Create a New Book

A book is a portal resource that provides structure and navigation in your portal.

If you have Library Administration privileges, you can create a new book in the portal library that can be used as a component in multiple portals. If you have Portal Administrator privileges, you can create books to use in customized portals, but these books will not be reusable resources listed in the Portal Library.

Note: Book and Page resources are often created by developers in WebLogic Workshop. In order to make these resources visible in the library, you must create a desktop in the Administration Portal using the portal created in Workshop as the template. For example, if a developer creates book and page resources in a portal called NewTestPortal in Workshop, you must create a new desktop and select the NewTestPortal as your template for the desktop.

To create a book in the Portal Library:

1. In the Portal Resources tree, expand the Portal Library to show all of the resources in the library.
2. Right click on Books, and select New Book from the pop-up menu. (Or select the Manage Book tab in the Editor pane, and click the Create New Book Button.)
3. Enter an name and description for the book, and select a menu style from the pull-down menu.

   Note: The Multi Level Menu is a pull-down menu, and the Single Level Menu is a tabbed menu.

4. Click Save.

Create a book for a specific portal (not available in the Portal Library):

Within a specific portal, you can create a new book for that portal. However, it is important to note that the new book will not be made available to the Portal Library.

1. In the Portal Resources tree, expand the Portals node to show all of the available portals and navigate to a book.

   Note: If you don't see the correct book in the Portal Resource tree, make sure you have selected the correct web application. To change to a different web application, select a new one in the Portal Web Application pull-down menu above the Portal Resource tree.

2. Select the book in which you want to create a book.
3. Select the Manage Book Contents tab in the Editor pane.
4. In the Available Books box, click Create New Book. The Portal Resource tree now shows New Blank Book.
5. To rename your new book, select New Blank Book in the Portal Resource tree.
6. Select the Book Properties tab.
7. Enter a title and description for the book. Click Save Changes.

Note: You can also add or change locale information, select a menu style from the drop-down menu and select a theme. The Multi Level Menu is a pull-down menu, and the Single Level Menu is a tabbed menu.

Related Topics:

- Overview of Books
- Create a Page
- Create a Desktop
- Set Entitlements on Portal Resources
- Assign Delegated Administration to Portal Resources
- Set the Primary Book on a Desktop
- Add a Book to a Book
- How Do I Change the Appearance of a Portal?
- How Do I Create Multi-Channel Portals?
- How Do I Create Different Views of My Portal for Different Users?