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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introducing WebCenter

• 1.1 Introducing the WebCenter Spaces Application
  • 1.1.1 Understanding the WebCenter Spaces Application
  • 1.1.2 Understanding the Sidebar and Personal and Group Spaces
    • 1.1.2.1 Understanding the Sidebar
    • 1.1.2.2 Understanding Personal Spaces
      • 1.1.2.2.1 Personal Pages
      • 1.1.2.2.2 Business Role Pages
    • 1.1.2.3 Understanding Group Spaces
  • 1.1.3 Understanding Oracle Composer
• 1.2 Introducing WebCenter Services
• 1.3 A Day in the Life of WebCenter

Part I Fundamentals of the WebCenter Spaces Application

2 Learning Your Way Around WebCenter Applications

• 2.1 Registering Yourself with WebCenter Spaces
• 2.2 Logging In and Out of a WebCenter Application
  • 2.2.1 Logging In to a WebCenter Application
  • 2.2.2 Logging Out of a WebCenter Application
• 2.3 Getting to Know Your Personal Space
• 2.4 Hiding, Showing, Opening, and Closing Pages
  • 2.4.1 Opening Pages
    • 2.4.1.1 Opening Pages Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
    • 2.4.1.2 Accessing Pages that Are Open But Hidden
  • 2.4.2 Hiding Pages
  • 2.4.3 Showing Hidden Pages
  • 2.4.4 Opening Group Spaces
  • 2.4.5 Closing Group Spaces and Other Top-Level Tabs
• 2.5 Initiating Actions from Tabs
  • 2.5.1 What You Should Know About the Page Actions Menu
  • 2.5.2 Accessing a Space or Page Actions Menu
  • 2.5.3 Sending a Message to a Group Space's Moderator(s)
  • 2.5.4 Exposing a Group Space Page in Your Personal Space
  • 2.5.5 Renaming a Page
  • 2.5.6 Previewing and Printing an Application Page
  • 2.5.7 Viewing Space and Page Information
  • 2.5.8 Obtaining a Group Space's Internal ID or a Group Space or Page's Direct URL
• 2.6 Accessing WebCenter Spaces Online Help
• 2.7 Contacting Your Application Administrator

3 Organizing Your WebCenter Spaces Environment

• 3.1 What You Should Know About Organizing Your Environment
• 3.2 Viewing and Revising Personal Profiles
  • 3.2.1 Viewing Your Personal Profile
  • 3.2.2 Viewing Another User's Profile
  • 3.2.3 Editing Your Personal Profile
  • 3.2.4 Uploading and Updating a Personal Profile Picture
• 3.3 Setting Personal Preferences
  • 3.3.1 Choosing Your Preferred Display Language
    • 3.3.1.1 What You Should Know About Display Languages in WebCenter Spaces
    • 3.3.1.2 Setting a Session Display Language
    • 3.3.1.3 Setting a Default Display Language
  • 3.3.2 Setting Date and Time Preferences
    • 3.3.2.1 Selecting Your Preferred Time Format
    • 3.3.2.2 Selecting Your Preferred Date Format
    • 3.3.2.3 Selecting Your Preferred Time Zone
  • 3.3.3 Enabling or Disabling Screen Reader Optimization
  • 3.3.4 Changing Your Application Look and Feel
  • 3.3.5 Changing Your WebCenter Password
  • 3.3.6 Providing Login Information for External Applications
  • 3.3.7 Setting Messaging Preferences
  • 3.3.8 Setting Preferences for WebCenter Spaces Search Results
    • 3.3.8.1 Selecting the Services to Search
    • 3.3.8.2 Specifying a Display Order for Search Results
    • 3.3.8.3 Specifying the Type and Order of Information to Show with Search Results
  • 3.3.9 Selecting Your Preferred Mail Connection
• 3.4 Personalizing Your Page View
  • 3.4.1 Rearranging Page Content
    • 3.4.1.1 Rearranging Components by Dragging and Dropping
    • 3.4.1.2 Rearranging Components Using the Actions Menu
  • 3.4.2 Changing Your Page Layout
  • 3.4.3 Removing Components from Your View of a Page
  • 3.4.4 Resizing Components
  • 3.4.5 Collapsing and Expanding Components
• 3.5 Removing Your Page Personalizations
• 3.6 Working with Favorites
  • 3.6.1 What You Should Know About Favorites
  • 3.6.2 Adding Favorites
  • 3.6.3 Adding Favorites Folders
  • 3.6.4 Managing Favorites
    • 3.6.4.1 Adding a Favorite Through the Manage Favorites Window
    • 3.6.4.2 Adding a Favorites Folder Through the Manage Favorites Window
    • 3.6.4.3 Editing Favorites and Favorites Folders
    • 3.6.4.4 Rearranging Favorites and Favorites Folders
    • 3.6.4.5 Searching for Favorites
    • 3.6.4.6 Deleting Favorites and Favorites Folders
• 3.7 Working with the WebCenter Spaces Sidebar
  • 3.7.1 What You Should Know About the Sidebar
  • 3.7.2 Toggling Sidebar Views
  • 3.7.3 Hiding and Showing Task Flows in the Sidebar
  • 3.7.4 Opening Task Flows from the Sidebar
  • 3.7.5 Jumping to a Task Flow Main View from the Sidebar
• 3.8 Working with External Applications
  • 3.8.1 What You Should Know About External Applications
  • 3.8.2 Logging In to an External Application
  • 3.8.3 Personalizing the Applications Pane
  • 3.8.4 Managing Your External Application Login Credentials

