Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- PART I WebSphere Portal Primer -- CHAPTER 1: Introducing WebSphere Portal -- What Is a Portal and Why Do We Need Them? -- The WebSphere Family -- Foundation and Tools -- Business Integration -- WebSphere Business Portals -- What Is WebSphere Portal? -- The User Experience -- The Developer Experience -- The Administrator Experience -- WebSphere Portal Architecture -- WebSphere Portal Packaging -- WebSphere Portal Platforms -- What's New in WebSphere 5.0 (including 5.0.2) -- Summary -- CHAPTER 2: Installing WebSphere Portal on Windows 2000 Server -- Getting Going: A Quick Install -- Getting Information on Your Windows Server -- Installing on Your Windows Server -- Installing with an Existing Web Server and an Existing WebSphere Application Server -- Installing WebSphere Portal Fixpack 2 -- Summary -- CHAPTER 3: Installing WebSphere Portal on Linux -- Installing on Linux -- Getting Information on Your Linux Server -- Installing on Your Linux Server -- Nongraphic Linux Installation -- Uninstalling WebSphere Portal on Linux -- Directory Structure -- Installing When WebSphere Security Is Enabled -- Summary -- CHAPTER 4: Customizing WebSphere Portal -- WPSconfig -- Configuration Templates -- Using DB2 with WebSphere Portal -- Configuring the DB2 Server -- Installing DB2 Client on WebSphere Portal Server -- Using Oracle and SQL Server with WebSphere Portal -- Step 1: Create the Databases -- Step 2: Create the Database Users -- Configuring WebSphere Portal to Access a Remote Database -- Summary -- CHAPTER 5: Installing WebSphere Portal Tools and Problem Analysis -- Portal Toolkit 5.0.2 -- Updating WebSphere Studio's WAS Runtime Environment -- Installing WebSphere Portal Toolkit V5.0.2 MP -- Updating to WebSphere Portal Test Environment V5.0.2.

IBM Lotus Workplace Web Content Management Version 1.1 -- Updating the Initialization Parameters -- Installing the ILWWCM Web Application -- Updating the ILWWCM Configuration Files -- Starting the ILWWCM Web Application -- ILWWCM Administrative Client Setup -- Installing the WebSphere Portal Content Management Portlet -- Problem Analysis -- Tivoli Web Site Analyzer -- Summary -- CHAPTER 6: Migrating to WebSphere Portal Version 5.0 -- Preparing for a Migration -- Recommended Migration Environment -- Performing the Migration -- Setting up the Migration Property Values -- Migrating Access Controls -- Migrating Extended User Attributes -- Migrating Themes, Skins, and Style Sheets -- Migrating Portlet Applications -- Migrating Places -- Migrating Pages -- Migrating All User Customizations -- Migrating Credential Vault Slots and Segments -- Migrating Credential Vault data -- Migrating Everything at One Time -- XML Configuration Interface -- XML Input File -- XML Configuration Interface Special Properties -- XML Configuration Interface Transactional Support -- Changes in XML Configuration Interface for Version 5.0 -- Summary -- PART II Building and Administering Portals with WPS -- CHAPTER 7: Defining Portals and Pages -- Portals and Pages -- Logical Structure of a Portal -- Browsing through the Content Hierarchy -- Customizing the Portal Structure -- Adding New Nodes -- Defining Page Content -- Editing Node Properties -- Page Inheritance with Shared Pages -- Advanced Layout Editing -- Locks -- Removing Nodes -- Creating a New Portal -- Summary -- CHAPTER 8: Tailoring the Portal Web Design -- Themes and Skins -- Default Themes and Skins -- Choosing Themes and Skins -- Screens -- Defining Your Own Themes -- Creating a New Theme -- The Anatomy of a Theme -- Customizing Themes -- Portal JSP Tags -- Adding Top-Level Links -- Defining Your Own Skins.

Creating a New Skin -- Modifying Styles -- Summary -- CHAPTER 9: WebSphere Portal Personalization -- WebSphere Personalization -- Rules-Based Personalization -- Resources -- Content Spots -- Defining Rules -- Editing Rules -- Campaigns -- The Personalization APIs -- Resource Interface -- ResourceDomain3 Interface -- ResourceManager3 Interface -- Recommendation-Based Personalization -- Summary -- CHAPTER 10: Portal Administration -- Your Portal Settings -- Global Settings -- URL Mappings -- Custom Unique Names -- Supported Markups -- Supported Clients -- Search Administration -- Portal Access Control -- User and Groups -- Permissions -- Resource, User, and Group Permissions -- Roles -- Credential Vault -- Web Clipping -- Portal Analysis -- Summary -- CHAPTER 11:Document and Content Management within WebSphere Portal -- Document Manager -- WebSphere Content Management -- Creating a Site -- Setting Up Security -- Creating a Workflow -- Creating Your Content Template -- Categorizing the Content -- Creating Navigators and Menus -- Page Design -- Building the Site -- Adding Content -- Configuring WebSphere Portal -- Syndication and Subscription -- Summary -- CHAPTER 12: Adding Collaboration and Search Components to Your Portals -- Collaborative Features -- Lotus Notes Integration -- Microsoft Exchange Integration -- Lotus Sametime Integration -- Lotus QuickPlace Integration -- Microsoft NetMeeting Integration -- People Finder -- Collaborative Components -- Search Capabilities -- Searching a Collection -- Managing Taxonomy and Categorizing -- Extended Search -- Summary -- PART III Portlet Development in WebSphere Portal -- CHAPTER 13: Extending Portal Functionality: Portlets -- What Is a Portlet? -- Portlet Container -- Page Aggregation -- Portlet Modes and States -- Portlet Applications and Portlets -- Portlet Life Cycle -- Portlet Configuration Objects.

