Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Profiling methods
You use the following profiling methods to group content items.
Profiling content items
- Site Frameworks
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A site framework is a similar concept to the "site map" of a traditional Web site. Whereas a site map is based on a directory structure or the links between pages in a Web site, a site framework consists of a set of Web Content Management items. Each site framework consists of a single site under which a set of site areas and content items are grouped.
- Taxonomies and categories
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A Category refers to the subject matter of your content item. For example, your content item may be of the category New Products or Latest News. You use taxonomies to group categories. Users select from a predefined list of categories when profiling a Content item.
In most cases, you should only use bottom-level categories to profile content. This will give you more control over what will display in menus.
- Keywords
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You also use Keywords to profile content. Unlike categories, which are chosen from a predefined list, you can enter any keywords you like when creating content items.
- Authoring templates
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Authoring templates can also be considered as a profile-type as they are used to group content items and, like categories and keywords, can be used as search parameters in a menu element.
Additional profiling options
- Profiling users
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You can add profile information to Member Manager users. This can be used as search parameters in menu elements.
- Profiling rendering portlets
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You can enter profile information when configuring a rendering portlet. This can be used as search parameters in menu elements.
Profiling versus access controls
Profiling can be used to personalize a Web site for different users. This is different from using item access controls to limit what items a user can access. In a profile based personalized site, although a user may not be able to access all the pages via personalized menus, they may still be able to access other pages by using navigators, or by searching for content. Using access controls limits a user to only view items that they have been granted access to.