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7.
From the list of privileges, choose the level of access to grant to the user or group. For a list and description of page group privileges, see
Section B.2, Page Group Privileges
.
8. Click Add.
9. Click OK.
4.3.1.2 Changing Access to a Page Group
To change a user or group’s access to a page group:
1.
Log in to Oracle Portal.
2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.
3. From the Page Groups portlets Work In drop-down list, choose the page group to
be edited. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder
page.
4. Click the Configure link.
5. Click the Access tab to bring it forward.
6. In the Change Access section, find the relevant user or group.
Note: Oracle Portal uses the Oracle Internet Directory for identity
management. The Oracle Internet Directory serves as the repository for users and groups. In the Oracle Internet Directory, groups are
uniquely identified by their distinguished name DN. Each group has a unique DN, though many groups can share a common name, in the
same way that two people can share a common name, yet have completely different lineage such as John Smith and John Doe. When
working within the portal, groups created from within that portal are displayed simply with their common names. However, when the
portal references a group from some other location in the Oracle Internet Directory—such as a group from some other portal associated
with the same Identity Management Infrastructure—the DN of the group is displayed to distinguish it from the portal’s locally defined
groups.
Note: If you grant a user Manage All privileges on a page group and
that user subsequently creates a new page within the page group, even if you remove the user’s privileges, he or she will always be able
to access the page through its URL and edit the content and add new content.
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7. From the Privilege list, choose the new privilege level.
For a list and description of page group privileges, see Section B.2, Page Group
Privileges .
8.
To make sure that your changes take effect immediately, clear page group cache entries by clicking the Clear Cache link.
Because of caching, if you change a user or group’s page group privileges, your changes may not be immediately apparent if the user or a member of the group
has already accessed the page group. For example, the user may be able to see icons or links for actions that he or she is no longer authorized to perform. This
may cause confusion if the user clicks one of those icons or links and receives an error message. The remedy is to clear cache after making a change to access
privileges.
9. Click OK.
4.3.2 Controlling Who Can Apply a Different Style to a Page
Oracle Portal provides two settings at the page group level for controlling who can apply different styles to pages:
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The Allow Privileged Users To Manage Page Style setting is turned on by default. This enables users with the page privilege Manage or Manage Style to
apply a different style when editing the page.
If you turn this setting off, only users with the page group privilege Manage All or Manage Styles can choose different styles when editing pages. For information
about applying styles to pages, see Section 11.8, Applying a Style
.
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The Allow Privileged Users To Personalize Page Style setting is turned on by default. This enables users with the page privilege Personalize Style to apply a
different style when personalizing the page. Page personalizations affect only the view of the user who made them.
Note: Oracle Portal uses the Oracle Internet Directory for identity
management. The Oracle Internet Directory serves as the repository for users and groups. In the Oracle Internet Directory, groups are
uniquely identified by their distinguished name DN. Each group has a unique DN, though many groups can share a common name, in the
same way that two people can share a common name, yet have completely different lineage such as John Smith and John Doe. When
working within the portal, groups created from within that portal are displayed simply with their common names. However, when the
portal references a group from some other location in the Oracle Internet Directory—such as a group from some other portal associated
with the same Identity Management Infrastructure—the DN of the group is displayed to distinguish it from the portal’s locally defined
groups.
Note: To completely remove a user or group’s privileges on the page
group, click the Delete icon next to the user or group whose privileges are being removed.
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If you turn this setting off, nobody not even users with the page privilege Manage or the page group privilege Manage All can apply a different style when
personalizing a page. For information about personalizing a page to apply a different style, see
Section 2.3.8, Applying a New Style to a Page .
To control who can apply a different style to a page:
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, choose the relevant page
group. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder
page.
4. Click the Configure link.
5. If necessary, click the Main tab to bring it forward.
6. Go to the check box Allow Privileged Users To Manage Page Style:
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Select this check box to allow users with the page privilege Manage or Manage Style to apply a different style when editing the page.
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Clear this check box to allow only users with the page group privilege Manage All or Manage Styles to apply a different style when editing pages in the page
group.
To make this change take effect immediately, go to the page group properties Access tab and click Clear Cache.
7. Go to the check box Allow Privileged Users To Personalize Page Style:
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Select this check box to allow users with the page privilege Personalize Style or greater to apply a different style when personalizing the page. Page
personalizations affect only the view of the user who made them.
