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Liferay Beginner's Guide

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Liferay Beginner's Guide

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Liferay
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
PayPal Test Account Configuration
Index

Time for action – adding content to the Welcome page


Here's how you do it:

  1. Suppose that you have logged in as the portal administrator. Click on Manage | Page Layout, and a window pops up with 10 pre-defined layouts.

  2. Select the 2 Columns (70/30) layout and click on Save.

  3. Remove the Hello World portlet if it is there.

  4. Move the Sign in portlet to the right-hand side column.

  5. Hover over the Add link. Click on Web Content Display – the web content display portlet is added to the left-hand side column of the page:

  6. Click on the gear-shaped icon on the left-hand side of the portlet at the bottom.

  7. Click on WELCOME-MESSAGE. Click on Save – the content is displayed.

  8. Click on the wrench icon on the right-hand side of the portlet on the top.

  9. Click on Look and Feel – a window pops up.

  10. Uncheck Show Borders – we want to hide the top bar of the web content display portlet.

  11. Click on Save and close the pop up window.

  12. Refresh the page – the portlet title bar is gone.

Now sign out. Here is how the Welcome page looks:

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