Applying a New Style to a Page

Interacting with Your Portal 2-21 The Choose Style list includes all the public styles in this page group and the Shared Objects page group, as well as any styles that you have created in this page group for your own use. The Use User’s Default Style option sets the page style to whatever style you specified as your default. See Section 2.1.6, Choosing a Default Page Style. 5. In the Preview section, click each of the radio buttons to check that colors and fonts used in the style meet your requirements.

6. Click OK.

2.3.9 Personalizing a Page Parameter

Page parameters are used to pass values to a page. If personalizable parameters are defined for a page, you can change the information displayed on the page to suit your needs. For example, if a page has a Ticker parameter and it displays several stock-related portlets that have parameters for Ticker, you can personalize the page to display different stock information by changing the stock Ticker parameter. To personalize a page parameter: 1. Display the appropriate page.

2. Click Personalize to switch to personalize mode.

3. Click the Parameters tab available only if the page has personalizable page

parameters. For more information, see Section 22.3, Adding a Parameter to a Page or Portal Template.

4. In the Value field, enter the value you want to use for a parameter.

Changing the value of a parameter may change the information displayed in portlets on the page.

5. Click OK to return to the page.

2.3.10 Removing Your Page Personalizations

To remove page personalizations: 1. Display the appropriate page.

2. Click Personalize to switch to personalize mode.

3. Do one of the following: ■ Click Remove My Page Personalizations to restore the page to its original settings. For example, this removes any portlets or tabs added to the page. It also restores any portlet or tab that was deleted. All personalizations are removed, no matter how long ago they were made. ■ Click Remove My Tab Personalizations to remove any changes made to the currently active tab. For example, this removes any portlets or sub-tabs that were added to the tab through user personalization. Base portlets, those that were included on the tab prior to personalization, are restored, if they were moved from the tab. All personalizations are removed, no matter how long ago they were made. These options do not remove personalizations made to portlet instances. 2-22 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal

2.4 Subscribing to a Page or Item

If your page contains a Subscribe link and you subscribe to the page, you are notified whenever that page is updated, new items are added to the page, and existing items are updated. Similarly, if Subscribe icons are displayed next to items on a page, you can be notified whenever the items are updated. To subscribe to pages or items you must be logged in to Oracle Portal. To view information about subscribed pages or items you must have access to a page containing the My Notifications portlet. This section provides the following information: ■ Section 2.4.1, Subscribing to a Page ■ Section 2.4.2, Subscribing to an Item ■ Section 2.4.3, Setting Up the My Notifications Portlet to Show Your Subscriptions For more information on approvals and notifications, see Section 20.1, Setting Up an Approval Process for a Page.

2.4.1 Subscribing to a Page

To subscribe to a page:

1. Navigate to the page to which you want to subscribe.

2. Click the Subscribe link.

Now you will be notified whenever the page is updated. You can check for notifications using the My Notifications portlet. Subscribing to a page automatically subscribes you to every item on that page. The default label for the Subscribe link is Subscribe; however, the page designer may have given it a different label, or decided to use an icon instead. If you are not sure what to click to subscribe to the page, contact the page designer.

2.4.2 Subscribing to an Item

To subscribe to an item: 1. Navigate to the page containing the items to which you want to subscribe.

2. Click the Subscribe icon next to the item.

Now you will be notified whenever the item is updated. Subscribe icons are displayed if they have been added to the page region. If no Subscribe icons are available, contact the page designer.

2.4.3 Setting Up the My Notifications Portlet to Show Your Subscriptions

If you have the appropriate privileges, you can personalize the My Notifications portlet to display information about items and pages to which you subscribe. Note: If you cannot perform actions on certain areas or regions of the page, the Enable Users To Include Content In This Region option for the region may not be selected. Contact your page designer for more information. See also Section 10.2, Configuring Region Display Options.