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Thu, 10 May 05:26
Managed Pages – First Look at a New WebSphere Portal 8 Feature « Taking Notez http://t.co/bAPOLaxB
Thu, 10 May 05:17
Adding support for JQuery as module in modular theme http://t.co/pfMm5NDa
Thu, 10 May 05:16
Creating a Custom Page Layout in WPS 7002 http://t.co/ZYwVR2Il
Wed, 09 May 17:25
WebSphere Portal 7.0.0.2 Theme Dev Nots and Lessons Learned: http://t.co/af4ZeXbn (follow my progress)
Tue, 01 May 21:15
IBM chooses SugarCRM. http://t.co/wTlseil1
Author Archives: Cody Burleson
How to Set the Title of a WebSphere Portal Page from WCM Content Title
The JSR 286 Web Content Viewer portlet can set your overall portal page title based on the title of the content item it’s displaying. Because the portlet can literally change the title element in the HTML head, it can provide … Continue reading
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Debug Tracing in IBM Web Experience Factory
You can turn on debug tracing for a model in IBM Web Experience Factory with the following procedure: In /WEB-INF/config/log4j.properties, set log4j.logger.bowstreet.system.debugTracing to DEBUG Add a Debug Tracing builder to the model and name it ‘debugTrace’. Check ‘Trace all actions’. … Continue reading
How to Set Default Value of a Text Field in IBM Web Experience Factory
I recently wasted an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out how to simply set a default value in a text field on a page created by a Data Services User Interface (DSUI) builder. So, after having finally found the solution, … Continue reading
WebSphere Portlet Factory Placeholder – No portlets defined in project
Problem The project has a portlet adapter, but WEB-INF/portlet.xml has no model defined for the model init-param. After deploying the portlet WAR, the message “WebSphere Portlet Factory Placeholder – No portlets defined in project – projectName” is displayed for the … Continue reading
Web Content Authoring within a Virtual Portal
Though it is not necessary to have a unique WCM Authoring UI per virtual portal, there are some reasons why you might find it useful. Here are three that I can think of: Configuring a unique WCM Authoring UI in … Continue reading
Resolution – 404 errors accessing WCM content through the POC Servlet (/wps/mypoc/…)
Recently, we had a problem where WCM URLs in OmniFind search results (generated by the Portal seedlist mechanism) were giving 404 errors when clicked. These are URLs that contain /wps/mypoc in the URL. This page documents a solution that worked … Continue reading
Troubleshooting WCM Syndication Issues
Following are some things I’ve learned about troubleshooting syndication. I’ll try to keep this page up to date when I learn more… Portal versions and fix levels must be the same between servers in order for syndication to work. (note: … Continue reading
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Available Now: IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager Version 8.0 – Beta 2
The second beta release of IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web Content Manager version 8.0 (a.k.a. the IBM Customer Experience Suite) is available now and you can find it here: IBM Customer Experience Suite, IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM Web … Continue reading
Available Now: IBM Web Experience Factory Fix Pack 2
Fix Pack 2 for IBM Web Experience Factory is now available for download here: WEF-7.0.1.2 Thanks to A Portal to a Portal for originally reporting this information; it’s one of the better WebSphere Portal blog that I follow.
From Watson’s victory on Jeopardy to the end of the human era – Singularity Summit 2011
This October 15-16th, I’ll be attending the Singularity Summit in New York City – a TED-style conference where innovators from science, industry, and the public will discuss IBM’s ‘Watson’ computer and other exciting developments in emerging technologies.
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