Click Add. Adding Content to a Mobile Page

9-8 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal It is not possible to personalize mobile pages or the portlets from the mobile device.

9.5 Viewing Standard Pages on Mobile Devices

Although standard pages are accessible from a mobile device, only mobile-enabled portlets and items are displayed. Non-mobile portlets are not displayed. When you view a standard page from a mobile device, the page structure is flattened into a set of menus, one of which is displayed in the mobile device at a given time. Every object on a page becomes a link in a menu. Consider the example shown here: Figure 9–2 Sample Standard Page If portlets P1 and P3 are mobile enabled but P2 is not, the menu displayed on the mobile device looks like this: Figure 9–3 Sample Standard Page Viewed on a Mobile Device If you select a portlet link, the portlet content is displayed on the mobile device. If you select a tab link, another menu is displayed to represent the content on the tab. In this example, Tab 1 contains one mobile portlet P4 and one item region with a Simple Page Link item to the page Mobile Work and a Simple URL item to Oracle Mobile. When you click the Tab 1 link the mobile device displays: Figure 9–4 Standard Page Tab Viewed on a Mobile Device Only tabs containing mobile content are displayed on mobile devices. Working with Pages Designed for Mobile Devices 9-9 Mobile preview of a standard page If you have Edit privileges on a standard page, a Mobile Preview link is displayed at the top of the page. When you click this link, you see an overview of how the page will look when it is browsed on a mobile device. You can navigate the page by drilling down into tabs, subpages, and portlets. Use the breadcrumbs to navigate back up the page structure.

9.6 Adding MobileXML to Oracle Portal Pages

MobileXML is well-formed XML that conforms to the OracleAS Wireless MobileXML DTD. The OracleAS Wireless gateway transforms MobileXML generated by Oracle Portal portlets into device-specific markup such as tinyHTML and WML. A MobileXML portlet is provided in the Oracle Portal Portlet Repository. You can use this portlet to record MobileXML content for display on mobile devices. For example, a Contact Us portlet might display this MobileXML: SimpleText SimpleTextItem For more information, call our sales team on 1.800.SALES SimpleTextItem SimpleText The following steps describe how to add the MobileXML portlet to both standard and mobile pages. For more information on MobileXML and the MobileXML DTD, see the Oracle Application Server Wireless documentation on the Oracle Technology Network, http:download.oracle.comdocscdB14099_ 19wireless.htm . To add or edit the MobileXML portlet: 1. Navigate to the page on which you want to add the MobileXML portlet. For information on locating a page, see Section 8.1, Locating Pages in Oracle Portal .

2. Click the Add Portlet icon in the region in which you want to add a portlet.

If you are adding the portlet to a mobile page, choose the Add Portlets icon in the level in which you want to add the portlet.

3. Enter MobileXML in the Search field and click Go.

If you have the appropriate privileges to access this portlet, it is displayed.

4. To add a portlet to your page, click the portlet name, and then click OK.

5. Click the Edit Defaults icon associated with the portlet. If you are working on a mobile page, click the Edit Defaults link for the portlet. 6. Enter a different Short Display Name for the portlet. The default is MobileXML Portlet . This name is used when the portlet is displayed on pages on the desktop.

7. Enter a different Display Name for the portlet. The default is MobileXML Portlet.

This name is used when the portlet is displayed on a mobile device.

8. Click Display Portlet Header to display the portlet header and the text supplied in

the Display Name field. Clear the check box to suppress the header. 9-10 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal The portlet header displays only on pages on the desktop, not on the mobile device.

9. In the Content text box, enter MobileXML content for this portlet. If you do not

use MobileXML tags, the content appears as plain text without any formatting. It is recommended that the content block does not exceed 2000 characters due to the limitations of some mobile devices.

9.7 Viewing Oracle Portal Pages from a Mobile Device

This section describes step by step, how to access Oracle Portal from a mobile device: ■ Section 9.7.1, Step 1 Acquire a mobile device ■ Section 9.7.2, Step 2 Configure mobile access for Oracle Portal ■ Section 9.7.3, Step 3 Make mobile content available on Oracle Portal pages ■ Section 9.7.4, Step 4 Configure a home page for mobile users ■ Section 9.7.5, Step 5 Contact Oracle Portal from a mobile device

9.7.1 Step 1 Acquire a mobile device

Although access to a portal from an actual mobile device is, in essence, identical to access from a mobile simulator you just enter a URL into the device, the simulator option allows portal developers to see, more quickly, how Oracle Portal displays pages and portlets on mobile devices. There are many reasons that the early phases of developing a mobile-enabled portal with Oracle Portal is best performed with the use of a mobile device simulator: ■ Lower access costs than full wireless access ■ More controlled access to the portal within company firewalls ■ Quicker response times over a local network ■ Less hardware to purchase and support. Most major mobile device companies, keen to get developers writing mobile applications, offer free simulator software for their devices. For legal reasons this software should generally be downloaded from the suppliers respective sites, for example, OpenWave.com, Nokia, Ericcson, Palm, and so on. Different suppliers require different levels of registration prior to downloading their simulator software. Some simulators can be installed on a standard PC and operate over a local intranet. Some other simulators connect to a public server hosted by the supplier, which therefore requires public Internet access to your development portal. As mobile device companies regularly update their simulators in line with their available hardware, ensure that you check the latest simulator requirements for access to an intranet-only-accessible portal.

9.7.2 Step 2 Configure mobile access for Oracle Portal

In a default Oracle Portal installation, mobile access to the portal is enabled. To prevent users from accessing the portal from mobile devices, your portal administrator can disable this feature. To verify the mobile access policy in your portal and check that OracleAS Wireless is properly configured, see Enabling Mobile Access in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrators Guide for Oracle Portal. You must be the portal administrator to do this.