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.