Part II Working with WebCenter Pages

4 Introducing the Page Service and Oracle Composer

• 4.1 Understanding Pages and Page Management in WebCenter Spaces
  • 4.1.1 Understanding WebCenter Spaces Page Types
  • 4.1.2 Introducing the Page Actions Menu
  • 4.1.3 Introducing the Manage Pages Dialog Box
  • 4.1.4 Introducing Page Styles and Schemes
• 4.2 Understanding Pages and Page Management in Custom WebCenter Applications
  • 4.2.1 Introducing the Page - Create New Task Flow
  • 4.2.2 Introducing Page Service APIs
  • 4.2.3 Introducing the Page Service Data Control
• 4.3 Introducing Oracle Composer
  • 4.3.1 Accessing Oracle Composer
  • 4.3.2 Introducing Design View and Source View
  • 4.3.3 Introducing the Catalog
  • 4.3.4 Introducing the Component Properties Dialog Box
  • 4.3.5 Introducing the Page Properties Dialog Box
  • 4.3.6 Introducing the Change Layout Feature
  • 4.3.7 Introducing the Reset Page Button
  • 4.3.8 Understanding the Sandbox in Custom WebCenter Applications

5 Working with the Manage Pages Dialog Box

• 5.1 What You Should Know About the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.2 Accessing the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.3 Finding Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
  • 5.3.1 Searching for Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
  • 5.3.2 Filtering Your View of Pages in the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.4 Changing the Order of Pages Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.5 Setting Page Creation Defaults for Your Personal Pages
• 5.6 Creating a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.7 Setting and Revoking Page Access Permissions
  • 5.7.1 Setting Custom Page Access
  • 5.7.2 Making a Personal Page Public
  • 5.7.3 Revoking Custom Page Access
• 5.8 Copying a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.9 Entering Edit Mode Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box
• 5.10 Deleting a Page Through the Manage Pages Dialog Box

6 Creating, Editing, and Deleting Pages

• 6.1 Creating Pages
• 6.2 Editing Pages
  • 6.2.1 Entering and Exiting Page Edit Mode
  • 6.2.2 Removing All Edits, Personalizations, and Customizations from a Page
• 6.3 Setting Page Access
• 6.4 Working with Page Layouts, Styles, and Schemes
  • 6.4.1 What You Should Know About Page Layouts, Styles, and Schemes
  • 6.4.2 Changing the Page Scheme and Scheme Background Color
  • 6.4.3 Changing Everyone's Page Layout
• 6.5 Working with Page Layout Components
  • 6.5.1 What You Should Know About Page Layout Components
    • 6.5.1.1 Introducing the Box Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.2 Introducing the HTML Markup Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.3 Introducing the Hyperlink Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.4 Introducing the Image Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.5 Introducing the Movable Box Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.6 Introducing the Text Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.7 Introducing the Web Page Layout Component
    • 6.5.1.8 Introducing Hidden Layout Components
  • 6.5.2 Adding a Layout Component to a Page
  • 6.5.3 Working with Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.1 Setting Properties on a Layout Component
      • 6.5.3.1.1 Setting Layout Component Properties in Design View
      • 6.5.3.1.2 Setting Layout Component Properties in Source View
    • 6.5.3.2 Working with Box Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.3 Working with HTML Markup Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.4 Working with Hyperlink Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.5 Working with Image Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.6 Working with Movable Box Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.7 Working with Text Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.8 Working with Web Page Layout Component Properties
    • 6.5.3.9 Working with Hidden Layout Component Properties
      • 6.5.3.9.1 Working with panelStretchLayout Properties
      • 6.5.3.9.2 Working with panelGroupLayout Properties
      • 6.5.3.9.3 Working with Change Layout/Layout Customizable Properties
      • 6.5.3.9.4 Working with spacer Properties
  • 6.5.4 Deleting Layout Components
    • 6.5.4.1 Deleting a Layout Component in Design View
    • 6.5.4.2 Deleting a Layout Component in Source View
• 6.6 Using Pretty URLs for WebCenter Spaces Pages
• 6.7 Deleting Pages

