Sunil, FYI, Macros are located in jetspeed/WEB-INF/jetspeed_macros.vm or in the decorator specific decorator_macros.vm.
Velocity is not all that complex. Here is the link to the site: http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/index.html Caution: I am fairly sure that adding a custom portlet mode/action will be more difficult than adding something in the decorators/macros. Randy On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 15:47 -0800, Tiwari, Sunil Kumar wrote: > Hi Randy, > > I was able to create a new skin by copying the folder structure of an > existing skin and tinkering with it. So far, I am able to just change > the look and feel but wasn't able to add new custom mode. > > I noticed a macro #PortletActionBar($decoration) in > jetspeed/decorations/portlet/decorator.vm > > I guess this macro has to do with what modes can be provided. > But I don't know much about Velocity and so I cldn't figure it out. > > Could you tell me where these macros are defined and how they work with > themes and skins? > > Thanks so much for your inputs. > > -Sunil > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Watler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:15 PM > To: Jetspeed Users List > Subject: Re: How to create a new skin and add custom mode to it > injetspeed2? > > Sunil, > > The best way to start with the decorators is to make a copy of them and > tinker! > > Decorators can be deployed by jaring them up and dropping them into the > webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/deploy directory, (the jar file must contain > the *.properties and *.vm files at the top level and folders for css and > images filled appropriately). There might be a small bug in the 2.0 > release deployer, but we'll fix that soon. In the interim, you should be > able to edit them in place or copy new ones into the existing > webapps/jetspeed/decorators directory. > > If you need to add a new custom mode, that is more complicated. I am not > sure J2 supports this without code changes. I am sure David Taylor can > give you some input there, or you can try to search the mailing list > archives. > > HTH, > > Randy > > On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 11:32 -0800, Tiwari, Sunil Kumar wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have recently started using jetspeed2 portal and it looks amazing. > > The themes and skins have been developed using Velocity and I don't > know > > much about it. > > > > Can someone help me in creating a new skin and adding custom mode to > it? > > I want a config mode in addition to the default modes. I need to add > the > > image to the skin.. am I right? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Sunil > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
