Basic Portlets

General Settings

Here you will find a description of the settings that apply to all portlet types. You can find basic information about portlets here.

Name

The title of the portlet, which appears in the portlet's title bar in the browser.

If you click on the globe icon at , you can enter the name in the various languages supported by the portal.

Description

You can enter a description of the portlet here.

Layout

In this drop-down list, you can change the portlet's layout. In this process, the selection

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

• "Standard Frame": The portlets are displayed in a rectangular frame with a title bar

• "Empty Frame": Only the portlet content is displayed, without a title bar, frame, or background

Style Class

Here, you can assign a custom style class to the portlet. Custom style classes are defined in the "Design" module. There, under Layout / Structure / Stage, you'll find the "Portlets" entry. The easiest way is to copy an existing style and then paste it back onto the same layer. Once the new style has been created, you can then edit its properties. Once the layout is saved, you can enter the name of the new class (not the title) as the style class in the portlet properties under "Style Class."

Enable Live Updates

Clicking this link will display settings that allow you to animate the portlet as a ticker. This feature is available in most portlets. You can find a description of the settings here.

Custom

The custom portlet can be used to display any text, including as a ticker if desired.

HTML

With this setting, the text you enter in the field below the setting will be interpreted as HTML. Without this setting, normal text is displayed.

Favorites

This portlet provides quick access to frequently used applications via links.

Applications / Favorites

You can move the desired applications from one list to the other by double-clicking them.

Moves an application to the "Selected" list.

Moves an app up in the list.

Moves an app down in the list.

Removes an application from the "Selected" list.

Login

Users can log in to and out of the portal using this portlet.

Change Password

Opens a page where you can change your password.

Notes

You can type directly in the Notes portlet.

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

Once the first note has been saved, you'll see the following buttons:

Create a new note

Saves the current note to the archive

Deletes the current note

Displays the archived notes

If the title is already assigned to another saved note, that note can be replaced with the current note if the "Replace a saved note" setting is enabled.

Portlet Settings

Font size

You can set the font size here.

Live Updates

This portlet displays news content. Internet access must be set up to view the content. If the server can only connect to the Internet through a proxy server, the connection details must be entered in the portal properties.

Enable Live Updates

This setting starts the ticker animation.

Height - px (or: auto)

Here, you can set the height of the ticker—either as a fixed value in pixels or as "auto" to automatically adjust to the surrounding container or the portlets it contains.

Direction

Here, you can set the direction in which the text scrolls in the ticker.

Speed

Enter the text scroll speed during the transition to a new message here, either in milliseconds or as "slow" (slow scroll), "medium" (medium scroll), or "fast" (fast scroll).

Animation effect

From this list, you can select various animations for the ticker.

Interval

Enter the time interval for pausing the text in milliseconds here.

Visible Ticker Messages

Here, you can enter the total number of messages to be displayed in the portlet.

Pause on MouseOver

With this setting, the ticker's movement is paused when the mouse hovers over it.

Controls

Displays controls for stopping, fast-forwarding, and rewinding.

URL

Enter the URL for the RSS file here.

URL

This portlet allows you to display any web page on the portal page.

URL

Enter the URL here.

Scroll bar

The following settings are available here:

• Car
  

  Automatically displays scroll bars when the content exceeds the portlet's size.

• Yes
  

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

• No
  

  No scroll bars are displayed.

Width / Height

Enter the portlet's dimensions here. The width is defined as a percentage of the column width; the height can be specified in pixels.

More Information

Portlets: Portlet and Grid Settings