Add Web Content to Your Portal Site and Set the Layout
- How to add web content to a page in your Portal site
- How to design the layout of your page and its content
Prerequisites
The JobCore
Portal site is open in the Pages editor displaying the JobCore
and Launchpad
pages.
By now, you should have created the JobCore Portal
site with a Home
page and a Launchpad
page that are both part of the site menu.
In this tutorial, we will add web content to a Portal page and design its layout and appearance according to a predefined, appealing design. We are building a Portal site for a recruiting company, so our content will be applicable to this scenario.
Let’s add meaningful content to your Home
page.
NOTE: if your time is limited, you need only do Steps 2 and 6. The other steps show you additional capabilities but take longer.
- Step 1
Before you start, first download the following images that you will add to your page. To download them, right-click the links and choose Save link as and save them on your computer.
- Step 2
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Click the
JobCore
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Click the Header section of the page – this is the section with
Menu Item 1, 2, 3
.As you click in the page section, editing icons become visible. Since the page template that you selected to create this page contains a menu widget that you don’t need for this specific site design, you are going to delete it by simply clicking the Delete icon.
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Click Delete on the confirmation dialog.
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Click the Header section again and then click the + icon on the right to open the widget gallery.
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Click the Headline Carousel widget from the Web Content Widgets: Carousel category.
You can also locate this widget in the Add Widgets dialog box, by typing the name of the widget (in this case
Headline Carousel
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Section 1 is the second section in this page that has no widgets in it. Click in this section as seen in the image.
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Add the following widgets.
Note: A section can contain multiple widgets. When you click on a widget, the widget editing icons appear at the top left of the widget, and the section editing icons appear at the top right of the section.
Don’t worry about the content yet. You’ll edit this later. Just keep clicking the + icon to add the widgets. You can also use the Search feature to find the widgets that you want.
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Header with Titles from the Web Content Widgets: Basic category.
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Aligned Story Card from the Web Content Widgets: Cards category.
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Scroll down and click in Section 2 of the page and add these widgets:
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Header with Titles from the Web Content Widgets: Basic category.
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Centered Story Card from the Web Content Widgets: Cards category.
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Click in Section 3 of the page and add these widgets:
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Image from the Web Content Widgets: Basic category.
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Small Icon Links Card from the Web Content Widgets: Cards category.
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You have a page full of widgets that still have their default content. So now let’s replace the default content with more meaningful content.
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- Step 3
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Click the
Headline Carousel
widget from the Header section to expose the widget and section editing icons. -
Click Edit content (the pencil icon in the top left) to edit the content of this widget.
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In the left panel, you can see that this widget includes 3 content items (each of which you can edit). Since this is a carousel widget, each content item is a slide in the carousel and each slide includes an image, a title, and a subtitle as content.
Note: we will click Save at the end of the editing.
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Click the first content item and edit it as follows:
Field Value Image Replace with: Header_01.jpg
(one of the resource files you downloaded in step 1 above)Title Welcome to JobCore Content Number one global recruiting and staffing company -
Click the second content item and edit as follows:
Field Value Image Header_02.jpg
Title Let us help YOU! Content We are focused on helping you find the right candidates faster. We guarantee higher response rates with long term employer-employee relationships. Let us help you find your next successful employee. -
The carousel that we want for our site only has 2 slides, so you can delete the third content item. Click the third content item and then click the minus sign at the bottom of the screen to delete it.
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Click Save.
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You’re now going to edit the content in the next section of the page. In Section 1 click in the Header with Titles widget to expose the editing icons.
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Click Edit content (pencil icon) and edit the widget as follows:
Field Value Title Why JobCore
?Subtitle We connect people with what they do best Click Save.
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Still in Section 1, click the Aligned Story Card widget and edit as follows:
Content Item 1
Field Value Title We’re Local Text Our locally experienced team are on hand 24/7 to engage with candidates wherever and whenever using various channels. We will reach out to candidates, filter them, and move the top candidates along the hiring process in real time. Image We're Local.png
Display Text Read More Content Item 2:
Field Value Title We’re Experienced Text Our staff are well trained to collect the right information and enter it into our rich database of top-quality candidates. We are experts in screening and will send you the most talented people according to their interests, background, and skills. Image We're experienced.png
Display Text Read More Content Item 3:
Field Value Title We’re Innovative Text We use an innovative tracking system that automatically tracks interested candidates. In this way we can substantially save your HR department hundreds of hours by sending you the most relative candidates for the job. Image We're innovative.png
Display Text Read More -
Click Save.
Section 1 should look like this:
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Click in Section 2 and edit the widgets as follows:
Header with Titles:
Field Value Title How can we help you? Subtitle Leave this blank. Remove the default content. Click Save.
Centered Story Card:
There are only 2 content items in this widget by default. Click the + icon at the bottom of the screen to add another content item.
You’ll see that you now have 3 content items.
