Portal Customization

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I am looking to use EP 6.0 for an intranet. I have successfully installed the software but need to customize the look. I have tried using theme editor but I need to do more custmization in terms of moving things around not just change their style. How can I accomplish this ?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Malik,

besides changing the Desktop Themes you can change the Portal Desktop so that you use another Portal Framework Page. This is described in: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/documents/a1-8-4/creating new portal display rules.pdf

A documentation on "How To Modify the Portal Framework Page in SAP 6.0" can be found at: https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/documents/a1-8-4/how to modify the portal framework page in sap ep 6.0.pdf

and explains how "things can me moved around".

Hope this helps,

Robert

PS: If you have further questions that are not explained in the documentation, just write back.

[Noel_Hendrikx · Accepted solution]

Hi Malik,

Some terms you will need to know when changing the look & feel:

Display Rules: Based on a role you can define a framework to be used

Framework: Page that holds a set of iviews (portlets). This is called the masthead (masterhead).

You can set different types of properties within these iviews. Also check the layout. One of the important iviews is the innerpage.

Innerpage: page that holds diffent iviews for content frame, navigation, favorites and so on.

From SAP EP6 SP9 you can use the Theme Editor (System Admin, Portal Display, Theme Editor.

There you can online change the color settings of the theme (Cascading Style Sheet).

Also as a start read this document:

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/com.sap.km.cm.docs/documents/a1-8-4/how to create a new portal desktop.pdf

If you need to customize your look and feel dramatically (compared with the default look and feel), you will need to change the code with Eclipse (with Portal plugin) or Netweaver Developer Studio.

Good luck!

Noel

[Former Member]

Thank you guys for your help.