Jetspeed - Portlet Configuration How To

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Class Name : org.apache.jetspeed.portal.portlets.FileServerPortlet

Description

Present HTML in a portlet.

Why use a HTML portlet instead of a WebPagePortlet?

HTML is a static

Not a complete HTML document, i.e. <HEAD> is not in file

HTML file does not have to be visible to the Web Server

Specific task can not be achieved with WebPagePortlet

Desired portlet is just an image, like JPEG or SVG

Supported Media Types

Description of Media Types.

html

Element: parameter

Parameter that control the how the web page is converted into a portlet.

This element is optional.

Parameters common to many portlets.

Element: url

Name of HTML file. This must include the path relative to <jetspeed_home>

This element is required.

Example of use

Portlet Entry

<portlet-entry name="Logo" hidden="false" type="ref"
    parent="HTML" application="false">
    <meta-info>
        <title>Logo</title>
        <description>Example of HTML portlet</description>
    </meta-info>
    <url>/Logo.html</url>
</portlet-entry>

<jetspeed_home>/Logo.html

<!-- 
     Portlet contains the Jetspeed logo. This could be a
     link to SVG graphic trending the corporate stock over the 
     last 30 days.
-->
<a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/jetspeed">
  <img src="images/jetspeed-logo.gif" alt="Jetspeed Logo">
</a>