Layouts

You can apply ready-use layouts to your portal pages, modify the existing skins, or add your own custom layout to change how your pages display.

Working with layout templates
You can add new layout templates so that they can be assigned to portal pages or update your ready-use layouts to modify the existing skins or change how your pages display.
Scoping a layout to a theme
You can scope layouts so that only certain ones show up in your custom theme. The IBM® WebSphere® Portal 8.0 theme included with the portal uses this technique.
Default layouts
The IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 theme ships with predefined layouts that can be used as a basis for creating custom layouts.

Parent topic: Customizing the theme