Portal Help

Welcome to the portal!

A portal is a centralized point for accessing applications, information, and other resources in your enterprise or on the Internet. The portal provides a desktop view of applications and information from either the Internet or from a corporate network or intranet.

Signing up

If self-registration is provided, use these steps to create your account at the portal.

1. In the portal, click the Login. A form for entering your information is displayed.
2. Complete the form by typing the requested information.
3. Click Continue to go to the next page. A confirmation page is displayed with your enrollment information.
4. Review the information you provided.
   • If the information is correct, click Continue to submit the new account request.
   • To make changes, click Cancel to return to the form and make changes.
5. When prompted that the enrollment was successful, click Continue to return to the portal.
6. After you sign up, use the Log in icon to enter the portal and get started. The Log in and other icons are described in the following section.

Customizing the portal

One of the main features of a portal is the ability to change the layout or content according to your needs. This task is performed using Work with pages, which you can access from a tab, drop-down list, or link in the navigation area. A page is a single view of the portal in which you access Web content sectioned into portlets. All pages belong to a place. You can group your pages in to one or more places.

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Portal content is divided into Web modules called portlets. Each portlet provides a view of certain types of information, such as stock quote or weather, or to applications, such as email or calendar. Portlets are displayed with a title bar that provides the name of the portlet and may display controls that allow you to minimize, maximize, edit the portlet settings, or obtain help information.

Work with pages allows you to do the following.

• Create new pages and places
• Control the content and layout for pages
• Control the visual appearance of portlets on a page

Depending on the policies for your enterprise, you might not have access permissions to perform all of these tasks. For example, some enterprises might not permit you to customize their portal pages.

For more information about how to customize your portal, open Work with pages and select the help from the portlet title bar.

 Supported browsers 

To access the portal from a desktop computer, use one of the following browsers:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 4.01 or higher level
• Netscape Communicator 6.2 or higher level

Depending on the content available on the portal, it might be possible to use Netscape Communicator 4.7, but is not recommended.