Create new portlet?

Question

On my development server, I was able to create a new portlet, which I configured to display the content from a .ASPX file. It displayed properly. Now, on my production server, I cannot create a blank portlet where I can edit the portlet to display the .ASPX file's content. Is there something I am missing here?
My configuration is : Plumtree 5.0.3 with Collaboration Server 4.0, Content Server 5.0.4, WebLogic 8.1, with SQL Server 2000 (SP3) on Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition.
Thanks for any help/suggestions.

Answer 1

So you have an ASPX page all ready to go.  I assume you know the URL for the ASPX page.  Let's say its http://www.myserver.com/companyname/myapp/mypage.aspx.
In the portal, you need to create three things to get this to work:
1. Remote Server
2. Web Service - Remote Portlet
3. Portlet
You then need to:
4. Add the Portlet to a page
1. Create a Remote Server
Go into a folder in Administration, then choose "Create Object" - "Remote Server."
Put http://www.myserver.com/companyname as the "Base URL".  Click "Finish", give it a name, such as "MyCompany Remote Server."
2. Create a Web Service - Remote Portlet
Still in Administration, choose "Create Object" - "Web Service - Remote Portlet."  Click the Browse button and find the Remote Server you just created (you did give it a descriptive name, didn't you?).  In the "Portlet URL" box, fill out the rest of the URL to the ASPX page.  In our example, it would be "myapp/mypage.aspx" (without the quotation marks).  For now, that should be enough.  If you want to add preferences or help pages or other things to your portlet, you can set more stuff inside here.  Click "Finish" and give the Web Service a Name, such as "MyApp Web Service."
3. Create a Portlet
Still in Administration, choose "Create Object" - "Portlet."  Choose the Web Service you just created, decide whether the portlet should be a "Narrow" or a "Wide" portlet (Narrow portlets can be placed on Wide columns on a page, but Wide portlets cannot be placed on narrow columns on a page).  Click "Finish" and give the Portlet a name, such as "MyApp Portlet."
4. Add the Portlet to a Page
At this point you have created the portlet.  The next thing you will want to do is to view it.  To do this, you have to add it to a page - either a MyPage or a Community Page.  Let's put it on your MyPage.  Click on "My Pages" in the top-left corner of the browser and go to one of your My Pages.  Click the "My Pages" tab again, and this time choose "Add Portlets."  Find the Portlet you just made, check the checkbox next to it's name, and click "Finish."  You should now see the ASPX page in your MyPage.
That's all there is to it.  You can get fancy and do all sorts of extra stuff inside the Web Service, but if all you want to do is display a ASPX page (or for that matter, any URL that returns HTML content), this is all you have to do.
     Tim Larson
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