Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c for Developers Ed 1

Course Overview

• Objectives
• Welcome and Introductions
• Target Audience
• Course Schedule
• Practice Environment
• Practice Environment: Student Workspace
• Classroom Guidelines
• For More Information
• WebCenter Portal Sample Portals

Introduction to Oracle WebCenter Portal 12c

• Objectives
• Portal: Overview
• Portal: Benefits
• Enterprise Portal: Overview
• Enterprise Portal Use Cases
• Oracle WebCenter Portal: Overview
• Oracle WebCenter Portal: Overview (Continued)
• Oracle WebCenter Portal: Key Features
• What Are Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW) Products?
• WebCenter Is an Oracle FMW Product
• WebCenter Portal
• WebCenter Portal Integrations
• WebCenter Portal Integrations:
• Oracle WebCenter 12c:
• Oracle WebCenter Portal: Components
• Oracle WebLogic Server
• Oracle Enterprise Manager
• Oracle Application Development Framework
• Oracle JDeveloper
• Identity Management
• Database and Metadata Services (MDS)
• Content Adapters
• Enterprise Content Management
• WebCenter Portal Services
• WebCenter Portal Services: Search
• Integration Services
• WebCenter Portal’s Integrated Services:
• Development Methodology
• Cooperative Development Approach
• Knowledge Worker
• Application Specialist
• Web Developer
• System Administrator
• Developer
• Summary

Introduction to the Portal Environment

• Objectives
• WebCenter Portal Environment
• Accessing Oracle WebCenter Portal
• Portal Browser
• Portal Composer
• Portal Editor
• Home Portal: Overview
• Home Portal
• Activities Page
• Documents Page
• Additional Home Portal Pages
• Portal Actions Menu
• WebCenter Portal Administration
• Performing Tasks at the Portal Level
• Managing Tasks at the Application Level
• Setting Preferences
• Obtaining Help for WebCenter Portal
• Portal Example: AviIntranet
• AviIntranet Portal Scenario
• AviTek Portal Scenario
• AviPartner Portal Scenario
• Basic Steps to Create a Portal
• Create a Portal
• Select a Portal Template
• Define Portal Attributes
• Select the Portal Access Type
• Add Pages
• Manage the Portal
• Enabling Portal Services
• Publish the Portal
• Practice 3: Examining the Lab Environment and Creating the Course Portal
• Summary

Setting Up the Development Environment with JDeveloper

• Objectives
• Portal Asset Development Life Cycle
• Portal Assets: Overview
• Portal Asset Summary
• Asset Scope: Shared Assets
• Asset Scope: Portal Assets
• Asset Types
• Default Assets
• Resource Catalog
• JDeveloper—Install and Configuration
• Starting JDeveloper
• JDeveloper Interface
• Recommended Procedure for Creating Portal Assets
• WebCenter Portal Asset Application
• Portal Asset Project
• Portal Asset Files
• Publishing a Portal Asset
• Publish a Portal Asset
• Application Resource Connections
• View Asset in Portal Console
• Export/Import Asset between JDeveloper and Portal Server
• Diagnostic Log
• Practice 4: Get Started in Developing Portal Assets with JDeveloper
• Summary

Developing Skins

• Objectives
• What Is a Skin?
• Skins: Overview
• Skin-Specific Selectors
• Skin-Specific Selectors: Examples
• Out-of-the-Box Skins
• Operations on Skins in Portal Composer
• Skin Properties in Portal Composer
• Creating Skins in JDeveloper
• Creating Skins in Portal Composer
• Creating a Skin in Portal Composer
• Asset-Related Artifacts stored in WebCenter Content
• skinExtends Attribute
• Extending a Skin
• Set the skinExtends Attribute
• Delete the Content of a Skin Source File
• Override Skin Properties
• Skin Editor in Portal Composer
• Applying a Portal’s Default Skin
• Applying a Application-Level Default Skin
• Preferred Skin for a Page Template
• Recommendation for Page Template and Skin Using Bootstrap
• Practice 5: Creating a New Skin
• Summary

Developing Page Styles and Layouts

• Objectives
• Layout and Structure for Portal Pages
• Page Structure
• Page Styles
• Page Style
• Creating a Page Style
• Creating a Page Style: Portal Console
• Creating a Page Style: JDeveloper
• Creating a Page Style Based on a Page
• Page Styles in Portal Composer
• Page Style Artifacts
• Page Style Artifacts: JSPX file
• Page Style Artifacts: Page Definition
• Changing the Page Style’s Layout
• Creating a Layout
• Creating a Layout: Portal Console
• Layout Artifacts
• Editing Source for Layout: Portal Console
• Creating a Layout: JDeveloper
• Creating a Page
• Practice 6: Creating a New Page Style and Layout
• Summary