7 Working with Page Content

• 7.1 Adding Content to a Page
  • 7.1.1 What You Should Know About Adding Content
  • 7.1.2 Adding Document Library Content to a Page
  • 7.1.3 Adding Task Flows to a Page
  • 7.1.4 Adding Portlets to a Page
    • 7.1.4.1 Introducing Portlets
    • 7.1.4.2 Adding a Portlet to a Page
  • 7.1.5 Embedding Video, Music, Slides, and Other Types of Content
• 7.2 Customizing and Personalizing Page Content
• 7.3 Deleting Page Content
• 7.4 Setting Properties on Page Content
  • 7.4.1 What You Should Know About Component Properties
  • 7.4.2 Setting Component Properties
  • 7.4.3 Working with Component Parameters
  • 7.4.4 Working with Component Display Options
  • 7.4.5 Using Expression Language (EL) Expressions with Component Properties
    • 7.4.5.1 Introducing the Expressions Editor
    • 7.4.5.2 Expression Language Expressions
      • 7.4.5.2.1 EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Application Information
      • 7.4.5.2.2 EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Group Spaces
      • 7.4.5.2.3 EL Expressions Relating to Application Pages
      • 7.4.5.2.4 EL Expressions Relating to Services
      • 7.4.5.2.5 EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces Navigation
      • 7.4.5.2.6 EL Expressions Relating to Application Security
      • 7.4.5.2.7 EL Expressions Relating to WebCenter Spaces User Preferences
      • 7.4.5.2.8 Utilitarian EL Expressions
  • 7.4.6 Working with Style and Content Style Properties
    • 7.4.6.1 Understanding Style and Content Style Properties
    • 7.4.6.2 Entering Other CSS on the Style and Content Style Tabs
    • 7.4.6.3 Using the Other CSS Property to Change Component Borders
  • 7.4.7 Working with Component Contextual Events

8 Wiring Pages, Task Flows, Portlets, and UI Components

• 8.1 What You Should Know About Parameter and Event Wiring
• 8.2 Wiring One Component to Another
  • 8.2.1 Wiring a Task Flow to a Task Flow
  • 8.2.2 Wiring a Portlet to a Portlet
  • 8.2.3 Wiring a UI Component to a UI Component
  • 8.2.4 Wiring a Portlet to a Task Flow
  • 8.2.5 Wiring a Task Flow to a Portlet
  • 8.2.6 Wiring a UI Component to a Task Flow
• 8.3 Wiring Components and Page Parameters
  • 8.3.1 Creating Page Parameters
  • 8.3.2 Consuming Page Parameters
• 8.4 Working with the Parameter Form and Display Portlets
  • 8.4.1 What You Should Know About The Parameter Form and Display Portlets
  • 8.4.2 Adding the Parameter Form and Display Portlets to a Page
  • 8.4.3 Customizing the Parameter Form Portlet
  • 8.4.4 Wiring the Parameter Form and Display Portlets
• 8.5 Passing Parameter Values Through the Page URL

Part III Working with WebCenter Spaces Group Spaces

9 Understanding Group Space Basics

• 9.1 What You Should Know About Group Spaces
• 9.2 Viewing Available Group Spaces
• 9.3 Subscribing to a Group Space
  • 9.3.1 Subscribing to a Group Space (Registered WebCenter Spaces User)
  • 9.3.2 Subscribing to a Group Space (Unregistered WebCenter Spaces User)
• 9.4 Unsubscribing from a Group Space
• 9.5 Requesting a Group Space Member Role Change
• 9.6 Interacting with Group Spaces Before Logging In (Public User)

10 Building Group Spaces

• 10.1 Who Is the Group Space Moderator?
• 10.2 What You Should Know About Group Space Templates
• 10.3 Creating a New Group Space
• 10.4 Adding Content to a Group Space
• 10.5 Managing Group Space Pages
• 10.6 Customizing Standard Group Space Pages
  • 10.6.1 Customizing the Home Page
  • 10.6.2 Customizing the Self-Subscription Page
  • 10.6.3 Customizing the Unauthorized Access Page
  • 10.6.4 Customizing the Group Space Unavailable Page
• 10.7 Applying a Look and Feel to a Group Space
  • 10.7.1 Choosing a Default Page Scheme and Style
  • 10.7.2 Changing the Group Space Display Name
  • 10.7.3 Changing the Group Space Icon
  • 10.7.4 Changing the Group Space Logo
  • 10.7.5 Setting the Group Space Default Display Mode
  • 10.7.6 Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements
• 10.8 Defining Custom Attributes for a Group Space
• 10.9 Creating Your Own Group Space Templates
• 10.10 Adding Wikis or Blogs
• 10.11 Making a Group Space Available
  • 10.11.1 Making a Group Space Known (Discoverable)
  • 10.11.2 Granting WebCenter Spaces Users Access to a Group Space
    • 10.11.2.1 Granting Access to a Group Space
    • 10.11.2.2 Granting Access to Individual Group Space Pages
  • 10.11.3 Granting Public Access to a Group Space
    • 10.11.3.1 Making a Group Space Public
    • 10.11.3.2 Making Individual Group Space Pages Public

