Portlet Settings

ELMA portlets have general settings, configured by the system administrator, and personal settings, configured by the user.

General Portlet Settings

In fig. 1 you can see the general portlet settings window.

Fig. 1. General portlet settings

Name – the portlet name.

For example, if you name the portlet "InWest Company", it will look like this (fig. 2):

Fig. 2. "HTML" portlet with a name and Full design

Design – is what the portlet looks like.

Header color – set the color of the portlet header (fig. 3). To pick a color, click

. A pallet of available colors will open.

Header text color – set the color of the portlet header text (fig. 3). Picking a color is the same as for the header.

To learn more about setting up the color scheme, see the respective Help page.

Fig. 3. HTML portlet with custom color settings

Forbid to collapse:

	Yes – the portlet name will not display the and buttons. The portlet cannot be collapsed or expanded. By default the portlet is expanded.
	No – the portlet name will not display the and buttons. The portlet can be collapsed or expanded.

Name URL – you can insert a page URL in this field. In this case, clicking the portlet name will open the selected page.

The URL can lead to an external resource or to an ELMA page.

For example, if you use http://www.in.west.com, then when you click the portlet name, the browser will load this URL.

To add an ELMA system page, open it in a new tab (or a new window) and copy its URL.

Image URL – you can insert a URL of an image to this field. If you fill in this field, the portlet will display the selected image.

Enable asynchronous loading:

	Yes – first the main page will be loaded, then the portlet.
	No – the main page and the portlet will be loaded simultaneously.

To increase the page loading speed, we recommend using asynchronous loading.

When a new portlet is added, this setting will be enabled by default.

Show the manual refresh button:

	Yes – the portlet header will display the button for refreshing the portlet content.
	No – the portlet header will not display the button for refreshing the portlet content.

After you have completed configuration, click:

Save - settings will be saved and the window will be closed.

Save and continue - settings will be saved, but the window will not be closed and you will be able to continue configuring.

Portlet Design

This setting allows you to select one of the portlet design options.

Full – the portlet will have a header and a border (fig. 1).

No title – the portlet will have a border, the header will not be displayed (fig. 3).

Fig. 3. "HTML" portlet with "No title" design

Simple title – the portlet will have a title and no border (fig. 4).

Fig. 4. "HTML" portlet with "Simple title" design

No – the portlet will not have a title and border (fig. 5).

Fig. 5. "HTML" portlet with "No" design

In the last three cases, the

portlet settings button is not displayed in the header. To open the portlet settings, click the Settings button in the user manu on the main page and click

in the main page settings mode.

Custom Portlet Settings

To learn about the custom portlet settings, see the respective Help articles.