Portlet settings

Portlet settings define the registration information for the custom and default portlets that can be used in My Workplace pages. The default values are listed after the descriptions of each field.

Title

Enter a name for the registered portlet. This represents the name that displays in the Registered Portlets page and in the pages where end users design their personal My Workplace pages in user preferences. You can change this name in personal and site pages by assigning an alias for the title.

Portlet servlet

Enter the servlet name as it is stored in the /app/WEB-INF/web.xml file on the application engine. You must match the exact spelling and capitalization of the name in web.xml; if not, users cannot access the portlet.

Portlet image URL

Specify the location of the icon to display for the item. The icon must be a GIF or JPEG file (or other HTML-compatible file type). The icon file can be located on the application server (a relative path), or you can enter a web address (URL) to the file. If the icon is larger than 16x16 pixels, it is scaled to 16x16 pixels for display.

If you do not specify an image, the Custom Object icon is used.

Description

Enter descriptive text for the portlet.

Default portlet values

Portlet Title Portlet Servlet Name Portlet Image URL

Browse

Browse

Browse/image.gif

Authoring

Author

Author/image.gif

External Url

ExternalUrl

ExternalUrl/image.gif

QuickSearch

QuickSearch

QuickSearch/image.gif

My Inbox

Inbox

Inbox/image.gif

My Active Workflows

Workflows

Workflows/image.gif

Public Inbox

PublicQueue

PublicQueue/image.gif

To register a new portlet

  1. From Site Preferences, click My Workplace, and then click Registered Portlets.
  2. Click Add New. The Portlet Settings page opens.
  3. Enter text for the Title.
  4. Enter the name of the Portlet Servlet.

    NOTE  The name must match the exact spelling and capitalization of the name in the web.xml file.

  5. The remaining fields are optional. Add information as needed.
  6. Save your changes to register the portlet.

To unregister a portlet

  1. From Site Preferences, click My Workplace, and then click Registered Portlets.
  2. Click Unregister below the desired portlet name, then save your changes.

To modify an existing portlet

  1. From Site Preferences, click My Workplace, and then click Registered Portlets.
  2. Select the desired portlet name. The Portlet Settings page opens.
  3. Modify the settings as needed, then save your changes.