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Chapter 5: Advanced Portlet Creation

Application runtime entities

This section discusses the runtime entities that must be generated to execute the portlet application.


Portlet flow

If the application is laid out for portlet flow, the application’s portlets are positioned on one page at portal runtime.

Click Portlet Flow to lay out an application’s portlets on one page. Select one of the four page layouts that are available. Typically, you assign portlets to the layout cells from left -to-right and top-to-bottom, which reflects the natural flow of information. Once the layout is done, click Preview to view how the portlets will display on a Portal Interface page.


Page flow

If the application is laid out for page flow, the application’s portlets are positioned on different pages at portal runtime. To lay out portlets on a page, click Page Flow. You assign portlets in the cells of the page-flow layout from top-to-bottom reflecting the natural flow of information. In Portal Interface, the pages show from left-to-right. Once the layout is done, click Preview to see how the pages will display in a Portal Interface personal page group.

NoteTo use Page Flow, the <page.group> property in the global.properties.xml file must be set to “on.”





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