Choosing a Default Style for a Page Group

Working with Page Groups 4-19 The default navigation page is ignored if the option to inherit parent page properties is enabled for the page group. This is because the new page will automatically inherit its navigation page setting from its parent page. For more information, see Section 4.5.2, Specifying Inheritance Rules for Newly Created Pages . For information about creating navigation pages, see Chapter 13, Designing Your Portal’s Navigation .

4.5.5 Choosing a Default Template or Page Skin for a Page Group

When you create a page, you can choose a Portal Template or an HTML page skin to define the layout, look, and feel of the page. To simplify this choice, and to identify a preferred template option for the pages in your page group, you can choose a default Portal Template or page skin for a page group. You can also choose to opt out of identifying a default by selecting Do not use a template. The option you select for the page group default becomes the initial selection when users create a page. For a description of the types of templates available in Oracle Portal, see Section 12.1, Understanding Templates in Oracle Portal . To choose a default template option for 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, select the 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. Click the Configure tab to bring it forward.

6. In the Page Defaults section, click the Edit link.

7. Under the Default Template section, choose a default template option for the

page group: ■ Do not use a template —Select this option to opt out of specifying a default template or page skin for the page group. ■ Use HTML Page Skin —Select this option to specify the HTML page skin to use as the page group default. Then choose a page skin from the list of available page skins. Click the Preview button to see how the page skin will display. The list includes HTML page skins owned by the currently selected page group as well as those owned by the Shared Objects page group. ■ Use Portal Template —Select this option to specify the portal template to use as the page group default. Then choose a template from the list of available templates. Note: The default template you select here does not apply to navigation pages. You must specifically select a template for a navigation page. 4-20 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Oracle Portal This list includes the public templates in this page group and in the Shared Objects page group. For a template to be public, its display setting Make available for use in this page group must be selected.

8. Click OK to return to the Configure tab.

9. Click Close.

The default template selection is ignored if the option to inherit parent page properties is enabled for the page group. See Section 4.5.2, Specifying Inheritance Rules for Newly Created Pages . For information about creating templates and page skins, see Chapter 12, Providing a Standard Look and Feel .

4.5.6 Specifying Tab Navigation Behavior for a Page Group

Page group properties include a control for specifying tab navigation behavior, that is, tab persistence. Tab persistence allows for the return of users to the last tab viewed. The information is preserved for each user for the entire user session from logon to logoff. For example, imagine that you have two tabs on the same page at the same level: Tab1 and Tab2. Tab2 has two sub-tabs: SubtabA and SubtabB. A user navigates to Tab2:SubtabB, navigates to Tab1, then returns to Tab2. ■ With tab persistence turned on, when the user returns to Tab2, SubtabB will remain selected and Tab2:SubtabB will display in the page URL. ■ With tab persistence turned off the default, when the user clicks Tab2, the first sub-tab, SubtabA, will be selected and Tab2 will display in the page URL. The same principle applies when there are no sub-tabs. For example, when users navigate to Tab2, leave the page, then return, they return to Tab2 when tab persistence is on and they return to Tab1 when tab persistence is off. There is a performance advantage to leaving tab persistence off. For most page groups, the default is off. The Portal Design Time Pages page group is an exception. Its default is on. This page group includes the Portal Builder. To specify tab persistence rules for the 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, select the 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.

Note: When a page group and the Shared Objects page group both contain a template of the same name, the page group name is added to the template name in pick lists. For example: template_name page_group_name. This assists in distinguishing between templates on pick lists.