Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server
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3. the extension properly and click OK 12 Click the Cancel button to close the Export Skin dialog box 13 Use the DDT in Portal Server console to apply the changes to your live portal and view the look and feel change that has taken effect immediately To do this a moan Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Desktop Design Login to Portal Server console Click Portal tab Click a Portal Select the Top Level organization from the Select DN list box Click Manage Themes link Click the Upload button Browse and select the theme file that has been created by the ViewDesigner plug in and click Save to upload the modified skin file Click on theme name URL to preview the portal page You can view all the changes that were applied Select the DN as EnterpriseSample and choose a particular theme j Click the Set as Default button k Navigate to the Portal Server 7 2 desktop page and click the Enterprise Sample URL Login as a user to see the applied theme changes Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Desktop Design Copyright 2008 Sun Microsystems Inc All rights reserved Sun Microsystems Inc has intellectual property rights relating to technology embodied in the product that is described in this document In particular and without limitation these intellectual property rights may include one or more U S patents or pending patent applications in the U S
4. button to close the Import Skin dialog box 8 Make changes to the downloaded portal skin by modifying the css files included in the downloaded skin file If you try to add an image to the images directory of the Skin Extract folder for example logo gif that is outside the Skin Extract folder then you will be prompted with a dialog box stating that The file you selected already eixts would you like to overwrite this file The changes that can be made to the theme are Update any existing attributes of the css files For example font color size and so on Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Desktop Design 3 Add new attributes to the existing css styles Point to any other existing image or create a new image and point the css style to that When you create a new image ensure that it is created in the images folder of the skin file You cannot create new styles in an existing css file or create new css files In Portal Server 7 2 release only the theming can be modified The layouts cannot be modified 9 Export the changes made to the skin file using the plug in by clicking the Export Skin option in the Dreamweaver gt File gt Export 10 Enter values for the following a Path to the Unziped Skin File The location where the skin file has been extracted and theme modified b Save New Skin File to The name and location of the new skin file that contains the modified theme
5. 1 5 or later versions If you enter the values for the Java exe path for the first time it is persisted by the plug in This path will be pre populated next time you navigate to the Import or Export skin dialog box Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Desktop Design 2 5 Click OK If you enter values for all the fields correctly the plug in opens the portal sample page index html index htm During the import operation the plug in creates a Dreamweaver Site with the local folder as the Skin Extract folder that is mentioned by the user The name of the site will be the name of the skin file Ifa site by the same name exists then Dreamweaver shows an alert message saying that the site already exists and creates a site by subsequently appending 0 1 2 and so on to the skin file name Note These are the error messages that are displayed when you do not enter the values for the fields correctly The Skin Extract folder has some files in it Do you want to specify another folder to extract the skin file If the Skin Extract folder that you have mentioned contains any files already click OK to change the Skin Extract Folder or Cancel to continue extracting the skin file m Please select the folder to extract the Sun Java Systems Portal Server Skin File If you leave the Folder to extract Skin File blank and click OK m The file path entered for Skin Extract Folder is incorrect If you ent
6. Using the Dreamweaver Plugin for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Desktop Design May 2008 This article explains about the Dreamweaver plug in for Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 This article contains the following sections microsystems Overview of Dreamweaver Plug in on page 2 Using Desktop DDT and ViewDesigner plug in on page 2 Overview of Dreamweaver Plug in The layout and design of any web or portal page s is done by professional web designers Web designers are comfortable with tools such as Dreamweaver Microsoft FrontPage and so on Most portals at present provide a web based user interface to create design and theme a portal So it would be better and an advantage if portals provide a method by which a web designer is able to use professional web design tools to create an elegantly designed portal ViewDesigner makes it possible for a web designer to create a well designed user interface for a portal in the Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 product ViewDesigner aims to provide plugins for popular web design tools which enables a web designer to easily customize design and theme a portal page At present Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 provides the ViewDesigner plug in that supports Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 0 and works in conjunction with the Desktop Design Tool DDT feature You can download the ViewDesigner plug in and get more information on it from https designview dev java net Using De
7. er incorrect value for the Folder to extract Skin File and click OK m Please select the Sun Java Systems Portal Server Skin file If you leave the Path to Skin File blank and click OK m The file path entered for Skin File is incorrect If you enter incorrect path for the Path to Skin File and click OK Please select only a skin file If you enter a non skin file path for the Path to Skin File and click OK Please select the Java Executable Path If you leave the Path to Java exe blank and click OK The file path entered for Java exe is incorrect If you enter incorrect path for the Path to Java exe and click OK m Please choose only a java exe file If you enter the path of non java exe file for the Path to Java exe and click OK The Sun Java Systems Portal Server Skin Extension is not installed If you do not install the extension click OK Note If there were any problems during the Skin Import Operation you will get this error message Could not import skin file Please refer to the logs The plug in automatically opens the log file ViewDesignerLogs txt in the primary browser To configure the primary browser a Click File Select Preview In Browser m Click Edit Browser List Here you can add another browser and make a browser as the Primary Browser 6 Click the Help button to get any help related to filling up the Import Skin dialog box 7 Click the Cancel
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9. sktop DDT and ViewDesigner plug in This section explains how a web designer can use the DDT and ViewDesigner plug in in Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 1 Install the extension in Dreamweaver mxp file To do this in Windows Click Start Select Programs Select Macromedia and click Macromedia Extension Manager Click Install New Extension Select the mxp file Accept the License Agreement 2 Download the skin file from Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 console s DDT by selecting the layout and theme that you wish your portal page to have To do this a Login to Portal Server 7 2 Administration Console http machine port psconsole b Click Portals tab c Selecta portal from the list d Click Manage Themes link e Selecta Theme to download f Click Download For more information on the DDT see Chapter 13 Managing the Desktop Themes and Layout in Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Administration Guide in the Sun Java System Portal Server 7 2 Administration Guide 3 Import the downloaded skin file into Dreamweaver using the ViewDesigner plug in To do this a Open Dreamweaver b Click File c Select Import and click Import Skin option 4 Enter values for the following Path to Skin File Location where you have downloaded the skin file Folder to extract Skin File The directory where you want to extract the skin file Path to Java exe Specify the location where you have installed Java
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