11 Managing Group Spaces

• 11.1 Accessing Group Space Administration Pages
• 11.2 Renaming a Group Space (and Changing the Group Space URL)
• 11.3 Managing Group Space Services
  • 11.3.1 Enabling and Disabling Services Available to a Group Space
  • 11.3.2 Configuring a Custom Group Space Mail Distribution List
  • 11.3.3 Specifying Where Group Space Discussions Are Stored
  • 11.3.4 Publishing Group Space Mail in a Discussion Forum
  • 11.3.5 Enabling or Disabling RSS News Feeds for a Group Space
• 11.4 Taking a Group Space Offline
• 11.5 Bringing a Group Space Back Online
• 11.6 Closing a Group Space
• 11.7 Deleting a Group Space
• 11.8 Managing Group Space Templates

12 Managing Group Space Members and Roles

• 12.1 Setting Up the Group Space Membership Policy
  • 12.1.1 Managing Self-Subscription and Membership Changes for a Group Space
  • 12.1.2 Managing Approval Requirements for Group Space Unsubscription
• 12.2 Managing Group Space Roles and Permissions
  • 12.2.1 What You Should Know About Group Space Roles and Permissions
    • 12.2.1.1 Understanding the Default Group Space Roles
    • 12.2.1.2 Understanding Group Space Permissions
    • 12.2.1.3 Understanding Custom Group Space Roles
  • 12.2.2 Defining Custom Group Space Roles
  • 12.2.3 Viewing and Editing Permissions of a Group Space Role
  • 12.2.4 Deleting a Group Space Role
• 12.3 Managing Members and Assigning Roles
  • 12.3.1 What You Should Know About Group Space Membership
  • 12.3.2 Viewing Group Space Members
  • 12.3.3 Composing Messages to New Members
  • 12.3.4 Adding Members to a Group Space
    • 12.3.4.1 Adding or Inviting a WebCenter Spaces User
    • 12.3.4.2 Allowing a WebCenter Spaces User to Self-Subscribe
    • 12.3.4.3 Inviting a Non-WebCenter Spaces User
  • 12.3.5 Changing Member Role Assignments
  • 12.3.6 Approving Requests for Group Space Membership
  • 12.3.7 Communicating with Moderators and Members of a Group Space
    • 12.3.7.1 Sending a Message from the Group Spaces Page
    • 12.3.7.2 Sending a Message from the Members Page
    • 12.3.7.3 Contacting the Group Space Moderator(s)
      • 12.3.7.3.1 Contacting Moderator(s) from the Group Spaces Page
      • 12.3.7.3.2 Contacting Moderators from the Actions Menu
  • 12.3.8 Revoking Group Space Membership

Part IV Working with Shared Services

13 What You Should Know About Shared Services

• 13.1 Introducing the Documents Service
• 13.2 Introducing the Events Service
• 13.3 Introducing the Links Service
• 13.4 Introducing the Lists Service
• 13.5 Introducing the Page Service
• 13.6 Introducing the Tags Service

14 Working with the Documents Service

• 14.1 What You Should Know About the Documents Service
  • 14.1.1 Adding Documents Service Task Flows at Design Time versus Runtime
  • 14.1.2 Understanding the Documents Task Flow
  • 14.1.3 Understanding the Document List Viewer Task Flow
  • 14.1.4 Understanding the Recent Documents Task Flow
• 14.2 Working with the Documents Service Task Flows
  • 14.2.1 Adding a Task Flow to a Page
  • 14.2.2 Opening Files and Folders
    • 14.2.2.1 Opening Files
    • 14.2.2.2 Opening Folders
  • 14.2.3 Adding Files
    • 14.2.3.1 Uploading Files
      • 14.2.3.1.1 Uploading a File Using the Toolbar
      • 14.2.3.1.2 Uploading a File Using a Menu
    • 14.2.3.2 Creating and Editing Rich Text Documents
      • 14.2.3.2.1 Creating HTML Documents with the Rich Text Editor
      • 14.2.3.2.2 Editing HTML Documents with the Rich Text Editor
    • 14.2.3.3 Copying and Pasting Files
      • 14.2.3.3.1 Copying and Pasting Files Using the Toolbar
      • 14.2.3.3.2 Copying and Pasting Files Using a Menu
  • 14.2.4 Managing Files and Folders
    • 14.2.4.1 Navigating in the Documents Task Flow
      • 14.2.4.1.1 Making a Subfolder the Top Folder
      • 14.2.4.1.2 Moving Up the Folder Hierarchy
    • 14.2.4.2 Creating and Copying Folders
      • 14.2.4.2.1 Creating Folders Using the Create a New Folder Icon
      • 14.2.4.2.2 Copying a Folder and Its Content
    • 14.2.4.3 Renaming Files and Folders
      • 14.2.4.3.1 Renaming a File or Folder Through a Menu
      • 14.2.4.3.2 Renaming a File and Revising Its Description Through Properties
    • 14.2.4.4 Moving Files and Folders
    • 14.2.4.5 Checking a File Out or In
      • 14.2.4.5.1 Checking a File Out
      • 14.2.4.5.2 Canceling File Check-Out
      • 14.2.4.5.3 Checking a File In
    • 14.2.4.6 Working with File Version Histories
      • 14.2.4.6.1 Viewing a File Version History
      • 14.2.4.6.2 Deleting a File Version
    • 14.2.4.7 Viewing File and Folder Properties
    • 14.2.4.8 Deleting Files and Folders
  • 14.2.5 Sharing Files and Folders
  • 14.2.6 Running Document Searches
    • 14.2.6.1 Running a Basic Document Search
    • 14.2.6.2 Running an Advanced Document Search
• 14.3 Personalizing and Customizing Documents Service Task Flows
  • 14.3.1 What You Should Know About Personalizing and Customizing
  • 14.3.2 Personalizing Documents Service Task Flows
    • 14.3.2.1 Hiding and Showing Columns in Documents Service Task Flows
    • 14.3.2.2 Reordering Columns in Documents Service Task Flows
    • 14.3.2.3 Sorting Files and Folders in Documents Service Task Flows
  • 14.3.3 Customizing the Documents Service Task Flows
• 14.4 Setting Documents Service Task Flow Properties
  • 14.4.1 Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Parameters Tab
  • 14.4.2 Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Display Options Tab
  • 14.4.3 Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Style and Content Style Tabs
  • 14.4.4 Setting Documents Task Flow Properties on the Events Tab

