Generally, you create a portal application that defines a component or service. However, you can create an application that only contains web resources, such as HTML, CSS or other files that are available for other components.
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To create a portal application, you must perform the following tasks:
Create a portal application project, as described in Creating Portal Application Projects
Optionally, create a portal component, as described in Creating a Portal Component
Optionally, create a portal service, as described in Creating a Portal Service
Edit the portalapp.xml file, as described in Editing a portalapp.xml File
You can also create a portal application project from an existing PAR/EAR file, as described in Importing PAR/EAR Files .