To display a Zope Page Template in a portlet

This example will convert Page Templates called "portlet" into portlets for their folder.

• In the ZMI

  Create the portlet (ie portal_skins/custom/portlet_autoportlet) and enter the following text into the file:

  <div metal:define-macro="portlet" tal:condition="exists:here/portlet">
    <dl class="portlet">
      <dt class="portletHeader" tal:content="here/portlet/title">...</dt>
      <dd class="portletItem" tal:content="structure here/portlet">...</dd>
    </dl>
  </div>
  

• In the ZMI

  Go to the root Plone instance folder and select Properties

  Add this line to left_slots or right_slots:

  here/portlet_autoportlet/macros/portlet
  

• In the ZMI

  Navigate to any Plone folder

  Add a page template called "portlet"

  Set the title, and put some HTML and tal into it.

To make one simple static portlet

• In the ZMI

  Create the new portlet (eg portal_skins/custom/portlet_contentsportlet) and put this in it:

  <div metal:define-macro="portlet">
    <dl class="portlet">
      <dt class="portletHeader"> Contents </dt>
      <dd class="portletItem">
        <p tal:repeat="o here/contentItems" tal:content="python:o[0]"/>
      </dd>
      <dd class="portletFooter"> Footer </dd>
    </dl>
  </div>
  

• In the ZMI

  navigate to existing plone folder, select Properties, and add this to left_slots or right_slots:

  here/portlet_contentsportlet/macros/portlet
  

  left_slots and right_slots are inherited, so you need to copy the set from the bika root folder properties