Add Custom Portlet in my Header Liferay 6.2

Question

I want to add a custom porlet in my header of my liferay, but I don't know how to do it.

I know I can add just content in portal....vm. But for a entire portlet..

Is it possible ?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Of course it is possible !! You will have to embed the portlet from the thema for the header or leave the space to be able to enter there your portlet

#set ($portlet_id = '73')
#set ($instance_id = 'E3j7')
#set ($my_portlet_id = "${portlet_id}_INSTANCE_${instance_id})

You need the portlet ID to be able to use it in your header

Documentacion: https://web.liferay.com/es/community/wiki/-/wiki/Main/Embedding+a+portlet+in+the+theme

Answer 2

Use this line in your .vm theme file:

$theme.runtime($portletId, $queryString, $velocityPortletPreferences.toString())

You can get Portlet ID from "Look and feel" > "Advanced Styling" of your portlet

If it is something like: #portlet_welcome_WAR_Helloportlet, you will use welcome_WAR_Helloportlet in place of ID in the theme.

To have more information on how this work and how to use correctly this approach i suggest to follow informations you can find here and here.