Header

Calls the viewlet managers for the site header.

Snippet:

<div id="portal-header"> … </div>

Name:

plone.header

Type:

viewlet

Use:

Site Setup > Zope Management Interface > portal_view_customizations

Go to:

plone.header

Customizing in your own product

The following details will help you locate the files that you will need to copy into your own product. They will also help you to provide the correct information to create your own zcml directives, Python classes, and interfaces.See viewlet for more information.

Located in:

• [your egg location]/plone/app/layout/viewlets/
• [your egg location]/plone.app.layout-[version].egg/plone/app/layout/viewlets/

Template Name:

portal_header.pt

Class Name:

none

Manager:

plone.portaltop (name) plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalTop (interface)

Sample files & directives

Put a version of portal_header.pt in [your theme package]/browser/templates)

Wire up your viewlet in [your theme package]/browser/configure.zcml

<browser:viewlet
    name="[your namespace].[your viewlet name]"
    manager="plone.app.layout.viewlets.interfaces.IPortalTop"
    template="templates/[your template name].pt"
    layer=".interfaces.[your theme specific interface]"
    permission="zope2.View"
/>

In [your theme package]/profiles/default/viewlets.xml

Hide the original viewlet (if you wish)

<object>
    <hidden manager="plone.portaltop" skinname="[your skin name]">
        <viewlet name="plone.header" />
    </hidden>

Insert your new viewlet in a viewlet manager

    <order manager="plone.portaltop" skinname="[your skin name]"
           based-on="Plone Default">
        <viewlet name="[your namespace].[your viewlet name]"
                 insert-before="*" />
    </order>
</object>