I've created the first pass of Design and UI tasks based on the work James Cobb has been doing and as a result of our ongoing portal design discussions.

I've created these in the Labs component of "Design and UI". Here's a shortcut to a quick filter to get everything:

http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&&type=3&pid=10040&component=12310225&fixfor=12310870&version=12310870&sorter/field=priority&sorter/order=ASC

Here's a quick rundown of these UI design tasks which hit almost all of the most important design and interface enhancements we need in JBoss Portal:


[JBLAB-735] JBoss Portal Default Theme: Build Header HTML/CSS

Create the HTML and CSS for the default portal theme header.


[JBLAB-736] JBoss Portal Default Theme: Build Portlet Controls HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the new portlet controls in JBoss Portal. See the attached image mockup.

[JBLAB-737] JBoss Portal Default Theme: Main Content Area HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the main content area of the landing page for JBoss Portal. See attached image.

[JBLAB-738] JBoss Portal Personalization: Maximized Portlet HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the maximized portlet. See attached image.

[JBLAB-739] JBoss Portal Personalization: Edit Layout HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the Edit Layout. See attached image.

[JBLAB-740] JBoss Portal Personalization: Add New Page HTML/CSS

Create HTML/CSS for the Add New Page feature of JBoss Portal. See attached image.

[JBLAB-741] JBoss Portal Personalization: Add Content HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the Add Content panel in JBoss Portal. See attached image.

[JBLAB-742] JBoss Portal Personalization: Remove Content HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the Remove Content feature of JBoss Portal Personalization. See attached image.

[JBLAB-743] JBoss Portal Administration: Management Portlet HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the Management Portlet in the administration features of JBoss Portal. Image coming soon.

[JBLAB-744] JBoss Portal Administration: CMS Portlet HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the CMS Portlet in the administration section of JBoss Portal. Image coming soon.

[JBLAB-745] JBoss Portal Administration: User Portlet HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the user portlet in JBoss Portal Administration. Image coming soon.

[JBLAB-746] JBoss Portal Administration: Role Portlet HTML/CSS

Create the HTML/CSS for the Role Portlet in JBoss Portal Administration. Image coming soon.


Many of these tasks' UI elements require functionality enhancements to Portal. A subsequent set of JIRA tasks will be created in the JBPORTAL Jira project to address each of them.

Please take a look at each of the images attached to the JIRA tasks. This is the time to provide feedback.