The default framework includes the Search bar so modifying this will allow you to

remove this if you do not want to see it on your portal. The best way to change the
default framework is to copy it and then modify the copy to include any changes you
may require. Also provides a development base for your future theme changes which
will not impact on the standard SAP ones.

Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator.

Step 2 - Copy default framework
Go to Content Administration tab and open the following folder: Portal Content->Portal
User->Standard Portal Users. Now right click on the 'Default Framework page' item in
this folder and select 'Copy'.


Step 3 - create new framework(paste)
Now go to your own content folder, i.e. the one you have created to store your own
content. Right click on 'Portal Users' folder within here and choose 'Paste as a Delta
Link'.


Step 4 - Change id of new framework
Now right click on the newly created delta link and choose 'Change ID'

A process will happen checking whether this action is possible. On the confirmation
page click next.

Now enter your new object ID i.e. myframeworkpage and press Finish


Step 5 - Modify framework page
Next double click on the newly created default framework page within your content
folder. If your want to remove the search bar then untick the 'Visible' column for the
'Tool Area' row. Also set the name(far right) to one of your choosing (i.e. My
Framework Page)


Step 6 - Desktop Innerpage
If you check the Desktop Inner page checkbox and choose open you can modify its
associated attributes such as portal favourites.


Therefore if you want to remove the portal favourites untick its checkbox and click
save.

Step 7 - Finished
Your new portal framework page has now been created

Step 8 - Next step
Next step is to create a new SAP Portal theme.




First you need to have created a new Portal default framework which provides the
outline of how your portal is going to look.

Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator with
system administration rights, this role has lots of power to messup the portal so be
carefull:-)

Step 2 - Navigate to existing theme
Go to 'System Administration' tab and select the 'Portal Display' sub tab. Now ensure
the Theme Editor option is selected. Now click on the 'SAP Tradeshow' theme.



Step 3 - Copy existing theme
Click on the 'Save AS' button and enter a new name and ID. Click Save (this may take a
while to save so be patient).


Step 4 - Create portal desktop
Once you have successfully saved your new theme you need to create a new SAP Portal
Desktop, within the 'Desktops & Display Rules' section. Click here for step by step
instructions on creating a SAP portal desktop.


First you need to have created your new SAP Portal theme or know which of the
existing themes within your SAP portal you are going to uw.

Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator with
system administration rights

Step 2 - Create portal desktop
Once you have successfully saved your new theme or know the name of the existing
one your going to use goto the 'Desktops & Display Rules' section. This is within the
System Administration->Portal Displays tabs. Within the 'Portal Content' folder find the
folder containing your content and right click on the 'Portal Users' folder within here.
select New->Portal Desktop.


Step 3 - Portal desktop details
Now enter the Portal Desktop Name and ID


Step 4 - Portal desktop details
Now right click on the Framework page you are using(i.e. 'My Framework Page' the one
you created) and select 'Add Framework Page to Portal Desktop'

This will now add the framework to your new Portal desktop


Step 5 - Add theme
Now goto the themes folder, still within 'Portal content' and select 'Add theme to Portal
Desktop'. This will now add the theme to your new Portal desktop


Step 6 - Save and close
Now press the save button followed by the close button and your are done.

Step 7 - Next step
Next step is to assign your desktop to users, this can be to all users or specific user.

First you need to have created a new Portal default framework which provides the outline of
how your portal is going to look, got a SAP Portal theme and assigned it to a portal desktop

Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator with system
administration rights, this role has lots of power to messup the portal so be carefull:-)

Step 2 - Navigate to Desktop & Display Rules
Go to 'System Administration' tab and select the 'Portal Display' sub tab. Now click the
'Desktops & Display Rules' link.

Step 3 - Administrators
Open PortalContent->Portal Administrators->Super Administrators and double click on the
'Master Rule Collection' entry


Step 4 - Add new IF Expression
Next you need to add a second expression so that the administrator user uses a different SAP
portal desktop. This helps create a safe environment for the administrator user to try out new
options and functionality without effecting other users. Also might be and idea to give a
second use admin authority and point it to a separate desktop as well, this way if you manage
to mess things up to a point where you cant even login such as removing the content entirly,
the second user can login and fix it.

Click Add IF Expression

It should default to [IF] [User] [=] [*],
and [THEN] [Portal Desktop] [=] [pcd:portal_content/every_user/general/defaultDesktop]

Change the If expression to: *If+ *User+ *=+ *Administrator+ (note the capital A) and click Apply

The rules should then look like this:


Step 5 - Change THEN statement
Click on the 'THEN...' line of the rule you want to change. Now Open your content folder and
right click on the portal Desktop you want to use and select 'Add Portal Desktop to Expression'.
Now click Apply.


Step 6 - Next step
Next step is to change your theme attribute and CSS values.


Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator with
system administration rights.

Step 2 - Navigate to your theme
Go to 'System Administration' tab and select the 'Portal Display' sub tab. Now ensure
the Theme Editor option is selected and click on the portal theme that you want to
change (i.e. MyTheme)


Step 3 - Change theme attribute values
Now you will see a list of page elements on the left and when you click on each one
their associated attributes on the right. For example the first element th 'Portal
Masthead' has a number of attributes which can be set using this method to change the
look and feel. So looking at the small section shown in the image below you can see
that you can change a number of attributes of welcome area such as Font Color, Font
Style, Font Weight etc.


Step 4 - Change attributes that arn't available in the theme editor
An important thing to note is that you can also change attributes that arn't shown in the
list, for example if the 'Font Weight' attribute was not there you could still change the
font weight by adding the following standard CSS code to end of the size attribute
';font-weight:bold'. This basically closes off the size tag with the ; and then declares the
new weight tag. Any number of CSS tags can be added like this to any field you like.


Another way to demonstrate this is if now add the following position tag(which is not
available in theme editor) to the Font Color field attribute ';postion:absolute; left:50;
top:50;' and Press the enter key. You should now see the welcome text move to the
specified possition in the preview window.


Step 6 - Next step
Next step is to change the portal CSS values directly in the html files associated with a
theme.

Step 1 - Login
First things first you need to login to your SAP portal as the Portal administrator with system
administration rights.

Step 2 - Navigate to export page
Go to 'System Administration' tab and select the 'Portal Display' sub tab. Now ensure the
Theme Transport option is selected and you should see a list of themes available to export.


Step 3 - Export / download SAP portal theme
Now simply click on the theme you want to export (i.e. MyTheme), click save on the popup,
choose a destination to save it too. A zip file should now have been created containing the files
associated with creating that specific theme.

Step 4 - Change theme files Next step is to un-zip this file, and the folders within it. You can
now start having a look at the html, css and image files. Once you feel confident about which
file controls what and you have made your required changes, re-zip the files back up into there
original structure and use the import theme functionality on the portal transport page (used in
step 2).