Deciding What Content To Publish

3-18 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal 4 Working with Page Groups 4-1 4 Working with Page Groups Page groups contain all the pages, styles, templates, attributes, item types, page types, navigation pages, and other objects you use to define your portal. Figure 4–1 Elements of a Page Group This chapter describes how to create and set up a page group. It includes the following main sections: ■ Section 4.1, Creating a Page Group ■ Section 4.2, Deleting a Page Group ■ Section 4.3, Delegating Page Group Responsibilities ■ Section 4.4, Configuring a Page Group’s Page Edit Modes 4-2 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal ■ Section 4.5, Setting Page Defaults for the Pages in a Page Group ■ Section 4.6, Sharing Objects Across Page Groups ■ Section 4.7, Troubleshooting Page Groups For information on page groups and translation, see Chapter 19, Translating Portal Content . Intended Audience The content of this chapter is intended for users with at least the page group privilege Manage All on a page group that is, page group administrators. If a particular task requires different privileges, the required privileges are listed before the steps of that task.

4.1 Creating a Page Group

A page group is a collection of related pages and all the reusable objects that support those pages. Reusable objects include styles, templates, categories, perspectives, navigation pages, page types, item types, and custom object types. Every portal page belongs to a page group. To create a page group: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

3. In the Page Groups portlet, click the Create Page Group link.

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

4. In the Display Name field, enter a Display Name to identify the page group to

other users. Use up to 256 characters of any kind, except commas. When the Display Name contains one or more commas, it does not display properly in search-related page group selection boxes. Oracle Portal uses the Display Name in pick lists, such as the Page Group portlet’s Work In drop-down list, page group maps, and other exposed places, such as the Portal Navigator. All newly-created page groups automatically contain a root page with the Display Name that you provided for the page group. Note: Page group administrators must have the global privilege Create on the object type All Page Groups to create page groups. Portal administrators automatically have these privileges and can create page groups. Note: In the Oracle Portal user interface, the 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 . Working with Page Groups 4-3

5. From the Default Language list, choose the language in which to create the page

group. This list contains all the languages installed for Oracle Portal. For information about installing another language, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. The default language for a page group cannot be changed after the page group is created; however, you can make the page group available in other languages later by creating a translation. See Chapter 19, Translating Portal Content .

6. Click Create.

When you create a page group, you are automatically assigned as its administrator that is, you are granted the page group privilege Manage All on the page group. You can assign a different page group administrator if desired. See Section 4.3, Delegating Page Group Responsibilities .

4.2 Deleting a Page Group

Deleting a page group deletes all objects owned by the page group. These include pages, templates, categories, perspectives, navigation pages, styles, attributes, custom page types, custom item types, and all items placed on the pages owned by this page group. Items that are checked out and items in an open state, such as files currently open in a WebDAV client, are also deleted. Once deleted, you cannot undelete a page group, nor any of the objects deleted as part of the page group. To delete a page group: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Navigator link at the top of the page.

A Navigator link can appear on any page. By default, you can find one on the Portal Builder page.

3. Click the Page Groups tab to bring it forward.

4. If necessary, click the Page Groups path link to go to the top level of the Page

Groups tab.

5. Click the Delete link next to the page group you will delete.

6. On the confirmation page, click Yes.

4.3 Delegating Page Group Responsibilities

Oracle Portal provides a collaborative environment that supports the delegation of responsibilities and the assignment of varied levels of access. Some of these features are realized within page groups. For example, Oracle Portal provides different levels of page group privileges that enable you to control who may perform what actions within the page group. This section provides information about assigning page group privileges, controlling style privileges, and identifying a page group contact. It contains the following subsections: Note: For information about editing the properties of a Page Group’s root page, see Section 6.9, Editing Page Properties . 4-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal ■ Section 4.3.1, Assigning Page Group Privileges ■ Section 4.3.2, Controlling Who Can Apply a Different Style to a Page ■ Section 4.3.3, Specifying a Page Group Contact

4.3.1 Assigning Page Group Privileges

You can specify who has access to a page group and how much access they have. Access privileges work incrementally, starting at the global privilege level. For example, you can grant the global privilege View on the object type All Page Groups to the group Site Wide View, then explicitly grant the Manage All privilege on a particular page group to user Rose Doe, who is also a member of Site Wide View. All members of Site Wide View can see the page group, but Rose Doe is the only group member who can do everything else to the page group. For more information about global privileges, refer to Appendix B, Page Group Object Privileges and to the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. For information about controlling access to the individual pages in a page group, see Section 17.5, Securing Pages . This section contains information about specifying who can access a page group in what way. It includes the following subsections: ■ Section 4.3.1.1, Granting Access to a Page Group ■ Section 4.3.1.2, Changing Access to a Page Group

4.3.1.1 Granting Access to a Page Group

To grant a user or group 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 Grantee field, enter the name of the user or group needing access.

Optionally, click the Browse Users or Browse Groups icon and select from the list provided.