Portlets

Portlets are the parts of the page that get displayed in the left (left_slot) and right (right_slot) columns. Each portlet has its own template.

• Templates: portlet_calendar, portlet_events, portlet_favorites, portlet_login, portlet_navigation, portlet_news, portlet_recent, portlet_related, and portlet_review
  • Located: [site]/portal_skins/plone_portlets
• CSS: .portlet, .portlet h4, .portlet h5, .portlet h6, .portletBody, .portletDetails, .portletMore, .portletContent, .portletClose, .portlet .even, .portlet .odd, .portlet input, .portlet ul, and .portlet li
  • Located: [site]/portal_skins/plone_styles/plone.css

Note:

The Calendar slot has additional CSS

• CSS: .dayPopup, .date, .ploneCalendar, .ploneCalendar a, .ploneCalendar a:hover, .ploneCalendar th, .ploneCalendar td, .ploneCalendar .weekdays td, .ploneCalendar .event, .ploneCalendar .todayevent, and .ploneCalendar .todaynoevent
  • Located: [site]/portal_skins/plone_styles/plone.css

Additional Information:

To control which slots are displayed and where:

In Plone v2.x:

• Navigate to the root of your Plone site
• Click the Properties tab at the top. You should see:

• Each line in left_slots and right_slots is an entry for a portlet
• Deleting any line from left_slots or right_slots will remove that portlet
• Moving any line from left_slots to right_slots or vice versa will change the side of the page on which the portlet appears
• Reordering the lines will change the order in which the portlets appear
  
• Remember to click Save Changes
  

Note

Here is a how-to on creating a static portlet.

Note

This can also be done in any other folder in your Plone site in order to diplay or hide different portlets in different locations. If either left_slots or right_slots do not appear in the ZMI, you can add them:

• At the bottom of the Properties page, enter either left_slots or right_slots for Name
• Select a Type value of strings
• Enter the name and path above for the appropriate portlet as a Value
• Click Add

In Plone v3.x:

• Click Manage Portlets
• To remove a portlet from either the left or right side, click the red X icon to the right of its name
• To add a portlet to either side, select its name from the Add portlet drop-down menu
• To edit the behavior of some (not all) portlets, click its name and edit its settings
  

Navigation portlet in Plone 3.x:

In Plone v3 sites with default configurations, the left_slots section is hidden on the front page, due to the default Navigation portlet configuration settings on the front-page object.  To enable the display of the Navigation portlet at the site home page:

• Click Manage Portlets
• Click the Navigation portlet
• Under Start Level, change the portlet start level value from 1 to 0
• Click Save