Use this window to assemble portlets and other elements into portals.
Create, view, and edit portal files in your portal application projects. The names of portal files end in .portal. |
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Add books and pages to the portal by dragging components from the Palette window and dropping them onto the Design View canvas. |
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Add portlets to the portal by dragging them from the Data Palette window and dropping them onto the Design View canvas. You can use the sample portlets provided by WebLogic Portal, or you can create your own, as described later in Creating a Portlet. |
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Set properties for the currently selected portal component, such as the portal look and feel. You can select a portal component by clicking on it in the Design View canvas or by selecting its name in the Document Structure window (described below). |
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View the hierarchical structure for the portal interface. You can select a portal component in the Document Structure window by clicking on it. The portal component is selected in Design View and you can edit its properties in the Property Editor window. |
The Document Structure window for a portal reveals the elements that comprise a portal:
As shown in the Document Structure window, the following components make up the hierarchical structure of the sample Employee portal interface:
To learn more about WebLogic Portal, the tools and services it provides, and surfacing your applications in a portal interface, see the following topics:
Developing Portal Applications