Streamlined site creation

WebSphere Portal comes with pre-built, sample internet and intranet websites that you can explore to learn about authoring and managing different types of content, or use as a template to streamline development of own portal. You can also use the New Site Wizard to generate own portal site.

Sample sites

The sample intranet and internet sites are not automatically installed when you install WebSphere Portal, but you can add them after installation completes by running the configure-express task before configuring the portal database, user registry, context root, or security. For more information, see the instructions on setting up a stand-alone server or a clustered server on particular platform.

You can access the sample intranet and internet sites through the More menu in the main portal banner, or by opening the appropriate URL in a browser:

• Intranet sample site: http://hostname.example.com:10039/wps/portal/intranet

• Internet sample site: http://hostname.example.com:10039/wps/portal/internet

Use the intranet site template as a starting point for creating own employee site. Home, Work, and Resources pages come seeded with placeholder content that you can use as is or customize. Easy to use list portlets let you organize and manage announcements, news, events, FAQs, and links.

Use the internet site template to get a jumpstart on building a website where customers can learn about product offerings, marketing promotions, and company news.

More content samples are available on the IBM WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog.

Create portal sites on demand

Use the New Site Wizard to generate own site – without needing any portal development skills or assistance from an administrator. Just select a site template from the available samples, choose the look and feel you want, and then let the wizard do the rest.

The wizard automatically creates new sites as virtual portals; however, administrators and developers can extend the wizard to create any type of portal site. Portal developers can also enhance the New Site Wizard by creating custom site templates, and then adding them to the wizard.

Download the New Site Wizard from the IBM WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog. Package contents include the portlet .war (Web Application Archive) file, supporting files and directories, and detailed instructions in a .pdf file. After deploying the wizard, you need to add the portlet to a page that users can access. For more information, see the .pdf file that comes with the wizard.

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