Share an Application, Link, or Syndication Channel

Portal users who are authorized as group content administrators can share applications, links, and syndication channels with a group of users. Content administrators for the Public group can share applications, links, and syndication channels with the Public group, which includes all portal users.
You can share a new application, link, or syndication channel when you create the item, or you can share an existing application, link, or syndication channel by editing the item.
To share an application, link, or syndication channel, follow these steps:
  1. If the item already exists, then use one of the following methods to display the Edit page for the item:
    • Navigate to the page that contains a collection portlet with the application, link, or syndication channel that you want to share. Click the Edit Contents icon Edit Contents icon in the portlet's title bar.
      On the Edit Portlet Contents Page, click the name of the application, link, or syndication channel that you want to share. Then click the Edit icon Edit icon to the right of the list box.
    • Click Search, and search for the application, link, or syndication channel that you want to share. For details about searching, see Search for Content.
      When the application, link, or syndication channel appears on the search results page, click the action menu action menu icon in the first column, and then select Edit.
    If the item does not yet exist, then create it. For instructions, see the following topics:
    When you add the item, specify the location (group) as described in the next step.
  2. In the Location (group) field, select the group of users with which you want to share the item.
  3. Click OK.
Users in the group can now search for the application, link, or syndication channel and add it to their own collection portlets.