There are two approaches for customizing WebFacing Web
projects:
- Use the Web Site Designer tools.
- Choose from one of the predefined styles that ships with the WebFacing
Tool or customize one of the predefined styles.
- Enable for Web Site Designer
- Select Enable for Web Site Designer when
you want to use the Web Site Designer tools for style customization
of your WebFacing project. Web Site Designer will allow you to easily
design a web site with a consistent theme and integrate it with WebFacing
or other Web applications with the same layout and style. If you choose Enable
for Web Site Designer, the predefined WebFacing styles
will no longer be available for your project. You can use the Style
properties pages to modify the style, but you must use the Web Site
Designer tools to maintain and save the style. See the related topic Editing a Web Site style for more information.
- Select classic WebFacing style
- You can choose a predefined style or one that you have created
using the Style properties pages. By creating your own styles, you
can reduce the need to later customize the appearance of your converted
application. For example, if there are specific graphics and color
schemes that you want to use, by creating a style that incorporates
these, you can affect the appearance of multiple pages rather than
editing these pages individually after your application has been converted.
For WebFacing
portlet projects, choose from one of the predefined styles that ships
with the WebFacing Tool specifically for WebFacing portlet projects
or a customized style based on one of the predefined styles for WebFacing
portlet projects.
The main difference in the available styles
for portal applications is the look and feel of the command key buttons.
This is because the look and feel for your WebFacing portlet will
be based on the selected portal server theme.
The WebFacing
portlet styles do not include any color-specific declarations. This
allows the application to automatically apply the portal color declarations
based on the theme selected for your portal application or page. To
override the color displayed by portal themes, edit the Styles properties
pages or edit the apparea.css file directly. Otherwise, modifications
to your portal theme will take effect automatically based on the selected
portal theme. See the portal documentation for more information on
customizing portal themes.