Deprecated features
Make a note of the features that were available in the previous versions of WebSphere Portal but are no longer available in this version or in future versions.
As they become available, links to additional information will be provided to help you migrate away from deprecated features.
- RSS Portlet and IBM Feed Reader Portlet are no longer supported
If you had been using RSS Portlet or IBM Feed Reader Portlet, you can now use IBM Syndicated Feed Portlet for WebSphere Portal.
- Exchange, Domino, and POP3 are no longer supported protocols in the Common Mail portlet.
If you had been using CPP with Exchange, you can now use the Exchange portlets
If you had been using CPP with Domino, you can now use the Domino Web Access portlet.
- The Common Calendar portlet is no longer being shipped.
If you had been using CPP with Exchange, you can now use the Exchange portlets
If you had been using CPP with Domino, you can now use the Domino Web Access portlet.
- Document Manager
- With this version of WebSphere Portal, Document Manager is no longer available.
If keep using a document library, then move your document library to a IBM Lotus Quickr server. See the WebSphere Portal Best Practices Wiki for further information.
- Workflow for composite applications
- Workflow for composite applications is no longer supported in this version.
- Collaborative portlets
- The following collaborative portlets are no longer included with WebSphere Portal:
- My Lotus QuickPlaces
- Inline QuickPlace
- Domino Document Manager
- Lotus Web Conferencing
My Lotus QuickPlaces can be downloaded from the WebSphere Portal Business Solutions Catalog.
- Legacy sample portlets
- The following legacy sample portlets are no longer provided:
- SPFLegacyBlank.war
- SPFLegacyClock.war
- SPFLegacyCommandManager.war
- SPFLegacyEditMode.war
- SPFLegacyFileUpload.war
- SPFLegacyLookupAction.war
- SPFLegacyMailReader.war
- SPFLegacyMultipleServletContexts.war
- SPFLegacyStockQuote.war
- SPFLegacyTiles.war
- SPFLegacyTransformation.war
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 portlet application
- The Microsoft Exchange 2000 portlet application is no longer included.
This portlet application contained the following portlets:
- MS Exchange 2000 Mail Portlet
- MS Exchange 2000 Calendar Portlet
- MS Exchange 2000 Tasks Portlet
- MS Exchange 2000 Contacts Portlet
- MS Exchange 2000 Notes Portlet
- Transcoding technology
- The transcoding technology previously provided with WebSphere Portal has been discontinued with this version.
- Browser support
- The following browsers are no longer supported in this version:
- Mozilla
- Netscape
- JACL syntax for the Portal Scripting Interface
- The JACL syntax for the Portal Scripting Interface has been replaced by Jython syntax in WebSphere Portal v6.1. The JACL syntax is still supported, but this support will be discontinued.
- Private wire APIs
- The the WireModel artefacts referring to private wires have been deprecated withWebSphere Portal v6.1.0.1.
Parent topic:
Reference