Ameya's Blog http://www.ameyablog.com Things I learn & implement Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Portal On Device – A deeper look http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/portal-on-device-a-deeper-look/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/portal-on-device-a-deeper-look/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:24:01 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=961
  • Go Mobile with Portal On Device iPhone 4s was released on October 4, 2011 in Cupertino, California. Samsung Galaxy Tab was introduced on 13 February 2011. Apple’s iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by non other than Steve Jobs. Next version of iPad i.e. iPad 2 was unveiled on March 2, 2011. In May 2010,...
  • Writing your first code in jQuery In the previous post of jQuery for beginners, we saw what do you mean by jQuery? what are its build types? what version you should download? and what $ symbol stands for? In this post, we are moving a step ahead to see how should we include jQuery in our...
  • SAP Portal, browser compatibility & HTML 5.0 Browser compatibility is something that has recently hooked me. The jQuery header-menu that I had designed sometime ago, wouldn’t work in Mozilla. I was amazed to see how differently its rendering engine interprets the same line of code. Though I am still working on to fix the jQuery menu, I found...
  • jQuery top-level navigation menu Ahh after publishing jQuery toolbar, I am glad to come up with yet another jQuery plug-in for top-level navigation. One of my readers commented to show a simple snippet for showing how can a jQuery be implemented in SAP Portal. Though I have mentioned SAP, the plug-in I am posting today...
  • How to maintain portal application versions? We are familiar with the concept of version maintenance in NWDI. Using DTR activity naming standards is also one of the ways to maintain version history. In case of PAR files and Portal standalone components version maintenance is rarely followed. A simple solution to this is  to maintain manifest file...
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  • First SAP Portal TweetChat on SAP “OnDemand Portal” It’s is first of its kind and it’s here for the first time. Come 15th December 2011 from 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM CET,  SAP Portal team has scheduled a Tweet Chat – The topic of this first tweetchat is “Author Business Sites with SAP on demand Portal”. SAP experts...
  • Ameyablog.com is featured again on SDN Let me accept it upfront, I was not able to regularly post on Ameyablog.com. Reasons were many, but now I have a very good reason to come back and blog. Yet another post from ameyablog has been featured on SDN official resources page. This time it is for Enterprise Workspaces...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/latest-in-sap/socializing-in-sap-follow-these-sap-experts/feed/ 0     What is NetWeaver Neo? http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/what-is-netweaver-neo/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/what-is-netweaver-neo/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:19:36 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=945
  • Sail by River HANA build ByDesign Title of the post may sound interesting if HANA was a river. Unfortunately it’s not the river but SAP’s one of the emerging technologies and so are River & ByDesign. I stumbled upon a blog entry that talked about SAP River and its ability to create and deploy applications within hours!! SAP is...
  • First SAP Portal TweetChat on SAP “OnDemand Portal” It’s is first of its kind and it’s here for the first time. Come 15th December 2011 from 11:00 AM to 11:45 AM CET,  SAP Portal team has scheduled a Tweet Chat – The topic of this first tweetchat is “Author Business Sites with SAP on demand Portal”. SAP experts...
  • 100th post: Road ahead for SAP Portal Consultants & Ameyablog I am still in awe of the fact that this is my 100th post on Ameyablog.com. 21st Jan 2010 was when I wrote first post and with little over a span of year, I am writing 100thpost and yet it is below the recommended average number of posts per month. Still, I...
  • Aftermath: Kiss of death for Webdynpro Java SAP mentor Thorsten Franz published a blog on SDN to discuss & share the future of Webdynpro Java. Kiss of death for Webdynpro Java as he has named the blog, explains SAP’s view on using Java as a UI development technology for future applications. A lot of heat has been generated and I...
  • WebDynpro Java no more the strategic UI of SAP It’s discussed so many number of times. It’s been ruminated and dissected as well It’s almost the time when SAP will call it a day for Web Dynpro for Java. Though it’s not said clearly but it’s better to read between the lines. Recent TechEd @ Las Vegas clearly gave...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/what-is-netweaver-neo/feed/ 1     First SAP Portal TweetChat on SAP “OnDemand Portal” http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/first-sap-portal-tweetchat-on-sap-ondemand-portal/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/first-sap-portal-tweetchat-on-sap-ondemand-portal/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:41:01 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=942
  • Socializing in SAP; Follow these SAP experts Having worked in SAP for quiet a sometime now, I can vouch for the importance of networking. Take the most common scenario, Someone published a blog post or an article about “How to do blah blah blah?” and you either out of curiosity or client requirement start implementing that blah...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/first-sap-portal-tweetchat-on-sap-ondemand-portal/feed/ 0     Go Mobile with Portal On Device http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/go-mobile-with-portal-on-device/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/go-mobile-with-portal-on-device/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:23:31 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=923
  • Portal On Device – A deeper look As I promised, here I am with the post on Portal on Device and a deeper look into its functionalities. To briefly tell you what portal on device is – mobile version of Portal. Though it is much more than that. we can loosely consider this as a mobile version....
