I think what you want to do is modify the page layouts which are available at jboss-portal.sar/portal-core.war/layouts. The 'generic' directory holds the standard 2-column layout. You should make a copy of that directory - for example, copy 'generic' as 'plain', and then modify 'plain'. To use your 'plain' layout, modify the jboss-portal.sar/conf/data/default-object.xml file, changing the value for the layout.id property. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4175428#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...