Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• Document Scope and Audience
• Guide to this Document
• Related Documentation
• New and Changed Features in This Release

2 Understanding Administration Console Extensions

• What Is an Administration Console Extension?
  • How Do the WebLogic Portal Framework and WebLogic Portal Differ?
• Extension Points in the Administration Console
  • Hierarchy of UI Controls
  • The Administration Console Desktop
    • Extending the Desktop
  • The Administration Console Look and Feel
    • Extending the Look and Feel
  • The Home Book and Page
    • Extending the Home Book
  • The ContentBook
    • Extending the ContentBook
  • Summary of the Administration Console UI Controls
• JSP Templates and Tag Libraries
  • JSP Tag Libraries
• Example: How Struts Portlets Display Content

3 Setting Up a Development Environment

• Set Up the Classpath (Optional)
• Import Tag Libraries Into IDEs (Optional)
• Create a Directory Tree for the Extension
• Configure Preferences to See UI Control Labels

4 Creating a Message Bundle

5 Rebranding the Administration Console

• Files Used to Create a Look and Feel
• Overview of the Process
• Expand the Look and Feel Template
• Modify or Replace Files
  • Modify the Administration Console Banner
  • Modify the Login Page
  • Modify Colors, Fonts, Buttons, and Images
    • Style Sheet Properties
    • Images Used In Conjunction with Style Sheets
• Use a Message Bundle for Your Look and Feel
• Create a NetUI Extension File
• Archive and Deploy the Extension

6 Adding Portlets and Navigation Controls

• Define a Portlet
  • Define a JSP Portlet
  • Define a Struts Portlet
  • Define a Page Flow Portlet
  • Displaying a Title Bar for a Portlet
    • Localizing a Portlet Title
• Define UI Controls (Optional)
  • Create a Tab That Does Not Contain a Subtab
  • Create a Tab That Contains Subtabs
  • Create a Subtab
  • Create a Control Without Tabs or Subtabs
• Specify a Location for Displaying Portlets or UI Controls
  • Add a Portlet to the Desktop
  • Add a Tab or Subtab to ContentBook
  • Example: Specifying Locations for Portlets and UI Controls
• Add Nodes to the NavTreePortlet (Optional)
  • Append a Single Node to the Root of the Existing Tree
  • Append or Insert Nodes or Node Trees
    • Create a NavTreeBacking Class
    • Invoke the NavTreeBacking Class
    • Example: How a NavTreeExtensionBackingClass Adds a Node Tree to the NavTreePortlet
• Navigating to a Custom Security Provider Page

7 Using Oracle Templates and JSP Tags

• Create and Use a Message Bundle in Your JSPs
• Overview of Forms and Tables
  • Data Models for Forms and Tables
    • Data Model for Forms
    • Data Model for Tables
  • Handles for ActionForms and Row Beans
• Create Struts Artifacts for Tables and Forms
  • Create Struts Artifacts for a Form JSP: Main Steps
    • Create Struts Action Classes for Handling Form Data
    • Configure Struts ActionForms and Action Mappings
  • Create Struts Artifacts for a Table JSP
• Create JSPs that Use Oracle Templates and JSP Tags
  • WebLogic Server JSP Templates
  • Create a Form JSP
  • Create a Table JSP for Monitoring
  • Create a Table Column for Navigating to Other Pages
  • Add a Handle to Your Row Bean and Action Class
  • Use the column-link Tag
  • Use the column-dispatch Tag
  • Add Buttons and Check Boxes to Tables
    • Add Buttons to a Table
    • Add Check Boxes and Buttons to a Table
    • Example: How Check Boxes and Buttons Process Data
  • Configure Table Preferences
• Create Other Portal Framework Files and Deploy the Extension

8 Adding Online Help for Console Extensions

• Summary of Steps
• Create the Helpset
  • Helpset Files
• Merging Helpsets
  • Directory Structure for Merging Extension Help
• Localizing Helpsets
• How Helpsets Are Merged
• Provide Support for Context-Sensitive Help
  • Provide Help IDs
    • helpid
    • helpurlpattern
  • Map Help IDs to Help Files
• Rebranding Help
• Deploying Help

9 Archiving and Deploying Console Extensions

• Archive and Deploy a Console Extension
  • Error Output During Deployment