Adding a Login/Logout Link item

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.

To add a Login/Logout Link item to a page:

  1. 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.

  2. Switch to Edit mode.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Click Next.

  6. In the Login Link field, enter either:

  7. (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

  8. In the Logout Link field, enter either:

  9. (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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. Click Finish.

Related topics

What is an item?
What are item types?
Displaying an item property sheet
Adding an item
Editing an item