Liferay 6.1: Changing Portal Themes

Liferay controls the look of the portal via the use of Portal Theme. Portal Administrators can switch Portal Themes in the Look and Feel Section of Site Pages settings.

1) Start Liferay Server.

2) Open Liferay Portal Home.


3) Log into the portal using test@liferay.com credential.



4) Browse Liferay Portal Front page. (http://localhost:8080/web/guest/home)


5) Go to Control Panel.


6) Go to Liferay/Site Pages.

7) Notice that towards the bottom of the Look and Feel Section, there is a sub-section Available Themes.

7.1) By default, 7Cogs Theme have been included in the Liferay bundle.

8) Switch to 7Cogs Theme.

8.1) Click 7Cogs radio button.

8.2) Click Save

8.3) Get a success message.

9) Browse Liferay Portal front page.

Notice that the Welcome button is aligned to the right of the page.