Layout Templates are ways of choosing how portlets will be arranged on a page. Layout templates are usually a grid-like structure and are mostly created with HTML tables. They form the body of a page the large area, where you can drag and drop the portlets to create pages. In short, a layout template describes how various columns and rows are arranged to display the portlets.
As shown in the following screenshot for the use case Book Workshop Home, the web site www.bookpubworkshop.com
is made up of many workshop pages. Each page consists of a set of portlets. Portlets are arranged in a specific way in pages. For instance, the AROUND THE WORLD page has three portlets: I'm Lola, Our Research is Global, and Our Co-Productions. The whole page is aligned in the centre, while I'm Lola, Our Research is Global, and Our Co-Productions are represented by layout template 1-2 columns
. As you can see, Lola's hand is around 25 pixels out of the box. This means that I...