WebLogic Portal and Workshop 9.2 Beta is Live!

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Hello All -
We're excited to announce the public availability of the WebLogic Workshop and WebLogic Portal 9.2 open Beta release on bea.com.
A beta version of the electronic documentation has also been posted to e-docs.
Portal 9.2 adds significant new capabilities which are part of the beta to target our core market and expand in new directions by providing:
* A WorkShop development environment based on Eclipse
* Content Management enhancements including a WYSIWYG editor
* Improved Federation and Production Ops capabilities
* The GroupSpace collaborative application and framework
Following are the links and information to get you started with Beta 9.2:
* Download: http://commerce.bea.com/showproduct.jsp?family=WLPORTAL&major=9.2&minor=-1
* Beta Home page: http://wlp.bea.com/wlw_wlp_beta92
* Documentation:
- WebLogic Portal: http://edocs.bea.com/wlp/docs92
- WebLogic Workshop: http://edocs.bea.com/workshop/docs92
- WebLogic Platform: http://edocs.bea.com/common/docs92
* Newsgroups: As a public beta, BEA will not offer support through the BEA Support group. Please use the following newsgroups to log and discuss issues:
- WebLogic Workshop newsgroup: http://forums.bea.com/bea/forum.jspa?forumID=600000011
- WebLogic Portal newsgroup: http://forums.bea.com/bea/forum.jspa?forumID=600000012
- WebLogic Platform newsgroup (if you are unsure whether the issue belongs to WebLogic Portal or WebLogic Workshop): http://forums.bea.com/bea/forum.jspa?forumID=600000013
Best regards,
The Beta 9.2 Team

Answer 1

The Beta 9.2 Team,
9.2 features sounds good and interesting. We are using BEA's Content management system(8.1) extensively.
Our requirement is to create a portlet for Content Owner/Users to create HTML documents with images and upload it into BEA Repository. Upon uploading, Content Admin needs to be notified through email and they will either approve or reject the document. The content status again needs to be notified to the content owner/user via email.
1. As known to everyone 8.1 doesn't have WYSIWYG editor and is included in 9.2. Can i reuse the 9.2 WYSIWYG functionality into 8.1 as a portlet??
2. The following thread(http://forums.bea.com/bea/message.jspa?messageID=400001479&tstart=0) says
- workflow ==> We have limited workflow support. We plan to enhance this in our next major release.
Does this limited workflow support include email notification?
Any inputs would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks,
-Nach.