Enable the Space Selector

Enable the Space Selector requires a custom theme.

The Space Manager is accessed via the Space Selector. Therefore enabling the Space Selector makes the Space Manager available as well.

To create a theme that enables the Space Selector...

1. Copy the contents of the $PORTAL_HOME/base/wp.mmi.deploy/installedApps/MashupMaker_Integration.ear/themes.war directory to a temporary location.
   If necessary, change the access permission on that temporary directory to allow write access.

2. In the web.xml in the temporary location temp_location/WEB-INF/web.xmlchange the ID attribute on the web-app element to MashupsThemesSpaces_ID. Also, change the application display name to a name of choice, for example Mashups Themes with Spaces Support.

3. For the security extensions: In the temp_location/WEB-INF/ibm-web-ext.xmi change the href attribute of the webApp element to a Web application ID of choice, for example WEB-INF/web.xml#MashupsThemesSpaces_ID.

4. For the security bindings: In the temp_location/WEB-INF/ibm-web-bnd.xmi change the href attribute of the webApp element to a Web application ID of choice, for example WEB-INF/web.xml#MashupsThemesSpaces_ID.

5. In the temp_location/theme_name/theme.html uncomment the space selector widget by the following procedure:

   1. Change the line: <!-- @spaceselector.start@ to <!-- @spaceselector.start@ --> .

   2. Change the line: @spaceselector.end@--> to <!-- @spaceselector.end@ --> .

   As an alternative, you can also remove these lines.

6. Modify the file temp_location/theme_name/metadata.xml to give the theme a new name.
   Make sure you delete the unmodified titles, or update all titles so that the titles in other languages match the new name.

7. Repeat the previous step for each theme in the directory.

8. Compress modified directories into a new WAR file.
   To do this, use the JAVA JAR tool.

9. To deploy module, follow the instructions given under the topic about Adding a custom mashup page theme to the portal.

To add the space selector widget to custom theme, add the following markup to theme.html file:

<li class="spaceSelectorDiv">
    <div class="mm_iWidget" id="spaceSelector">
        <a class="mm_Definition" href="/mum/widget-catalog/spaceSelector.xml"></a>
   </div>
</li>

After you apply custom theme to the My Mashups page, the Space Selector will show. But when you create a new space, you need to select custom theme from the list of themes, otherwise space will not include the Space Selector.

Parent

Work with mashup spaces

Related tasks

Add a custom mashup page theme to the portal

 

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