15 Working with the Events Service

• 15.1 What You Should Know About the Events Service
• 15.2 Working with the Events Service Task Flow
  • 15.2.1 Viewing Events
    • 15.2.1.1 Displaying the Events Page
    • 15.2.1.2 Displaying Events by Day, Week, or Month or as a List
    • 15.2.1.3 Viewing Events for a Different Date
    • 15.2.1.4 Refreshing Your View of Events
    • 15.2.1.5 Setting Time Display Preferences
  • 15.2.2 Scheduling an Event
  • 15.2.3 Viewing Event Details
  • 15.2.4 Revising Scheduled Events
  • 15.2.5 Deleting Scheduled Events
• 15.3 Setting Events Service Task Flow Properties

16 Working with the Links Service

• 16.1 What You Should Know About the Links Service
• 16.2 Working with Links Service Features
  • 16.2.1 Linking to Existing Objects
    • 16.2.1.1 Opening the Links Dialog Box to Link to Existing Objects
    • 16.2.1.2 Linking to an Existing Announcement
    • 16.2.1.3 Linking to an Existing Discussion Forum Topic
    • 16.2.1.4 Linking to an Existing Document
    • 16.2.1.5 Linking to an Existing Event
  • 16.2.2 Linking to New Objects
    • 16.2.2.1 Opening the Links Dialog Box to Link to a New Object
    • 16.2.2.2 Adding and Linking to a Discussion Forum Topic
    • 16.2.2.3 Adding and Linking to a Document
    • 16.2.2.4 Adding and Linking to an Event
    • 16.2.2.5 Adding and Linking to a Note
    • 16.2.2.6 Linking to a Web Page
  • 16.2.3 Accessing Link Targets
  • 16.2.4 Deleting a Link

17 Working with the Lists Service

• 17.1 What You Should Know About the Lists Service
• 17.2 Working with Lists Service Task Flows
  • 17.2.1 Viewing Lists
  • 17.2.2 Creating and Managing Lists
    • 17.2.2.1 Creating a List
    • 17.2.2.2 Editing List Structure
      • 17.2.2.2.1 Renaming a List and Revising a List Description
      • 17.2.2.2.2 Adding Columns to a List
      • 17.2.2.2.3 Revising List Column Details
      • 17.2.2.2.4 Rearranging List Columns
      • 17.2.2.2.5 Deleting a List Column
    • 17.2.2.3 Copying a List
    • 17.2.2.4 Deleting Lists
  • 17.2.3 Adding and Managing List Data
    • 17.2.3.1 Adding a List Row
    • 17.2.3.2 Editing a List Row
    • 17.2.3.3 Deleting List Rows
  • 17.2.4 Personalizing and Customizing Lists
    • 17.2.4.1 Filtering List Data
      • 17.2.4.1.1 Applying an Ad Hoc Filter to a List Instance
      • 17.2.4.1.2 Applying a Permanent, Personal Filter to a List Instance
      • 17.2.4.1.3 Removing a Permanent, Personal List Filter
      • 17.2.4.1.4 Applying Filters to Everyone's View of a List
      • 17.2.4.1.5 Removing Filters from Everyone's View of a List
    • 17.2.4.2 Sorting and Resizing List Columns
      • 17.2.4.2.1 Sorting and Resizing Columns in Your View of a List
      • 17.2.4.2.2 Sorting and Resizing Columns in Everyone's View of a List
    • 17.2.4.3 Changing Column Order on a List Instance
      • 17.2.4.3.1 Changing Column Order in Your View of a List Instance
      • 17.2.4.3.2 Changing Column Order in Everyone's View of a List Instance
    • 17.2.4.4 Applying Color Banding to List Rows
      • 17.2.4.4.1 Applying Color Banding to Your Personal View of a List
      • 17.2.4.4.2 Removing Personal Color Banding
      • 17.2.4.4.3 Applying Color Banding to Everyone's View of a List Instance
      • 17.2.4.4.4 Removing Color Banding from Everyone's View of a List
  • 17.2.5 Exporting a List to a Spreadsheet and Importing an Exported Spreadsheet
    • 17.2.5.1 What You Should Know About Exporting and Importing Lists
    • 17.2.5.2 Exporting a List to a Spreadsheet
    • 17.2.5.3 Importing an Exported Spreadsheet
• 17.3 Setting Lists Service Task Flow Properties

