Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

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Tags used by the portal JSPs

 

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This topic describes the most commonly used tags in the portal JSPs. Use these tags to modify the appearance and layout of the portal page.

The following links provide topics with summary descriptions of each tag - grouped by tag type. Each separate topic also provides more complete tag descriptions as well as code examples:

Do not use portal tags in portlet JSPs.. The tags mentioned are only for use in theme and skin JSPs.

<portal-core/> tags	Provides portal core functionality such as entering the main render flow as well as URL-related aspects of the page.
<portal-dynamicui/> tags	enable dynamic user interface features such as closing dynamic portlets and pages.
<portal-fmt/> tags	Provides enhanced portal formatting capabilities.
<portal-logic/> tags	Provides conditional logic.
<portal-navigation/> tags	Implement navigation tasks such as generating URLs and traversing the portal navigation model.
<portal-showtools/> tags	Provide administrative tools on the theme and skin level.
<portal-skin/> tags	Build a portlet title bar as well as make various functional icons available in the title bar.
<portal-theme-ext/> tags	Provides extended functionality to enhance the portal themes.

These tags can be found in the portal tag library located in the IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express directory:

• Windows:

  was_profile_root\profiles\profile_name\installedApps\cell\wps.ear\wps.war\WEB-INF\tld

• Linux:

  was_profile_root/profiles/profile_name/installedApps/cell/wps.ear/wps.war/WEB-INF/tld

• i5/OS:

  app_server_root/profile_name/installedApps/cell/wps.ear/wps.war/WEB-INF/tld

To use these tags, the following taglib declarations must be provided in the parent JSP of the theme:

<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-navigation" prefix="portal-navigation" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-dynamicui" prefix="portal-dynamicui" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-logic" prefix="portal-logic" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-core" prefix="portal-core" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-fmt" prefix="portal-fmt" %>

The following taglib declarations must be provided to the parent JSP of the skin - in addition to the ones in the theme:

<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-skin" prefix="portal-skin" %>
<%@ taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/xmlns/prod/websphere/portal/v6.0/portal-showtools" prefix="portal-showtools" %>

Notes:

• The tags in the portal-internal.tld tag library are not intended for customization, but for use only by internal portal code.

• The tags in the engine.tld and portal-internal.tld tag libraries are not intended for customization, but only to support backward compatibility and migration. The engine.tld tag library will not be available in subsequent releases of WebSphere Portal Express.

  See Migrating your customized resources for more information.

• <portal-core/> tags
  

• <portal-dynamicui/> tags
  

• <portal-fmt/> tags
  

• <portal-logic/> tags
  

• <portal-navigation/> tags
  

• <portal-showtools/> tags
  

• <portal-skin/> tags
  

• <portal-theme-ext/> tags
  

 

Parent topic:

Portal design reference

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