Changing News and Announcement settings

You can change how many items are displayed in the News and Announcements sections of the home page by default. The default setting is to display the ten most recently collected items over the past seven days. You can also change this setting so that items are collected over a different time period. .

To change the number of items displayed in the News and Announcements sections (which are actually portlets):

1. From the Navigator, click Edit Root Page beside the Oracle Instant Portal you want to work in.

   

2. Click the Edit Defaults icon above the News or Announcements portlet:

   

3. Under Number of Items, enter the number of items to display by default in the Item Count field:

   

To change the number of days over which items are collected:

1. From the Navigator, click Properties next to the Oracle Instant Portal you want to work on.

   

2. Click the Items tab.
3. Under New and Updated Icons, enter the number of days over which News and Announcment items should be collected in the Icon Display Period field:

   

Notes

• Do not delete News and Announcements sub-pages from the Company page. When one of these pages is deleted, the corresponding section of the home page is also deleted and cannot be restored. See "Oracle Instant Portal: Getting Started" for some creative uses of these areas of the home page.

Related Topics

• Understanding the home page

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