Secondary Tasks for Initial Configuration of the Portal
Secondary tasks are optional tasks that you may want to perform as part of the initial configuration of the portal.
The following table lists the secondary tasks in alphabetical order.
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More Information |
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Configuring the Portal Logoff URL |
You can define the URL to call when a user logs off from the portal. For example, you can do this to avoid logging back on to the portal automatically if you are implementing a Single Sign-On (SSO) solution, or to trigger an action during logoff, such as starting a trace. |
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Customizing the Logon Screen |
Configure aspects of the logon screen to match the branding used by your company or to provide additional services to your users. For example, self registration. |
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Defining Portal URL Aliases |
You can define custom portal aliases for your own scenarios. In addition to its use in display rules, a portal alias automatically sets system properties, which indicate the type of portal access to provide for URLs with this alias; for example, anonymous user access. |
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Displaying a Customized Error Message |
Create an error component with a customized message that is displayed instead of the standard portal runtime error message. |
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Indexing Portal Content |
Index portal content to enable searching in the portal. |
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Language Support |
Configure the list of supported languages for the portal. |
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PCD Configuration |
Verify the configuration of PCD (Portal Content Directory) properties. In a development environment there is typically no need to change PCD property values. In a production environment, to improve performance, you may want to change various sizing property values, such as the following: Pcd.Pl.AttributePool* Pcd.Pl.AttrIdCacheSize Pcd.Pl.IdToNameCacheSize Pcd.Pl.ShortStringCacheSize Pcd.SoftCache.* Pcd.Xfs.Cache.* |
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Portal Runtime Properties |
Verify the configuration of the portal runtime properties. The following properties are often customized: portal.html.head.title portal.runtime.security.mode request.defaultcountry request.defaultlanguage |
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Role-Based Content |
Configure the page personalization environment to provide portal users with the option to display content organized according to roles. |