Monday, August 4, 2014

How to contribute web content using Site Studio Contributor for Webcenter Portal application.


This blog explains about connecting to 'Site Studio Contributor ' to edit the web content.

What is Site Studio ?
  • Simple to use: SiteStudio guides you step-by-step, providing simple choices regarding color, style and images. There is no software to download and no code to learn. In addition, there is no need to mess around with programs such as FTP.
  • Content and Design Separation: The content of the website is stored separately from the layout. This way, you can completely change the look and feel of your website in six clicks of the mouse, without ever having to retype any information.
  • Complete control over color schemes: SiteStudio includes a number of built-in color combinations that look great with any layout. But if you want to add a little originality to your site, all the colors can be changed, either by using a point-and-click color picker, or, for even more control, typing in the color as a hex number.
  • Layout templates: the layout of the site is controlled by layout templates. These are created in HTML enhanced by a few additional tags for generating images. A number of layouts are included with SiteStudio.
  • On-the-fly Image generation: SiteStudio dynamically generates the images it needs for each web site design, so each time you decide to change the color combination for a page, the layout, or just a button caption, the necessary image is automatically created.
  • User-uploaded images: You will be able to transfer images to your hosting account without ever having to leave your browser. These images can be incorporated into page content or even page design. You can create an online photo album, or insert a personal picture to make it a seamless part of the page logo.
  • Simple point-and-click interface: From making a simple page describing yourself, to creating multiple catalogs and integration with Amazon Associate Program, SiteStudio will let your create just about any kind of page you want.
  • Variety of pages: SiteStudio can be used to make many different pages. Create an online resume, or build a personal photo album. Everything is done in a simple step-by-step process that is easy to learn and to follow.
  • One-click publishing: Your website is published with one easy click. But even after publishing, you can go back and change it as much as you like. Clicking the publish button again will instantly make all the changes made be reflected on the "live" version of the site.
  • Persistence: All your information is saved the moment it is entered. If you decide to log out, you can come back and continue building your web site from the very point where you left off.
  • Complete control over the website: With the use of Site Studio's provided settings, you can make unique and attractive web sites. However for the advanced user, SiteStudio provides a way to change just about every color, every font, every button caption on the site.

Follow below blog to install site studio



How to connect to 'Site Studio Contributor ?

- Launch the Webcenter Portal application 
- Locate to the 'web content' section in Webcenter Portal application
- Press 'ctr+Shift+C'
- You will notice below kind of screen shot with four icons on the top left corner of the 'web content' section



- Add the content as shown below screenshot



How to install Site Studio Contributor ?


This blog explains about how to install site studio contributor

- Login to 'UCM' console
- Choose 'Administration'-> 'Site Studio Administration' ->General Component Information


- Click on 'Download' option as shown below, This will prompt for installation of 'Site Studio' s/w


- After successful installation, Start Menu -> Site Studio Designer
- Establish the connection by specifying valid UCM server connection as shown below



How to configure Webcenter Application Configuration specific settings for Webcenter Portal using Oracle Enterprise Manager

This blog explains about configuring application Settings page to configure application-level settings for your WebCenter Portal application

- Login to EM Console
- Expand 'Spaces' -> Right click on 'webcenter' -> Choose 'Settings'->'Application Configuration' as shown below

- This is one way of determine what version of webcenter portal being used. From the below screenshot we can figure out that we are using'11.1.1.4.0' version.



 Below is the screenshot for 'Application Configuration Settings' page.

Right click on 'webcenter'->'settings'->'Service Configuration' - To configure Service configuration settings.