Creating new portal projects

The New Portal Project wizard will guide you through the process of creating a portal project within Rational Developer.

During this process, you will be able to:

• Specify a project name,

• Specify the default server,

• Choose a default theme (optional),

• Choose a default skin for the theme (optional).

The project that you create with this wizard will not have any portlet definitions, labels or pages. The themes and skins that are available are the same as if you had imported a portal site from a server.

To create a new portal project, do the following

1. Select File > New > Project.

2. Within the New Project page, click Portal Project. Click Next.

3. In the Portal Project window, enter a name and accept the default directory for your portal; then click Next.

   Do not name your project wps or anything that resembles this string.

   Clicking the Show Advanced button reveals the servlet version and server selection menus. The servlet version must be set to 2.3, and the server must be a WebSphere Portal v5.0 server. Deviating from these settings will cause problems in your new project. For more information, refer to Defining servers for importing or publishing portals

4. Within the Select Theme page, click on a theme thumbnail to select it as the default theme for your portal; then click Next.

5. Within the Select Skin page, click on a skin thumbnail to select it as the default skin for your theme; then click Finish.

Once you create your portal project, you can customize your portal site. This includes altering the layout, working with themes and skins, and adding portlets. For more information, refer to Customizing portal sites.

 

Related tasks

Importing portal sites