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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. Creating Pages 6-15 For additional information about the naming rules that apply to pages and other portal objects, see Appendix D, Object Naming Rules in Oracle Portal. For information on page caching and page assembly timeout options, see Chapter 21, Improving Page Performance. ■ URL —Change the URL referenced by a URL page. ■ PLSQL —Change the PLSQL code for a PLSQL page. ■ JSP Source —Change the JSP file for a JSP page. ■ Template —Select a different template. For more information, see Section 12.2.1.2, Applying Portal Templates for Pages or Section 12.3.1.2, Applying an HTML Page Skin. ■ Style —Select a style to define the colors and fonts to use for the page. For more information, see Section 11.8.1, Applying a Style to a Page. ■ Access —Define who can access the page and what level of control they have over the page. For more information, see Section 17.5, Securing Pages. ■ Items —Specify the item versioning level; portal template assignment; WebDAV default item types; and default region for placing content. For more information, see: – Section 7.1, Enabling Item Versioning for Page Groups, Pages, and Templates – Section 12.2.2.2, Applying Portal Templates for Items – Section 18.2.1, Specifying Default Item Types for Zip and WebDAV Uploads – Section 7.8.1, Selecting Default Regions for a Page ■ Optional —Publish the page as a portlet; specify the page contact, category, keywords, perspectives, images, and sub-page display details. For more information, see Section 8.5.1, Publishing a Page as a Portlet and Chapter 7, Defining and Displaying Page Information. ■ Parameters —Set up page parameters. For more information, see Chapter 22, Using Parameters and Events. ■ Events —Set up page events. For more information, see Chapter 22, Using Parameters and Events. ■ Approval —Set up an approval process for the page. For more information, see Chapter 20, Setting Up an Approval Chain.

6. Click OK when you are done.

6.10 Troubleshooting Page Creation

I selected a navigation page for my page banner, but the one provided by the template appears instead. When you apply a Portal Template to a page, this discards any navigation page you selected for a page banner. The assumption is such page elements are always provided by the template. If you must use the navigation page you selected, then you must either add it to the template or add it as a portlet to the page after the page is created. For information 6-16 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal about adding portlets to pages, see Section 15.1, Adding a Portlet to a Page . For information about templates, see Chapter 12, Providing a Standard Look and Feel . Another approach is to use an HTML page skin, which enables you to add HTML around the body of a page. The page’s original banner continues to display because it is part of the body of the page. The page skin wraps around the body. For more information on HTML page skins, see Chapter 12, Providing a Standard Look and Feel . When I click the Refresh link on a portal page, I get an error message and the page does not refresh. The page definition may be cached at the system level. When this is the case, the same page definition data is retrieved from cache for all users. For this reason, links on the page that are normally viewed only by authorized users will also be displayed to all users authorized to view the page. However, users can still perform only those actions for which they are authorized, that is, for which they have the appropriate access privileges. When users click a link to a page or function on which they are not authorized, they see an error message and cannot open the links target. In this case, the Refresh link refreshes the page by regenerating it from the database—a task available only to authorized users. Try clicking the refresh link on your browser to achieve your desired effect. My page is taking too long to render. Check the setting for Page Assembly Timeout on the Main tab of page properties. If the option Wait For All Portlets to Return Before Displaying the Page is selected, it could be that some of the portlets on your page are slow to render. In this case, the entire page rendering is held up until the portlets are assembled and ready to display. To test this, select the option Limit Time Fetching Portlets to [ ] Seconds, and set a low value. With this selection, page rendering takes place, whether or not all portlets are ready to render, within the specified time limit. Portlets render when ready. If the page renders more quickly, consider making this a permanent change. If this does not improve page performance, review the page’s caching selection. If the page is based on a template, review the template’s caching selection. Perhaps the page will benefit from performance tuning. For more information on caching and performance tuning, see Chapter 21, Improving Page Performance . Template caching options are discussed in Chapter 12, Providing a Standard Look and Feel . When I edit a page, I am not given the option to select a style for the page. If the page is based on a Portal Template that does not allow privileged users to choose their own page style, the style selection screen does not display when you create a page, and the Style tab does not display when you edit a page. If you have sufficient access to the template, you can edit the template and select Enable Pages To Use Different Style on the Style tab of template properties. Once this setting is selected, the Style tab displays in page properties. Another possibility is that the page group that owns the page is not configured to allow privileged users to manage a page style. This option is available on the Main tab of page group properties. It must be selected for users to select a style for any pages in the page group. When I edit a page, I am not given the option to specify access settings. The page may be based on a Portal Template that does not allow the pages based on it to have access rules other than those provided by the template. If this is the case, the