To learn about portlets and portlet templates, click here.
To associate a Web service and specify the size and orientation of portlets created from this portlet template:
To associate a Web service with this portlet template, click Browse; then, in the Choose Web Service dialog box, choose the Web Service you want to associate with the portlets created from this template and click OK.
If the associated Web service includes portlet template preferences (specified on the Preferences page of the Portlet Web Service Editor), you see an Edit button. To configure the administrative preferences, click Edit.
Specify what type of portlet this template produces:
Narrow: Narrow
portlets can be added to narrow or wide columns. Columns extend to fit portlet
content; therefore, if you choose narrow for a portlet that produces wide
content, your portal might look awkward.
After you create a narrow portlet template, you can change it to
a wide portlet template but not to a header, footer, or content canvas
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template can choose
Narrow or Wide in the Portlet Editor.
Wide:
Wide portlets can be added only to wide columns.
After you create a wide portlet template, you can change it to
a narrow portlet template but not to a header, footer, or content canvas
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template can choose
Narrow or Wide in the Portlet Editor.
Header:
Header portlets can be added to communities,
community templates, and
experience definitions
to change the branding of these objects by replacing the banner at the
top of the page (so that it differs from the top banner displayed by the
main portal).
You cannot change this setting after you have created a header
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot change
this setting in the Portlet Editor.
Footer:
Footer portlets can be added to communities,
community templates, and
experience definitions
to change the branding of these objects by replacing the banner at the
bottom of the page (so that it differs from the bottom banner displayed
by the main portal).
You cannot change this setting after you have created a footer
portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot change
this setting in the Portlet Editor.
Content Canvas:
Content canvas portlets can be added below the top banner on community
pages that include a content canvas space (specified in the page
layout). You cannot add more than one content canvas portlet per page.
You cannot change this setting after you have created a content
canvas portlet template. Users creating portlets from this template cannot
change this setting in the Portlet Editor.
If this is a narrow or wide portlet and you do
not want to display the title of portlets created from this template when
it is added to a page, select Suppress
Portlet's title bar.
Note: If the portlets created from this template include preferences
or help, suppressing the title bar will make these features unavailable
in the portlet.
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