Work with page builder

Overview

Use Page Builder to...

• Create pages

• Change page layouts

• Share pages

• Add content sources, including...
  • Portlets
  • Shared pages
  • Mashup Center feeds
  • Widgets
  • Lotus Connections activities, communities, and social bookmarks

To access Page builder, click the Edit mode icon next to the Search field...

Use the Customize button to add content or change the style and layout of the current page.

Use the More Actions button for other options.

You can move content or pages in the navigation around by drag-and-drop. You can also share pages that created or customized with other users.

To create new pages, click the New Page link in the navigation.

Page builder benefits...

• WYSIWYG-style page editing tools
• Web 2.0 dynamics
• Performance improvements through fewer server requests
• End user oriented interface.

Page builder is available out-of-the-box in the theme...

Tab Menu - Page Builder

You can add it to your own custom portal theme, as the components are widgets that can be consumed directly. Once all elements are in place, if you like, you can change the style of pages by applying a lightweight theme.

You can change the layout of pages by using a template or drag and drop components within a page.

You can search users and groups to share pages with and assign user access to view and edit pages.

Users with whom a page has been shared can access the page by using the Share menu on the place bar below the page tabs.

Users of shared pages can bookmark (Dogear) the friendly URLs of pages. You can manage portal content by managing shared pages and the portlets, feeds, widgets, and social components that they contain.

For conventional page management and customization you can use the administration portlets...

• Manage Pages
• Themes and Skins
• Theme Customizer
• Site Management

Tab Menu - Page Builder theme

The Tab Menu - Page Builder theme does not use side navigation. Therefore, if a user of a portal with the Tab Menu - Page Builder theme hides the top navigation, for example by selecting SideNavOnly and turning the theme style into side navigation only, then the navigation will disappear.

See also

1. Create top level page tabs
2. Move page tabs
3. Create child pages
4. Move child pages
5. Add content
6. Change page style
7. Change page layout
8. Share pages
9. Page builder drag-and-drop
10. Use a different Dojo version
11. Hints and tips for page builder

Parent topic:

Administer WebSphere Portal