Exercise 2: Editing Portfolio Attributes

In addition to customizing how a project appears on a Web page, you can also customize how it appears in a portfolio. In a portfolio, a project is represented by its name, image, and optionally, a description. Currently, the Blink project has a name and uses the Java WorkShop's default image for an applet project. In this exercise, you will add a description, which appears in the browser footer when you place the pointer over the project image.

This exercise works with the Blink project. If you haven't yet created and built the Blink project, you should do so now. Step-by-step instructions are in Creating a Project.

  1. Check the Java WorkShop tool bar for the name of the current portfolio and project.
    If the current portfolio is not "personal," choose Portfolio => Choose => personal. If the current project is not Blink, choose Project => Choose => Blink.

  2. Click the Project Manager control on the WorkShop tool bar.

  3. In the Project Manager, click the Portfolio tab.

  4. Type the following text in the Description field:

    Displays blinking text using different colors

  5. Click the Apply button.
    The words "Apply succeeded" appear in the browser footer.

  6. Click the Portfolio Manager control on the WorkShop tool bar.

  7. Put your pointer over the Blink project.
    The description "Displays blinking text using different colors" appears in the lower-left corner of the browser.

More practice:

To change the image that represents the project in the portfolio, open the Portfolio tab, enter the file:path_name of the .gif image in the Portfolio Image URL field and click the Apply button.

Next lesson:

You have completed the lessons in this tutorial. The next tutorial is Tutorial Three: Fixing Errors in Source Code.