18 Working with the Tags Service

• 18.1 What You Should Know About the Tags Service
  • 18.1.1 Understanding Tags
  • 18.1.2 Understanding the Tags Task Flow
  • 18.1.3 Understanding the Similarly Tagged Items Task Flow
  • 18.1.4 Understanding the Tag Center
  • 18.1.5 Understanding Tags in Custom WebCenter Applications
• 18.2 Working with Tags Service Features and Task Flows
  • 18.2.1 Tagging WebCenter Application Pages
  • 18.2.2 Tagging WebCenter Application Documents
  • 18.2.3 Working with Tags and Tagged Items in the Tags Task Flow
    • 18.2.3.1 Viewing Tags and Tagged Items in the Tags Task Flow
    • 18.2.3.2 Sorting Tags and Tagged Items
    • 18.2.3.3 Filtering Tags and Tagged Items
    • 18.2.3.4 Renaming a Tag from the Tags Task Flow
    • 18.2.3.5 Deleting a Tag from the Tags Task Flow
  • 18.2.4 Viewing Tags and Tagged Items in Search Results
  • 18.2.5 Working with Tags and Tagged Items in the Tag Center
    • 18.2.5.1 Opening the Tag Center
    • 18.2.5.2 Selecting Different Views and Arrangements of Tags in the Tag Cloud
    • 18.2.5.3 Selecting Different Views and Arrangements of Tagged Items
    • 18.2.5.4 Refining the Display of Information in the Tag Center
    • 18.2.5.5 Discovering Who Has Used a Tag in the Tag Center
    • 18.2.5.6 Editing the Tags Associated with an Item from the Tag Center
• 18.3 Setting Tags Service Task Flow Properties

Part V Working with Social Networking Services

19 What You Should Know About Social Networking Services

• 19.1 Introducing the Announcements Service
• 19.2 Introducing the Discussions Service
• 19.3 Introducing the Instant Messaging and Presence (IMP) Service
• 19.4 Introducing WebCenter Blogs and Wikis

20 Working with the Announcements Service

• 20.1 What You Should Know About the Announcements Service
  • 20.1.1 Announcement Manager Task Flow
  • 20.1.2 Announcements Task Flow
• 20.2 Working with Announcements Service Task Flows
  • 20.2.1 Working with the Announcement Manager Task Flow
    • 20.2.1.1 Viewing Announcements in the Announcement Manager
    • 20.2.1.2 Adjusting Your View of the Announcement Manager
    • 20.2.1.3 Creating an Announcement
    • 20.2.1.4 Editing Announcements
    • 20.2.1.5 Deleting an Announcement
  • 20.2.2 Working with the Announcements Task Flow
    • 20.2.2.1 Sending Mail from an Announcement
    • 20.2.2.2 Linking a WebCenter Object to an Announcement
• 20.3 Setting Announcements Service Task Flow Properties
  • 20.3.1 Region Parameters

21 Working with the Discussions Service

• 21.1 What You Should Know About the Discussions Service
• 21.2 Working with Discussions Service Task Flows
  • 21.2.1 Creating a Discussion Forum
  • 21.2.2 Editing the Forum Name and Description
  • 21.2.3 Creating and Managing Forum Topics and Replies
    • 21.2.3.1 Posting a New Forum Topic
    • 21.2.3.2 Replying to Topic Posts
    • 21.2.3.3 Viewing Topic Posts and Replies
    • 21.2.3.4 Editing Topics and Replies
    • 21.2.3.5 Deleting Topic Posts and Replies
    • 21.2.3.6 Switching Between Topic View Modes
  • 21.2.4 Showing and Hiding Additional Discussion Forum Information
    • 21.2.4.1 Showing or Hiding Information in the Forums Task Flow
    • 21.2.4.2 Showing or Hiding Information in the Popular Topics Task Flow
    • 21.2.4.3 Showing or Hiding Information in the Recent Topics Task Flow
    • 21.2.4.4 Showing or Hiding Information in the Watched Forums Task Flow
    • 21.2.4.5 Showing or Hiding Information in the Watched Topics Task Flow
  • 21.2.5 Watching Forums and Topics
    • 21.2.5.1 Adding a Discussion Forum or Topic to Your Watch List
    • 21.2.5.2 Removing a Discussion Forum or Topic from a Watch List
    • 21.2.5.3 Viewing Watched Forums and Topics from the Sidebar
• 21.3 Setting Discussions Service Task Flow Properties

