Use the IBM Connections Tags portlet 

The IBM Connections Tags portlet lets you filter Connections content by tag from within IBM WebSphere Portal.

The Tags portlet lets you interact with the IBM Connections tag cloud feature so you can access Connections content by tag without leaving the IBM WebSphere Portal environment. The portlet has two views, list and cloud.

The list view displays tags in a list with the number of times the tag is used next to it. The cloud view displays tags in a visual collection where more frequently used tags are marked in larger, darker font. Use the slider control at the top of the cloud to reduce or expand the number of tags that display.

Parent topic

Use the IBM Connections Plug-in for WebSphere Portal

Personalizing the Tags portlet

Specify or edit the login name and password you use to access IBM Connections.

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

1. From the Portlet menu, which is available from the down-arrow icon to the right, select Personalize.

2. Enter a User Name and Password or update this information if it has changed.

3. 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 about access levels, see the WebSphere Portal Information Center. The shared settings mode allows the portlet editor to set which Connections services are represented in the tag cloud.

To edit shared settings...

Procedure

1. From the Portlet menu, select Edit Shared Settings.

2. Enter a User Name and Password or update this information if it has changed.

3. Check the IBM Connections services if you want tags for that content represented in the tag cloud. You can choose all blogs or specify a single blog.

4. If you choose a single Connections service, you can also specify a default view to match the default setting in the corresponding portlet. For example, if you choose Blogs, and you have specified Latest Entries as the default view in the Blogs portlet, you can specify Latest Entries as the default view so that tags for that view display in the tag cloud.

5. 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

1. From the Portlet menu, select Configure.

2. Specify the Web addresses for obtaining the tag feeds for the features you want to contribute to the Tag cloud.
   
   These addresses will be the URLs of Activities, Blogs, Bookmarks or Profile services. Also specify the Search URL, which is the base URL for the connections server. This URL is used to use the search API when displaying an aggregated tag cloud when multiple services are selected in Edit Shared Settings.

   If you do not know the base URL 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 

     
     

   Note: When specifying the URL for the blogs application, also specify the short name for the Blogs home page, in the following format: https://connections.acme.com/blogs/ [homepage_handle]
   

3. Specify whether to display tags for public content only or for public as well as your private content.

4. 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

1. To install a certificate for Microsoft™ Internet Explorer version 6.x:

   1. Open the Internet Explorer browser and navigate to your Connections Server over https.
      
      For example: https://connections.acme.com:9443/activities .
      

   2. Click the Certificate Icon located on the bottom corner of the browser window.

   3. Click Install Certificate.

   4. Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.
      
      Keep the default settings and respond "Yes" to the security warning.
      

   5. 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.
      

2. To install a certificate for Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.x:

   1. Open the Internet Explorer browser and navigate to your Connections Server over https.
      
      For example: https://connections.acme.com:9443/activities .
      

   2. Click the Certificate Error dropdown next to the Address bar at the top of the browser window.

   3. Click View Certificates.

   4. Click Install Certificate.

   5. Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.
      
      Keep the default settings and ignore any security warning.
      

   6. 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.
      

3. To install a certificate for Firefox Mozilla version 3x:

   1. 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.
      

   2. Click the Or you can add an Exception link on the security dialog box.

   3. Click Add Exception.

   4. Click Get Certificate.

   5. Follow the steps in the Install Certificate wizard.

   6. 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.
      

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