The Widget Repository service aims to enable the end user of the portal to customize a specific page to contain information that is most important to them.

All this information consists of service interfaces that will be made available as “Widgets.” Once there are widgets to customize a page, they can be dragged to specific points on the page called “Holders,” or added to HTML fields via the HTML editor. A page can contain numerous holders, and each holder can contain numerous widgets. The widget repository service is a content-type service.

Permissions

• Manage service instance: Allows management of all data for this service instance, including deleting it entirely.
• Edit service instance content: Allows management of all data for this service instance with publisher privileges.
• View service instance: Allows viewing of public data for this service instance.
• Manage Widget Holders: Allows defining which widgets will be standard in the environment.
• Customize pages: Allows the user to customize the widgets available on the page.
• Publish widgets: Allows the user to publish widgets in the environment, based on currently instantiated services.
• Create widgets: Allows the user to create new widgets from currently instantiated services in the environment.

Interfaces

• Widget Holder
• Widgets List
• Administration
• Add
• Edit
• Main Channel
• Select Interface
• Widget Usage