Creation of Framework Page

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can anyone help me with creation of framework page
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JM

Answer 1

Hi,
A portal desktop comprises a framework page and a theme:
Framework page:
      A framework page is a portal page defining the layout of navigational and structural elements in the portal  desktop. A typical framework page includes a header area,navigation area, and a work area
Theme:   
       A portal theme defines the overall look-and-feel of user  interface elements in a portal desktop, such as aspect of font usage, UI control elements, color, and contrast.
A portal desktop may support more than portal theme.
Users can personalize their portal desktop at runtime to suit  their choice of style and taste.
portal themes
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 default framework page.
All the themes in the portal are located under:
System administration: Portal Content->Themes
how to create a portal theme?
Navigate to System Administration  Portal Display  Theme Editor.
Choose one of the Themes that you want it’s style to be your basic.
Make the necessary changes.
Apply “SAVE AS” in order to create a new Theme. 
You can’t change the default themes that are provided by SAP.
How to Create Portal Desktop?
1.Navigate into:
     System Administration  Portal Display  Desktops & Display Rules .
2.Right Click  new Portal Desktop.
3.Type name + Id.
4. Right click on  the Framework page which you want to add the desktop  choose “Add framework page to portal Desktop”.
5. Right click on  the Theme which you want to add the desktop  choose “Add theme to portal Desktop”.
6.Repeat steps 4,5 for all the necessary Pages and Themes.
7.Define one framework page and one theme as Default.
8.Apply Save.
Create a Portal Desktop which contains the following:
    Framework page
    The Theme object
steps
1) First step is to copy the default framework page (do not change the Out-of-the box Default Framework Page as other elements may depend on this one).The Default Framework Page located under Portal Users > Standard Portal Users.
2)Next ->paste into new folder
3) You need to change the page name by:
      a)  Open the page for editing: Make Right click on the page -> open (under the content administration).
      b)On the left side in the property editor, scroll to “Page Name” in the Property List and change it.
      c) Click Save (don’t close the editor yet). New name will automatically appear in the Portal Content Browser.
4) Create the desktop by:
a) Navigate into:System Administration->Portal Display->Desktops & Display Rules .
b) Select your folder.
c) Right Click-> new Portal Desktop.
4) Type name + Id.
5) Right click on  the Framework page which you copied in the previous steps -> choose “Add framework page to portal Desktop”.
6) Right click on  the Theme which you created in practice 1-> choose “Add theme to portal Desktop”.
7) Repeat step ‘f’ for all the necessary Themes.
8) Define the framework page as Default by select it and click on the “Set Default” button.
9) Define the theme you created as Default by select it and click on the “Set Default” button..
10) Apply Save.
now you need to create rule collection
Rules collection
Portal object which contains set of conditions that are defined by a portal administrator. These conditions determine which portal desktops are assigned to end users at runtime.
You can Assign Desktop according to:
Users name
Groups
Roles
Browser Type
Browser version
Bandwidth
Alias
The rule that is listed first will be applied first if multiple conditions apply to a logged in user. (Note: When assignment to a new rule has been made to a user who has previously logged in, the theme may not immediately be seen).
You can also create delegate structure by assign Rule  Collection  from a rule collection.
How to Create a Rule Collection?
1) Navigate into:System Administration ->Portal Display->Desktops & Display Rules.
2) In the ‘portal content’ make Right Click ->new Rule Collection.
3) Type name + Id.
4)Click on the “Add If Expression” button.
5) Select the required criteria (User, Group, Role, Browser Type, Browser version, Bandwidth, Alias).
6)Fill the match value for the criteria.For role object you must type the full id of the object (e.g: “pcd:portal_content/Sharon/Roles/Content_role”–you can get it by locate the cursor on the field area and than make right click on the role object and choose the “Add Role…” command)
7) Select the “THEN” statement.
8) Locate the cursor in the desktop name field.
9) Make right click on the desktop which you want to assign the user and choose the “Add Desktop…” command.
10)Repeat steps 4-10 in case that you want to define more rules.
then you need to create main rules.
Master Rules collection (main_rules)– initial portal Rule Set located in the portal Catalog.
When a user connects to the portal, the first Rule object that is read by the run-time service is the main_rules. According to the conditions in this object the user gets a Desktop or is being redirected to another Rule collection which determines which desktop will be assigned to him.
The main_rules object is located in:System Administration ->Portal Display-> Desktops & Display Rules :
Portal content ->super administrator ->super administration ->  main_rules
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