A portal theme defines the visual appearance of a portal desktop. This includes font size, colors, and contrast of the user interface elements of a portal desktop. Themes are stored in the
folder in the Portal Catalog. Here you find:The themes delivered by SAP
Your own custom themes
Make sure that you keep all your themes in the Themes folder (or a subfolder of this folder). Themes must remain in their dedicated folder and not be moved to other locations.
For more information about portal themes, see Understanding Portal Themes .
The following table lists the themes contained in the standard portal content shipped with the portal:
Theme |
General Characteristics |
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SAP Streamline |
Uses light blue backgrounds that look good on monitors and newer presentation media, but tend to fade out when displayed through older beamers or LCD screens. It also uses a range of harmonic, similar color tones (mainly shades of blue with different dark-light values) in most elements. |
SAP Tradeshow |
The primary choice for sales and presentation situations. It offers a stronger light-dark contrast than the SAP Streamline theme by using darker border and background colors that stand out against the light background. It uses stronger shades of blue that display well on all beamers and LCD screens. |
SAP Chrome |
Offers users an additional theme variation. This theme is neutral in color, consisting mostly of different tones of metallic gray, with the exception of the bright yellow buttons. |
SAP High Contrast |
Supports the accessibility functions of SAP NetWeaver Portal. It was designed for users with poor sight, to offer maximum contrast between text and background. |
SAP High Contrast Black |
This theme is an inversion of the SAP High Contrast theme but also uses a number of bright colors for controls such as borders and text. |
You are assigned to the Content Admin role (for editing themes), System Admin role (for assigning themes to desktops), or to the Super Admin role
The following table gives an overview of the tools that you use when performing theme-related actions in the portal:
Action |
Location |
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Create and edit themes |
You create and edit themes in the Theme Editor or the UI Theme Designer, depending on whether or not you have activated the UI Theme Designer. See Working with the UI Theme Designer. Choose Theme Editor or UI Theme Designer, as applicable. and then chooseFor more information, see Creating and Editing Custom Themes. |
Create folders for your own themes in the Portal Catalog |
You can create folders in the Themes folder for storing your own themes. Choose . In the Portal Catalog, choose . |
Assign themes to portal desktops |
Choose . Open a desktop and add your themes.For more information, see Creating and Editing a Portal Desktop . |
Assign permissions for themes |
Choose . Locate your themes in the Portal Catalog and assign permissions. |
Themes and Permissions
You assign permissions for themes, as well as for folders containing themes.
In contrast to other portal objects, themes have a fixed repository in the Portal Catalog. They are located in a specific folder from which they cannot be moved to another location.
To access the permissions for themes, go to Themes folder, choose .
and in the Portal Catalog folder, in the context menu of the theme in theTo distribute theme administration across multiple administrators, you can create additional folders in the
folder, store your themes there, and assign permissions for the theme administrators for these folders. In this way, different administrators can access different themes.For more information, see Portal Permissions .