Site Appearance
You can customize the design and functionality of a Liferay site in several different ways. The table below shows the Liferay tools you can use:
| Features | Style Books | Master Page Templates | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Embed common fragments/widgets | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Define common layouts for pages | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Managed through the UI | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Customize styles, spacing, colors, etc. | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Add extra functionality | ✓ |
Master Page Templates
With Master Page Templates, you can define common elements for your pages using fragments, especially headers and footers. Use them to conform any number of pages on your site to the look and feel you design.
Style Books
Style Books are visual standards defined for a site, such as standard colors and spacing. With Style Books, you can design every page’s layout independently while maintaining a consistent experience between each of them.
Widget/Fragment Appearance
Fragments and widgets are the building blocks of your site. There are many ways to customize them to suit your site’s appearance.
- Fragment customizations can be used to tailor the look and feel of your site’s fragment pages.
- Application Display Templates can customize the appearance and behavior of the widgets on your site.
Themes
Themes are a front-end developer’s tool for customizing the default look and feel of your site. They provide a foundation that your Style Books and Page Templates can extend. You can also embed widgets in a theme to ensure a particular arrangement.
Themes are not supported in Liferay SaaS.
