NetIQ Documentation: Novell Operations Center 5.0 Dashboard Guide - Adding Pages

5.3 Adding Pages

Pages can be added to a community in a hierarchy that creates pages under an existing page. It is possible to rearrange the order of child pages. The pages in the top-level of the hierarchy are added as tabs in the community. Pages that are children of a top-level page do not display on the tab unless a Navigation portlet is added to that tab.

Web pages can be personal or associated with a community.

Adding: Add pages to personal or community pages using Manage Pages. Using this option, it is possible to add pages to the current community only. Pages can be added to other communities by using the My Communities portlet.
Exporting: Export the pages of a community using Manage Pages.
Importing: Import pages to a community using Manage Pages or the My Communities portlet. Importing a page overwrites all the pages in the community. Take caution, because importing a page overwrites the current page and thus discontinues access to the Dashboard. For more information on export and import options for a community, see Section 5.2, Creating and Maintaining Communities.

When building Web pages, particularly when adding portlets to add content, consider how the content is viewed. Users can view dashboard Web pages using a variety of devices, including mobile phones.

A user’s ability to add pages depends on the permissions assigned to the user. For more information, see Section 11.0, Portal and Community Permissions.

To make it easier to create a page, copy an existing page and save it as a new page using the Copy option. This option is available on the Page tab.

5.3.1 Adding Child Pages

To add child pages:

Do one of the following:
- Go to a page that has a My Communities portlet.
- Click Welcome and select Control Panel.
  
  Under Portal, select Communities.
Click Action next to the community and select Manage Pages.
Select either Public Pages or Private Pages, depending on which set of pages you want to edit.
In the Name field, specify the name of the page.
From the Type drop-down list, select the type of page, choosing from Portlet, Panel, Embedded, Web Content, URL, or Link to Page.

The first page must be of portlet type.
Select the Hidden check box if the page is to be hidden.
Click Add Page. The new page shows in the list of links on the left side.
Define additional pages as required.

Pages added when the name of the community is selected are top-level pages that appear as tabs.

Select a page link to add child pages underneath. Select the Copy Parent check box to copy settings from the parent page.
Select each page and click the Page tab to specify various settings for the page including friendly URL, meta tags, custom JavaScript, and meta robot settings.
To change the order of the top-level page tabs, do the following:
- Click the community name and select the Display Order tab.
- Move the page names up and down as required.
- Click Update Display Order to save your changes.
Click Look and Feel at any level to set the default theme and colors for all private or public pages or the specific page.
Click View Pages to open the community in a new browser window.
Click Publish to Remote to publish pages remotely.

5.3.2 Editing an Existing Page

To edit an existing page:

Click Welcome and select Manage Pages.
Select the page to edit, then click Page.
Edit the settings as necessary:
- To copy the contents of another page to the selected page, select an existing page name from the Copy Page drop-down list.
  
  For example, to copy the contents of Support to the myFinances page, click the Support in the Copy Page option. Note that any existing content on the page is overwritten.
- To delete a page, edit it, then click Delete.
Click Save.