22 Working with the Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMP)

• 22.1 What You Should Know About the IMP Service
• 22.2 Working with IMP Service Features and Task Flows
  • 22.2.1 Viewing the Status of Other Users
  • 22.2.2 Sending a Mail Message from the Presence Icon Menu
  • 22.2.3 Sending an Instant Message from the Presence Icon Menu
  • 22.2.4 Initiating a Phone Conference from the Presence Icon Menu
  • 22.2.5 Working with the Buddies List
    • 22.2.5.1 What You Should Know About the Buddies List
    • 22.2.5.2 Sorting Buddies
    • 22.2.5.3 Filtering Buddies
    • 22.2.5.4 Viewing the Status of Contacts
  • 22.2.6 Working with the Members Task Flow
    • 22.2.6.1 What You Should Know About the Members Task Flow
    • 22.2.6.2 Managing Group Space Membership
    • 22.2.6.3 Contacting All Group Space Members
    • 22.2.6.4 Sorting Members
    • 22.2.6.5 Filtering Members
    • 22.2.6.6 Viewing the Status of Members
• 22.3 Setting IMP Service Task Flow Properties

23 Working with Wikis and Blogs

• 23.1 What You Should Know About Wikis and Blogs
• 23.2 Exposing Wikis and Blogs in WebCenter Applications
  • 23.2.1 Exposing a Wiki or Blog in a WebCenter Spaces Application
    • 23.2.1.1 Exposing a Wiki or a Blog on a WebCenter Spaces Page
    • 23.2.1.2 Creating a Link to a Wiki or Blog in WebCenter Spaces
  • 23.2.2 Exposing a Wiki or Blog in a Custom WebCenter Application
  • 23.2.3 Accessing Information About a Wiki Domain
  • 23.2.4 Adding and Removing Additional Blog Authors
• 23.3 Working with Wiki and Blog Content
  • 23.3.1 Working with Wiki Pages
    • 23.3.1.1 Creating a Wiki Page
    • 23.3.1.2 Editing a Wiki Page
    • 23.3.1.3 Printing a Wiki Page
    • 23.3.1.4 Accessing Information About a Wiki Page
    • 23.3.1.5 Deleting a Wiki Page
    • 23.3.1.6 Restoring an Older Version of a Wiki Page
  • 23.3.2 Working with Blog Entries
    • 23.3.2.1 What You Should Know About Blog Entries
    • 23.3.2.2 Creating a Blog Entry
    • 23.3.2.3 Editing a Blog Entry
    • 23.3.2.4 Adding a Blog Comment
    • 23.3.2.5 Deleting a Blog Comment
    • 23.3.2.6 Viewing Information About a Blog
    • 23.3.2.7 Deleting a Blog Entry
  • 23.3.3 Using Wiki HTML Editor Controls
  • 23.3.4 Using Wiki Mark-Up

Part VI Working with Personal Productivity Services

24 What You Should Know About Personal Productivity Services

• 24.1 Introducing the Mail Service
• 24.2 Introducing the Notes Service
• 24.3 Introducing the Recent Activities Service
• 24.4 Introducing the RSS Service
• 24.5 Introducing the Search Service
• 24.6 Introducing the Worklist Service

25 Working with the Mail Service

• 25.1 What You Should Know About the Mail Service
• 25.2 Working with the Mail Service Task Flow
  • 25.2.1 Logging in to Mail
  • 25.2.2 Personalizing Your View of the Mail Task Flow
  • 25.2.3 Opening Mail Messages
  • 25.2.4 Downloading Mail Attachments
  • 25.2.5 Composing and Sending Mail Messages
  • 25.2.6 Sending Mail with Attachments
  • 25.2.7 Removing Attachments from the Add Attachment Window
  • 25.2.8 Replying to and Forwarding Mail
  • 25.2.9 Refreshing Mail
  • 25.2.10 Deleting Mail
• 25.3 Setting Mail Service Task Flow Properties
  • 25.3.1 Region Parameters

26 Working with the Notes Service

• 26.1 What You Should Know About the Notes Service
• 26.2 Working with the Notes Service Task Flow
  • 26.2.1 Creating a Note
  • 26.2.2 Filtering and Clearing Filters on Notes
  • 26.2.3 Editing Note Details
  • 26.2.4 Refreshing Your View of Notes
  • 26.2.5 Deleting Notes
• 26.3 Setting Notes Service Task Flow Properties

27 Working with the Recent Activities Service

• 27.1 What You Should Know About the Recent Activities Service
• 27.2 Working with the Recent Activities Service Task Flow
  • 27.2.1 Personalizing the Recent Activity Task Flow
  • 27.2.2 Accessing Recently Acted-On Items
  • 27.2.3 Refreshing the Recent Activity Task Flow
• 27.3 Setting Recent Activities Service Task Flow Properties
  • 27.3.1 Region Parameters

