Community Links Portlet

A community links portlet displays a collection of links to users, Web pages, other community pages, and Knowledge Directory resources that were specified by the community manager as part of the Community Knowledge Directory.

Community links portlets correspond one to one with folders in the Community Knowledge Directory. Community creators can choose to expose some folders as community links portlets and not others.

To add a community links portlet to a community:

Open the community to which you want to add the portlet.
In the community pages list, click Community Members and Knowledge Directory.
Open the Community Knowledge Directory folder for which you want to create the portlet.
To edit the folder, in the Subfolders bar, click Edit.
Click Community Links and select a page or pages where you would like the portlet to appear.
To create the portlet and place it on the selected pages, click OK.

You can add, edit, or delete the links in your community links portlet by editing the associated Community Knowledge Directory folder or by clicking Edit Links in the portlet (to display the Portlet Preferences page). You can perform the following actions on the Portlet Preferences page:

To change the name of the Community Knowledge Directory folder storing the links, type a new name in the Category Name box. This also changes the name displayed in the portlet.
To display any descriptions available for the links, check the box next to Show Descriptions.
By default, links are displayed alphabetically. If you want to change the order of the links, clear the box next to Order Links Alphabetically.
By default, a maximum of 10 links are displayed in the portlet. To change this, type a different number in the Maximum number of links to display box.
To add links to Web pages, click Add Links. To learn more, see Web Links.
To add links to users (providing access to user profiles), click Add Experts. To learn more, see Experts.
To add links to documents and document folders, click Add Documents. To learn more, see Documents.
To add links to community pages, click Add Pages. To learn more, see Community Pages.
To add localized names for this community links portlet, click Add Localized Name. This displays the Properties and Names page.
To delete a link, select the link and click .
To select or clear all the link boxes, select or clear the box next to Link Name.

To display the page associated with this help topic:

Open the community to which you want to add the portlet.
In the community pages list, click Community Members and Knowledge Directory.
Open the Community Knowledge Directory folder for which you want to create the portlet.
To edit the folder, in the Subfolders bar, click Edit.
Click Community Links.