Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal: Expert Guidance to Build and Deploy Portal Applications

552 Pages·2004·11.685 MB·English

by  Ben-Natan R., Gornitsky R., Hanis T.

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Mastering IBM
WebSphere Portal
Ron Ben-Natan
Richard Gornitsky
Ori Sasson
Tim Hanis
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I would like to dedicate this book to Ruthy,
who is thankfully still a wonderful part of our life.
—Ron Ben-Natan
I would like to dedicate this book to the loves of my life,
my wife Marcelle and my sons, Joshua and David.
—Richard Gornitsky
I would like to dedicate this book to Yael,
for her love and support
—Ori Sasson
I would like to dedicate this to my wife, Susan, for her generosity, love,
and understanding; my parents and older sister for contributions too
numerous to mention and too vague to articulate; the constant
company of Kismet and Skates; and in loving memory of Tux.
—Tim Hanis
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Contents
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
AbouttheAuthors xxiii
Introduction xxv
Part I WebSphere Portal Primer 1
Chapter1 IntroducingWebSpherePortal 3
WhatIsaPortalandWhyDoWeNeedThem? 3
TheWebSphereFamily 4
FoundationandTools 5
BusinessIntegration 6
WebSphereBusinessPortals 7
WhatIsWebSpherePortal? 7
TheUserExperience 7
TheDeveloperExperience 12
TheAdministratorExperience 14
WebSpherePortalArchitecture 15
WebSpherePortalPackaging 17
WebSpherePortalPlatforms 19
What’sNewinWebSphere5.0(including5.0.2) 21
Summary 22
Chapter2 InstallingWebSpherePortalonWindows2000Server 25
GettingGoing:AQuickInstall 25
GettingInformationonYourWindowsServer 27
InstallingonYourWindowsServer 28
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InstallingwithanExistingWebServerandanExisting
WebSphereApplicationServer 36
InstallingWebSpherePortalFixpack2 39
Summary 41
Chapter3 InstallingWebSpherePortalonLinux 43
InstallingonLinux 43
GettingInformationonYourLinuxServer 44
InstallingonYourLinuxServer 46
NongraphicLinuxInstallation 56
UninstallingWebSpherePortalonLinux 60
DirectoryStructure 60
InstallingWhenWebSphereSecurityIsEnabled 63
Summary 63
Chapter4 CustomizingWebSpherePortal 65
WPSconfig 66
ConfigurationTemplates 67
UsingDB2withWebSpherePortal 69
ConfiguringtheDB2Server 70
InstallingDB2ClientonWebSpherePortalServer 71
UsingOracleandSQLServerwithWebSpherePortal 75
Step1:CreatetheDatabases 75
Step2:CreatetheDatabaseUsers 75
ConfiguringWebSpherePortaltoAccessaRemoteDatabase 78
Summary 84
Chapter5 InstallingWebSpherePortalToolsandProblemAnalysis 87
PortalToolkit5.0.2 87
UpdatingWebSphereStudio’sWASRuntimeEnvironment 88
InstallingWebSpherePortalToolkitV5.0.2MP 89
UpdatingtoWebSpherePortalTestEnvironmentV5.0.2 92
IBMLotusWorkplaceWebContentManagement
Version1.1 94
UpdatingtheInitializationParameters 94
InstallingtheILWWCMWebApplication 94
UpdatingtheILWWCMConfigurationFiles 96
StartingtheILWWCMWebApplication 96
ILWWCMAdministrativeClientSetup 96
InstallingtheWebSpherePortalContent
ManagementPortlet 97
ProblemAnalysis 98
TivoliWebSiteAnalyzer 100
Summary 103
Chapter6 MigratingtoWebSpherePortalVersion5.0 105
PreparingforaMigration 105
RecommendedMigrationEnvironment 106
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Contents ix
PerformingtheMigration 107
SettinguptheMigrationPropertyValues 108
MigratingAccessControls 109
MigratingExtendedUserAttributes 111
MigratingThemes,Skins,andStyleSheets 113
MigratingPortletApplications 114
MigratingPlaces 116
MigratingPages 116
MigratingAllUserCustomizations 117
MigratingCredentialVaultSlotsandSegments 117
MigratingCredentialVaultdata 117
MigratingEverythingatOneTime 118
XMLConfigurationInterface 118
XMLInputFile 121
XMLConfigurationInterfaceSpecialProperties 122
XMLConfigurationInterfaceTransactionalSupport 122
ChangesinXMLConfigurationInterfaceforVersion5.0 123
Summary 124
Part II Building and Administering Portals with WPS 125
Chapter7 DefiningPortalsandPages 127
PortalsandPages 127
LogicalStructureofaPortal 128
BrowsingthroughtheContentHierarchy 129
CustomizingthePortalStructure 131
AddingNewNodes 131
DefiningPageContent 133
EditingNodeProperties 135
PageInheritancewithSharedPages 137
AdvancedLayoutEditing 138
Locks 139
RemovingNodes 139
CreatingaNewPortal 140
Summary 142
Chapter8 TailoringthePortalWebDesign 143
ThemesandSkins 143
DefaultThemesandSkins 144
ChoosingThemesandSkins 146
Screens 148
DefiningYourOwnThemes 149
CreatingaNewTheme 150
TheAnatomyofaTheme 152
CustomizingThemes 153
PortalJSPTags 156
AddingTop-LevelLinks 159