Enable the Space Selector

Enabling the Space Selector requires a custom theme.

To create a theme that enables the Space Selector, proceed by the following steps:

1. Copy the contents of the PortalServer_root/base/wp.mmi.deploy/installedApps/MashupMaker_Integration.ear/themes.war directory to a temporary location. If necessary, change the access permission on that temporary directory to allow write access.

2. In the web.xml in the temporary location temp_location/WEB-INF/web.xmlchange the ID attribute on the web-app element to MashupsThemesSpaces_ID. Also, change the application display name to a name of your choice, for example Mashups Themes with Spaces Support.

3. For the security extensions: In the temp_location/WEB-INF/ibm-web-ext.xmi change the href attribute of the webApp element to a Web application ID of your choice, for example WEB-INF/web.xml#MashupsThemesSpaces_ID.

4. For the security bindings: In the temp_location/WEB-INF/ibm-web-bnd.xmi change the href attribute of the webApp element to a Web application ID of your choice, for example WEB-INF/web.xml#MashupsThemesSpaces_ID.

5. In the temp_location/theme_name/theme.html uncomment the space selector widget by the following procedure:

   1. Change the line: <!-- @spaceselector.start@ to <!-- @spaceselector.start@ --> .

   2. Change the line: @spaceselector.end@--> to <!-- @spaceselector.end@ --> .

   As an alternative, you can also remove these lines.

6. Modify the file temp_location/theme_name/metadata.xml to give the theme a new name. Make sure you delete the unmodified titles, or update all titles so that the titles in other languages match the new name.

7. Repeat the previous step for each theme in the directory.

8. Compress your modified directories into a new WAR file. To do this, use the JAVA JAR tool.

9. To deploy your module, follow the instructions given under the topic about Adding a custom mashup page theme to the portal.

To add the space selector widget to custom theme, add the following markup to your theme.html file:

<li class="spaceSelectorDiv">
    <div class="mm_iWidget" id="spaceSelector">
        <a class="mm_Definition" href="/mum/widget-catalog/spaceSelector.xml"></a>
   </div>
</li>

After you apply custom theme to the My Mashups page, the Space Selector will show. But when you create a new space, select custom theme from the list of themes, otherwise your space will not include the Space Selector.

Parent topic:

Work with mashup spaces

Related tasks

Add a custom mashup page theme to the portal

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