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.
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 to write a JSP page and use the built-in tag libraries:
Navigation Tag Library for iViews that display navigation nodes
Framework Tag Library for masthead and page title bar iViews.
In the Ajax Framework Page (AFP), you can also use the JavaScript client-side Navigation API to trigger and manipulate the navigation iViews and/or regular portal navigation. For detailed information, see Navigation API for the Ajax Framework Page.
Provides background information about portal navigation
Describes how to create JSP pages in the portal
Provides an overview of the out-of-the-box portal framework pages