Learning about the interface

 

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The following steps are provided in this topic:

 

Launching the portal

After you install portal, a default portal is ready to use.

To open the default portal, complete the following steps:

  1. Open a supported Web browser.

  2. Type the following URL:

    http://<hostname.setgetweb.com>:<port_number>/wps/portal

 

Signing up and logging in

Only users that have been signed up will be able to log in.

To sign up, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Sign up in the banner.

  2. Type in the necessary information in the field boxes. Fields marked with an asterisk are required. Be sure to note the user ID and password.

    • Use the Preferred Language drop-down menu to select a preferred language for the interface. If no language is specified, English will be selected by default.

    • Use the Interests drop-down menu to select a theme to correspond to the user's interests.

  3. Click Continue to display a confirmation page, or click Cancel to return to the default portal page.

  4. Review the displayed information. Click Continue to complete the enrollment, or click Cancel to edit the information.

  5. Click Continue to return to the default portal page.

You can now log in with the user account that you created.

To log in, complete the following steps:

  1. Click Log in in the banner.

  2. Type the user ID and password.

  3. Click Log in to continue, or click Cancel to return to the default portal page.

 

Navigating the interface

This section provides an understanding of how to navigate within the default portal. After reading this section, be more familiar with how to move around the portal interface.

  1. Locate the banner. The banner includes the main structural elements of the default portal page.

  2. Locate the Welcome tab. The larger tabs within the banner represent the sections at the highest level of the default portal page structure.

  3. Locate the Home page. Pages are housed within the larger sections; for example, the Home page is located within the Welcome tab.

  4. Locate the visible portlets. From a user's perspective, portlets are content channels or applications to which users subscribe, add to their personal portal page, and configure to show personalized content. Portlets that you see might include Welcome to WebSphere Portal, Reminder, Bookmarks, and World Clock.

  5. Other user options available from the banner.

    I forgot my password: Offers solutions for retrieving the password. These solutions are configured by the administrator.
    Sign up: Enrolls the user for access to the portal.
    Help: Opens additional information in a new browser window.
    Log in: Allows current users to access the portal.

After logging in, the options within the banner become more advanced. Additional tabs and pages might be available. The user will be able to click between the tab sections and pages to locate additional portlets. The My Favorites drop-down menu will be available for quick links to the user's preset favorites.

 

Understanding portlets

From an administrator's perspective, a portlet is a content container that can be registered with the portal, so that users can subscribe to it. Examples of portlets that you might see include Welcome to WebSphere Portal, Reminder, Bookmarks, and World Clock.

If the administrator and user have a skin activated, the user will see a box around the portlet. The portlet title bar contains the name of the portlet and some icons. The number of icons that appear in the portlet vary depending on the specific portlet.

The displayed icons can include one or more of the following icons:

  • Configure: Allows the user to set up or modify the parameters

  • Edit: Allows the user to change the appearance of the elements within the portlet

  • Back: Returns to the previous view

  • Help: Opens portlet-specific help file in a new browser window

  • Maximize: Expands the portlet to fill the screen

  • Minimize: Modifies the portlet so that only the title bar is displayed

  • Restore: Returns the portlet to its original size

 

Logging out and closing the Web browser

This section explains how to log out from the portal.

  1. Click Log out in the banner.

  2. Close the browser window.

 

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