Creating page templates
To simplify the creation of pages, define pre-configured pages that you can use as templates when you create new pages.
About this task
You can configure a template page like any portal page and add pre-configured portlets. Whenever a new page is created from the template, the page layout, portlets, and portlet configuration from the template are copied to the new page. You can also associate a page template with a community in IBM® Connections or with a site area in IBM Web Content Manager. When such a association is present, pages created from the template can automatically create the associated community or site area.
Procedure
Results
After saving your changes, the new template page is available in the list of templates when creating pages with the Manage Pages portlet or the site toolbar.
- Portlet entities, including portlet preferences
- Page layout and style
- Theme and skin settings
- Portlet wires for communication with other portlets
- Page parameters
- Page descriptions in all languages
- Access Control configuration. This includes role blocks and explicit role assignments.
- A new site area is created, with the title of the site area being derived from the title of the new page.
- The site area is created as a child of the site area that is associated with the parent page of the new page. Note that this support requires that the parent page have a content association defined.
- All site area properties and all content items are copied over to the new site area. The copied content also includes any nested content.
- The default content association on the new page is modified to reference the newly created site area.
- A new community is created in IBM Connections, with the name of the community being derived from the title of the new page.
- The community association on the new page is modified to reference the newly created community.