Display Gadgets

You can change the number of columns available in the Dashboard Portlet.

1. **
   Click on Site Editor : Edit Page

2. **
   Click on Edit Portlet button (which is displayed a pencil icon when you mouse-over the portlet in edit mode). It will show a dialog to change the number of columns to display gadgets.

   

3. **
   Change the number of columns and click the Save button to accept the changes.

Add a new Category

You easily add a new category by following these guides:

1. **
   In the Group menu, select Administration -> Application Registry.

2. **
   Click the Add Category button on the action bar:

   

   The Category Setting tab: includes common information about a category.

• Category name

  The name of the category. This field is required and its length must be between 3 and 30 characters. Only alpha, digit, dash and underscore characters are allowed.

• Display name

  The display name of the category and its length must be between 3 and 30 characters.

• Description

  A brief description of the category. Any length from 0 to 255 characters is allowed.

  The Permission Setting tab provides access to the Permission manager.
  The permission criteria are used whenever a user creates or modifies a page. In that case the user can only see and use portlets in those categories on which he or she has access to (as defined by groups and memberships).
  

Edit a Category

1. **
   Click the Edit icon located next to the title bar.

2. **
   Update the category information.

3. **
   Click the Save button to apply changes.

Delete a Category

1. **
   Click the Trash can icon located next to the title bar.

2. **
   Accept the deletion by clicking OK

Add Portlets/Gadgets to a Category

1. **
   Click the "Plus" icon located next to the category name to which you want to add portlets/gadgets.

   

• Display name

  The display name of a portlet/gadget.

• Application Type

  Either Portlet or Gadget.

1. **
   Enter the display name and select a type

2. **
   Select a portlet/gadget by checking the radio button.

3. **
   Click the Save button to add the selected portlet/gadget to the category.

Set Access Permission on Portlets

1. **
   In the Group menu, select Administration and then Application Registry.

   

2. **
   Select a category in the Category pane that includes the portlet you want to set permissions on. All portlets of that category will be listed underneath.

3. **
   To set permission for a portlet:

   • Click the Add Permission button to add access permissions to more groups.

     

   • Or check Make it public to allow everyone to access.
     Whenever the user creates or modifies a page, he or she can only see and use gadgets/portlets that fulfill two conditions: the portlet is in a category which the user has access permission too and the user has access permission on the portlet

View/Edit portlet/gadget information

In the Group menu, select Administration then Application Registry.

• Left pane

  All portlets and gadgets grouped by categories

• Right pane

  shows detail information about a portlet: Name, Display name, Description and Portlet preferences.

  To see the details of any portlet select it from the list on the left.

To edit a portlet, click the edit button to the right of the portlet's name:

Add a Gadget

In the Group menu, select Administration then Application Registry. Click on the Gadget icon.

You may add a remote gadget using its URL or create a brand-new one:

Add a new Gadget to the Dashboard Portlet

See sect-User_Guide-Dashboard_Portlet-Add_Gadgets for instructions on how to add new gadgets to the dashboard.

Manage Gadgets