Creating a mobile page

Mobile pages display portlets and items. Mobile pages provide a way to design pages specifically for displaying in mobile devices, such as cell phones. Standard pages can also be displayed in mobile devices, however the standard page design environment is more suited to creating pages for larger display devices, such as computer monitors.

NoteTo create a page, you must have at least one of the following privileges:

You can create mobile pages only if the mobile page design global setting is enabled.

To create a mobile page:

  1. In the Navigator, click Contents next to the page group in which you want to create the page.

  2. Click Create in the Pages row.

    Tip: If you want to create the page as a sub-page of another page, click Create next to the page under which you want to create the new Mobile page.

  3. In the Page Type list, choose Mobile.

    Note: If Mobile is not included in this list, the mobile page design global setting is not enabled, or the Mobile page type has been excluded from the page group.

  4. In the Name field, enter a name for the page.

    Note: The name is used internally and for direct access URLs. The name is limited to 40 characters and can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and the underscore (_) character. Do not use spaces or other special characters.

  5. In the Display Name field, enter a descriptive name for the page.

    Note: The display name is limited to 40 characters.

  6. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description for the page. The description is displayed only when you edit the page. It does not appear to the user.

    Note: The description can contain up to 2000 characters.

  7. Select a page caching option.

    Notes:

  8. Click Next.

  9. Select:

  10. Click Next.

  11. (Optional) Select Display Page To Public Users if you want everyone, including users who are not logged into the portal, to be able to view the page.

  12. (Optional) To explicitly grant privileges to specific users or groups:

    1. In the Grantee field, enter the name of the user or group that you want to allow to access this page.

      Tip: If you are not sure of the name of the user or group, click Browse Users (for users) or Browse Groups (for groups), and select from the list provided.

    2. In the list, choose a privilege level.

      Note: Just because one privilege appears before another in the list does not mean that the privilege implies all other privileges below it. For more information, see Page privileges.

    3. Click Add.

      Tip: If you want to grant a user or group multiple privileges, for example Manage Content and Manage Style, add the user or group separately for each privilege.

    Notes: If you based your mobile page on an existing page, the new page uses the same access settings as the existing page. You can change these settings later. Privileges that do not make sense for mobile pages are converted as follows:

  13. Click Finish to create the page and return to the Navigator.

    Note: If you based your mobile page on an existing page, and the existing page is complex, the page creation process may take a while as the existing page is converted into a layout more suited for display on mobile devices. When you click the Finish button, you are given the opportunity of continuing the page creation process in the background so that you can move on to other tasks. If you attempt to edit the mobile page before the creation is completed, a pop up window will inform you that the page is not yet complete.

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Related topics

What are page types?
Editing page properties
Adding an item
Adding a portlet to a page
Editing the content of a mobile page