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Registration/Edit My Profile and Login portlets

The Registration/Edit My Profile and Login portlet reside on special pages where the anonymous user has access rights based on the User role. The unique name wps.Login is assigned to the page holding the login portlet, and the unique name wps.Selfcare is assigned to the page holding the Registration/Edit My Profile portlet.

The Registration/Edit My Profile portlet is for subscriber management. Registration allows users to register for access and information entered during Registration can be updated in Edit My Profile. Registration is also referred to as "Sign up".


Registration/Edit My Profile

During registration, the user enters mandatory data, such as the user ID and first and last names. The user has the option to select the preferred language from a list of available languages.

The portal uses this language in all interactions and makes this information available to all portlets so they can adapt to the user preference. If a language is not selected, the portal determines which language to use from the users' browser settings.

Parameter Name Registration/Edit My Profile portlet configuration parameters
HomePageUniqueName Identify the page selected when users click Cancel. Update this parameter to match the environment.

Default: ibm.portal.Home

GenerateCN Whether WebSphere Portal should generate the value of the cn attribute from the supplied user attributes.

Default: true

attr_XXX This portlet applies special handling to a subset of user attributes. Use the attr_XXX parameters to match the actual attribute name to the logical name used in the portlet. Attributes that receive special handling:

  • alternativeCalendar
  • cn
  • email
  • firstDayOfWeek
  • firstName
  • firstWorkDayOfWeek
  • lastName
  • password
  • preferredCalendar
  • preferredLanguage
  • timeZone,uid


Edit My Profile portlet configuration


Create new attributes for the Registration/Edit My Profile portlet

We can change information entered at registration. Administrators can determine what information appears in the profile. LDAP or member management fields determine what fields appear as potential fields for the user profile. Some fields are disabled because they are required fields in PUMA (user management), and cannot be removed. Optional attributes of data type string can be added using the configuration mode of the portlet. If we do not see the required attribute displayed in the configuration mode, review the information under Adapting the attribute configuration to ensure the attribute was properly added, mapped, or both.

By default, the same portlet instance is used for Registration and for Edit My Profile. In this design, changes made with the configure link apply to both cases.

Since a separate instance of the Registration/Edit My Profile portlet exists for each virtual portal, it is possible to have different customized portlets for each virtual portal.


Login

To access the Login portlet, click Log In in the banner. The Login portlet can also be placed on any page.

Since a separate instance of the Login portlet exists for each virtual portal, it is possible to have different customized portlets for each virtual portal.


Parent Administering

Related concepts:
Authentication
Add more attributes to VMM
Enable step-up authentication and/or the Remember me cookie