Formating Panes

Formatting Panes

Editing a Pane

After a pane is added in the Portal Site Manager, it needs to be modified to accept portlets and a theme needs to be applied. To edit a pane - login as an administrator, manager or designer and navigate to the new pane. It displays with the standard Jetspeed Theme. To modify the pane click on the small pencil icon in the upper right corner of the pane (see the big black arrow).

Choosing a Theme

The new pane opens in edit mode. In edit mode - portlets can be added and themes applied. To choose a theme - Click on the Theme pop-up menu. A list of themes (decorators) is displayed. Select the desired theme and click. That theme is applied to the pane.

Themes can be created and modified via CSS Style sheets. See the section Modifying Pane Styles for additional information on creating or modifying themes.

Adding Layouts for Portlets

After a theme is chosen, layouts need to be added to the pane that will contain portlets. These layouts are added individually as sections. To specify a layout to be added - select the layout pulldown menu - and click on the type of layout desired. The layouts are column focused. After you select your desired layout - click the CHANGE or ADD button. CHANGE will will update the existing layout while ADD will insert another layout row.

Default Layouts

The Site Tree displays the existing structure of the portal.

The Site Tree displays the existing structure of the portal.