Select Basic Authentication as the authentication method.

Creating Content-Based Portlets with Web Clipping 5-11 In the Administer External Applications page, click Close. For more information about OracleAS Single Sign-On Server and external applications, see the Oracle Application Server Single Sign-On Administrators Guide. 2. For the Web Clipping portlet, create a new Web Clipping provider by performing the following steps:

a. Click the Administer tab, then click the Portlets tab.

b. Select Register a Provider.

c. In the Register a Provider page, enter webClippingMetalink for the Name

and webClipping Metalink for the Display Name. Enter values for Timeout and Timeout Message. Choose Web for the Implementation Style.

d. Click Next.

e. In the General Properties section of the Define Connection page, for the URL,

enter: http:host:portportalToolswebClippingproviderswebClipping Note that host:port refers to the host and port where the providers are located. This corresponds to the URL for Oracle Portal.

f. For the users identity, select The users identity needs to be mapped to a

different name in the Web providers application, andor the Web provider requires an external application login for establishment of a browser session. If selecting this option, specify the external application ID below.

g. For External Application ID, click the List of Values icon and select the

external application you added. Figure 5–13 shows the top part of the Define Connections page. Figure 5–13 Specifying an External Application for a Web Clipping Provider

h. In the UserSession Information section, select User to send user specific

information to the provider. For Login Frequency, select Once Per User Session. 5-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Portal i. Check that the proxy settings are correct. If you use a proxy server to contact the Web providers from the middle tier, enter the proxy server for Middle Tier. If you use a proxy server to contact the Web providers from the portal repository, enter the proxy server for Portal Repository. Usually, because the Oracle Portal and Web Clipping URLs point to the same middle tier, this step is not necessary.

j. Click Finish.

k. In the Registration Confirmation page, if the registration was successful, click OK. 3. Add a portlet to a page, using the Web Clipping Metalink provider that you just created, by performing the following steps: a. In Oracle Portal, navigate to the page in which you want to add the portlet. b. In the region in which you want to add the Web Clipping portlet, click the Add Portlet icon.

c. In the Add Portlets to Region page, search for Web Clipping Metalink. It is

located in the Portlet Staging Area. Click it to move it to the Selected Portlets box.

d. Click OK.

Section 5.2.1, Adding a Web Clipping Portlet to a Page describes in detail how to add a portlet. 4. If you have not entered your credentials for the External Application representing Metalink, the portlet will contain an Update login information link. Click the link and enter your credentials. Then, click OK. 5. Select a section of a page to display in the Web Clipping portlet, by performing the following steps:

a. In the Web Clipping portlet, click the Edit Defaults icon.

The Find a Web Clipping page is displayed.

b. In the URL Location field, the default URL for the External Application is

displayed. Change it to the location of the starting Web page that links to the content you want to clip. In this case, enter http:www.metalink.oracle.com.

c. Click Start. The Web Clipping Studio displays the page you specified. Log in

to Oracle Metalink. d. Browse to the page that contains the content you want to clip. After you display the page that contains the content you want to clip, click Section in the Web Clipping Studio banner. Figure 5–14 shows the external application displayed in Web Clipping Studio.