Purpose
Use portal rules to create a
custom portal layout for a group of users. You can
determine:
- The portal type — Developer, composite portal (V5.5+) or older legacy types
- For composite portals, the harness rules that define each space
- CSS styles for the portal window, reports, and work
object forms
- For legacy User portals, the gadgets, workspaces and workspace labels
Contrasting composite portals and legacy User portals
- Introduced with V5.5, composite portals are defined by harness rules and section rules. Unlike legacy user portals, composite portals when appropriately configured can operate with both Internet Explorer 6/7 browsers and Mozilla Firefox 2+ browsers. Composite portals are recommended for new development. The parts — known as spaces — of a composite portal are defined on the Spaces tab.
- Introduced with V5.1, traditional portals include the standard WorkUser and WorkManager portals, which operate only with Internet Explorer 6/7. Traditional portals operate in V5.5 as in earlier releases. Traditional user portals are built from gadgets — special HTML rules — rather than harness and section rules. Gadgets are referenced on the Options, Tabs, and Custom tabs.
Through activities and HTML rules,
you can create additional gadgets for traditional portals, and
determine their appearance and behavior. See How to customize
User portal layout and behavior.
Access
Use the Rules by Type Explorer to list all portal rules
available to you.
Where referenced
Portal rules are referenced in the Settings tab of the access group form. Users
associated with that access group see the corresponding portal
layout.
Category
Portal rules are part of the User Interface category. A
portal rule is an instance of the Rule-Portal rule
type.
Atlas
— Standard Portal rules
User Interface category
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