The Rational® Software Development Platform provides two wizards to help you create a portal project: Import (recommended) and New Portal Project.
The recommended method for creating a portal project is to import an existing Portal site configuration and files from your WebSphere® Portal server into a Rational tools portal project. This ensures that you begin working with the most current Portal configuration.
If you are a designer who simply wants to create a portal site to customize its themes and skins, use the New Portal Project wizard.
Note: If you create a project with the New Portal Project wizard, you need to define all labels and pages in the portal project before deploying or exporting to the server. When you deploy or export your portal project, all labels and pages under the My Portal node that are not in the portal project will be deleted unless you export the portal project with the themes and skins only option. The best way to update an existing portal configuration in Rational tools is to use the Import wizard to create a portal project.
To begin working with a portal project, use one of the following methods: