To learn about portlets and portlet templates, click here.
To associate a Web Service and specify the size and orientation of portlets created from this portlet template:
To associate a Web Service with this portlet template, click Browse; then, in the Choose Web Service dialog box, choose the Web Service you want to associate with the portlets created from this template and click OK.
If the associated Web Service includes portlet template preferences (specified on the Preferences page of the Portlet Web Service Editor), you see a link to those preferences. To configure the portlet template preferences, click the link.
Specify what type of portlet this template produces:
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.
After you create a narrow portlet template, you can change it to
a wide portlet template but not to a header, footer, or content canvas
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template can choose
Narrow or Wide in the Portlet Editor.
Wide:
Wide portlets can be added only to wide columns.
After you create a wide portlet template, you can change it to
a narrow portlet template but not to a header, footer, or content canvas
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template can choose
Narrow or Wide in the Portlet Editor.
Header:
Header portlets can be added to communities,
community templates, and
Experience Definitions to change the
branding of these objects by replacing the 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 after you have created a header
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot change
this setting in the Portlet Editor.
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 after you have created a footer
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot change
this setting in the Portlet Editor.
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). You cannot add more than one content canvas portlet per page.
You cannot change this setting after you have created a content
canvas portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot
change this setting in the Portlet Editor.
If this is a narrow or wide portlet and you do not want to display the title of portlets created from this template when it is added to a page, select Suppress the title bar on this Portlet.
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