Portlet templates

Portlets Basic portlets Container - Allocate portlets / Edit properties

1. General settings




This chapter provides a description of the settings that apply to all portlet types. Click here for an introduction to portlets.

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.

Style class




Custom style classes can be assigned to the portlet here. Custom style classes can be defined in the Design module. There, you will find the entry "Portlets" under Layout area / Structure / Stage. 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 then be modified. When you save the layout, you can enter the name of the new class (not the title) as the style class in the portlet properties.

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. Click here for a description of the settings.

2. Custom




A custom text can be displayed in this portlet. This can also be displayed as a ticker if required.

HTML

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

3. 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 a colleague to the "Selected" list.
Moves a colleague up in the list.
Moves a colleague down in the list.
Removes a colleague from the "Selected" list.

4. Login




Users can log in or out via this portlet.

Change password
Opens a page where the password can be modified.

5. Notes




You can write directly in the Notes portlet. If you want to save a note, click on "Save current note to archive". Once the first note has been saved, the following buttons are available:

Creates a new note
Saves the current note to the archive
Deletes the current note
Shows the archived notes



If the title is already in use for another, saved note, then this note can be replaced by your new note by activating the setting "Replace saved note".

Portlet settings


Font size

The size of the font can be specified here.

6. Office integration

Click here for more information.

7. Ticker




News items will be displayed in this portlet. Internet access is required to display news items. If access to the internet is only possible for the server through 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 ticker's height (in pixels) can be specified here. If you select "auto", the height will automatically adjust to the surround container or the other portlets this container 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.

8. URL




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

Link

Enter the URL in this field.

Scroll bars

The following settings are available here:

Width / Height

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

9. More information

Portlets: Portlet and grid settings