Structure

A typical framework page includes the following components that comprise a portal desktop (for details, see Portal Interface):

SAP NetWeaver Portal supplies the Classic Framework Page, the Light Framework Page, the Ajax Framework Page, and two headerless framework pages with the default portal installation (see Classic Framework Page). The portal provides the headerless framework pages for the purpose of supporting headerless navigation (see Headerless Navigation). These pages do not contain a header area.

An organization can generate more than one framework page for their portal users, each one customized to suit a different user environment, browsing scenario, or role (see Creating a Framework Page). Each user can use only one framework page instance at a time.

Framework pages are assigned to portal users through portal desktop objects (see Portal Desktops). A portal desktop object combines any number of framework pages and portal themes. The assignment of a portal desktop to users, groups, or roles is enabled by means of a portal display rule (see Portal Display Rules). A portal display rule determines which default portal desktop is allocated to users when they log on to the portal, and hence provides the user with the portal themes and framework pages assigned to that portal desktop.