Update the portal theme

We do not need to perform these steps for the sample portal pages deployed under IBM Connections when we install the portlets. Those pages are pre-configured to use the full profile theme for WebSphere Portal 8.0. For WebSphere Portal 8.5, a custom theme, "IBM Connections Portlets", is deployed when we install the Connections Portlets, and those pages preconfigured to use this profile. Follow these steps if we add new pages to the deployment.

To render the theme faster, the default themes for Portal 8.0 and Portal 8.5 do not load Dojo in view mode. Connections portlets require a profile that includes Dojo capabilities.

For the portal default theme in Portal 8.0, the PAA installer automatically assigns the "Full" profile. That includes more capabilities than the portlets need. This article describes which dependencies the portlets have, and how we can add them to the custom theme profile.

The custom theme deployed for Portal 8.5 includes the modules needed to render the Connections Portlets, however, you may need to merge the modules into the profile used for the site if you integrate the Connections Portlets into existing pages with other content.

1. See: Add a ready to use module to a theme

   Portal 8.0

   • wp_liveobject_framework
   • dijit_form_17

   Portal 8.5 (Modules needed in addition to the modules loaded in the Basic Content profile):

   • dijit_form
   • dojox_xml (If we are using the Library portlet)
   • dijit_tree (If we are using the Library portlet)

   If we are using a custom profile, add the modules to that profile.

2. Stop and restart the Portal server.

3. To specify a theme profile at the page level, we can override the default theme.

   For example, if the theme is using the profile_deferred.json profile, we can specify a custom profile for specific portal pages.

Parent topic:
Deploy the Connections Portlets