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Customizing Your Page


Rearrange Portlets


  1. Run your mouse over the blue bar at the top of the portlet you wish to move.
  2. When you see the crosshairs or a hand, click and drag the portlet to your preferred location. You will see a black arrow pointing to the spot that the portlet will be placed.
  3. Release the mouse button when you arrive at the place on the screen where you want the portlet placed.

 

Change Page Icon and Color Scheme


  1. Use the “Edit Page Look” link located in the upper right corner of your screen.  This will open a window with a list of available themes, color schemes and icons.
  2. Use the radio buttons next to the color scheme and icon you would like for that page.
  3. Use the “X” in the upper right corner to close the window.

Note: At this point only one basic theme is available. UEN will be offering additional themes in the future.

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Icon

You can upload a personal icon to display on your pages.

  1. Navigate to your Personal page.
  2. Use the "Edit Name and Login" link under your name.
  3. About halfway down the screen you will see a "My Personal Icon" area next to your name. Use the Change link to upload a small (80 pixels x pixels) image that you have saved to your hard drive.
  4. Go to the page you want to display this icon and use the "Edit Page Look" option, click on the Icon tab and select the small image you just uploaded.

At this point you can only upload one image.

Edit Page Layout


  1. Use the “Edit Page Layout” link in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
  2. Choose the layout option you would like for that page.
  3. Use the “Save” button to close the layout window.

 

 

 

 

 

Customize a Portlet

Since each portlet is unique, customization steps are unique as well.

For example, to receive continually updated stock quotes, simply enter individual ticket symbols into the Stocks portlet.

Use the Edit icon at the top of a portlet window to view instructions on how to customize that specific portlet.

Add, Delete, or Rename a Page / Tab

When you log into your my.uen page you will see a "Home" tab and an "Add Page" tab.

To add another page, simply click on the "Add Page" link.  You will see a cursor in the name field and this will allow you to replace the text “Add Page” with a name for that page, such as “Science”.

You can rename a page by clicking on the tab to bring it into focus, clicking on the tab's existing name to highlight it, and entering a new name for the page.

To delete a page, click on the tab to bring it into focus and then click on the “X” next to the tab's name.

How do I hide or display my email address on my Public my.uen page?

To display or hide your email address on our Public page, use the “Edit Name and Login” link on your Personal page and select the appropriate radio button. Be sure to save your changes before leaving that page.

Add Images to your Message Portlets

It is possible to add an image or clipart from another web page to your my.uen page.

  1. Use the EDIT button on the Announcement portlet - or any of the message portlets. images
  2. Open a second browser window. You should still be logged into my.uen on one browser window, but can navigate to another web site in the second window. Go to a web site that has the image you want on your my.uen page. (Visit UEN's Multimedia Resources web page to find some images.)
  3. Click and drag the image from the one web page over to your my.uen message portlet.

If that doesn't work, click and drag over the image you want so that it is highlighted or selected. While it is still selected, go to the browser's Edit menu and select Copy (or use ctrl C on your keyboard.) Click your mouse in the message portlet - while in Edit mode - and go to the browser's Edit menu and select Paste (or use ctrl P on your keyboard.)

If the image that you are "borrowing" is an image link - then it should remain linked when you paste it. If it is not a link - click on the image while in Edit mode and Use the Insert / Edit Link option on the tool bar. (It is the option with a globe and link.)

  • Right now you are limited to images already found on the web, but in the future you will be able to upload and post your personal images.
  • If you ignore your my.uen page while logged in - you will get timed out after about 30 minutes - so be sure to save your changes on the messages portlets - before going off to another page to look for images.