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IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5: User assistance for administrators |
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Changing portlet settings
You can change the settings of each portlet listed in the Edit Layout portlet. These options are available from the drop-down menu on each portlet shown in the container.
About this task
Procedure
- Select Personalize this portlet to personalize a portlet. The updates you make here will only change the look of the portlet for you.
- Select Edit shared settings for this portlet to change the default look of a portlet for all users. The updates you make here will affect all users who view the portlet on a particular page. The changes will not be reflected on any instances of the portlet that appear on other pages.
- Select Configure to change the default look of a portlet for all users across all pages. The updates you make here will affect all users who view the portlet on any page.
Example
- Users can switch page layout
- Select this option to allow changing the layout of the page to one of these pre-defined layout templates. You can further customize this option by selecting one of the Allowed layouts.
- Show toggle link
- Select this option to display the link for advanced layout tools. When this link is first clicked, tools are displayed that allow you to create advanced page layouts.
- Check portlet width before adding or moving portlets to a column
- Select this option to prevent portlets of a certain width from being moved or added to a container that is too narrow.
- Number of items per page
- After the search results are returned, this limits the number of portlets for each page. For multiple pages, you can use the arrow icons to navigate to the other pages.
- Never show more than this number of items
- Limits the number of portlets returned in the search.
- Also display the following information in the search results
- Select whether the markups supported by each portlet should also be displayed in the results.