Create HTML Template

Use this page to create an HTML Page Skin template or an HTML Content Layout template. Write your own HTML using the wizard or copy from another source, including code you have created using a third-party HTML editor.

Field Descriptions

Template Properties

Field	Description
Template Type	Select the type of HTML Template to create. Choose from: HTML Page Skin--Select this type to create a template you can wrap around the body of a page. The body contains Oracle Portal content, such as items, portlets, regions, and tabs. The skin can contain anything any Web page can handle, including images, links, JavaScript, and the like. HTML Content Layout--Select this type to create HTML formatting for region content, including items and portlets. Note: See Related Help Topics for a link to a description of the types of templates you can create in Oracle Portal.
Template Name	Enter a name for your HTML Template. Notes: The name must be unique within its page group. Use up to 50 bytes. This equates to 50 ASCII characters, but fewer multibyte characters. The name is not case sensitive, and it will be automatically converted to all uppercase. Multibyte characters are allowed. Use any character, except: , & # % \ / : * ? < > \| "

Field

Description

Template Type

Select the type of HTML Template to create. Choose from:

HTML Page Skin--Select this type to create a template you can wrap around the body of a page. The body contains Oracle Portal content, such as items, portlets, regions, and tabs. The skin can contain anything any Web page can handle, including images, links, JavaScript, and the like.
HTML Content Layout--Select this type to create HTML formatting for region content, including items and portlets.

Note: See Related Help Topics for a link to a description of the types of templates you can create in Oracle Portal.

Template Name

Enter a name for your HTML Template.

Notes:

The name must be unique within its page group.
Use up to 50 bytes. This equates to 50 ASCII characters, but fewer multibyte characters.
The name is not case sensitive, and it will be automatically converted to all uppercase.
Multibyte characters are allowed.
Use any character, except:
, & # % \ / : * ? < > | "

Template Definition

Field	Description
... tags as substitution variables ...	Click this link to view a list of substitution tags you can use to add portal content to your HTML Template. This includes such things as Edit links, Help links, and so on. The tag lists update automatically from the database; this means that tags that do not display on the list are not allowed for this particular template.
Template Definition	Enter the code that defines the HTML Template.
Preview	Click to preview the HTML Template.

Notes

indicates a field that requires a value.
You can edit HTML templates through a third-party application, such as Dreamweaver. One way is to access the template from the third-party application using WebDAV. For more information about WebDAV, search the online help index for WebDAV.
When a page uses an HTML page skin template, the background color is taken from the template and any background color specified in a defined style is ignored. If the HTML page skin does not define a background color, no background color is applied to the page.
If you want to use APIs within <oracle> tags, they must to be granted to public. For example, you cannot use wwctx_api to obtain session context information within HTML templates. Instead use the appropriate substitution tags.
HTML content layouts apply only to content item types, not to navigation item types. For example, the HTML content layout selected for a region will be applied to text items in the region, but not to list of objects items.

Additional Information

Portal Center:

For more information, go to the Oracle Portal documentation page on the Oracle Technology Network.

Locating this Page

Log in to Oracle Portal.
Click the Build tab to bring it forward.
Go to the Page Groups Portlet.
From the Work In drop-down list, select a page group to own the HTML Template.
Click the Create link next HTML Templates under the Layout & Appearance section.