How to create Navigation Collection ,publish it as a pagelet and add to homepage ?

Creating the Navigation Collection

First, let’s create the Navigation Collection.  You can have whatever menus/components you want in your collection.

1. Go to PeopleTools > Portal > Portal Utilities > Navigation Collections
2. Add a Collection with an appropriate Name and Description
3. Click Add Folder
4. Select Menu Folder, from the Employee Portal.
5. Use the prompt to locate the folder to add, click the plus folder next to a high level menu to expand it and choose a child menu.
6. Highlight the top level, and click Add Folder again. Repeat the process until you have added all your folders.
7. I also added a links directly to the Components I used most often, like Process Monitor, and moved them to the top of the list.
8. Click Save (and remember the name of your new Collection).

Publishing the Navigation Collection as a Pagelet

1. Go to PeopleTools > Portal > Pagelet Wizard > Pagelet Wizard
2. Add a New Pagelet and fill out the Title etc
3. Choose a Data Type of Navigation Collection
4. Choose a Portal of Employee and prompt to find your Navigation Collection (it seems to prepend ADMN to mine for some reason)
5. I normally reduce the Max Child Links to 5.
6. I choose the Menu layout.
7. I set the ‘Parent Images’ = Small, Turn off ‘Parent Descriptions’ and set the ‘Child Display Type’ = Simple List.
8. On the final page, check HomePage Pagelet, choose a folder, and set the security required.

That’s your Pagelet done. Now add it to your Homepage.

Adding a Pagelet to your Homepage

1. From the PIA Homepage, select the ‘Personalize Content’ link.
2. Place a Check in the Checkbox next to the Pagelet you want, then click Save.
3. Click the Personalize Layout link.
4. Select whether you want a 2 or 3 column layout, and move the new Pagelet to the column you wish it to appear in, click Save.