Creating and Editing a Portal Desktop 

Use

You use the Portal Desktop Editor to create portal desktop objects. A portal desktop combines framework pages and portal themes into a single entity, which are later assigned to portal users through display rules.

 

Prerequisites

·        Access to the Portal Desktop Editor in the default system administrator role.

·        At least read/write permission for the Portal Catalog folder in which you want to create or edit a portal desktop object.

·        At least read permission for the relevant framework pages and portal themes in the PCD (Portal Content Directory).

 

Procedure

Creating a Portal Desktop

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       1.      In the portal, navigate to System Administration ® Portal Display ® Desktops & Display Rules.

       2.      In the Portal Catalog, right-click a folder in which you want to create a portal desktop object. A context menu is displayed.

       3.      In the context menu, choose New ® Portal Desktop. The Portal Desktop Editor appears.

       4.      In the Portal Desktop ID box, enter a unique ID for the portal desktop object.

       5.      In the Portal Desktop Name box, enter a friendly name for the portal desktop object.

       6.      Do the following to assign framework pages and portal themes to the portal desktop:

¡        To add a framework page or portal theme to the portal desktop, right-click the desired object in the Portal Catalog. In the context menu, choose either Add Framework Page to Portal Desktop or Add Theme to Portal Desktop.

¡        To remove a framework page or portal theme listed in the current portal desktop, choose the radio button of the desired object, and then click Remove.

       7.      Specify both an active framework page and a default portal theme for the portal desktop. To do so, choose the radio button of the desired object listed in the editor, and then click Set Default.

       8.      Click Save. The portal desktop object is created in the selected folder. You may access it later from the Portal Catalog for further editing.

 

Editing a Portal Desktop

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       1.      In the portal, navigate to System Administration ® Portal Display ® Desktops & Display Rules.

       2.      In the Portal Catalog, right-click a portal desktop object which you want to edit. A context menu is displayed.

       3.      In the context menu, choose Open ® Object. The Portal Desktop Editor is opened and displays the framework pages and portal themes currently assigned to the selected portal desktop object.

       4.      Add or remove framework pages and portal themes to or from the portal desktop as you would when creating a portal desktop (see procedure above). You may also specify a different active framework page and default portal theme.

       5.      Click Save to save your changes.