Changing the Height and Width of a Region

Working with Layouts 10-11 Figure 10–15 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Region Display Options section:

■ To display a region banner, provide a region Display Name, and select Display Region Banner . The region banner displays only when you give the region a name. ■ To hide a region banner, clear the Display Region Banner check box. The region display name displays in Edit mode, but not in View mode.

7. Go to the Item Display Options section item regions only:

■ To display a Group By banner, choose a grouping criterion from the Group By drop-down list. Choose from: – None to forgo the grouping of items – Category to sort items by their assigned categories – Author to sort items by their authors – Date to sort items by their upload date – Base Item Type to sort items by their base item type Then select the Display Group By Banner check box. Group By banners display only when you check this check box and select a grouping option other than None. ■ To hide a Group By banner, clear the Display Group By Banner check box. 8. Click OK to save your changes and return to the page.

10.2.5 Changing the Number of Columns and Rows in a Region

If you have many items or portlets in a region, you may want to arrange them into multiple columns to conserve space. You can specify how many columns and rows you want to include in a region. When you specify a number of columns in a region but do not specify a number of rows, the number of rows dynamically expands to accommodate all the items or portlets in a region. When you specify a number of columns and rows in a region, and the number of items exceeds the number of items this allows, the overflow items do not display until you change the number of columns or rows to accommodate them. For example, if you have eight items, and you specify two columns and three rows, only six items display. The other two do not. The items that do not display are retained, rather than lost or deleted. If you change the number of rows to four or the number of columns to three, all eight items display. The following examples show the same region with different numbers of columns and rows: Figure 10–16 Region 1 with Eight Items in Four Columns Rows Not Specified 10-12 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal Figure 10–17 Region 1 with Two Columns and Three Rows Two Items Truncated To change the number of columns and rows in a region: 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 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 link to the relevant

page. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Edit Region icon in the relevant region

Figure 10–18 . Figure 10–18 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Region Display Options section, and enter the

number of columns you want for the region in the Number of Columns field. Leaving this field blank results in one region column.

7. In the Number of Rows field, enter the number of rows you want for the region.

Leaving this field blank results in a variable number of rows. That is, the region will provide the number of rows required to accommodate the region content.

8. Click OK to save your changes and return to the page.

10.2.6 Changing the Alignment of Items

You can align items in a region specifically or conditionally, according to the requirements of your portal’s language setting. Specific alignments include left, center, and right. Conditional alignments include start and end. Start and End work in conjunction with portals using bidirectional languages. For languages reading right to left, Start aligns items right and End aligns items left. For languages reading left to right, Start aligns items left and End aligns items right. Figure 10–19 shows the same region with different item alignment settings: Working with Layouts 10-13 Figure 10–19 The Same Region Shown With Different Item Alignment Settings To change the alignment of items in a region:

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 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 link to the relevant

page. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Edit Region icon in the relevant region

Figure 10–20 . Figure 10–20 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Item Display Options section, and choose an item

alignment from the Item Alignment list. Choose from: ■ Left to align items against the left border of the region ■ Center to align items within the center of the region ■ Right to align items against the right border of the region ■ Start to align items according to reading direction of the portal’s current language: in languages that read left to right, Start aligns items left; in languages that read right to left, Start aligns items right ■ End to align items according to the reading direction of the portal’s current language: in languages that read left to right, End aligns items right; in languages that read right to left, End aligns items left

7. Click OK to save your changes and return to the page.

10.2.7 Setting Sub-Page Links Region Properties

Sub-Page Links regions share many of the same region properties you find with item and portlet regions. Additionally, they have a few that are unique to type. Use these to specify the number of levels of sub-page links to display, the sub-page link attributes to display along with each link, and the icon users should click to navigate up the page hierarchy. This section describes how to set the properties that are specific to Sub-Page Links regions. It includes the following sub-sections: ■ Section 10.2.7.1, Specifying Whether One or Two Sub-Page Link Levels Display 10-14 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal ■ Section 10.2.7.2, Specifying the Attributes to Display with Sub-Page Links ■ Section 10.2.7.3, Selecting a Navigation Image These options are set at the region level. You will find additional sub-page link display options at the page level. For more information, see Section 7.9, Defining the Display of Sub-Page Links and Section 13.6.8, Displaying Links to Sub-Pages .

10.2.7.1 Specifying Whether One or Two Sub-Page Link Levels Display

One of the many ways you can exercise control over the flow of information in your portal is to configure sub-page links regions to expose a greater or lesser number of levels in your page hierarchy. Use sub-page links display options to specify that either one or two levels of sub-page links should display in a Sub-Page Links region. To specify the number of sub-page links levels to display:

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 that

owns the page with the Sub-Page Links region. 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 link to the page with

the Sub-Page Links region. This opens the page in Edit mode.

5. Click the Edit Region icon in the Sub-Page Links region

Figure 10–21 . Figure 10–21 The Edit Region Icon

6. On the resulting page, go to the Page Level Display section, and select either:

■ Display One Level Of Sub-Pages to link to one level of sub-pages hierarchically lower than the current page ■ Display Two Levels Of Sub-Pages to link to two levels of sub-pages hierarchically lower than the current page Optionally, when you select to display two levels, specify a character to separate second-level links from each other in the Separator Between Second-Level Sub-Pages field. For example, when you specify an asterisk with a leading character space, second-level sub-pages will display as illustrated in Figure 10–22 . Figure 10–22 Two Sub-Page Levels With a SpaceAsterisk Separator

7. Click Apply to save your changes and remain on the Edit Region page, or click

OK to save your changes and return to the page.