The typical mechanism for changing the header and tabs is to change the theme. (By changing tabs, I assume you mean their appearance - you can change which tabs appear by defining new pages - each page has its own tab.) The existing header and tabs are laid out in index.jsp files found in subdirectories of jboss-portl.sar/portal-core.war/layouts View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4126331#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...