Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Use Web clipping to import content
Many Web sites and browser-based applications are designed for desktop displays that support large windows and complicated layout. Depending on the amount and complexity of the content, it can be impractical to include the content in a portlet. If your users also expect to access the portlet from a mobile device, such as a phone or personal digital assistant (PDA), the ability to tailor content to these small displays is increasingly important.
You can create Web clipping portlets to identify and extract specific portions of a document for display in a portlet. In this way, you can keep those pieces of information that are important, while discarding undesirable information or elements in the document that the client device is incapable of displaying. The Web clipping process simplifies what is being sent to the device, while reducing the amount of data being transmitted - a particularly useful aspect when wireless devices are involved.
Related information
- Creating a Web clipping portlet
To help you perform Web clipping on sites that you want to include in your portlets, IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express enables you to create Web clipping portlets to specify how you want to tailor the content of particular documents. To create a Web clipping portlet, select Web clipping under Portlet Management in the Administration tab of the portal. - Configuring URL rewriting
- Accessing content behind a firewall
- Specifying client cookie support
- Changing restart settings
- Specifying caching timeout
- Specifying connection time out
The read timeout parameter is an integer representing the timeout value in milliseconds. - Specifying mobility options
- Specifying authentication options
- Client requirements
This file lists the client requirements for the Web clipper. - Reference: Web clipping limitations