What is a Theme?

The Desktop theme provides the capability of creating a customizable user interface that allows the end users to select different look and feel for their Desktop.

The definition of a theme in Sun Java System Portal Server software Desktop is a collection of user interface attributes that are used in the markup output from the Desktop. The attributes can be colors, fonts, and images. Out of the box, there are eight themes that come with the sample portal and each theme contains thirty eight (38) attributes.