Summary

This chapter has explored the advanced Oracle Application Server Portal components including calendars, hierarchies, menus , URLs, links, and data components. Coupled with the components explored in the previous chapter, Oracle Application Server Portal provides developers with a rich set of portlets that can be developed quickly and securely and deployed easily. The second half of this chapter detailed the basics of Oracle Application Server Portal page design. We saw how the various user interface items (templates, styles, etc.) could be utilized to create Oracle Application Server Portal pages quickly while maintaining visual consistency with a minimum of effort. Finally, we explored Oracle Application Server Portal s content features and saw how easy it was to customize our content and its attributes with a minimum of programming effort. By utilizing the two main components of Oracle Application Server Portal (portlets and content items), developers can build a robust portal to serve all of an organization s information needs quickly and securely, with a minimum of programming effort that can grow as an organization s needs change.