Patent ID: 8020103
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer method of controlling the layout of markup fragments of Portlets aggregated in web pages comprising: a) providing a Portal control component in a subject web portal, the subject web portal having a web page aggregating a plurality of Portlets b) providing a layout template comprising a layout specification of GUI-elements to be generated by the Portlets; c) using the portal control component to pass the layout template to each of the Portlets; and d) using the Portlets generating markup fragments according to prescriptions of said layout template such that layout of markup fragments cause a consistent look and feel at client-sites of web pages of the subject web portal; wherein the Portal control component comprises additional logic for varying the prescriptions of the layout template, wherein said additional logic is run through in every render request; and wherein the additional logic comprises evaluation of conditions.