Oracle® Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide for Oracle WebCenter 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) Part Number E12405-02 |
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This chapter describes how to access administration pages in the WebCenter Spaces application. It contains the following subsections:
Audience
The content of this chapter is intended for WebCenter Spaces administrators. Users granted the WebCenter Spaces Administrator
role or a custom role that grants the Application-Manage
permission).
WebCenter users with administrative privileges will see an Administration link at the top of the application when they log in (Figure 17-1).
The Administration link provides access to administration and application settings for WebCenter Spaces. For more detail, see Section 17.2, "WebCenter Spaces Administration Pages".
Note:
If you do not see this link, you do not have administrative privileges. Ask your WebCenter Spaces Administrator to check the permissions assigned to your role.WebCenter Spaces administrators may assign administrative privileges to other users, if required. For more information, see Section 19.2.4, "Giving a User Administrative Privileges".
To log in to WebCenter Spaces.
Open WebCenter Spaces using the following URL:
http://<host>:<port>/webcenter
If you do not know which host or port to use, ask your systems administrator. See also, "Managing Ports" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.
If you have access to Fusion Middleware Control, this information is available on the WebCenter Space home page. See Section 6.2, "Navigating to the Home Page for WebCenter Spaces".
Enter your user name in the User Name field and your password in the Password field.
Click Login.
Check that you can see the Administration link at the top of the application (Figure 17-1).
There are six WebCenter Administration pages—Welcome, General, Security, Personal Space, Group Spaces, and Services (Figure 17-2):
Administrators can perform all their administrative duties from here:
Administration Page | Description |
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Welcome | This page is a convenient launching pad for some common administrative tasks. Click a task link to navigate to the appropriate page. |
General | Use this page to customize WebCenter Spaces. For example, you can specify a default language, application name, and so on. For more information, see:
Chapter 18, Naming Your WebCenter Chapter 18, Changing the WebCenter Logo Chapter 18, Applying Look and Feel using Skins Chapter 18, Choosing the Default Display Language Chapter 18, Customizing Copyright and Privacy Statements Chapter 18, Customizing the Online Help Link Chapter 18, Enabling and Disabling Personal Spaces Chapter 19, Allowing Self-Registration |
Security | Use this page to manage WebCenter users and roles. For more information, see: |
Personal Space | Use this page to manage pages for personal spaces and WebCenter Spaces, and to customize everyone's sidebar. For more information, see: |
Group Spaces | Use this page to manage group spaces and group space templates. For more information, see: |
Services | Use this page to set application-wide properties for discussion forums and announcements and everyone's personal profiles. For more information, see: |