Liferay 6.1 Theme variables

 

Like Alimozzaman in his blog, we tried to search for the official theme variables for Liferay 6.1 and the closest thing we can find is a documentation which we believe its for Liferay 4.3. We managed to locate the init.ftl at ${liferay}\${tomcat}\webapps\ROOT\html\themes\classic\templates.

We tried to sort the variable according to the variable type and its importance. Do feel free to comment, if we make a mistake or help us to fill in the description for some of the variables, thanks

Theme Specific Variables

1. $theme_display / $themeDisplay
   The theme display object (com.liferay.portal.theme.ThemeDisplay)
   Javadoc: ${liferay 6.1 javadoc}/javadocs/com/liferay/portal/theme/ThemeDisplay.html
2. $portlet_display / $portletDisplay
   The portlet display object (com.liferay.portal.theme.PortletDisplay)
   Javadoc: ${liferay 6.1 javadoc}/javadocs/com/liferay/portal/theme/PortletDisplay.html
3. $css_class
   The css class specified for the “color scheme” in the liferay-look-and-feel.xml, together with other css conditions like:
   <#if liferay_toggle_controls = “visible”>
   <#assign css_class = css_class + ” controls-visible” />
   <#else>
   <#assign css_class = css_class + ” controls-hidden” />
   </#if>
4. $theme_settings
   Theme’s settings
5. $theme_timestamp
   Theme’s latest deployment timestamp (expressed in long)
6. $css_folder
   Relative path to the css directory
7. $images_folder
   Relative path to the images directory
8. $javascript_folder
   Relative path to the javascript directory
9. $templates_folder
   Relative path to the templates directory
10. $full_css_path
11. $full_templates_path
12. $css_main_file
    Relative path to the theme’s main css file (main.css)
13. $js_main_file
    Relative path to the theme’s main javascript file (main.js)

Company Specific Variables

1. $company_id
   Company’s id
2. $company_name
   Company’s name (defined at Control Panel > Portal > Portal Setting, Name field)
3. $company_logo
   Relative path to the company’s logo (defined at Control Panel > Portal > Display Setting, Logo field)
4. $company_logo_height
   The height of the company’s logo (pixel)
5. $company_logo_width
   The width of the company’s logo (pixel)
6. $company_url
   Company’s home url (defined at Control Panel > Portal > Portal Setting, Home URL field)

Liferay Classic Theme Specific Variables

1. $liferay_toggle_controls
2. $page_group
3. $liferay_dockbar_pinned

References:

1. Liferay Wiki – Access Objects from Velocity
2. Liferay 6 Theme Variables by Alimozzaman
3. Liferay Official Theme Variables Documentation (which we believed its for Liferay 4.3)
4. http://zh.sourceforge.jp/projects/sfnet_lportal/releases/
5. http://www.liferay.com/zh/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Access+Objects+from+Velocity