Portlet Factory, Version 6.1.2

 

Quick Start: Your first widget with local deployment

This quick start guides you through the steps to create a widget.

You use IBM® WebSphere Portlet Factory to run, test, and publish the widget on a locally-installed IBM Lotus® Mashups server.

If you are unable to install a Lotus Mashups server on your local development machine, you can establish access to a remote installation of a Lotus Mashups server.

During the installation of WebSphere Portlet Factory, the procedure automatically detects if a Lotus Mashups server is installed. If a local mashups server is found, the installation procedure prompts you for a username and password for this server. You do not have to manually configure WebSphere Portlet Factory to enable automatic deployment of a widget package to the Lotus Mashups server. The installation creates deployment settings and when you create your first project, enables automatic deployment of your widgets.

 

Create, test and publish a WebSphere Portlet Factory widget

Follow these steps to create a widget with WebSphere Portlet Factory to use with Lotus Mashups.

  1. Create a WebSphere Portlet Factory project.

    1. In Eclipse, click File > New > WebSphere Portlet Factory Project.

    2. Enter the name of the project.

    3. Click Finish.

    4. Click Yes when asked to deploy the project.

  2. In the project, create a Model.

    1. Go to File > New > WebSphere Portlet Factory Model.

    2. Select the project for which you want to create the model. Click Next.

    3. Select the model type. In this case, select Excel Widget. Click Next.

    4. Enter the widget title and select the Mashups Toolbox category under which you want the widget to appear. Click Next.

    5. Optionally, enter the paging settings. Click Next.

    6. Optionally, enter the column settings. Click Next

    7. Optionally enter the Details Page settings. Click Next

    8. Enter the model name and click Finish.

  3. Go to Run > Run....

    1. From the Run dialog box, click WebSphere Portlet Factory model > Active Model.

    2. Click Run.

    3. The widget appears in your default browser.

    4. Modify and run the widget locally until you are satisfied.

  4. From the Active Project, publish the widget to the Lotus Mashups Toolbox.

    1. Right-click on the project name. Go to Widgets > Publish Widget to Mashups Toolbox to publish the widget.

    2. Select the widget or widgets you want to publish. Click OK.

    3. Enter your username and password to Lotus Mashups server. You can save the username and password to avoid being prompted for each publish action.

    4. The widget is published to the Toolbox under the category which you chose. You may need to refresh your browser page or log out and log in to Lotus Mashups to refresh the toolbox.

    5. Drag the widget to the Lotus Mashups palette to the see the result.

Parent topic: Learning about WebSphere Portlet Factory

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