Use the IBM Connections Bookmarks portlet
The IBM Connections Bookmarks portlet gives you access to your bookmarks from within IBM WebSphere Portal.The Bookmarks portlet lets you interact with the IBM Connections Bookmarks feature so you can access your bookmarks without leaving the IBM Websphere Portal environment. The portlet has two views, All Bookmarks and My Bookmarks.
The All Bookmarks view displays bookmarks you created as well as bookmarks shared with you by others in your organization. The My Bookmarks view only displays the bookmarks you created. You can click the More option for a bookmark to edit or delete it.
From the All Bookmarks or the My Bookmarks view you can:
- Click a bookmark to visit the Web page.
- Click More to view details about the bookmark.
- Click the name of a bookmark owner to view the associated business card.
- Sort the view by clicking the column header for Date or by Popularity.
Parent topic
Use the IBM Connections Plug-in for WebSphere Portal
Personalizing the Bookmarks portlet
Specify or edit the login name and password you use to access the Bookmarks service.
About this task
If you do not know the user name and password for accessing an IBM Connections service, consult with your IBM Connections administrator.To personalize a portlet, do the following:
Procedure
- From the Portlet Menu, which is available from the down-arrow icon to the right, select Personalize.
- Enter a User Name and Password or update this information if it has changed.
- Click OK to save your changes or Cancel to return to the view without saving your changes.
Edit shared settings
Edit the settings shared across all the IBM Connections portlets.
About this task
You must have at least editor access for the page and for the portlet to be able to edit shared settings for Connections features. For more information on access levels, see the WebSphere Portal Information Center. Note that settings you enter on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet.To edit shared settings...
Procedure
- From the Portlet Menu, select Edit Shared Settings.
- Enter a User Name and Password or update this information if it has changed.
- Choose which views to display in the portlet. You can choose either My Bookmarks, All Bookmarks, or both.
- Click OK to save your changes or Cancel to return to the view without saving your changes.
Configure the portlet
If you are the administrator, you can specify or edit the server addresses for the IBM Connections features.
Before starting
You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it.
About this task
To configure the portlet...
Procedure
- From the Portlet Menu, select Configure.
- Specify the Web address of the server hosting the feature in the associated Bookmarks URL field and specify the Web address of the server hosting the profiles feature.
If you do not know the Web address for a feature, refer to the LotusConnections-config.xml file. This file is stored in the following directory of the system that hosts IBM Connections:
- Windows™:
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\<profile_name>\config\cells\ <cell_name>\LotusConnections-config\LotusConnections-config.xml
- Linux™:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/<profile_name>/config/cells/ <cell_name>/LotusConnections-config/LotusConnections-config.xml
- Optional: The option Display page controls only in bottom bar hides the page controls at the top of the window. Clear the checkbox to display paging controls at the top as well as the bottom of the page.
- Click Save to save your changes or Cancel to return to the current feature view without saving your changes.
Importing the IBM Connections certificate for your browser
Import the security certificate for IBM Connections to avoid warnings from your browser.
Before starting
In order to view bookmark and activity icons, import a security certificate. If you do not, your browser will put up security alerts when it displays IBM Connections icons.
About this task
Follow the steps for the browser you are using.
Procedure
- To install a certificate for Microsoft™ Internet Explorer version 6.x:
- Open the Internet Explorer browser and navigate to your Connections Server over https.
For example: https://connections.acme.com:9443/activities .
- Click the Certificate Icon located on the bottom corner of the browser window.
- Click Install Certificate.
- Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.
Keep the default settings and respond "Yes" to the security warning.
- Follow the installation, log onto the IBM WebSphere Portal server running the IBM Connections portlets and verify you do not get the security warning when you use the Activities or Bookmarks portlets.
- To install a certificate for Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.x:
- Open the Internet Explorer browser and navigate to your Connections Server over https.
For example: https://connections.acme.com:9443/activities .
- Click the Certificate Error dropdown next to the Address bar at the top of the browser window.
- Click View Certificates.
- Click Install Certificate.
- Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.
Keep the default settings and ignore any security warning.
- Follow the installation, log onto the IBM WebSphere Portal server running the IBM Connections portlets and verify you do not get the security warning when you use the Activities or Bookmarks portlets.
- To install a certificate for Firefox Mozilla version 3x:
- Open Firefox Mozilla browser and navigate to your Connections Server over https.
For example: https://connections.acme.com:9443/activities . You will be prompted with a security warning.
- Click the Or you can add an Exception link on the security dialog box.
- Click Add Exception.
- Click Get Certificate.
- Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.
- Follow the installation, log onto the IBM WebSphere Portal server running the IBM Connections portlets and verify you do not get the security warning when you use the Activities or Bookmarks portlets.