Content Area Administration

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Use the Content Area Administration to access the content area managers or the Navigator from which you can establish attributes, design page styles, determine how to display links and items, and so on for your content area.

The Administration icon, , is displayed in the navigation bar only when you are logged on with appropriate administrative privileges. Content area administrators can use all of the content area managers. Users who are logged on as authorized users can use only a subset of the managers, depending on their individual privilege level.

This page contains:

Title Banner Icons
Content Area Home	Displays the Content Area home page.
Administration	Displays the current window, Content Area Administration.
Navigator	Displays the Navigator from which you can access content area objects.
Oracle Portal Home	Displays your Oracle Portal home page. If you are logged on, your personalized version of the Oracle Portal home page is displayed.
Task Help	Displays the task-oriented help system, which provides step-by-step instructions for completing all content area tasks.
Field-level Help	Displays field-level help for the page you are currently viewing. The icon is typically displayed on the configuration page's title banner.
Content Area Managers
Navigate Content Areas	Displays the Navigator which lists all content areas and objects for which you have access and in which you can perform various administrative actions such as create, edit properties, and delete. Note: You can acess only those areas of the product for which you have the appropriate access privileges.
Content Area	Displays the Content Area Manager from which you establish the features and settings that apply across all content areas such as those relating to items, folders, navigation bar labels, pages, translations, and access lists.
Style	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and "Manage Styles" that control the appearance of your folder's banner, navigation bar, and folder regions.
	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and manage navigation bars and their elements. Navigation bars enable users to quickly access key areas of your content area.
Content Managers
Folder	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and manage folders. Folders are containers for your content items. Different folder types are supported including container, URL, PL/SQL, and search. Folders establish the structure of your Oracle Portal content area.
Category	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and manage categories that organize your content items into related content groupings.
Perspective	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and manage perspectives that help users identify items of interest.
Custom Item Type	Displays the Navigator from which you can create and manage attributes for custom item types and custom folder types.
Personal Information
Account Information	Displays the Account Manager from which you can edit your Personal Information such as preferences, defaults, contact details, personal information, and default group and home page.

Related Topics
Assigning a content area administrator What is a folder? Choosing a content area page Content area administrator checklist Changing a user's privileges	Customizing the content area home page Logging on and off a content area Creating a content area Designating a content area contact Editing a content area page

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