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Viewing Content on The River Bend Site
The following article discusses how to view the content within the site, and how to view the content within the context of the content viewer portlet. The following topics are covered:
After you have assigned default content to the site areas, the River Bend Web site is ready for browsing.
To open and view the River Bend Web site in a browser, follow these steps:
1. Open a Web Browser window.
2. Enter the following URL. You should replace
<your Servername
with your actual values.
http://
<your Servername
:
<port usually 10040
/wps/wcm/myconnect/RiverBend
For example, the site for the example River Bend Web site is:
http://wcm01.itso.ibm.com:10040/wps/wcm/myconnect/RiverBend/RiverBend/Home
This will open the home page and you can continue navigating the pages from there.
Tip: If you cannot view a certain page as you navigate the site, the default content for that page might be missing. Be sure that you have defined default content for all site areas.
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The Local Rendering Portlet is installed with the Authoring user interface. You can make copies of this user interface. For this specific example, you are specifying your own configuration for the River Bend Web site, and you do not configure the base portlet. To create two copies of the Web Content Viewer portlet, do the following:
1. Navigate to the
Administration tab
2. Click
Portlet Management.
3. Click
Portlets.
4. In the Search window, type
Web and then click
Search.
5. Find the
Web Content Viewer portlet and click the Copy Portlet icon.
6. In both the portlet application and the portlet fields, enter the new name:
WCM River Bend
7. Click
OK.
To create a Portal Page and to add two Portlets to the page, do the following:
1. Navigate to the
Administration tab
2. On the left hand side, expand
Portal User Interface is not expanded
3. Click on
Manage Pages
4. Click on
Content Root
5. Click
New Page.
6. In the Title field, enter
River Bend Coffee and Tea.
7. In the Type of Page section make sure
Standard Portal Layout property is selected (default value).
8. Click
OK.
9. In the list of pages, navigate to your created page
10. Select the
Edit Page Layout icon.
11. In the left column of the window, click
Add Portlets.
12. In the Search window, type
WCM and click
Search.
13. In the returned portlet list, select
WCM River Bend Navigator.
14. In the right column, click
Add Portlets.
15. In the Search window, type
WCM and click
Search.
16. Select
WCM River Bend.
17. Click
OK.
18. Click
Done.
19. In the Search window, type
River and then click
Search.
20. Find the
River Bend Coffee and Tea page and click the Mark icon.
21. Click on
Select Page, click
on
Content Root, click
on
Administration, click
on
WebSphere Portal
22. Click on the
Move button
Now, the page has been moved under Administration and could be accessed from the left navigator as shown in figure 33
Figure 33 Part of the Administration left navigator showing the newly created page (3211_1)
You need to configure the new Portlets on the River Bend Coffee and Tea Portal Page to show the NAV-Left navigator in the left Portlet and content in the right Portlet. To configure the Portlets, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to the
Administration tab
2. On the left hand side, choose River Bend Coffee and Tea
3. In the left Portlet, click the
Edit Shared Settings icon, as shown in Figure 34
Figure 34 Edit Shared Setting Icon (3211_2)
4. In the content type, select
Component
5. Click the Edit icon in the content item navigator
6. Select
Navigator.
7. Select
Left Navigator.
8. Click
OK.
9. Click the
Edit icon in the
Content section.
10. In the content item navigator, expand
River Bend.
11. Select
Home.
12. Click
OK.
13. In the Links section, select
This page under Broadcast Links To.
14. Under Receive Links From, select
Other portlets and this portlet.
15. Click
OK.