PortletConfig -- PortletApplicationSettings -- PortletSettings -- PortletSession -- Portlet Objects -- PortletRequest -- PortletResponse -- PortletContext -- PortletLog -- Portlet Event Model -- Action Events -- Message Events -- Portlet Settings Attributes Events -- Portlet Application Settings Attributes Events -- Summary -- CHAPTER 14: Portlet Programming Model and API -- The JSR 168 API -- Portlet API in WebSphere Portal -- Portlet API Comparison -- Portlet Deployment Descriptors -- Portlet Processing Model -- Portlet Life Cycle and Configuration Objects -- Portlet Services and Objects -- Portlet URI Addressability -- Portlet Window -- Developing JSR 168 Portlets for WebSphere Portal -- Enabling the Portlet Container for JSR 168 -- Which API Should You Use for Your Portlet? -- Summary -- CHAPTER 15:WebSphere Portlet Development Environment -- An Example Poll Portlet -- WebSphere Studio -- Portal Toolkit -- Portlet Project -- Portlet Perspective -- Portal Server Configuration -- Portlet Preview -- Building the Portlet Application WAR File -- Creating the Poll Portlet Project -- The Portlet Perspective -- Deployment Descriptor Editor -- Generated Source Code -- Summary -- CHAPTER 16 -- Poll Portlet -- Implementing the Controller -- Action Classes -- Implementing the Action Classes -- Configuration Mode -- View Mode -- Edit Mode -- Implementing the View Classes -- Implementing the Model Classes -- Implementing Persistence Classes -- DatabaseBroker -- Implementing Utility Classes -- Summary -- CHAPTER 17: Portlet Interactive Debug and JSR 168 Example -- Poll Portlet Project -- Portal Server Configuration -- Portal Debug Mode -- Portal Trace Logging -- Generating a Deployable WAR File -- Deploying Using the Install Administrative Portlet -- Deploying Using XML Configuration Interface -- Developing the Poll Portlet with JSR 168 API.

Create the Poll Project -- Generated Portlet Code -- Deployment Descriptors -- Poll Portlet Class -- Modifying the Poll Project Source -- PollPortlet -- Action Classes -- Model Objects -- View Classes -- User Identifier -- JSPs -- Summary -- CHAPTER 18: Struts Portlet Framework -- Creating the New Project -- Web Deployment Descriptor -- Portlet Deployment Descriptor -- Struts Configuration Files -- Struts Configuration in Portlet View Mode -- Struts Configuration in Portlet Edit Mode -- Struts Configuration in Portlet Configure Mode -- Action Classes -- Remaining Poll Portlet Implementation -- Data Beans -- Persistence Classes -- Portlet Controller Classes -- Utilities Classes -- View Classes -- JSP Differences -- Portlet URL Addressability -- Generating Portlet URIs -- Which Implementation Should You Use? -- Summary -- PART IV WebSphere Portal within the Enterprise Environment -- CHAPTER 19: Implementing Authentication for Large Enterprises -- Enterprise Identity Management -- LDAP or Database -- Rules of Thumb for Designing and Maintaining Your LDAP Server -- Implementing WebSphere Portal Enterprise Identity Management -- Setting Up Your LDAP Servers -- Configuring WebSphere Portal for Your LDAP Server -- Enabling WebSphere Portal to Access Your LDAP Server over SSL -- Mapping of Member Manager Attributes to Your LDAP Attributes -- Summary -- CHAPTER 20: Integrating Security and Identity Management Tools with WebSphere Portal -- Isn't J2EE Security Enough? -- Third-Party Authentication and SSO Architectures -- Integrating TAM with WP -- Installing TAM Support on WP -- Setting Up SSO -- Installing SiteMinder Support on WP -- Using SiteMinder as a Third-Party Authentication Server -- Using SiteMinder as an External Security Manager -- Summary -- CHAPTER 21: Designing High Availability into Your Portal Server -- The Challenges of High Availability.

Determining a High-Availability Strategy for WebSphere Portal.