Developing Page Templates

• Objectives
• Page Templates: Overview
• Page Template Structure
• Example Template: Page Header
• Navigation in a Page Template
• Page Template Layout
• Page Template Layout: Vertical Behavior
• Page Template Layout: Horizontal Behavior
• Page Layout Usage
• Typical Page Template Layout Components
• Responsive Design
• Planning a Page Template: Example
• Best Practices for Performance
• Best Practices for Stretching Layouts
• Best Practices for Flowing Layouts
• Page Templates and Skins
• Out-of-the-Box Page Templates in WebCenter Portal
• Out-of-the-Box Page Templates
• Out-of-the-Box Page Templates in WebCenter Portal
• Creating Page Templates: JDeveloper
• Creating a Page Template: JDeveloper
• Creating Page Templates: JDeveloper
• Operations on Page Templates in Portal Composer
• Page Template Properties in Portal Composer
• Editing Page Templates in Portal Composer
• Editing Page Templates with Composer
• Editing Source of a Page Template in Portal Composer
• WebCenter Portal Components
• Using Page Templates
• Logout Component on a .jspx page
• Template Content: Miscellaneous Tips
• Using WebCenter Portal’s Default Page Templates
• Practice 7: Creating and Applying a Page Template
• Summary

Working with Content in a Portal

• Objectives
• Managing Content
• Working with Portal Content
• Content Management
• Using WebCenter Content as Content Repository
• Content Manager Task Flow
• Enable Documents Service
• Add Content Manager Task Flow to a Portal Page
• Managing Content Using Content Manager
• Managing Content Using Content Manager: WebCenter Content
• Oracle DOCS Content Manager
• Content Contribution and Publishing
• Wikis: Overview
• Creating a Wiki Page
• Blogs: Overview
• Creating a Blog Page
• Using the Documents Tool for Portal Pages
• Rendering Content with Display Templates
• Content Presenter Task Flow
• Rendering Content with Content Presenter
• Steps for Publishing Content Using Content Presenter
• Add the Content Presenter Task Flow to a Page
• Content Presenter Wizard
• Select Content
• Choose a Display Template
• Preview the Rendered Content
• Content Presenter Templates for Single Items
• Content Presenter Templates for Multiple Items
• Content Presenter and Site Studio
• Practice 8: Using Portal Services and Task Flows for Portal Content
• Summary

Using Content Presenter Display Templates

• Objectives
• Content Presenter Display Template Topics
• Characteristics of Content Presenter Display Templates
• Responsive Design
• Responsive Templates
• Built-in Content Presenter Templates
• Creating Custom Content Presenter Templates
• Creating Content Presenter Template Assets
• Creating New Content Presenter Templates
• Using Seeded Template Code
• Using Seeded Templates on Portal Pages
• Expression Language
• JSFF Code Snippet displaying EL Expressions
• JSFF Code for Displaying Multiple Images
• External Files
• Practice 9: Working with Content Presenter Display Templates
• Summary

Securing Portal Resources

• Objectives
• WebCenter Portal Security Model: Overview
• WebCenter Portal Security
• Elements of the WebCenter Portal Security Model
• Identity Store
• Roles
• Types of Roles
• Application-Level Roles
• Portal-Level Roles
• Secured Objects
• Permissions
• Configuring Security
• WebCenter Portal Configuring Security: New User
• Configuring Application Security
• Creating Application Roles
• Editing Application Role Permissions
• Defining Application Role Membership
• Configuring Portal Security: Adding Users
• Creating Portal Roles
• Editing Portal Role Permissions
• Defining Portal Role Membership
• Defining Portal Access
• Self-Registration for a Portal
• Practice 10: Working with WebCenter Portal Security Model
• Summary

Delivering Content Dynamically

• Objectives
• Expression Language: Overview
• Expression Language: Impersonation
• Benefits of EL
• EL Syntax
• EL Operators
• Using Variables in EL
• Rendering Pages Based on Roles
• Rendering Other Navigation Elements Based on Roles
• Building Expressions by Using Expression Builder
• Security-Related EL Expressions
• Examples: Visible Attribute
• Rendering Pages Based on Non-Security Criteria
• Page-Specific EL Expressions
• Rendering Navigation Elements Based on Non-Security Criteria
• EL Expressions Related to General Settings
• Examples: Visible Attribute
• Showing Page Components Based on Roles
• Delivering Data Dynamically for a Page Component
• Practice 11: Dynamically Delivering Content
• Summary

