The Bookmarks portlet

The IBM Connections Bookmarks portlet gives you access to the bookmarks from within IBM WebSphere Portal.

Use the Bookmarks portlet

use the Bookmarks portlet to access the Connections 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 the organization. The My Bookmarks view displays only the bookmarks that you created. We can click the More option for a bookmark to edit or delete it.

From the All Bookmarks or the My Bookmarks view we 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.

The My Blogs view lists blogs for which we are an owner or member. From this view, we can:

• Click the name of a blog to open it. We can view the entries and comments or create an entry.

• Click the name of an Ideation Blog to open it so that we can view the ideas and view voting activity.

• Click Settings to edit the basics for a blog, including the title, description, and tags. We can also add blog owners, authors, or draft users.

• Click Start a Blog to start a new blog.

  We cannot create an Ideation Blog from the Blogs portlet because it must be created within a community.

Edit the shared settings for the Bookmarks portlet

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 product wiki. Settings entered on this page can be overridden by settings on the Personalize page for a portlet. Choose Edit Shared Settings from the portlet menu and choose which view to display in the portlet. We can choose either My Bookmarks, All Bookmarks, or both.

Configure the Bookmarks portlet

You must have administrative access to the portlet to be able to configure it. Choose Configure from the portlet menu and configure these options:

Option	Description
Display page controls only in bottom bar	Hides the page controls in the header of the window. Clear the check box to display paging controls in the header as well as the footer of the page.

Parent topic:
Use the Connections Portlets for WebSphere Portal