Creating a Standard Page

6-6 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal Figure 6–2 Structure of the Departments Page Group To create a sub-page to a standard 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, select the page group to

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

4. In the Layout Appearance section, under the Pages heading, click the link to the

page under which to add sub-pages. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Create: Sub-Pages link in the toolbar at the top of the page.

6. Follow the steps for creating a page as described in

Section 6.2, Creating a Standard Page . You can create other types of sub-pages beneath a standard page. For more information, see the other sections in this chapter.

6.4 Creating a URL Page

URL pages display the content of a particular URL. They enable you to transparently include information from other sites in your page group. To create a URL page: 1. Log in to Oracle Portal.

2. Click the Build tab to bring it forward.

Note: For information on editing page properties, see Section 6.9, Editing Page Properties . Note: To create a URL page, you must have at least the page privilege Manage on the new page’s parent page. Creating Pages 6-7

3. From the Page Groups portlet Work In drop-down list, select a page group to own

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

4. In the Layout Appearance section, click the Create link next to the Pages

heading. If the page is a sub-page of an existing page rather than of the page group’s root page, follow the steps outlined in Section 6.3, Creating a Sub-Page . Then return to Step 5 in this section.

5. On the resulting page, select URL from the Page Type list.

If URL is not included in this list, the URL page type has been excluded from the page group. If you have the required privilege level, you can click the Configure link next to the Page Type list, and configure the page group to include this type.

6. In the Display Name field, enter a display name for the page.

Enter up to 256 characters of any kind. The display name identifies the page in the Page Groups portlet and the Portal Navigator.

7. In the URL field, enter the URL of the target Web page.

8. Click Create to create the page.

9. After you have created your page you may want to either create another page or edit the properties of the newly created page to add more detail.

6.5 Creating a PLSQL Page

PLSQL pages display the results of executed PLSQL code. PLSQL pages provide one of the ways you can include data from your database in your page group. In Oracle Portal, you have the added benefit of security features offered through the portal’s access settings. To create a PLSQL page: Note: For more information on configuring page types, see Chapter 4, Working with Page Groups Note: In the Oracle Portal user interface, an 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 . Note: For information on editing page properties, see Section 6.9, Editing Page Properties. . Note: To create a page, you must have at least the page privilege Manage on the new page’s parent page. 6-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal 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 a page group to own

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

4. In the Layout Appearance section, click the Create link next to the Pages

heading. If the page is a sub-page of an existing page rather than of the page group’s root page, follow the steps outlined in Section 6.3, Creating a Sub-Page