Creating Custom Task Flows

• Objectives
• Extending WebCenter Portal with Shared Libraries
• Development Life Cycle for an ADF Task Flow
• What Is a Shared Library?
• Steps for Creating a Task Flow
• Model-View-Controller (MVC) Design Pattern: Overview
• Implementing MVC with the ADF Framework
• ADF Task Flows: Overview
• Creating Custom Task Flows in JDeveloper
• Editing the View in Task Flow
• ADF Business Components (ADF BC): Overview
• Creating a Business Component
• Steps for Deploying and Packaging the Task Flow
• Creating a Deployment Profile for ADF Components
• Packaging All Files Related to the Task Flow
• Deploying the Task Flow to WebCenter Portal
• WebCenter Portal Extension Application
• Registering a Task Flow with WebCenter Portal
• Register Task Flow with WebCenter Portal
• Increment the Implementation Version in the Manifest File
• Adding the New Task Flow to a Portal Page
• Adding a Task Flow to a Resource Catalog
• Practice 12: Creating and Working with Task Flows
• Summary

The WebCenter Portal Life Cycle

• Objectives
• WebCenter Portal Life Cycle: Overview
• WebCenter Portal Life Cycle Environments
• Moving Portals between Environments: Deploying Portals
• Deploying a Portal
• Portal Deployment
• WebCenter Portal Staging to Production: Overview
• Steps for Directly Deploying Portals by Using WebCenter Portal
• Directly Deploying Portal by Using WebCenter Portal
• Developer Portal Life Cycle
• WebCenter Portal Life Cycle Development Environment
• Importing and Exporting Portals
• Creating a Portal Archive in Portal Console: Export
• Importing a Portal Archive in Portal Console: Import
• Portal Import Considerations
• Portal Templates
• Exporting Portal Templates
• Creating a Portal Template
• Customizing the Copyright Statement
• Changing the Portal Icon and Logo
• Oracle WebLogic Server (WLS)
• WLS Domain
• WebCenter Portal Environment
• Starting the Oracle WLS Instances
• Server Logs
• Practice 13: Completing the Portal Life Cycle
• Summary

WebCenter Portal Tools and Services

• Objectives
• WebCenter Portal Tools and Services
• WebCenter Portal Tools and Services
• WebCenter Portal Tools and Services: Application Level
• WebCenter Portal Tools and Services: Portal Level
• Administrator Configuration for Tools and Services
• Search
• Practice 14: Enabling WebCenter Portal Services
• Summary

Data Visualizations

• Objectives
• Rendering Application Data on Portal Pages: Overview
• Portal Asset Summary
• Steps for Adding a Data Presenter
• Presenting Data Visualization on a Portal Page
• Supported Presentations
• Data Controls / Data Sources
• Presenting Data Visualization on Portal Page: Data Source
• Presenting Data Visualization on a Portal Page
• Steps for Presenting a Data Visualization on a Portal Page
• Presenting Data Visualization on Portal Page
• Create a REST Data Source
• REST Data Source
• AviIntranet Portal Scenario
• Retrieving Data from a Database: SQL Data Source
• Using Bind Variables
• Data Source in WebLogic Server
• Create a Business Object
• Add Data Presenter Component to Portal Page
• Define Data Visualization Wizard: Select Data Source
• Define Data Visualization Wizard: Select Visualization Template
• Define Data Visualization Wizard: Select Display Options
• Using Web Service Data on Portal Page
• Presenting Data from a Web Service
• Create a Web Service Data Control
• Creating a Task Flow
• Editing Task Flow to Present Data
• Create Table Wizard
• Create Graph Wizard
• Create Form Wizard
• Adding Task Flows to Portal Pages
• Practice 15: Creating Data Visualizations
• Summary

Developing Visualization Templates

• Objectives
• Visualization Templates
• Custom Visualization Template
• Creating a Visualization Template Asset
• Creating a Visualization Template: JDeveloper
• Custom Visualization Template
• ADF Components for Binding Placeholder EL to Business Objects
• Custom Visualization Template: Placeholder EL
• Placeholder EL Binding to Business Object Attribute
• JSFF file
• Visualization Template in Portal Console
• Custom Visualization Template in Define Data Visualization Wizard
• Summary

Using Portlets

• Objectives
• What Is a Portlet?
• Anatomy of a Portlet
• Portlet Modes
• Customization and Personalization
• Portlet versus Task Flow
• Pre-built Portlets
• Portlet Technologies
• Portlet from a JSF Application
• Custom Java Portlets
• Using OmniPortlet
• Accessing Portlets
• Portlet Container
• WSRP 2.0 Producers
• Steps for Creating Portlets for WebCenter Portal
• Creating a Portlet Producer Application in JDeveloper
• Deploying Portlet Producer Applications
• Deploying Portlet Application: Enterprise Manager
• WSRP Producer Test Page
• Consuming a Portlet: Overview
• Registering a WSRP Portlet Producer
• Registering a Portlet Producer: WebCenter Portal Administration
• Registering a Portlet Producer: WSRP Producer Connection
• Consuming a Portlet
• Summary
• A Using WebCenter Portal Performance Pack
• Objectives A-2
• WebCenter Portal Performance Pack: Overview A-3
• WebCenter Portal Performance Pack: Benefits A-4
• WebCenter Portal Performance Pack Landing Page A-5
• Summary A-6