composite portal

A composite portal is a user portal defined by a collection of harnesses that each references a screen layout. Each harness defines a space — an entire portal window.

As a best practice, upgrade panel sets in your composite portal to screen layouts. Screen layouts are available only to user interfaces rendered in HTML 5 document type (standards mode). You can choose from one of many different screen layout formats, each of which can be styled in the skin.

Existing panel sets continue to function, but you cannot create a new panel set in applications rendered in HTML 5 document type (standards mode). You can create new panel sets in Quirks mode.

On the Skins tab of the Portal form, the Type value Composite identifies a composite portal.

Sample composite portals are pyCaseManager, pyCaseWorker, User, and Manager. Compared with the traditional portals (WorkManager and WorkUser), composite portals offer these advantages:

• Ease of customization. Areas of the portal are defined by harnesses and sections, rather than by gadgets.
• Allows workers and managers to have multiple work items open at once.
• Greater flexibility in layout and behavior.
• For users who create work in multiple applications, you can switch applications using the Switch Application menu on the Designer Studio Application menu.
• Application users can search for work items using full-text search.
• Supports Internet Explorer 7+, Firefox 3.5+, Safari 4+, and Chrome 5+ browsers.
• Allows use of advanced controls and layouts including Menu Bars and Grids.
• More easily localizable.
• Simplifies creating accessible applications for users employing assistive devices.
• Customizable favicon, by overriding the HTML fragment rule pyPortalIcon to reference a binary file rule containing an ICO-formatted image.
  

As a best practice, use pyCaseManager and pyCaseWorker for new development.

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