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2.3.5 Adding portlets to a portal page
Now return to the Portal Configuration editor used in 2.3.3, Adding and modifying a portal page to add portlets to a portal page.
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| Expand Dynamic Web Projects | MyPortal.
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| Double-click Portal Configuration to open in the editor.
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| Add portlets to the Left Label of the Top Page.
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Select the Left Label of the Top Page.
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Drag and drop the Column button from the Palette View into the area of the Top Page that says Place portlet here.
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By doing this, the layout of the page is changed to accommodate two portlets side-by-side as seen in Figure 2-29.
Figure 2-29 Adding a column
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Right-click the left column and click Insert Portlet | As Child.
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Select the Basic Portlet portlet as seen in Figure 2-30, and click OK.
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Figure 2-30 Select portlet to insert
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| Add portlets to the Left Label of the Bottom Page.
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Select the Left Label of the Bottom Page.
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Drag and drop the Column button from the Palette View into the area of the Bottom Page that says Place portlet here.
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Right-click the right column and click Insert Portlet | As Child.
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Select the Form Portlet portlet and click OK.
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| Perform the same action to insert the Basic Portlet portlet to the Left Label of the Bottom Page (see Figure 2-31).
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Figure 2-31 Basic portlet on the bottom page of the left label
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| Now click the Right Label.
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| Insert the Form Portlet onto this page (see Figure 2-32).
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Figure 2-32 Inserting the form portlet into the right label new page
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| Click File | Save All to save all the changes made to your portal site.
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