To test a portal project locally, you will use a local WebSphere® Portal
Test Environment server.
To test a portal project on a local server:
- From the Project Explorer view, highlight a portal project and
select .
- To use an existing server definition , select and choose a WebSphere Portal
Test Environment server from the list.
To define a new local
test server, see Defining local servers for testing portals.
- Click .
After the server starts and the portal is deployed, the Web browser that
you defined opens to the URL of the portal application on the local server.
- If you have made changes to the portal configuration, run these
steps again. The changes are published to the test environment and a new browser
opens to display your changes.
Notes and Limitations - When you run a portal project in the local test environment, portlets
not available in the workspace are replaced by a place holder portlet. When
you are testing on a WebSphere Portal v5.1 Test Environment server,
the "Login" and "Edit My Profile" portlets are not replaced with place holder
portlets.
- A portal project that has
been imported from a WebSphere Portal 5.1.0.1 server cannot run
in the WebSphere Portal
5.1.0.0 test environment.