Main Settings (Portlet)

To learn about portlets, click here.

To edit the associated Web Service and specify the size and orientation of this portlet:

1. If you created this portlet from a Web Service, you can change the Web Service associated with this portlet by clicking Browse; then, in the Choose Web Service dialog box, choose the Web Service you want to associate with this portlet and click OK.
   
   Note: If you created this portlet from a portlet template, you can see the associated Web Service, but you cannot change it.

2. If the associated Web Service allows administrative preferences (specified on the Preferences page of the Portlet Web Service Editor), you see a link to those preferences. To configure the administrative preferences, click the link.

3. If necessary, specify what type of portlet this is:

• Narrow: Narrow portlets can be added to narrow or wide columns. Columns extend to fit portlet content; therefore, if you choose narrow for a portlet that produces wide content your portal might look awkward.
  
  If you created this portlet from a portlet template that creates narrow portlets or if you are editing an existing a narrow portlet, you can change it to a Wide portlet but not to a header, footer, or content canvas portlet.

• Wide: Wide portlets can be added only to wide columns.
  
  If you created this portlet from a portlet template that creates wide portlets or if you are editing an existing a wide portlet, you can change it to a narrow portlet but not to a header, footer, or content canvas portlet.

• Header: Header portlets can be added to communities, community templates, and Experience Definitions to change the branding of these objects by replacing a banner at the top of the page (so that it differs from the top banner displayed by the main portal).
  
  You cannot change this setting if you created this portlet from a portlet template that creates header portlets or if you are editing an existing header portlet.

• Footer: Footer portlets can be added to communities, community templates, and Experience Definitions to change the branding of these objects by replacing the banner at the bottom of the page (so that it differs from the bottom banner displayed by the main portal).
  
  You cannot change this setting if you created this portlet from a portlet template that creates footer portlets or if you are editing an existing footer portlet.

• Content Canvas: Content canvas portlets can be added below the top banner on community pages that include a content canvas space (specified in the Page Layout). Content canvas portlets can display across the entire width of the page or across one or two columns. You cannot add more than one content canvas portlet per page.
  
  You cannot change this setting if you created this portlet from a portlet template that creates content canvas portlets or if you are editing an existing content canvas portlet.

4. If this is a narrow or wide portlet, specify whether this portlet is a community-only portlet:

• If you want to allow users to add this portlet to My Pages or community pages, choose This portlet can be placed on personal or Community pages.

• If you want to allow users to add this portlet only to community pages, choose This Portlet can be placed only on Community pages.

5. If this is a narrow or wide portlet and you do not want to display the title of this portlet when it is added to a page, select Suppress the title bar on this Portlet.

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open the Portlet Editor:
• To create a new portlet:
1. Open an administrative folder.
2. In the Create Object menu, click Portlet.
3. In the Choose Template or Web Service dialog box, select the appropriate portlet template or Web Service and click OK.

Note: You can also create a new portlet from within some other object editors by clicking New Portlet.

• To edit an existing portlet:
1. Navigate to the portlet you want to edit.
2. Click the portlet name.