Themes (WAP)
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Themes customize the overall look and feel of Liferay and were introduced in version 3.5 of the portal. With Liferay version 4.3, we now have a WAP theme that is designed to run on mobile devices.
Overview #
To find out where to start, look at liferay-look-and-feel.xml found in the \trunk\portal-web\docroot\WEB-INF\ folder.
<theme id="mobile" name="Mobile">
<root-path>/wap/themes/${theme-id}</root-path>
<wap-theme>true</wap-theme>
</theme>This is very similar to our other themes except it has this attribute:
<wap-theme>true</wap-theme>
This tells the portal that the theme was developed for a mobile device.
You also notice the addition of a wap folder in \trunk\portal-web\docroot\.
To make a theme show up correctly in a mobile device, you need this doc type:
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile11.dtd">
Make sure all your tpl, jsp, and VM files adhere to this standard.
New template files have been created for mobile display. If you look at liferay-layout-templates.xml. You see entries for for .wap.tpl files like the follow:
<wap-template-path>/html/layouttpl/custom/1_column.wap.tpl</wap-template-path>
In the 4.3 \trunk\themes\ folder, you'll find a sample wap theme called sample-base-wap-theme.war. Use this as your template for custom wap themes.
Database Changes#
The Layout table also has addition fields for wapThemeId and wapColorSchemeId.
