Creating a Text Portlet
Use the following procedure to create a portlet of type “Text”.
To create a Text portlet
1. In CentraSite Business UI, access your Welcome page. If you need procedures for this step, see Viewing Your Portlets. 2. Choose the Configure link in the upper left corner of your Welcome page.
3. In the Configure Your Welcome Page dialog, click on the Add a new portlet link.
4. Complete the fields in the Add Portlet dialog as follows:
In this field... | Specify... |
Name | Enter a name for the portlet. A portlet name can contain any character (including spaces). A portlet name does not need to be unique within the Welcome page. However, to reduce ambiguity, you should avoid giving multiple portlets of the same type the same name. As a best practice, we recommend that you adopt appropriate naming conventions to ensure that portlets are distinctly named within the Welcome page. |
Description | Optional. Enter a comment or descriptive information about the new portlet. |
Type | Choose Text. |
Number of Entries | Optional. Set the number of entries to display in the portlet. If the number of entries is set to 0, then all the available entries are displayed. |
Data Feed | Choose the name of a saved search query available in the CentraSite. |
Attributes | Specify values for the attributes that dynamically render depending on the chosen search query. For a list of the available attributes and their data types, see About Attributes and Profiles. |
5. Expand the Advanced Settings and complete the following fields as necessary.
In this field... | Specify... |
Actions | Optional. Choose the actions that you want to add to the portlet. By default, CentraSite supports the following actions:  RefreshConfigure If you want to specify multiple actions, use the plus button to add additional rows. If you want to remove an action, use the minus button. |
Icon URL | Optional. Specify the path to an icon that is to be used to represent this portlet in the Welcome page.Prerequisite: The icon must be in PNG format. To ensure proper alignment when it is displayed in the user interface, the icon must be 16 x 16 pixels in size. The icon must reside in the folder <CentraSiteInstallDir>\cast\cswebapps\BusinessUI\images\system. The path for the icon should be specified as images/system/icon.png |
Refresh Interval | Optional. The time interval (in seconds) after which a refresh of the portlet contents will happen. If a value is not specified (or if the value 0 is specified), refresh will not happen. |
6. Click OK to create the new text portlet.
The new portlet is created and you will be redirected to the Configure Your Welcome Page dialog. By default, the new portlet will remain unselected and disabled.
If you choose to cancel the settings, you will still be redirected to the Configure Your Welcome Page dialog.
You can choose to add this new portlet in user interface as described in
Adding the New Portlet to Your Welcome
Page.
