Basic portlets

General settings

This chapter provides a description of the settings that apply to all portlet types. Basic information about portlets can be found here.

Name

Title of the portlet that will be displayed in the portlet's title bar in the browser.

If you click on the globe symbol, you can enter the name in the various portal languages.

Description

You can provide the portlet with a description here.

Layout

You can modify the layout of the portlet via this drop-down list. By selecting

  • "Portal setting" uses the layout for portlets that is defined in the "Design" module

  • "Standard frame" the portlets are displayed in a square frame with a title bar

  • "Empty frame" only the portlet content is displayed without title bar and frame or background

Style class

Custom style classes can be assigned to the portlet here. Custom style classes are defined in the "Design" module. There you will find the "Portlets" entry in the Layout / Structure / Stage area. The simplest method is to copy an existing style and paste it again at the same level. Once the new style has been created, its properties can be edited. Once the layout has been saved, you can enter the name of the new class (not the title) as a style class in the portlet properties under "Style class".

Activate ticker

Click on this area to show additional settings to animate portlet as a ticker. This function is available for the majority of portlets. The description of the settings can be found here.

Custom

The user-defined portlet can be used to display any text, even as a ticker if desired.

HTML

This setting means that the text entered in the field below is interpreted as HTML. Without this setting, normal text will be shown.

Security settings

Note the security settings that you can make for user-defined portlets.

Favorites

Using this portlet, the most used applications can be reached via a link.

Applications: Available / Selected

Select the applications whose posts you would like to see in the portlet.

Moves an application to the "Selected" list.

Moves an application to the top of the list.

Moves an application down in the list.

Removes an application from the "Selected" list.

Login

Users can log in or out via this portlet.

Edit password

Opens a page where the password can be modified.

Notes

You can write directly in the Notes portlet.

If you want to save a note, click on "Save current note in archive".

Once the first note has been saved, the following buttons are available:

Creates a new note

Saves the current note in the archive

Deletes the current note

Displays the archived notes

If the title has already been assigned to another saved note, this note can be replaced with the current note if the "Replace a saved note" setting is activated.

Portlet settings

Font size

The size of the font can be specified here.

Ticker

News items will be displayed in this portlet. Internet access is required to display news items. If a connection to the Internet on the server is only possible via a proxy server, the connection details must be entered in the portal properties.

Various news services offer up-to-date ticker contents, mostly in the form of an RSS file which you will download from the internet with the ticker. Please note that the contents may be protected intellectual property, and in such cases can only legally be shown with permission from the publishers.

Activate ticker

Activates the ticker animation.

Height - px (or: auto)

The height of the ticker can be set here, either as a fixed value in pixels or as "auto" for automatic adjustment to the surrounding container or the portlets it contains.

Direction

You can determine which direction the text moves in here.

Speed

Enter the movement speed (in milliseconds) of the text during the transition to a new message. Or you can select from the preset speeds ""Slow"", ""Medium"" and ""Fast"".

Swing

You can select various animations for the ticker from the drop-down list here.

Interval

Enter how long (in milliseconds) the text should pause for here.

Visible ticker messages

You can specify the total number of messages that should be shown in the portlet here.

Pause on MouseOver

With this setting, the ticker will not continue when the user moves the mouse over it.

Contols

Displays the elements for pausing and moving backwards and forwards through the items.

URL

Enter the URL to the RSS file here.

URL

With this portlet, a website of your choice can be shown on the portal page.

URL

Enter the URL in this field.

Scroll bars

The following settings are available here:

  • Car

    Automatically shows the scroll bars as soon as the content exceeds the portlet size.

  • Yes

    Scroll bars are always shown, regardless of the size of the content.

  • No

    No scroll bars will be shown.

Width / Height

Enter the dimensions of the portlet. The width is defined as a percentage in proportion to the column width, the height can be specified in pixels.

More information

Portlets: Portlet and grid settings