Customizing portals

With the Portal Builder tool, you can add, copy, edit, and delete portals. For example, you might need to remove sections from a portal to streamline the portal. Or, you might need to build a portal for a new user role.

Before you begin

You can create a portal by clicking Add or by copying and editing an existing portal. To prevent the new portal from being overwritten at upgrade, follow the naming conventions in the Chapter 1: Naming conventions section of Application Building for the IBM TRIRIGA Application Platform.

The portal sections that you need for new or edited portals must be available in the Portal Sections Library.

Procedure

  1. Select Tools > Builder Tools > Portal Builder, and select Add.
  2. In the Portal Properties pane, specify the name, label, description, and layout for the portal.
  3. Save the properties and then click OK.
  4. Click the Portal Sections Library section bar, and for each portal section to add to the portal, select the portal section and click Add to Portal.
  5. Optional: You can modify the portal layout in the following ways:
    Option Description
    Rearrange the portal sections Select a portal section bar and drag the portal section to a new location.
    Remove portal sections Click the X icon in the portal section bar.
    Adjust the layout of portals Click the Portal Properties section bar and select a different value for the layout.
    Specify the portal sections that a user can add to the portal during personalization of the portals For each portal section to add, select the Related Portal Sections tab, in the Portal Sections Library pane, select the portal section, and click Add to Related Portal Sections List.
    Remove related portal sections In the Related Portal Sections tab, select the portal section and click Delete.
  6. When finished, click Save.