How to change the page header?

Question

Hi,
I just installed and started using Plumtree 6.0 a month ago, and we are still in a trial phase for our company's portal.
I want to change the default page header to replace Plumtree logo to my company's logo. I thought I can change it in the style sheet, but I didn't find where to change in the cssmill folder. I found an artical in edocs.bea.com saying I can modify the header by using ALI Publisher, but I don't know what's the right way to do it and faster.
Can someone guide me how to change the page header?
Thank you. (if this is not the correct forum to post the question, please let me know which forum should I go)

Answer 1

Depends on what you want to do. Personally, I'd do a header portlet and not touch the Plumtree/BEA logos. They're likely to be overwritten when the product receives updates.
This may seem like a lot of steps, but really - it goes quickly
** Think through what you want to display. If all you want to do is replace the image, but you wan to keep the overall layout style then you can create a simple replacement header
Step 1 - create a header portlet
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If you're using Publisher...
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* Create a new portlet - choose the Header portlet template
* Upload your image / change the header in the rich text editor
If you're not using Publisher
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* Personally, static HTML will do just fine - create a folder and html file called something like "mybanner/mybanner.htm" on your remote portlet server
* Plop in an image (you'll want to swipe some adaptive tags for community and page name - can always stick those in later)
* Create a new remote portlet web service that references this HTML page
* Create a portlet from the web service - make sure the type is "header"
Step 2 - turn it on
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* Create a new experience definition (or modify default - I usually create a new one so you can move it between environments)
* In the experience definition's "header / footer" settings area, tell the header to load from the new header portlet you created
* If you created a custom experience definition, modify your experience rules to load this experience defiintion according to whatever parameters you think make sense (just be careful you don't knock out your login page - we usually use security groups to just say "hey - the user is logged in and is, in fact, a member of this portal - that'll still let your login pages load)
Done
May seem like a lot of work, but really it's just a series of simple steps. Advantage here is you can vary things as you see fit and also just feel safe that the next time Plumtree/BEA updates those imageserver files you'll be good to go. From there you can get as fancy schmancy as you like using adaptive tags, etc. Heck - make it a .NET app if you want and do some crazy personalization or something. Embed stock tickers, important news alerts, whatever.
That help at all?
Thanks,
Eric