Select web content libraries

You select which libraries are available to users when using this authoring portlet in the Library Selection section.

1. Select Show selected libraries to select the libraries to make visible in the authoring portlet.

   1. To add a library, select a library from the list of available libraries, then click Add.

   2. To remove a library, select a library from the list of selected libraries, and then click Remove.

   3. Use the arrow buttons to change the order of the selected libraries. This determines the order the libraries appear in the authoring portlet.

2. Select Show new libraries in the library explorer if you want any newly created libraries to automatically be shown in the library explorer.

3. Alternately, to make all libraries visible in the authoring portlet, select Show all libraries. We can then select individual libraries to hide in the authoring portlet.

   1. To hide a library, select a library from the list of available libraries, and then click Add.

   2. To remove a library from the list, select a library from the list of selected libraries, and then click Remove.

Configure or editing shared settings of an authoring portlet:

Libraries selected using the "configure" view are available on all instances of the authoring portlet, regardless of the page on which the portlet appears. Libraries selected with the "edit shared settings" view are only available for the current instance of an authoring portlet.

The libraries available in the "insert links" and "insert images" dialogues are based on the libraries selected in the "configure" view. If we select a library in the "edit shared settings" view that is not selected in the "configure" view, we are not able to select items from this library when using the "insert links" and "insert images" dialogues.

We can select libraries specifically for the "insert links" and "insert images" dialogues by doing the following:

1. Go to Administration > WebSphere Portal > Portal User Interface > Manage Pages >.

2. Search for the page with the unique name of com.ibm.wps.hiddenpage.wcm.Authoring_Portlet.

3. Edit the page layout.

4. Edit the shared settings of the web Content Authoring portlet.

5. Select the required libraries and click OK.

6. Click Done.

Syndicated and imported libraries:

If you syndicate or import a library, it is not automatically added to the list of configured libraries for an authoring portlet on the target server. Add the syndicated or imported library to each authoring portlet on each server.

The Portal Site and Web Content libraries:

When the authoring portlet is first accessed, both the Portal Site library and Web Content library are displayed by default. When you first edit the list of selected items, the Portal Site will no longer be displayed unless specifically selected. The Web Content library will continue to be displayed until it is removed from the list of selected libraries.

Parent: Authoring portlet settings