Creating a MobileXML portlet

MobileXML is well-formed XML that conforms to the Oracle9iAS Wireless MobileXML DTD. The Oracle9iAS Wireless gateway transforms MobileXML generated by Portal portlets into device specific markup (such as tinyHTML and WML). This allows your MobileXML portlet to be displayed on a variety of mobile devices automatically. For more information on MobileXML and the MobileXML DTD, see the Oracle9iAS Wireless documentation.

To create a MobileXML portlet for the default version of a page:

  1. Navigate to the page on which you want to add the portlet.

    Note: If you do not see the page that you want to work with, you may not have the appropriate page access privileges. See your page group administrator to gain access.

  2. Click Edit Page to switch to Edit mode.

  3. Click Add Portlets in the region in which you want to add the portlet.

    Note: If the region already includes items you can not add portlets to the region.

  4. In the Portlet Repository, click Portal Tools.

    Note: To preview a portlet before adding it to your page, click Preview next to the name of the portlet.

  5. Click MobileXML Portlet.

    The order of the portlets in Selected Portlets reflects the order in which they appear on the page. To change the order of the portlets, highlight the portlet name and use the arrows in between the two lists.

  6. Click OK to return to the page.

  7. Click Edit beside the portlet.

  8. Click Edit Defaults, and click OK.

  9. In the Display Name field, enter a display name for the portlet. This name is used when the portlet is displayed on pages on the desktop.

  10. In the Short Display Name field, enter a short display name for the portlet. This name is used when the portlet is displayed on the mobile device. If this is blank, the Display Name (for the desktop) is used.

  11. Select the Display Portlet Header check box to display the portlet header and the text supplied in the Display Name field. Clear the check box to suppress the header.

  12. Enter the content for this portlet. If you do not use MobileXML tags, the content appears as plain text without any formatting.

    Example:

        <SimpleText>
          <SimpleTextItem>
            Hello world!
          </SimpleTextItem>
        </SimpleText>

  13. To see a preview of the portlet, click Preview.

  14. When you are satisfied with the portlet, click OK.

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