Changing the Look and Feel of Enterprise Portal Application

Changing the Look and Feel of Enterprise Portal Application.

Default Framework Page:
Default Framework page defines the default layout of the portal application.

Default Framework page contains:
1.    Mast Head (Branding Imaging and Company Logo)
2.    Tool Area (Search functionality)
3.    Roles
                           } - Top Level Navigation
4.    Workset
5.    Page Header
6.    Detailed Navigation
7.    Content Area  {Inner Page}

Portal Theme is required to change Look and feel (Branding image, company logo, fonts, colors etc) according to client preferences or enduser requirement.

The predefined theme templates given by SAP :
1.    SAP High Contrast Black
2.    SAP High Contrast
3.    SAP Chrome
4.    SAP Streamline
5.    SAP TradeShow

Theme Editor is used to design our own themes.
Creating Portal Desktop and theme:
1.    Logon to Portal
2.    Goto System Administration
3.    Goto Portal Display
4.    Theme Editor
5.    Select one of the Theme template
6.    Change Branding Image, company logos, fonts, colors etc..
7.    Click on Save As and specify

• Theme Name: ClassTheme
• Theme ID: ClassTheme
• Folder ID: portal_content/themes

8.    Click on Save and Click OK
9.    Click Save again.
10.    To make same changes in Roles + Workset etc under Top-level navigation
11.    Save
12.    Create a Desktop:
13.    Click on Desktops and Display Rules
14.    Right Click on Portal Conent ->New -> Portal Desktop
15.    Specify Portal Desktop Name: Class Desktop
          Desktop ID: Class Portal Desktop
    (Portal Desktop Editor allow us to create portal desktop)
    (Portal Desktop can contain Framework pages and Themes)16.    Expand portal content -> Expand Themes
17.    Right click on your theme and Select “Add theme to Portal Desktop”
18.    Assigning Framework page to Desktop:
19.    Expand Portal Users -> Expand standard Portal Users
20.    Right Click on Default Framework page and select “Add Framework Page to Desktop”
21.    Click on Save.
22.    Creating Rule Collections:
23.    Rule collection is used to assign portal desktops, portal themes to corresponding users, groups, roles, browsers etc.
24.    Expand Portal Administrators -> Expand Super Administrators and right click on “Master Rule Collection” -> open -> Object
25.    Rule collections are used to assign ‘Portal Desktop’ to Portal endusers.
26.    A Role collection contains IF, THEN expression condition
If user = *
Then Portal Desktop = Select or click on portal desktop path/link
Goto portal content, right click on our created Desktop and “Add portal Desktop to expression” and click on ‘Apply’
Click Save
27.    To check logoff and re-login

The Portal Desktop can be assigned based on : -
1.    User
2.    Roles
3.    Groups
4.    Bandwith
5.    Browser type
6.    Browser version
7.    Url Alias