Main Settings (Page)

You can create a community page when in a community folder or in the Community Editor. To create a page you must choose a page template and select whether or not to inherit future changes to the template. The template you choose affects the layout of the page, its default name, the portlets on the page, and whether or not there is a content canvas (an area for free-form portlets).

If you inherit the page template, you cannot delete portlets associated with the page template, but you can add portlets to the page created from the template. If you do not inherit the page template, you can delete portlets associated with the template, add new portlets, and change the page layout.

A community page is like other portal objects in that it can be copied (to another community folder), localized, migrated, and have unique security settings. All users with access to a community may not see all of the pages within it, based on their access privileges. Also, different users might see different combinations of portlets, based on their access privileges.

Pages added to the community can be deleted. Pages that are part of a community's template cannot be deleted from the community, but can be re-ordered or copied to another community folder. If you delete a page from the Community Editor, that page is deleted from the portal and no longer appears as an object in the community folder.

To define the page:

• To add portlets to the page, click Add Portlets (to add existing portlets) or Create Portlets (to create new portlets).

• To add a content canvas portlet, click Add Content Canvas, choose a portlet, and click OK. You can only add a content canvas if your page template supports one, or if you do not inherit the page template and you select a page layout that has a content canvas area.

• To select a layout for the page, click Select Page Layout, select the layout you want and click Finish. You can only select a layout if you did not inherit the page template.
  
  Note: Narrow portlets can display in either narrow or wide columns in your portal, but wide portlets can display only in the wide columns.

• To see what a portlet looks like, click Preview under the portlet.

• To remove a portlet, click Remove under the portlet.

• To reposition a portlet, drag the portlet to the desired position (by clicking the portlet, holding down the mouse button, and moving the mouse), then release the mouse button.

Optionally, to define page properties and names, click Properties and Names. To learn more, click here. (The default and localized page names come from the page template.)

The page you configure will inherit the header and footer of the community that contains the page.

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

• To edit a community page from within the community:

1. In the My Communities menu, click the community you want to edit.
2. On the right, click Edit Page.
3. In the Flyout Editor, click Go to Advanced Editor.

4. Under Community Pages, click the page name.

• To create or edit a community page from Administration:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open the Standard Page Editor:
• To create a new page:
1. Open a community folder.
2. In the Create Object drop-down list, click Page.
3. Select a page template.
4. Select whether or not to Inherit the Template.
5. Click OK.
• To edit an existing page:
1. Navigate to the page in a community folder.
2. Click the page name.