Posts Tagged ‘portlet’

I recently had a chance to give a presentation about OSGi on Liferay 7 at the Chicago Liferay User Group as OSGi is proven to help build, package and maintain robust API’s for Java based Enterprise software components running in the Cloud or On Premise. Attenders included architects, BAs and developers from different companies across […]

This blog provides a different approach on implementing impersonation in portal applications. Impersonation, as we know, is a Portlet service, which lets the user (A) access the portal application as another user (B) by logging in as him or her (B). Out-Of-Box Impersonation Portlet provided by WebSphere Portal lacks flexibility and customization features specific to […]

Having worked as a front end developer, integrating the UI with backend systems, I am presenting below some of the myths and facts concerning UI (html, css, javascript, images, fonts) code integration with websphere portal and a few best practices one should follow – Myth – Websphere portal is not compatible with latest front end frameworks like […]

In previous versions of IBM WebSphere Portal, one missing feature had been the ability for a new user to self register. It was one of the standard checklist items in a Request For Proposal (RFP) – does your system allow for self registration? We spent countless hours building this capability for many, many clients. IBM […]

Before We Begin Integrating OBIEE and Portal has been tricky due the lack of publicly available OBIEE documentation on the HtmlViewService, therefore, I wanted to write this post to describe the implementation of an OBIEE Chart portlet and provide a sample implementation.   I will cover some of the lessons learned and provide solutions to issues […]

I’ve blogged a couple times on portlet catalogs here and here.  There’s still no great solution or catalog out there.   However, I continue to see options in the marketplace.  One that Dave Jones pointed out to me is Jasig.   Jasig is an open source community committed to building higher education tools.  They have the uPortal […]

I’ve blogged before about the need for a marketplace of portlets.   I’ve lamented the lack thereof in fact.  So I was happy to hear about a new offering in the Widgr Marketplace site.  Widgr, in beta right now, intends to offer a variety of portlets, widgets, gadgets, iframes, and other pieces of functionality for use […]