Creating Navigation iViews 

Navigation iViews are the iViews within the framework page that provide links for navigating to different content in the portal.

The portal comes with a default framework page that includes a set of default navigation iViews.

The default iViews can also be configured by a portal administrator to change the look and feel, without the need for rewriting the iView. For example, an administrator can configure the masthead to display the New Session link or the page title bar to hide the History link. For more information, see Navigation in the Portal Administration Guide.

You can customize the look and feel of the portal by creating new navigation iViews, and then replacing the default iViews with your iViews or simply adding your iViews to the framework page.

The recommended way to create navigation iViews is by writing a JSP page and using built-in tag libraries: Navigation Tag Library for iViews that display navigation nodes and Framework Tag Library for masthead and page title bar iViews.

For more information on creating JSP pages in the portal, see Writing JSP Pages.

For more information on the default navigation iViews, see Framework Page.