Site Layout and Navigation

Layout Templates enables you to choose how your portlets are arranged on a page. They make up the body of your page, the large area where you drag and drop your portlets to create your pages. Web Space Server comes with several built-in layout templates. However, if you have a complex page layout (especially for your home page), you might want to create a custom layout template of your own. See the development document in Liferay Documentation for the procedure to create a custom Layout Template.

To Change the Site Layout

1. Log in to Sun GlassFish Web Space Server as the admin user.

2. Choose Layout Template from the Welcome menu.

   The Layout page appears.

3. Select the layout you want to use and click Save.

Changing the Page Theme

Themes are hot deployable plugins that can completely transform the look and feel of the portal. Most organizations have their own look and feel standards for all the web sites and web applications in their infrastructure. Web Space Server enables site designers to create and install a theme plugin that can transform the portal to whatever look and feel is needed. See the development document in Liferay Documentation for the procedure to create a custom theme.

To Change the Page Theme

1. Log in to Sun GlassFish Web Space Server.

   Any user can change themes, but only the admin user has access to all available themes, and has the privilege to install more themes.

2. Choose Manage Pages from the Welcome menu.

3. Click the Look and Feel tab.

   The current theme for the page and its associated color schemes, and all the available themes, are displayed.

4. To change the theme, choose a theme from Available Themes.

   The theme is applied to your page.

5. Click Save.