Attractive Preferences Presentation uPortal 3

uPortal 3 ships with an attractive UI for adding content to a page, adjusting the layout of a page, and moving portlets around within a defined layout for a page. This blog post walks through these features and presents them with screen shots.

Adding content to a page

You can both browse content as administratively categorized

and search for content.

Both browsing and search is mediated by uPortal's permissions system such that if you do not have permission to subscribe to a portlet, it does not appear in your browsing menu and search results.

Changing the layout of a page

Users can customize the names and layouts of tabs in their portals.

Choosing a skin

Users can choose among the available skins in their uPortal instance. uPortal ships with two example skins.

Drag and drop

Users can drag and drop portlets within pages into desired locations. A ghost preview of the portlet floats with the pointer and a dashed landing target indicates where the portlet will drop if released.