6.1 is a Middleware platform that allows portal developers to deploy and run portal applications. The common and management areas of the portal are modified to be compliant with Section 508 Accessibility guidelines. The enhancements are described in this section.
Developers must ensure portlet applications comply with accessibility guidelines in order for portlets deployed using JBoss Portal to meet Accessibility requirements.
Accessibility Features
- Text equivalents
- All decorative images have been brought into styles sheets. All images that are part of the HTML code with semantic meaning have text equivalents. Tool tips feature on actions, links, and buttons.
- Color
- Color is used as a decorative element. Semantic meaning of elements is defined using text descriptions.
- Readability
- All elements have explicit legends to avoid creating ambiguous semantics. Dynamic elements such as administration menus are modified to be compatible with screen reader software.
- Client-side Image Maps
- All image maps have suitable alternative text descriptions.
- Data Table Headers and Associations
- All tables elements have a table summary and column header descriptions to avoid ambiguity for screen readers when interpreting rows and columns.
- Iframe Elements
- All iframe elements have names and descriptions to avoid ambiguity for screen readers when interpreting content inside the element.
- Keyboard Navigation
- Dynamic elements such as administration menus have been modified to be keyboard compatible. All buttons and links can be accessed using TAB and ENTER keys.
- Electronic Forms
- Form elements have label elements attached with semantic descriptions.
- Skip Navigation
- For users with alternative input interface requirements, skip navigation is available. Skip navigation allows alternative input interface devices to bypass repetitive navigation links, such as administration menu links or page menu links, enabling users to navigate and interact to page content easier.
- Time Delay
- Authenticated users can configure the session time expiration, to reduce the need for repeated authentication actions.