Creating a style

A style is applied to any folder or a navigation bar to control its appearance and presentation. A newly-created style is not automatically applied. You must explicitly apply a given style to a particular folder or navigation bar. For more information, see Applying a style to a folder.

You must be logged on as the content area administrator, style administrator, or folder owner with the appropriate privilege to create a style.

To create a style:

  1. In the Navigator, click the Content Areas tab.

  2. Navigate to Path: Content Areas > Content Area Name.

    Note: If you want to share this style across multiple content areas, create it in the Shared Objects content area.

  1. Next to the Styles container, click Create. The Style Manager Wizard is displayed.

  2. In the Style Properties section, enter a name for the style to be used internally by Oracle Portal and a display name which appears on the Navigator and throughout the product.

    Note: The name of the style must be no more than 30 characters, and must be unique within the Oracle Portal content area.

  1. If you want to base the style on an existing style, choose the style from the Copy From list.

    Tip: New styles are created by modifying an existing style, sometimes extensively, and saving it with a new name.

  1. If you want authorized users of the content area to have access to your new style, either to apply to their folders or to use as a basis for their own new styles, select Make Public. If this style is strictly for your own use, clear this box.

    Note: The Make Public check box is displayed only to those authorized users with the "Publish" or "Make Public" privileges on the content area (or across all content areas). For more information, see Enabling users or groups to make content area objects available to other users.

  1. Click Create.

    Note: The new style is not automatically applied to your folder. You apply the style from the Folder Manager: Style tab. For more information, see Applying a style to a folder.

  1. To edit the new style, click the style link displayed at the top of the page.

  2. The Style Manager is displayed from which you can edit the various style properties and elements on the available tabs: Main, Folder Layout, and Properties.

Related Topics

What is a style administrator?
Assigning a style administrator
Creating a style
Applying a style to a folder

Why isn't the style I created applied to my folder?
Changing the style applied to your folder
What are banners?
What are folder regions?
How do I make my objects available for other users?