Creating a JSP By Copying Another Page

Creating Pages 6-13 the other page. For more information, see Section 15.7, Sharing a Portlet Across Multiple Pages .

6.8 Creating a Navigation Page

Navigation pages are discussed in detail in Chapter 13, Designing Your Portal’s Navigation . This section briefly covers how to create a navigation page. To create a navigation page: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlet Work In drop-down list, select a page group to own

the navigation page. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. In the Layout Appearance section, click the Create link next to the Navigation

Pages heading. This opens the Create Navigation Page screen.

5. In the Display Name field, enter a Display Name for the navigation page.

Use up to 256 characters of any kind. The Display Name is used to identify the navigation page in the Page Groups portlet and the Portal Navigator.

6. In the Copy From list, choose a navigation page to use as a starting point for your

new navigation page. This creates a copy of the selected page. The list includes all the navigation pages in this page group on which you have at least the page privilege View. To start with a blank navigation page, choose None. 7. Select Publish As Portlet to make this navigation page available to other users. Eventually you will need to publish the navigation page as a portlet so that other users can add it to their pages. However, while the navigation page is under development, you might prefer to clear this check box. Tip: To use this navigation page in more than one page group, create it in the Shared Objects page group. However, keep in mind that to use a shared navigation page in a page group with a non-English default language, you must provide a translated version of the shared navigation page. Note: In the Oracle Portal user interface, an asterisk indicates a field that requires a value. For a summary of the rules governing the naming of objects in Oracle Portal, see Appendix D, Object Naming Rules in Oracle Portal . Note: If you do not see the Publish As Portlet check box, you do not have portlet publishing privileges. Contact your portal administrator to request these privileges. 6-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal

8. Click Create.

The navigation page opens in Edit mode.

6.9 Editing Page Properties

Edit page properties to revise basic page information, such as its Name and Display Name and its page caching and assembly rules. To edit page properties: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. From the Page Groups portlet’s Work In drop-down list, select the page group

that owns the page to be edited. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder page.

4. Under Pages in the Layout Appearance section, click the name of the relevant

page. If the page is a Standard type page, this opens the page in Edit mode. Click the Page: Properties link in the toolbar at the top of the page. For other types of page, this takes you directly to the Edit Page page. 5. Move from tab to tab, and edit properties as desired: ■ Main —Change the name or display name of the page; add a description; select page caching options; and specify the page assembly timeout. The Name attribute differs from the Display Name attribute both in the way Oracle Portal uses it and in the rules that govern which characters can be used in its formation. Oracle Portal uses the name in the formation of path-based URLs. It is also used in instances when the page is viewed outside of Oracle Portal, for example, when it is viewed through a WebDAV client. The default value in the Name field is taken from the display name provided when the page was created. The value is truncated to 60 characters and any special characters are discarded. Discarded characters include: \ : ? | , For example, if the display name is Research Development, the name is Research Development. The name is case sensitive. It must be unique among all pages, sub-pages, and first-level tabs in the page group. Oracle Portal checks the value of the Name field for uniqueness and appends a number in cases where another object at the same level in the page group’s page hierarchy has the same name. Note: If the page is not included in those listed in the Page Groups portlet, click the More Pages link that displays at the end of the list. If the page is a sub-page, drill down through the resulting list of pages until you reach the point where your page is listed. Click the Properties link next to the page, and skip the next step in this process.