Creating a WebDAV-based theme copy

With a WebDAV-based theme, static theme content is deployed through WebDAV. Use this option if your theme developers update static theme content by using WebDAV.

Copying the static resources for your theme
You need to make a unique copy of the Portal 8.5 theme static resources before you start customizing your custom theme.
Copying the static resources for your skin
You need to make a unique copy of the static resources for your skin.
Copying the dynamic resources for your theme
You need to make a unique copy of the dynamic resources for your theme. Make sure that Eclipse, IBM® Rational® Application Developer or Rational Team Concert with the Java EE developer tools add-on is installed.
Deploying static and dynamic resources
After you copy your static and dynamic theme resources and modify your dynamic resource references, you are ready to deploy your static and dynamic theme resources to the server.
Modify the dynamic resource references for your theme
You must modify the dynamic resource references to link to the static resources for your theme.
Binding your theme to the context root of the web application
You must bind your theme to the context root of the web application for your theme.
Making your custom skin the default skin
Add your custom skin to the skins list to set it as the default skin for your theme. If it is the only custom skin, it is automatically set as the default skin for your theme.

Parent topic: Manually creating a copy of your theme