  • Aftermath: Kiss of death for Webdynpro Java SAP mentor Thorsten Franz published a blog on SDN to discuss & share the future of Webdynpro Java. Kiss of death for Webdynpro Java as he has named the blog, explains SAP’s view on using Java as a UI development technology for future applications. A lot of heat has been generated and I...
  • Coming soon: Autumn Colors; A new theme for your portal As I discussed here that I want to try my hands on eclipse theme editor. I am in process of designing a new delightful Portal theme. It’s going to be called as Autumn  Colors. I have received good response to Portal themes that I’ve for free download here in the...
  • New approach to Netweaver Portal Usage Analytics This is a guest post from Mr. Burt Campbell. He works for Sweetlets SAP Portal applications. Sweetlets has been involved exclusively in the SAP Portal since its inception in 2002 with a variety of SAP NetWeaver Portal enhancing solutions.  He actually had put this post as a comment to...
  • SAP Portal, browser compatibility & HTML 5.0 Browser compatibility is something that has recently hooked me. The jQuery header-menu that I had designed sometime ago, wouldn’t work in Mozilla. I was amazed to see how differently its rendering engine interprets the same line of code. Though I am still working on to fix the jQuery menu, I found...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/go-mobile-with-portal-on-device/feed/ 2     SPJ Update: 5 Considerations for Upgrading Your Portal http://www.ameyablog.com/new/spj-update-5-considerations-for-upgrading-your-portal/ http://www.ameyablog.com/new/spj-update-5-considerations-for-upgrading-your-portal/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:59:59 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=920
  • Upgrade custom developments from any portal version to NW 7.3 Recently I attended SAP expert call webinar on Upgrade/Migration strategy for custom developments to NW portal 7.30. It was one of the best webinars I have attended this year. I am not sure if the presentation is made available publicly but I’d like to share some of the points from...
  • Important SAP Notes for NW Portal 7.3 With increasing number of Netweaver Portal 7.3 installations, it is equally important to know how to get help and where? One obvious place is SDN and SAP Help Portal. Some of the lucky folks who have the -User ID can browse through Installation Guides, Master Guides and Enhancement Guides. In...
  • SAP Portal tip of the day: Update CMS Today’s tip is going to be on concepts of NWDI. If you’re not aware of what is NWDI and what are tracks, you can read this and this post. I am not going to discuss these concepts here. Rather I am talking about a typical scenario that happens with almost...
  • How to fix buddypress Salutation theme top tabs without upgrading While working on  a Wordpress assignment recently I came across a very beautiful Wordpress Buddypress theme (If you do not know what Wordpress is head here: What is wordpres?) Buddypress is a wordpress plug-in that turns your typical wordpress website into a community social network. Salutation is a beautiful theme...
  • 3rd SAP Professional Journal article published I am glad to let you know that my 3rd article in SAP Professional Journal has been published now. It will be getting published in hardcopy on 1st Oct 2010   Title: 6 Ways to Customize Your SAP NetWeaver Portal Pages for Maximum Impact    Summary: Article talks about 6 different types of portal...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/new/spj-update-5-considerations-for-upgrading-your-portal/feed/ 0     How to fix buddypress Salutation theme top tabs without upgrading http://www.ameyablog.com/wordpress/how-to-fix-buddypress-salutation-theme-top-tabs-without-upgrading/ http://www.ameyablog.com/wordpress/how-to-fix-buddypress-salutation-theme-top-tabs-without-upgrading/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:25:25 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=905
  • Selecting theme for new blog Selecting a new look for a blog or a website is generally teadious task. You have different constraints like money, SEO optimized, Adsense ready and most important, fresh looking. Even if you google for the key word “Free Wordpress Premium themes” you will get tens of thousands of results and...
  • Customize netweaver portal themes with Eclipse theme editor This tool is going to bring Netweaver portal themes designing and customizations on a rapid development track.  It is developed by SAP for making life easier for theme editors and developers. Though I have not used it yet, but it seems editing netweaver portal theme would be a child’s play....
  • Coming soon: Autumn Colors; A new theme for your portal As I discussed here that I want to try my hands on eclipse theme editor. I am in process of designing a new delightful Portal theme. It’s going to be called as Autumn  Colors. I have received good response to Portal themes that I’ve for free download here in the...
  • 4 points to keep in mind while transporting Visual Comoser iViews This is a guest post from Ms. Vindhya Shetty. Vindhya has more than 5 years of rich experience in Netweaver platform. She has also worked on Netweaver Portal, WebDynpro and Visual Composer (VC) While transporting Visual Composer (VC) iViews from VC dashboard to another portal server, if you observe that edits or modifications that...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/wordpress/how-to-fix-buddypress-salutation-theme-top-tabs-without-upgrading/feed/ 2     Work efficiently with Netweaver Portal using Hot-Keys http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/work-efficiently-with-netweaver-portal-using-hot-keys/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/work-efficiently-with-netweaver-portal-using-hot-keys/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:12:06 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=902
  • Get ready for iGoogle like workspace on Netweaver Portal 7.3 Cool drag & drop widget like modules A common story board Governance control Create personal workspace No more clunky UI These are some of the coolest features of SAP Netweaver Portal 7.3 Enterprise Workspace. SAP’s trying to embrace collaborative services by give more flexibility to its users. Read more on Portal 7.3 ...
