Current status
A demo is available atYou can demo these features in Yale's production uPortal instance: https://portaldevportal.its.yale.edu/YaleInfo2dotoh/
or https://portaldev.itsportal.yale.edu/YaleInfo2dotoh/Login?userName=demo&password=demo to log in as the demo user.
Screenshots are also linked from the bottom of the page.
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Deleting channels: Performed by clicking the delete button in the channel's title bar. Instead of reloading the page, javascript code removes the channel element from the DOM and sends an AJAX request to the preferences servlet.
Tabs
screenshotscreenshots: editing active tabs
Clicking an active tab transforms the tab into an editing box. Users may rename the tab, move it left or right, or delete the tab.
Columns
screenshotscreenshots: editing page layout
A popup-type editing menu allows users to change the number of columns on the page and their respective widths.
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