WA1351 IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1 Training and Courseware

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This course teaches WebSphere Portal Server v5.1 installation, configuration, performance tuning as well as administration. Portal administration involves, creating pages, installing portlets, configuring security and other day to day operations.

This WebSphere Portal Administration training course is an excellent way to gain a broad skill base with the product.

Topics
	IBM WebSphere Portal 5.1 architecture IBM WebSphere Portal installation Configuration Deployment Authentication Authorization Security XMLAccess Portal settings Troubleshooting Portal planning and design User and group profiling and authentication Page aggregation Rebranding the portal look and feel (Themes and skins implementation) Utilizing the WebSphere Portal v5 Document Manager (PDM) Portal search engine administration Web clipping administration

Audience
	This is a course for administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server based web site. Prior expereince with WebSphere Application Server administration is definitely helpful but not mandatory.

Duration
	Three days.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server
	What is a Portal An Example of WebSphere Portal Sites Benefits of Portal Sites General Portal Architecture The Major Components of Horizontal Portals WebSphere Portal Goals WebSphere Portal Components WebSphere Portal Accessibility WebSphere Portal Packaging WebSphere Portal Express WebSphere Portal Enable A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.1.1 WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Portal Container Portal Engine Architecture Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP) Portal Document Manager (PDM) Search Engine WebSphere Portal Information

2. Installation Overview
	Installation Planning Architecture Decisions Sample Plan: Development Sample Plan: Q&A Sample Plan: Staging Sample Plan: Production WebSphere Application Server Options System Prerequisites Starting the Installation Process Install Time Options Install Time Options - Full Install Time Options - Custom Install Time Options - Test Environment Verification Starting and Stopping Portal Server

3. Portal Page Hierarchy
	Elements of a Portal Site Screen The Home Screen Screen Page and Label Page/Label Hierarchy URL Theme Skin Putting it all together

4. Page Management
	Opening Administration Console Create a Page or Label Page Properties Private Page Page Layout Adding Portlets to a Page Layout Locking Creating URL URL Link

5. Customizing the Look and Feel
	Customization Basics Customization Technique Theme Basics Creating a Theme How Does a Theme Work Theme at Work Customizing the New Theme Creating a Skin How Does a Skin Work Customizing a Skin

6. Portlet Administration
	Terminologies Portlet Instance Types Instance Type Summary Portlet Applications and Concrete Portlet Applications Portlet Modes Example of Using Edit Mode Portlet Mode - Advanced Portlet Window States Portlets vs. Servlets Portlet Deployment Descriptors portlet.xml Relationship between web.xml and portlet.xml Relationship between Portlet and Concrete Portlet Example of portlet.xml Installing a Portlet Web Module How is a Portlet Web Module Installed? Managing Applications Managing Portlets

7. Web Clipping
	What is Web Clipping Creating a New Clip Advanced Options HTML Clipping

8. Cooperative Portlets
	Introduction Basic Concepts Example of Click-to-Action Runtime Architecture of Click-to-Action Portlet Wrapper Class Enable C2A in Portlet Applications Development Steps C2A JSP Tags Example of C2A Source JSP Example of Target Action Descriptor WSDL Example of C2A web.xml Example of C2A portlet.xml Example of a Target Portlet Scattering Wiring

9. Search Engine
	Key Features Taxonomy and Categorization Summarization and Stemmer Support Search Engine Organization Creating Document Collection Managing a Collection Collection Status Adding Sites to a Collection Configuring Crawl Schedule Document Approval Search Portlet Using the Search Portlet Lotus Discovery Server Portlets

10. Security
	Key Concepts Authentication Portal User Registry Enabling Security with Member Manager Database WebSphere Security Changes Enabling Security with LDAP Security with LDAP Single Sign On (SSO) The Member Manager Authorization How Does Authorization Work? Roles Role Membership More on Authorization Resources Common Access Rights Managing Users and Groups Setting Resource Permission Resource Permissions GUI Enabling SSL Credential Vault Credential Components of Credential Vault Structure of the Credential Vault Slot Scope Credential Access Level Single Sign-on Scenario Vault Administration

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