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Clear this check box to prevent all users from applying a different style when personalizing pages in the page group.
To make this change take effect immediately, go to the page group properties Access tab and click Clear Cache.
8. Click OK.
4.3.3 Specifying a Page Group Contact
The page group contact is the person users contact with questions about the page group. This is typically the page group administrator. You can provide an e-mail
address for the page group contact and display that address on the pages in the page group.
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Section 4.3.3.1, Specifying the Page Group Contact E-mail Address
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Section 4.3.3.2, Adding the Page Group Contact E-Mail Address to a Page
4.3.3.1 Specifying the Page Group Contact E-mail Address
To specify the page group contact e-mail address:
1.
Log in to Oracle Portal.
2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.
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3. From the Page Groups portlet Work in drop-down list, choose the page group to
be configured. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder
page.
4. Click the Configure link.
5. If necessary, click the Main tab to bring it forward.
6. In the Contact E-mail field, enter the e-mail address of the page group contact, for
example: stigermycompany.com
7. Click OK.
4.3.3.2 Adding the Page Group Contact E-Mail Address to a Page
Use Portal Smart Links to add the contact e-mail address to your portal pages, templates, and navigation pages. If a page has its own contact, that e-mail address is
displayed in lieu of the page group contact e-mail address.
To add the contact e-mail address to a 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, choose the page group that
owns the relevant page. 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 relevant page.
This opens the page in Edit mode.
5. Click the Add Item icon on the region where the contact e-mail address will
display. If you do not see the Add Item icon, the region may be a portlet region, in which
case, you cannot add items to this region.
6. On the resulting page, select Built-In Navigation Item Types.
7. From the Built-In Navigation Item Types list, choose Portal Smart Link.
If you do not see Portal Smart Link in the list, the item type has not been included in the page group. See
Section 5.2.2.3, Making an Item Type Available to a Page Group
.
8. Click Next.
9. From the Portal Smart Link list, choose Contact.
For information about the other smart links, refer to Section 13.6.6, Adding a
Portal Smart Link Item .
Note: Any user with at least the page privilege Manage Items With
Approval or Manage Content on the page can add the page group contact e-mail address to a page.
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10. Enter your own Display Name or select Use The Default Display Name.
If you provide your own display name, it will not be translated. The exact text that you enter in the Display Name field will be used for all languages. Conversely, the
default display name is translated.
11. Optionally, select an Image to display with the link or by itself, and specify Image
Alignment .
12. Click Finish.
4.4 Configuring a Page Group’s Page Edit Modes
You can create default views for users who are editing pages within a page group. When users enter page Edit mode, the views you configure here display. Additionally,
you can choose to hide or show various Edit mode controls and select the information to be displayed in Edit mode List view. All of these controls are available on the
Configure
tab of page group properties. This section describes how to define your users’ editing experience for all pages in a
given page group. To configure a page group’s page Edit modes:
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 the page group for
which you will configure the Edit mode.
4. Click the Configure link.
5. Click the Configure tab to bring it forward.
6. Under Edit Modes, click the Edit link next to Current Selection.
7. Under Edit Mode Types, select the edit modes to make available to users.
Choose from:
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Graphical —Makes the Graphical view of page Edit mode available as a
selection for users with page edit privileges. Graphical view displays page content as it appears on the finished page. Users can add and delete regions in
this mode.
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Layout —Makes the Layout view of page Edit mode available as a selection for
users with page edit privileges. Layout view enables users to focus on region manipulation without the distraction of page content. Though users can also
hide, show, delete, or move content from this view.
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List —Makes the List view of page Edit mode available as a selection for users
with page edit privileges. List view lists the items, tabs, and sub-pages associated with the page. Portlets are not listed. You can perform additional
configurations of List view in the List View Properties and List View Column Selection
sections.
8. Under Default Edit Modes, select the view of page Edit mode you want users to
enter by default when they edit pages and navigation pages in this page group.
Under Default Edit Mode for Pages and Default Edit Mode for Navigation Pages
, choose from:
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Graphical —When users click an Edit link, the Graphical view of page Edit
mode displays.
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Layout —When users click an Edit link, the Layout view of page Edit mode
displays.
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List —When users click an Edit link, the List view of page Edit mode displays.
