About Branding with Header and Footer Portlets
Branding portlets customize
the look of your portal through the use of headers and footers. For
example, you probably want to add your company logo and tagline to
the header and you might want to add contact information or copyrights
to the footer.
Note: The easiest way to apply branding (and control the look of your
user interface) is with adaptive page layouts, which are then applied
through experience definitions.
There are several ways to brand your portal:
The easiest way to apply branding (and control the look of
your user interface) is with adaptive tags and adaptive page layouts.
There are two example branding portlets that utilize adaptive tags
and are installed with the portal: Layout Footer Portlet and Layout
Header Portlet. For information on adaptive tags, adaptive page layouts,
and the example portlets, see the Oracle WebCenter Interaction
UI Customization Guide, which is located on the Oracle Technology
Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bea.html.
- You can also create your own custom branding portlets. There are
two example branding portlets that are installed with
the portal: Classic Footer Portlet and Classic Header Portlet. For
information on creating custom branding portlets, see the Oracle
WebCenter Interaction UI Customization Guide, which is located
on the Oracle Technology Network at http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/bea.html.
- About Header and Footer Portlet PrecedenceYou apply header and footer portlets at the community template, community, or experience definition level. The community template settings determine what header and footer are used in the community.
