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Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

 

Step 2: Changing the display of site content

Step two of this tutorial walks you through modifying the number of announcements that are displayed in the Announcements portlet of the Intranet JumpStart site.

The Announcements portlet displays five announcements in the main view by default. In this tutorial, you will customize the display of your content by changing the number of announcements shown on the first page of the Announcements portlet from five to two.Announcements portlet

 

To modify the number of results shown in the Announcements portlet:

  1. Click Web Content from the main menu. Accessing Web Content from main menu

  2. Click the Web Content Management tab to open the Web Content Authoring portlet. Click Web Content tab

  3. In the Web Content Authoring portlet, expand Components and select Menu. Working with menu components

  4. Select the Announcements Menu and click Edit.

    You can locate the Announcements Menu by:

    • Using the Search to locate the Announcements Menu

    • Entering a page number in the Go to Page field to aid you in locating your page.

    • Paging through the Web Content Authoring portlet.

    Working with the Announcements Menu

  5. Click Save... > Save as.

    Make sure to select Save > Save as, as selecting only Save will overwrite the template. It is not recommended to modify the items that are included out of the box. Save and close drop down window

  6. In the Save as window, type the new name and new display title for the Announcements menu and click OK. For this example, type the following for each field:

    • Name: AnnouncementsMenu2

    • Display title:Announcements Menu 2

    Save as window for new Announcements You should see a confirmation that the Announcements Menu 2 was saved. Confirmation message that Announcements Menu 2 was saved

  7. Under Identification, you can modify the description of the menu. For this example, verify the following:

    • Description: This menu component displays a list of announcements.

    Fields to edit Name, Display title, and Description.

  8. Under Menu design properties, edit the Results per page field to change the number of maximum results you would like to appear of the first page of the Announcements portlet. For this example, change the setting from five to two. Edit the results per page

    Extend this tutorial. Continue to change the layout of your announcements. For example, you may want to change the maximum number of pages in the Announcements portlet from ten to five.

  9. Click Save... > Save and close to return to the Web Content Authoring portlet. Save and close drop down window You should see a confirmation that the Announcements Menu 2 was saved. Confirmation message that Announcements Menu 2 was saved

  10. Expand Content > By Site Area > Intranet > Home > Announcements, select Announcements List and click Edit. In the Web Content <a href=authoring portlet, click the edit menu button." />

  11. Click Save... > Save as. Save as drop down window

  12. Type the new name and new display title for the Announcements Menu, then click OK. For this example, type the following for each field:

    • New name: AnnouncementsList2

    • New display title: Announcements List 2

    Fields to edit new Announcement list name and display title You should see a confirmation that the Announcements List 2 was saved. Confirmation message that Announcements List 2 was saved

  13. Under Identification, you can modify the description of the list. For this example, verify the following:

    • Description: This list type presents a list of announcements.

    Fields showing where to edit description of the announcements list

  14. Under Content > List, click Select Component. Select Component button in the list section

  15. In the Select a Component section, expand Components > Menu, select Announcements Menu 2 and click OK.

    You can locate the Announcements Menu by:

    • Using the Search to locate the Announcements Menu

    • Entering a page number in the Go to Page field to aid you in locating your page.

    • Paging through the Web Content Authoring portlet.

    Select the Announcements Menu 2 from the component list

  16. Click Save... > Save and close. Save and close drop down window You should see a confirmation that Announcements List 2 was saved. Confirmation message that Announcements List 2 was saved

  17. Select Intranet JumpStart from the main menu. the launch menu showing to select the intranet JumpStart

  18. On the Home page of the site, hover over the Announcements portlet title bar and select Edit shared settings. title bar menu showing to select edit shared settings

  19. In the Edit preferences section, under Content, select Edit. Click the edit button under Content

  20. Under Select Items, select Express Web Content from the Library menu. Library drop down window

  21. Expand Content > By Site Area > Intranet > Home, Announcements, select Announcements List 2 and click OK. select announcements list 2 from the list Extend this tutorial. In this tutorial we only modified the instance of the Announcements portlet on the Home page of the Intranet JumpStart site. You can modify all instances of the Announcements portlet within the portal by selecting Configure from the menu bar of the Announcements portlet and repeating steps 20 through 22.

  22. Click Apply to save your changes, and OK to return to the Home page of the Intranet JumpStart site. click apply to save the changes You should see a confirmation that the changes have been applied. Confirmation message that changes to the portlet have been applied
Return to the Home page of the Intranet JumpStart site to see your changes. There will only be two links on the first page of the Announcements portlet.Announcements portlet showing only 2 links

 

Lesson checkpoint

During this segment of the tutorial, you have learned the following:




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