  • 5 points reckoner to prepare for Netweaver Portal Interview Reason I am writing this quiet obvious. Too many searches on “SAP EP interview question” on one of my other websites urged me write this post. While it is extremely important to prepare for an interview, at the same time it doesn’t matter. You’d think this guy is damn crazy...
  • SAP NetWeaver Portal 7.30 is next major release While browsing through websites and blogs by SAP experts, I came across a news stating ”SAP has planned NetWeaver Portal 7.30 release“. Though not much information is available rather no information is available on this topic but what is that we can expect in Portal 7.30 version. When SAP planned to release...
  • When will SAP work on browser compatibility? No Mozilla 4.0 support in 7.3 Let me put it straight. SAP is too lazy to release products that can run seamlessly in all browsers.You can go through this post (SAP Portal, browser compatibility & HTML 5.0) for existing SPS levels and corresponding browser compatibility available so far. However, there was a hope that EhP1 SPS8...
  • What takes to make a successful SAP NetWeaver Portal Implementation? Almost everytime you start working on end-to-end SAP Netweaver Portal Implementation project, you face this question. What it takes to make a successful SAP NetWeaver Portal Implementation? Well, answer is very simple. Usable screens and landing pages, security, stable server landscape, rich user experience, to name a few. ...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/work-efficiently-with-netweaver-portal-using-hot-keys/feed/ 3     Important SAP Notes for NW Portal 7.3 http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/netweaver-portal-7-3/important-sap-notes-for-nw-portal-7-3/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/netweaver-portal-7-3/important-sap-notes-for-nw-portal-7-3/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:40:31 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=893
  • Lost!!! If you have watched the Emmy award winning series, you could empathize with the plight of the people lost on the mysterious island. Confused and no clue where to go next. Sometimes, I feel SAP consultants experience the same feeling when they are asked to look for something on Service...
  • Comparison between SAP Netweaver portal 7.0 EhP 2 & 7.3 What’s new in 7.3? What’s new in CE 7.1 or CE 7.2? What is the difference between CE 7.1 & CE 7.2? Should I go with EhP1 for 7.0 or EhP2.0 or directly upgrade to Netweaver Portal 7.3? These are the frequently asked questions whenever a newer version of SAP...
  • SPJ Update: 5 Considerations for Upgrading Your Portal I am happy to announce my yet another article published in SAP Professional Journal in November 2011 issue. It is not a step-by-step article as I right often but a guideline document that you can use as a benchmark for upgrading your portal to one of the newer versions. I...
    • ]]>     http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/netweaver-portal/netweaver-portal-7-3/important-sap-notes-for-nw-portal-7-3/feed/ 0     Ameyablog.com is featured again on SDN http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/ameyablog-com-is-featured-again-on-sdn/ http://www.ameyablog.com/netweaver/ameyablog-com-is-featured-again-on-sdn/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:12:06 +0000 Ameya http://www.ameyablog.com/?p=891
  • We got featured on SDN Portal 7.3 resource page! I am very happy to announce that one of the posts from ameyablog.com has been picked up by SDN to add to SAP Portal 7.3 resource and features page. You can find a link here SDN Netweaver 7.3 Blogs The post is Comparison between SAP NetWeaver portal 7.0 EhP 2...
  • 100th post: Road ahead for SAP Portal Consultants & Ameyablog I am still in awe of the fact that this is my 100th post on Ameyablog.com. 21st Jan 2010 was when I wrote first post and with little over a span of year, I am writing 100thpost and yet it is below the recommended average number of posts per month. Still, I...
  • Get ready for iGoogle like workspace on Netweaver Portal 7.3 Cool drag & drop widget like modules A common story board Governance control Create personal workspace No more clunky UI These are some of the coolest features of SAP Netweaver Portal 7.3 Enterprise Workspace. SAP’s trying to embrace collaborative services by give more flexibility to its users. Read more on Portal 7.3 ...
  • Ameyablog reaches 100 subscribers! I cannot express gratitude towards my readers because of whom I am able to write this post today. Ameyablog.com yesterday reached  subscriber count of 100. It was in June 2010 when I had made a post to mark 50 subscribers. However, this time it’s special. We have reached a community...
  • When will SAP work on browser compatibility? No Mozilla 4.0 support in 7.3 Let me put it straight. SAP is too lazy to release products that can run seamlessly in all browsers.You can go through this post (SAP Portal, browser compatibility & HTML 5.0) for existing SPS levels and corresponding browser compatibility available so far. However, there was a hope that EhP1 SPS8...
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