Getting started with Themes

Before you begin to develop themes, learn about the resources and the tools you can leverage to create and customize them.

Theme components and resources
You can quickly create a new theme based on an existing template when you use the Theme Development Tools. The Simple Theme and the Portal 8.5 Theme are available for immediate use.
Granting access to theme development tools
By default, theme development tools are available to the administrator only. You can grant access for managing themes to other users and user groups, such as a theme design team.
Theme Manager
Use the Theme Manager portlet to create new themes from templates, edit existing themes, and copy, export, or delete themes with one click. You can find the Theme Manager by clicking Applications menu > Theme Development in your portal. From Theme Development, you can access two tools: Theme Manager and Theme Analyzer.
Manage Theme Properties
You can modify the properties of a theme and its available skins in the Manage Theme Properties dialog. In the dialog, you can modify the properties of both WAR-based and WebDAV-based themes, but not all modification options are available for WAR-based themes.
Creating a theme
You can quickly create a new theme that is based on a template when you click the Create Theme icon.

Parent topic: Developing themes and skins