28 Working with the RSS Service

• 28.1 What You Should Know About the RSS Service
  • 28.1.1 RSS Icon
  • 28.1.2 RSS Task Flow
• 28.2 Obtaining Service News Feeds
  • 28.2.1 Obtaining the Recent Activities News Feed
    • 28.2.1.1 Obtaining a Recent Activity News Feed URL from the RSS Manager
    • 28.2.1.2 Obtaining a News Feed URL from the Recent Activity Task Flow
  • 28.2.2 Obtaining the Discussion Forums News Feed
    • 28.2.2.1 Obtaining a Discussion Forum News Feed from the RSS Manager
    • 28.2.2.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Discussions Page
    • 28.2.2.3 Obtaining a News Feed from a Discussion Forum Manager Task Flow
  • 28.2.3 Obtaining List News Feeds
    • 28.2.3.1 Obtaining a List News Feed from the RSS Manager
    • 28.2.3.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Lists Page
    • 28.2.3.3 Obtaining a News Feed from a List Task Flow
  • 28.2.4 Obtaining an Announcements News Feed
    • 28.2.4.1 Obtaining an Announcements News Feed from the RSS Manager
    • 28.2.4.2 Obtaining a News Feed from the Announcements Page
    • 28.2.4.3 Obtaining a News Feed from an Announcements Task Flow
• 28.3 Working with the RSS Task Flow
  • 28.3.1 Adding an RSS Task Flow to a Page
  • 28.3.2 Refreshing an RSS Task Flow
  • 28.3.3 Deleting an RSS Task Flow From the Page
  • 28.3.4 Editing Feed Information for an RSS Task Flow
• 28.4 Setting RSS Service Task Flow Properties
  • 28.4.1 Region Parameters

29 Working with the Search Service

• 29.1 What You Should Know About the Search Service
• 29.2 Working with Search Service Task Flows
  • 29.2.1 Searching in a WebCenter application
    • 29.2.1.1 Performing a Global Search
    • 29.2.1.2 Performing a Group Space Search
  • 29.2.2 Refining the Display of Search Results
  • 29.2.3 Saving Searches
    • 29.2.3.1 Saving a Search
    • 29.2.3.2 Running a Saved Search
    • 29.2.3.3 Sharing a Saved Search in WebCenter Spaces
    • 29.2.3.4 Deleting a Saved Search
    • 29.2.3.5 Adding a Saved Search to a WebCenter Spaces Page
    • 29.2.3.6 Adding the All Saved Searches Task Flow to a WebCenter Spaces Page
  • 29.2.4 Adding the Search Task Flow to a Group Space Page
  • 29.2.5 Using the Search Preferences Task Flow in Custom WebCenter Applications
• 29.3 Setting Search Service Task Flow Properties

30 Working with the Worklist Service

• 30.1 What You Should Know About the Worklist Service
• 30.2 Working with the Worklist Service Task Flow
  • 30.2.1 Viewing and Responding to Worklist Items
  • 30.2.2 Setting Messaging Preferences
  • 30.2.3 Arranging Your Display of Worklist Items
• 30.3 Setting Worklist Service Task Flow Properties

Part VII Working with Portlets

31 What You Should Know About Portlets

• 31.1 What Is a Portlet?
• 31.2 What Does a Portlet Look Like?
• 31.3 What Can I Do with Portlets?
• 31.4 What Kinds of Portlets Can I Use?
  • 31.4.1 Prebuilt Portlets
  • 31.4.2 JSF Portlets
  • 31.4.3 Programmatic Portlets
  • 31.4.4 Web Clipping
  • 31.4.5 OmniPortlet
  • 31.4.6 Parameter Form and Parameter Display Portlets

32 Working with OmniPortlet

• 32.1 What You Should Know About OmniPortlet
• 32.2 Working with the OmniPortlet Wizard
  • 32.2.1 Type
  • 32.2.2 Source
    • 32.2.2.1 Proxy Authentication
    • 32.2.2.2 Connection and Portlet Parameters
    • 32.2.2.3 Spreadsheet
    • 32.2.2.4 SQL
    • 32.2.2.5 XML
    • 32.2.2.6 Web Service
    • 32.2.2.7 Web Page
  • 32.2.3 Filter
  • 32.2.4 View
  • 32.2.5 Layout
    • 32.2.5.1 Tabular Layout
    • 32.2.5.2 Chart Layout
    • 32.2.5.3 News Layout
    • 32.2.5.4 Bullet Layout
    • 32.2.5.5 Form Layout
    • 32.2.5.6 HTML Layout
    • 32.2.5.7 Parameter Form Layout
  • 32.2.6 Customize Mode
• 32.3 Working with OmniPortlet Parameters
• 32.4 Setting OmniPortlet Properties
• 32.5 Troubleshooting OmniPortlet

33 Working with the Web Clipping Portlet

• 33.1 What You Should Know About Web Clipping
• 33.2 Working with the Web Clipping Portlet
  • 33.2.1 Adding a Web Clipping Portlet to a Page
  • 33.2.2 Clipping Content for Display in the Web Clipping Portlet
  • 33.2.3 Adding a Web Clipping That Users Can Personalize
    • 33.2.3.1 Selecting a Clipping from OTN
    • 33.2.3.2 Parameterizing a Web Clipping Portlet
    • 33.2.3.3 Personalizing a Web Clipping Portlet
• 33.3 Setting Web Clipping Portlet Properties
• 33.4 Current Limitations of Web Clipping

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