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

       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 and choose New → Portal Desktop.

The Portal Desktop Wizard opens.

       3.      In the Portal Desktop Name field, enter a friendly name for the portal desktop object.

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

       5.      Click Next.

       6.      Add framework pages to the desktop. In the Portal Catalog, right-click the desired object and choose Add Framework Page to Portal Desktop.

       7.      Click Next.

       8.      Add portal themes to the desktop. In the Portal Catalog, right-click the desired object and choose Add Theme to Portal Desktop.

       9.      Add additional themes to the desktop to enable users to personalize their portal. To specify the default theme, select a row in the table and click Set Default.

   10.      Click Next.

   11.      In the summary pane, verify the details of the new portal desktop, and click Finish.

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 that you want to edit and choose Open → Desktop.

The Portal Desktop Editor opens and displays the framework pages and portal themes currently assigned to the selected portal desktop object.

       3.      Add or remove framework pages and portal themes to or from the portal desktop. You may also specify a different active framework page and default portal theme.

       4.      Click Save.