9. Under Mobile Preview, select or deselect Allow Mobile Preview Link.
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Select this option when you want users to be able to see an approximation of how a page might display when accessed from a mobile device. When you
check this box, a Mobile: Preview link displays at the top of the page in page Edit mode.
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Leave this option clear when you do not want to give users this control.
10. Under List View Properties, next to List View Page Size, enter the number of
rows to display when viewing a page in the List view Edit mode. If the number of objects on the page is greater than the number of rows specified
here, users can click a Next link to view more objects.
11. Under List View Column Selections, select the columns of information to display
for the items, tabs, and sub-pages listed in List view see Table 4–1, List View
Column Selection Options :
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Hidden Columns —Lists the columns that are not displayed in the List view of
page Edit mode for pages in this page group. To display a column, select it and click the Move icon to move it to the Visible Columns list.
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Visible Columns —Lists the columns that are displayed in the List view of
page Edit mode for pages in this page group. Use the Move Up and Move Down icons to change the order in which the visible columns display. To
remove a column, select it and click the Remove icon.
A Reset to Defaults button displays after changes are applied to this page. This button resets Edit Mode configuration to agree with the Edit Mode configuration defined for
the Shared Objects page group. Subsequently, this page group inherits changes made to the Shared Objects page group Edit Mode configuration until this page group’s Edit
Mode configuration settings are changed again.
List View Column Selection Options
Table 4–1 lists and describes the column selection options available to List view of
page Edit mode.
Note: The page size you set here also sets the page size for the other
bulk action pages, including bulk actions for:
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Pages
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Categories
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Perspectives
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Table 4–1 List View Column Selection Options
Column Description
Author Displays the name of the user who uploaded or created the object.
Author names are truncated to 25 characters in List view. Hover the mouse over the ellipse ... for names longer than 25 characters. The
ellipses Alt text displays the full author name.
The Author attribute is populated automatically for things like tabs and sub-pages. In contrast, for items a value for the Author attribute must be
explicitly entered by the user who uploads the items to the portal. Category
The classification category assigned to the object. Checkable
Indicates whether Item Check Out is enabled for an item. Check Out By
Lists the user who has the item checked out. Check Out Date
Lists the date the item was checked out. Creator
The user who createduploaded the object. Date Updated
Displays the date the object was last updated. Description
Displays the description of the object. When the description is longer than 30 characters, an ellipse ... displays at the end of the description.
Hover the mouse over the ellipse ... to view the full description. Display Name
Displays the name of the item, tab, or sub-page. Click an item name to view the item. Click a tab or sub-page name to drill down to a List View
of the tab or sub-page. Some item types, such as Smart Text, Page Path, Basic Search box, and List of Objects, do not have links on their display
names.
Display names are truncated to 30 characters in List View. Pending, rejected, draft, deleted, hidden, and expired items are
displayed in red. Active items are displayed in black.
Notes:
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For information on which items are accessible in what states, see Section 17.9.3, Item URL Security
.
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Hover the mouse over the icon next to each Display Name to see the file name of file items, the URL of URL items, and the items type for
all other types of items. Icons next to sub-pages reveal the sub-pages internal name, and icons next to tabs reveal the tabs
object type that is, Tab.
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For Zip File items, click the icon to unzip the files content into the current page group.
Expiration Date The date the object expires, typically specified when the object was
created or uploaded to the portal. File Name
For file-based objects, such as documents or images, the name of the uploaded file, for example sales_notes.txt.
Last Updated By Indicates which user last updated the item.
Path This column heading displays only when List View is displaying the
results of a search. It displays the path of the page that hosts the related item or sub-page. Click the path to go to the host page.
When the path is longer than 30 characters, an ellipse ... displays at the beginning of the path. Hover the mouse over the ellipse to view the full
path.
