slemarchand / server-banner

Liferay plugin displaying a message on a sticky banner.

Server Banner

This Liferay plugin permanently display a configurable message on a sticky banner a top of the page.

Installation

Get the latest .war here and drop it in the deploy directory of your Liferay server.

Configuration

Message, visual details and display restrictions rules for the banner are configurable, using portal properties.

Portal properties

The following portal properties define the behavior of the banner. In order to adapt the banner to your needs, you could override them (usualy in your portal-ext.properties file).

##
## Server Banner
##

	#
	# Set this to true to enable display of server banner.
	#
	server.banner.enabled=true
	
	#
	# The message displayed by the banner. Some special variables can be 
	# included.
	#
	server.banner.message=${hostName}
	
	#
	# The color of banner text, as a CSS color.
	#
	server.banner.color=#fff
	
	#
	# The color of banner background, as a CSS color.
	#
	server.banner.background.color=#335C7D
	
	#
	# The size of the banner. Accepted values are "small", "medium" or "large".
	#
	server.banner.size=medium

	#
	# Input a list of comma delimited theme ids. The server banner will be 
	# displayed only for these themes.
	#
	#restricted.theme.ids=controlpanel,classic
	
	#
	# Input a list of comma delimited role names. The server banner will be 
	# displayed only for these roles.
	#
	#restricted.roles=Administrator,Site Administrator

Special variables

The following special variables can be used inside the message :

• jvmRoute
• serverName
• serverPort
• hostName
• emailAddress
• screenName