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Edit each content item as follows:
Content Item 1
Field Value Title Explore JobCore
ServicesText Training is just one of many of JobCore
services. Our experts are here to guide your HR team and to make sure that they’re successful when going through the hiring process. We can provide you with cost-effective and top quality services.Image Explore JobCore
Services.jpgLink: Display Text View Services Content Item 2:
Field Value Title View Available Jobs Text With thousands of jobs filled, JobCore
is a leader in the recruiting industry used by millions of professionals who are ready for their next career move. We offer numerous new jobs daily and are connected to thousands of headhunters.Image View Available Jobs.jpg Link: Display Text View Positions Content Item 3
Field Value Title Stay Connected Text Whether you’re a potential JobCore
customer, HR executive, or an interested recruiter, we’d love to hear from you.Image Staying Connected.jpg Link: Display Text Contact Us -
Click Save. Section 2 should look like this:
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Click in Section 3 and edit the widgets as follows:
Image widget: Replace the image with the logo:
JobCoreLogo.png
and click Save.Small Icon Links Card:
Note that when you add icons, simply copy and paste their code provided in the tables below. You don’t have to search for them in this tutorial.
Content Item 1
Field Value Title Keep in touch Icon sap-icon://decision
Link 1: Display Text Facebook Link 2: Display Text Twitter Link 3: Display Text LinkedIn Content Item 2
Field Value Title Company Icon sap-icon://Fiori2/F0396
Link 1: Display Text Locations Link 2: Display Text News & Events Link 3: Display Text Contractor Resources Content Item 3
Field Value Title Website Icon sap-icon://internet-browser
Link 1: Display Text Code of Conduct Link 2: Display Text Terms and Conditions Link 3: Display Text Notifications -
Click Save.
Section 3 should look like this:
You’ve replaced all the default content in the widgets with your own. Let’s arrange the widgets on the page.
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- Step 4
In this step, you’ll arrange the widgets in the different sections of the page and configure the visual settings of the sections (like minimum height).
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Click in Section 1 or on any widget in this section, to expose the editing icons for this section.
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Click the Edit section settings icon on the right.
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Edit the settings for Section 1 as follows:
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Check that the order of the widgets are according to how you want them to appear on your page. If they’re not, simply hover over the grip control next to the widget name and drag it to the right place.
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In the Layout tab, select the Column layout. We are choosing this layout option because we want our widgets to be arranged one under the other and we want each widget to take up the whole width of the screen.
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In the Dimensions tab, edit the settings as follows:
Dimensions Value Margins 5 px
Content Width Full Minimum Height Default Click Save.
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Click in page Section 2 to highlight the Edit sections icon on the right and edit the settings as follows:
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Check that the order of the widgets are according to how you want them to appear on your page.
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In the Layout tab, select the Column layout.
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In the Dimensions tab, edit the settings as follows:
Dimentions Value Margins 5 px
Content Width Full Minimum Height Default Click Save.
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Click in page Section 3 to highlight the Edit sections icon on the right and edit the settings as follows:
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Check that the order of the widgets are according to how you want them to appear on your page.
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In the Layouts tab, select Custom. We are choosing this layout option so that we can determine how much of the screen each widget will take up. For our site we want to arrange the widgets as follows:
Under the desktop icon, enter ¼ for the Image widget and ¾ for the Small Icon Links Card. This means that the Image widget will take up one quarter of the width of the screen and the Small Icon Links Card widget will take up the rest.
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In the Dimensions tab, change the settings as follows:
Dimensions Value Margins 100 px
Content Width 1366 px
Minimum Height Default -
Click Save.
You’ve now designed your Portal page by arranging the widgets in their page sections. In the next step you’ll change the dimensions of the actual widget so that they are visually aligned and displayed effectively on your page.
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- Step 5
In this step, you are going to change the widget settings of the following widgets:
Note that you can also change how you want your widget displayed – as a card, list, grid, or carousel.
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Click the Aligned Story Card widget in Section 1.
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Click Settings (cog icon) at the top of the section.
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Change the dimensions as follows and then click Save.
Dimension Value Item Height 27 rem Item Width 18 rem Margins 4 rem Alignment Center -
Click the Centered Story Card widget in Section 2 and then click Settings (cog icon). Change the dimensions as follows and then click Save.
Field Name Value Item Height 30 rem Item Width 20 rem Margins 4 rem Alignment Center -
Click the Small Icons Link Card in Section 3 and then click Settings (cog icon). Change the dimensions as follows and then click Save.
Dimension Value Item Height 20 rem Item Width 275 px
Margins 0 rem Alignment Center
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- Step 6
Now that your page is ready, you may want to take a look at how your users will see the site so far. Click the Go to site icon at the top right of the screen.
And this is what you’ll see:
Congratulations! You’ve created a very attractive
Home
page. In our next tutorial, we’re going to add a URL app to ourLaunchpad
page.What settings can I change in a page section?