Sections and Pages can both be viewed as Portals. A portal is simply a page with segmented boxes of information. To populate a portal you use “Widgets”.
To add Widgets you click on the “Add Widget”button.
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There are many different kind of porlets that have different functions and uses. Widgets can be static or dynamic. An example of a static Widget is a text box that may inform users . An example of a dynamic Widget is a Blog porlet. Blog Widgets can show a list of the recent blogs created along with excerpts of that blog. As blogs are added to the application the Widget will be updated automatically.
Portal pages have 8 different layouts and porlets within the containers can be moved manually or via drag and drop. To access the layouts, click on the administration icon, then layouts tab.
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After your Widgets are added, you can move them around into the different containers by clicking and dragging by holding down on the header of each Widget.
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Pro Tip: The most popular Widgets are Blogs and Folders. We recommend using Posters Widgets to add a splash of color or photo to add some visual interest up the portal page.