Use the following steps to add links and/or icons to the page from which users can log in or log out of the portal.
You
must be logged on as a page owner or an authorized user with the
appropriate page or item-level privileges to add items.
Navigate to the page on which you want to add the item.
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.
Switch to Edit mode.
Click
in the region in which you want to add the item.
Note:
If
(the add item icon) does not display next to the region, the region
may be a portlet region (and may contain portlets). In this case, you
cannot add items to this region.
From the Built-In Navigation Item Types list, choose Login/Logout Link.
Note: If this item type does not appear in the list, contact your page group administrator. Your administrator selects which item types to display here.
Click Next.
In the Login Link field, enter either:
Text that users click to log in to the portal.
Note: This text is not translated.
Select Use the Default Login Link. This option is translated into each installed language.
(Optional) Enter the path and file name of the image to associate with the login link in the Login Icon field. Click Browse to locate the image. When you click Finish, the file is uploaded to the page. Example: C:\webart\login.gif
In the Logout Link field, enter either:
Text that users click to log in to the portal.
Note: This text is not translated.
Select Use the Default Login Link. This option is translated into each installed language.
(Optional) Enter the path and file name of the image to associate with the logout link in the Logout Icon field. Click Browse to locate the image. When you click Finish, the file is uploaded to the page. Example: c:\webart\logout.gif
Choose the page to display to users after they log in. The options are the page on which you are adding the login/logout link, or the default home page for the portal.
If you have selected an image for the login/logout link, select an image alignment.
See Item image alignment for a description and example of the different image alignment options.
Click Finish.
What is an item?
What are item types?
Displaying an item property sheet
Adding an item
Editing an item