Show TOC

Component documentationPortal Themes Locate this document in the navigation structure

 

A portal theme defines the visual appearance of the control elements, font size, colors, and contrast of the user interface elements of a portal desktop. A portal theme does not define the layout, structure, or contents of a portal desktop. This is defined by the Classic Framework Page (see Classic Framework Page).

Neither the framework page nor the portal theme are directly assigned to a user. Combinations of framework pages and portal themes result in portal desktops. Portal desktops are assigned to users. See also Portal Display Rules (Rule Collections).

You can develop your own portal themes by using one of the theme templates provided by SAP (such as SAP Chrome or SAP Streamline) for:

  • Changing the color scheme of the portal

  • Changing the font type and size

  • Including your own company logo

For an overview of the themes delivered with the portal, see Portal Themes in the Standard Content Delivery.

Implementation Considerations

You create a portal theme in the Theme Editor. You access the Theme Editor in the delivered administrator role by choosing   System Administration   Portal Display   Theme Editor  .

Note Note

You can also use the UI Theme Designer to create and edit portal themes. For more information, see Activating the UI Theme Designer,

End of the note.

You use the Theme Editor to edit a fixed number of theme properties (such as background color). The corresponding stylesheets are generated automatically and do not need to be edited directly.

The Theme Editor supports the CSS1 standard for cascading stylesheets.

Caution Caution

Some of the functions of the Theme Editor are not available under Mozilla Firefox. See Using the Theme Editor under Mozilla FireFox.

End of the caution.

The following tools and functions are available with the Theme Editor:

  • Theme Transport

    Allows you to export and import your own themes.

  • ITS Theme Generator

    Allows you to generate ITS stylesheets.

  • Theme Integrity Test

    Supports error detection.

You can find all these tools and functions in the delivered administration role under   System Administration   Portal Display  .

Integration

The following stylesheets can be changed with the Theme Editor:

  • The stylesheet for the entire portal

  • All ITS-based IACs and SAP MiniApps (with Release 4.6C and higher)

  • Stylesheets for the Business Information Warehouse releases 2.0 and 3.0