Manage iWidgets in the portal

We can add iWidgets to the HCL WebSphere Portal. Proceed as follows:

1. Register the iWidget in the portal. We do this by running the portal configuration task register-iwidget-definition. This procedure places the iWidget in a clone of the wrapper portlet. After this the iWidget behaves like a portlet. For information about using the task see Task register-iwidget-definition.

2. Place the iWidget on a page using the portal administration tools for adding portlet to pages. For example, we can use the Manage Pages portlet, the portal administration tools embedded in the theme, or the XML configuration interface (XML Access) (XMLAccess).

Tasks:

• Task register-iwidget-definition Run the portal configuration task register-iwidget-definition to register individual iWidget definitions on HCL WebSphere Portal.
• Task refresh-iwidget-definitions Use this configuration task to refresh iWidget definitions in the portal. This task affects all iWidget definitions that are referenced through absolute HTTP or HTTPS URLs in addition to iWidget definitions that are referenced through WebDAV URIs.

References:

• Manage pages portlets
• Customize pages
• Putting a portlet on a page
• Task register-iwidget-definition
• The XML configuration interface