Add portlets to portal pages

 

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Using the Add a Portlet dialog, you can insert portlets and portlet definitions (that you may have imported with your portal configuration), or add Web Services for Remote Portlets to any portal page.

These instructions assume that you have either imported or created portlets in your current workspace. For information on creating portlets, refer to Creating portlets.

To insert a portlet:

1. In Portal Designer, right-click on a column within a portal page. From the context menu, choose

   Insert Portlet | As Child

   This activates the Insert Portlet dialog box.

2. From the dialog box, choose a portlet; then click OK.

   Portlets are always part of a portlet project, but are not necessarily part of a portal configuration. All portlets that are associated with the workspace will appear in the Insert Portlet dialog box.

   Column	Description
   1. Portlets	all portlets in this workspace
   2. Location	name of the portal or portlet project that corresponds to the portlet in column 1.
   3. WSRP Remote Portlets	the producer name of the portlets

   If you choose to insert a portlet from a project other than the one you are editing, that portlet's definition will be included in this portal project.

After you have added portlets to your portal pages, you can explore any of these design options:

• WebSphere Portal 6.0, or later, projects do not require that portlets be on the same page. For more information, refer to Wiring portlets.

• Expand the Layout node in the Outline view to see your portlets' parent-child relationship among other elements on the same page.

• Change the look and feel of your portlets by choosing different portlet skins. Use the Properties view at the bottom of the screen.

• Select a portlet in the Design page to edit. Click...

  Edit | Edit Portlet

  ...which allows you to open the initial JSP page with the Page Designer.

 

Related concepts

Using the Outline View
Defining Portal nodes and elements

Related tasks

Developing portals
Creating portal projects
Defining servers for publishing or importing portals
Adding Web Services Remote Portlets (WSRP)
Adding a task list page
Editing a task list page
Creating task page definitions

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References

Related information

Customizing portal sites
Using Portal Designer

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