Portals / Designing Portals

To design a portal, perform the following:

• Create a new portal or navigate to an existing portal
• Scroll to the bottom of the portal page and click on the "Design Mode" link.

Notice that a set of new links will appear in the bottom of the portal page.

When you go into the design mode, a copy of the existing portal is made. The changes you are about to make to the portal will not apply to the existing portal until you release your changes.

Design Mode links:

Change Layout

Click on this link to switch to "Layout" mode. In this mode, you will be able to drag portal boxes around. You may also show or hide portal gadgets in this mode.

Add New Gadget

Click on this link to display the "Add new Gadget" window. In this window, you can select from a list of built-in gadgets to add to your portal.

Edit Portal Header

Click on this link to Change or Edit the portal title, description and portal logo.

Portal Resources

Click on this link to add images and style sheets to your portal.

Rollback Changes

Click on this link to cancel your changes to the portal. This will revert the portal back to its original state.

Release Changes

Click on this link to overwrite the existing portal with the modified version.

Return to Portal

Click on this link to view the portal.