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4.5 Setting Page Defaults for the Pages in a Page Group
Page group properties include many options for setting default information for the page group’s associated pages. For example, select a default style for all pages,
identify a default navigation page banner, or choose a template to apply to all associated pages. This section discusses these and other page group default setting
options. It includes the following sub-sections:
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Section 4.5.2, Specifying Inheritance Rules for Newly Created Pages
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Section 4.5.3, Choosing a Default Style for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.4, Choosing a Default Navigation Page for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.5, Choosing a Default Template or Page Skin for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.6, Specifying Tab Navigation Behavior for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.7, Defining URL Rewrite Rules for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.8, Enabling and Disabling Parameters and Events for a Page Group
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Section 4.5.9, Enabling JavaServer Page Access to a Page Group For additional page group configuration tasks, see
Chapter 5, Preparing to Add Content
:
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Section 5.4, Setting Up Approvals
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Section 5.5, Managing Item Behavior at the Page Group Level Procedures
Provides a drop-down list of the procedures associated with an item type. Users select a procedure from the list, then call the procedure by
clicking its associated icon, which appears next to the list. If no icon is set up, a default icon is used one for HTTP and one for PLSQL types with
a link to the call. All Procedure calls open up in the same window as the List View, and upon return, all drop-down lists are reset.
Publish Date The date the object is published to the portal. This is usually determined
by the person who createduploaded the object. Size
Displays the size in kilobytes of uploaded files. Status
Displays the current status of the object, for example, Active, Pending, Rejected, Draft, Deleted, Hidden, or Expired.
Note: When an item is pending approval, click the Pending status link to
go to the Status page for the item for submitters or the Approval page for the item for approvers.
For information on which items are accessible in what states, see Section 17.9.3, Item URL Security
. Type
Displays the type of object. URL
Displays the URL of URL-type items. Display is truncated to 30 characters, with the full URL given in the displays Alt text. The
displayed URL links to its target. Version
Displays the number of the current version of the item. If there is more than one version, click the number to go to the Available Versions page
where you can view, edit, or delete previous versions, or change the current version of the item if you have the appropriate privilege to do so.
Table 4–1 Cont. List View Column Selection Options
Column Description
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4.5.1 Specifying the Doctype for Pages
It is recommended that every page should identify which version of HTML or XHTML it is using. This information can then be used by browsers to help display the page
faster, because it knows what to expect from the page.
You identify the version of HTML or XHTML by including a doctype declaration in the code at the beginning of the page, such as:
DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC -W3CDTD HTML 4.01 TransitionalEN http:www.w3.orgTRhtml4loose.dtd
Some examples of doctypes include:
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HTML 4.01 Compatibility mode
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HTML 4.01 Transitional
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HTML 4.01 Strict
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XHTML 1.0 Transitional
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XHTML 1.0 Strict You can specify the doctype to use for all pages within your portal by specifying the
global doctype setting. For information about how to do this, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. If the portal administrator allows
it, you can override this setting at the page group level, specifying a different doctype for all the pages within a specific page group.
If you select a strict doctype for example HTML Strict some portlet refresh features will be affected due to HTML that is prohibited when using a Strict doctype.
Specifically:
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The page assembly timeout option is not shown when editing pages.
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Portlet refresh does not use partial page refresh, instead the whole page is refreshed.
In addition, if you choose the middle image alignment option, your HTML will not validate as Strict. This is because an align attribute has to be used in this case, rather
than a CSS attribute and the align attribute does not conform to Strict guidelines.
To specify the doctype for pages in a page group:
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, choose the relevant page
group. By default, the Page Groups portlet is located on the Build tab of the Portal Builder
page.
4. Click the Configure link.
5. If necessary, click the Main tab to bring it forward.
6. In the Page DOCTYPE section, select Choose a specific DOCTYPE for this page
group.
Note: Specifying the doctype does not affect the generated HTML,
only the DOCTYPE declaration at the beginning of the HTML.
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7.
Select the doctype that you want to use.
8. Click OK.
4.5.2 Specifying Inheritance Rules for Newly Created Pages
When a page is created, it inherits default property settings from either its page group defaults, its parent page, or the Portal Template on which it is based. Inheritance is
based on which option is selected when the page is created:
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Inherit Access Settings from Template template name
This option is available only if the page is based on a Portal Template and the template is set up to enable pages to use their own access settings.
Select this option to use the same access control settings for a page as are specified for the template on which the page is based. If the access control settings for the
template are changed, those changes affect all pages based on the template that use the template’s access settings
Figure 4–2 .
The page’s Access Properties and Grant Access sections do not display when this option is selected.
Figure 4–2 Newly Created Pages Inheriting Access Settings from a Portal Template
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Copy Parent Page Properties When Creating Page
Select this option to use parent page property settings as default settings for any newly created sub-pages. When a new page inherits its default property settings
from its parent page, each successive generation inherits its default property settings from the previous generation
Figure 4–3 .
