Description:
IBM WebSphere Portal Widget Portlet provides customizable, personalized, and managed access to widgets that are compliant with the iWidget Specification, thus extending the existing capabilities of WebSphere Portal to provide flexible integration with web components, independent of their technology. With the IBM WebSphere Portal Widget Portlet, users can leverage widgets on their portal pages side by side with portlets, Gadgets or other web components, enabling the creation of portal-based mashups tailored to the situational requirements of an enterprise.
Using IBM Websphere Portal Widget Portlet, an end user can view a predefined widget, modify its preferences in the widget's edit mode, or even select a widget from the Lotus Mashups toolbox, the IBM Mashup Center catalog, or any other widget providing server for display on a portal page. The user's level of flexibility can be controlled by an Administrator who can configure the portlet to suit the user's requirements and also manage the access to the widgets by using WebSphere Portal's fine grained access control.
IBM WebSphere Portal Widget Portlet Editor (part of the package) can be used by Administrators to conveniently provide a set of predefined widgets to the portal users. Administrators can control access and permissions for widgets in portal. Based on their level of permissions, users can drag and drop these widgets from the portlet palette to their portal pages like any other portlet.
The new, enhanced version of IBM WebSphere Portal Widget Portlet for WebSphere Portal Version 6.1 incorporates support for Infosphere MashupHub V1.1, a more robust and customizable security model using AJAX proxy, and a simpler, more intuitive procedure for editing widget preferences. Read more about
IBM WebSphere Portal Widget Portlet enhancements for WebSphere Portal Version 6.1.