Unsupported and deprecated features
Make a note of the features that were available in the previous versions of IBM® WebSphere® Portal but are no longer available in this version or in future versions.
Keep in mind that when you migrate, features that are no longer supported or have been deprecated might result in unpredictable behavior. You should remove unsupported and deprecated features before start with migration. As they become available, links to additional information will be provided to help you migrate away from deprecated features.
Features no longer supported
- Login screen
- Login screens are no longer supported. If you need to customize your login process, you must use custom authentication filters instead of login screens.
- Policy Editor portlet for Mail
- CPP portlet is no longer shipped in WebSphere Portal Version 8.0
- Composite applications
- Starting with Version 8.0, WebSphere Portal no longer supports Composite applications. You can still use the portal XML configuration interface to do this type of work.
- Domino Extended Product Portlet wizard
- The configuration wizard to configure the Domino and Extended Product portlet was supported with the InstallShield. Because the IBM Installation Manager is now supported, the Domino and Extended Product portlet configuration wizard is no longer supported.
- Integration with the IBM Mashup Center
- WebSphere Portal Version 8.0 provides direct support for widget integration to portal pages, which enables development of mashup style applications. WebSphere Portal Version 8.0 does not support promotion of assets from the IBM Mashup Center catalog directly into the portal. For information about how to add iWidgets to your portal see Managing iWidgets in your portal. For information about how to construct mashup page applications by using WebSphere Portal Version 8.0 features see the section about Managed pages of the WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager Version 8.0 product documentation.
- Site management
- Earlier versions of WebSphere Portal provided the Resource Manager portlet for performing site management. With Version 8.0 of WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager, this site management functionality has been replaced by the new functionality for managing pages. For more information refer to Managed pages.
- Session persistence on Struts portlets
- Struts portlets do not support session replication in WebSphere Portal Version 8.0.
Deprecated features
- SOAP support for remote search configuration
- SOAP support for remote search services has been deprecated with WebSphere Portal Version 8.0.
- Sharing private pages
- Sharing private pages has been deprecated with this version.
- Theme Policies
- Theme policies have been deprecated. Use the new theme functionality offered as a replacement for theme policies. The instructions are validated to work in Version 8.0. Use them to create a theme policy to migrate a legacy theme.
- Struts Portlet Framework
- The historical struts-based portlet frameworks, both legacy IBM
proprietary API and JSR 168 standard API, are deprecated. They are no longer available and are
removed from support. Move all struts-based portlets that are based on either of these IBM
frameworks to the Apache Struts Portlet Framework.
- Documentation resource: Apache Struts
- Documentation resource: Portlet Plugin
Deprecated Business portlets
The following
Business portlets were removed in WebSphere Portal Version 8:
- Reminder
- Document Viewer
- Webpage portlet
- My Query reports
- Microsoft Exchange 2003
Deprecated Sametime portlets
The following Sametime portlets were removed in WebSphere Portal Version 8:- Who Is Here (SametimeWhoIsHere.war)
- Sametime Contact List (SametimeContactList.war)
Deprecated Themes and Tags
The following portal themes and tags were removed in WebSphere Portal Version 8:- Page Builder theme
- All Legacy themes
- <portal-core:cacheProxyUrl/> tag