ALI 6.5 Insider Part IX: The Profile Page
The User Profile Page has always been available in the portal, but it’s always kind of taken a back-seat to My Pages, Communities, and the Knowledge Directory – the only way you’d see it is if you searched for a user and clicked on the user, or clicked on “My Account” and then “View User Profile”.
BEA, as you no doubt know, has embraced the concept of Social Networking, and consequently has pulled “My Profile” to the front and center, allowing users to edit their own profile and search for other profiles:
The portlet lineup is still the same as past versions, “General Information”, “Folder Expertise”, etc., but keep an eye on this section to see the new social networking components like “Activity Streams”, not to mention possible integration with the PEP products.
Can’t wait to make develop your own profile apps, and want to really change the look and feel of this page to personalize it for groups of users? Welcome again to Adaptive Layouts. The Profile Page is modified just like a community page with portlets and pages, and has its own Adaptive Layout Page specified in the Experience Definition:
