How to create pages & portlets

Question

Hi
I am new to Oracle portal. i am using Oracle 3.0.
i am working on an application in portal. i have created n number of forms, reports, dynamic pages, menus, sub menus & lovs etc. currently i access my application in a raw manner. first login , then go to the navigator link then applications & click on menu.
my menu is a single entry point to my application. how can i publish this. i.e what i want to do is the moment user logs in he should straight away get the menu view.
I have read there is something by which we can create pages & publish them.
Could someone tell me how to create a page where i can drop my components such as menu , forms & reports on to it & then create a complete portal.
I can see a create page in my oracle portal but the moment i try to add a portlet in that page it gives me option for adding an appliction only what i want to add is the componenets(such as menus, forms etc) residing inside my application.
what it gives me is 2 options 1 to edit & the other to navigate the application only, here i can see my components but cannot include them in my page.
Kindly reply
Regards
Sushant

Answer 1

Hi,
First go to the navigator and click on the pages tab. From there click on create page link. Give the name of the page and finish with the page wizard. Then click on the created page from the navigator. Edit the page by clicking on the edit page link. Click on the "Add Portlet" icon and from there drill down into the application where the component is and then add it to the page. Make this page the default page for the users, who should see it when they log in.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Sharmila