Creating Custom Layouts 

You can create a custom page layout to display content in a way not possible with the standard layouts provided with the portal.

A layout is defined in a JSP page that is packaged as a component in a PAR file and deployed to the portal. Once deployed, an administrator can create a layout template based on the component, and then create pages based on the layout template.

Prerequisites

·        You are familiar with how portal pages are rendered, as described in Portal Page at Runtime.

·        You are familiar with how to write JSP pages in the portal, as described in Writing JSP Pages.