Welcome to the Sri Lanka Country Portal Help Guide!
How can the user register for an account?
How can the registered user add or remove a portlet?
How can the registered user change the theme and layout?
How can the registered user rate a portlet?
Forgot your Password? How to reset?
How to change your current password?
This document is intended to help you in understanding the main functionalities of the site. To do this, we will walk through the steps of each function on the Sri Lanka Country Portal for a better experience.
These guidelines will help you build your own space within the Sri Lanka Country Portal as well as learn important user-friendly functionality.
You will see Liferay's default home page:

Select your preferred language and login.
You can register for an account in the Sri Lanka Country Portal by clicking the Create Account button in the Sign In section as shown below.

You will be taken to the account creation page.

After entering the relevant information to the Create Account service, click the Save button to save account information.
Once you have become a registered user, you can sign in at any time using the Sign In link in the banner area,

or you can sign in using the Sign In section

To add a portlet to your preferred area, do the following steps:
After signing in, you will see the Add Services button in the top-left corner of the screen.

Once you click the Add Services button, the Add Services window will appear on the left side of the screen. You will be able to select any service from the given list.
You can also search for a particular service by entering the service name in the search input box as given below.

Once you select the service, you can either drag the particular service to the page or click the Add link.
To remove a portlet from the page, click the
icon in the service.

To change the theme to a preferred theme, sign in to the site.
Then, click the Manage Environment button. The Manage Environment function will give you three options. To change the theme to a preferred theme, select the Manage Pages option from the drop down list as shown below.


Click the Look and Feel tab to change the theme of the complete site.

Select a theme and click the Return to Full Page link.
You will see that the theme has changed to the theme you have selected. To change the theme only for a specific navigation section, go to the Look and Feel tab in the specific section.

Click the Return to Full Page link.

If the portlet has been given a rating facility, you will see rating stars at the bottom of the portlet.

To give a higher rating, click the empty stars to make them coloured. To give a lower rating, click the star before the last coloured star.

Click on forgot password link.

After completing the required details click on ‘Send New Password’ button.

You new password will be delivered to your given e-mail.
After sign-in select ‘My Account’ link from Manage Environment.

Select ‘Password’.

Enter your new password, and save.

Now you can use your new password.
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