Virtual Portal tasks

If you configured WebSphere® Portal Express® to use virtual portal, there are some additional steps that are needed to complete the migration.

Updating administration themes in Virtual Portals
During migration, the IBM® WebSphere Portal Express Version 8.5 theme is deployed. However, only the administration themes on the default virtual portal are updated to the 8.5 version of the administration user interface. For all other virtual portals, you must manually update the administration themes.
Enabling the 8.5 site toolbar before you create your first Virtual Portal
After migration and before you create your first Virtual Portal on your migrated server, you must install the 8.5 site toolbar.
Moving the personalization page
After you migrate from IBM WebSphere Portal Express Version 7.x to WebSphere Portal Express Version 8.5, change your theme to Version 8.5. The Personalization welcome page is in the Content application area. You can run a task to move the Personalization welcome page back to the application level.
Sharing Web Content Manager libraries between Virtual Portals
When you created Web Content Manager libraries in the base portal of earlier versions of WebSphere Portal Express, these libraries were available in the virtual portals. In WebSphere Portal Express Version 8.0 and 8.5, a Web Content Manager library that you create in the base portal is not available in the virtual portals.
Updating scripts and removing deprecated features
To create new Virtual Portals with the same content as the portal from which you migrated, you must pre-configure the default content for creating the Virtual Portal. You must also remove or replace references to deprecated features.
Enabling Tag and Search Center pages for virtual portals
When you migrate to IBM WebSphere Portal Express Version 8.5, the migration process does not apply the Portal 8.5 theme to all portal pages for your virtual portals. This affects the Tag and Search Center pages. To use your Tag Center and Search Center pages, you must manually update the theme for the pages to the Version 8.5 theme. You must also update the profile of the pages to the Search and Tag Center profile.

Parent topic: Portal tasks

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Removing Person Tag hidden pages

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Administering virtual portals

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