Adding an existing Faces JSP page to a Web site

You can add a Faces JSP page that already exists to a Web site by adding it to the navigation of the site in Web Site Designer.

Prerequisites:

  1. Create a dynamic Web project.

  2. Create a Faces JSP page.

To add a Faces JSP page to a Web site:

  1. In the Project Explorer view of the Web perspective, expand your Web site and double-click Web Site Navigation.

  2. In the Navigation view of Web Site Designer, decide where the Faces JSP page you are adding fits in the Web site's organization.

  3. Right-click where you want to attach the new page, either on a page icon or anywhere in the Navigation pane and select Add Existing Pages. The Add Existing Pages wizard opens.

  4. If you did not select a page icon before invoking the pop-up menu, select a top page before you can add pages.

    1. In the Top page field of the Select a Top Page page of the wizard, select the top page for the page that you are adding.

    2. If the selected page contains links to other Faces JSP pages, use the Add linked pages option to add those pages as well. Web Site Designer will follow the links that already exist to add pages up to the link depth specified. For example, if you set a depth limit of 1 to 3, all pages within 3 links of the top page will be included. Setting the link depth at No limit ensures that all of the linked pages are added.

      A thumbnail of the current selection is displayed, as well as the page's title and location.

    3. Click Next. The Add Existing pages to Web Site page of the wizard displays.

  5. If you selected a page icon before invoking the pop-up menu, the Add Existing Pages wizard opens and the Add Existing Pages to Web Site page displays.

  6. Select as many other existing Faces JSP pages as you want to add by using the Add Other Pages button to select files. If the selected Faces JSP page contains links to other Faces JSP pages, use the Add Linked Pages option to add those pages as well.

  7. Click Finish to add the existing page to the Web site.

Web Site Designer automatically adds the page icons to the site structure in the Navigation view according to the hierarchy defined by the existing pages' links. You can now manipulate the structure and relationships of the pages.

Setting the Servlet URL

After you have added the Faces JSP page to your Web site, set the Servlet URL to your page so that any Navigation objects that you add to your Web pages can automatically generate the correct URLs. To set the Servlet URL to a Faces JSP page, do the following:

  1. In the Navigation view of Web Site Designer, click the Faces JSP. From the main menu, click Edit > Servlet URL > Set Servlet URL. The Set Servlet URL window opens.

  2. In the Servlet list select the name of your Faces JSP page servlet. Ensure that the URL is correct and click OK. The Servlet URLs that are used to invoke the servlet are set.

 

Related tasks

Creating a Web site structure
Adding a new page to a Web site
Adding an external page to a Web site
Adding a subsite to a Web site
Associating a Web page with a page icon
Adding an existing page to a Web site
Adding frame pages to a Web site
Showing and excluding pages from the navigation or site map
Adding a project to a Web site
Grouping Web pages in a Web site
Creating or importing Web pages and Web resources
Creating a Web page in Web Site Designer
Importing a Web site into Web Site Designer
Enabling Web Site Designer support for a Web project