Update the custom style

After creating a theme style, use this procedure to apply a customized look and feel to the theme.

Do not edit the IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 theme CSS style sheets directly, because these changes might be lost during a fix pack upgrade. Instead, create the CSS class in a new style sheet belonging to the custom theme.

1. Apply the custom style to a page.

   1. On the page to apply the style, turn on Edit Mode.

   2. Click the Page > Styles on the toolbar.

   3. Click the custom style.

2. Write the new styles.

   1. Open a portal page that has the theme and custom style applied.

   2. Use a tool, like Firebug, to select and inspect the style rules to change.

   3. After determining the styles to override in the theme, copy the overrides to the custom style sheet on WebDAV.

3. Apply the custom style sheet to the entire page structure.

   1. Figure out the root page for the area on which to apply the custom style. To apply to the entire site, select the Content Root.

   2. Add metadata on the root page with a key of colorPalette and a value pointing to the custom style sheet in relation to the theme directory on WebDAV. For example: css/custom/custom.css.

4. Use Firebug to inspect the CSS file.

   1. Open the Firebug plug-in in a Mozilla Firefox browser.

   2. Click the element selection icon in the Firebug menu bar.

   3. Click the area on the page to change.

   4. Check the correct area is selected in the HTML tab.

      

   5. Look at the Style tab to inspect all the CSS files applied to the HTML element.

      

   6. Edit the CSS file in the Style tab until the HTML element looks how we want it to. To edit an attribute click the text.

      

   7. After determining the new value applied has the appearance that we want, copy the CSS file that we changed in the Style tab into the custom style sheet.

• Style definitions
  Customize the theme with these definitions.

Parent Styles

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