See: http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.6/user-guide/en/html/dynamicity.html#pa... To choose your layout and theme using the management portlet (note that you can do it in the XML descriptors as well) Here is the doc for packaging theme and layout. http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.6/reference-guide/en/html/themeandlayou... If you look at the sources of the portal you got you will find the layout defined here: core/src/bin/portal-core-war/layouts/generic/*.jsp and the default theme here: core/src/bin/portal-core-war/themes/renaissance/* View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4025415#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...