WebOS Manual

1 Overview

• All products are built on top of eXo Portal (Please refer to Overall Architecture). That is the reason why all the advanced features and tasks should be referred to eXo Portal.
• However, there are some minor different features and tasks from eXo Portal will be listed in this pages, all other equivalent tasks are the same as Portal's one. This pages has many reference parts to eXo Portal so that these pages from Portal can be easily accessible from this page.

2 Terms

Understanding these frequently used terms will help you perform all actions in eXo WebOS smoothly:

Portal and Web OS Portal, Portlet, Navigation, Node, Gadget

Public mode and Private mode, Permission levels, Workspace, Dockbar

3 User Manual

Portlet

• Functional Portlets
• Interface Portlets
• Dashboard Portlet
• FCK Portlet

• Register New Accounts
• Change Account Settings
• Account and Password Retrieval

• User Workspace
• User Management
• Manage Permission
• Change Portal Skins
• Switching between Portals
• Show Pages on Dockbar
• Manage Applications on Dockbar
• Manage Navigation Nodes
• Change Node Order
• Manage Pages
• Create a New Portal
• Manage Portals
• Page Creation Wizard
• Drag and Drop the Page Body

• Change Interface Language
• Right To Left Support (RTL)
• Multi-Language Navigation Nodes
• Internationalization Portlet

• Add Gadgets into Desktop Page
• Manage Gadgets
• Import Portlets and Gadgets
• Manage Portlets and Gadgets

4 Installation

• Package Installation
• Building from sources

5 Configuration

• Default Portal Configuration
• Portal Navigation Configuration
• Predefined User Configuration
• User Workspace Configuration
• Portal Default Permission Configuration
• Service Configuration for Beginners
• Database Configuration
• Data Injector Configuration
• LDAP Configuration
• Skin Configuration
• Java Script Configuration
• Dashboard Configuration

• Make your own LoginModule for JAAS
• Use Spring Security with the Portal

6 Integration

• Use an Existing Portlet Application
• Package Gadgets
• Create a Web UI Portlet
• JSF1_2, JBossPortletBridge and Richfaces
• JSF1_1, MyFaces and Spring

7 Release Notes and Dependencies

• Portal 2.5.1
• Portal 2.5.2

8 Migration

• Portal Migration from 2.1 to 2.2
• Portal Migration from 2.2 to 2.5
• Export-Import Portal Configuration

9 Technical Foundations

• Overall Architecture
• Inversion of Control
• Portlet Container
• Java Content Repository
• Web Services
• eXo Core
• eXo Kernel

10 Development

• Developers' zone
• eXo JavaDocs
• Components Registry
• Portal Lifecycle
• Right To Left Framework
• Internationalization Configuration
• XML Resource Bundles
• Dynamic Layouts
• Java Script Inter Application Communication
• AJAX in eXo Framework
• Groovy Templates
• Portlet Lifecycle
• Sample Basic Portlet
• Upload Component
• Widgets Lifecycle
• Gadgets
• Setup a Gadget Server

11 Support

• Forums
• FAQ
• JIRA