How to customize the administration console URL in wecenter portal

By default, we can access the webcenter portal administration console from the following URL
http://www.app-server:port/applicaiton-context_root/admin.

We can customize it by making the following changes to the web.xml

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>PortalAdminServlet</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>oracle.webcenter.portalwebapp.servlet.PortalAdminServlet</servlet-class>
  </servlet>

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>PortalAdminServlet</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/desired-url</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

Apply a template at runtime in Oracle webcenter portal

We might need to change the application template at runtime from the Oracle Webcenter portal administration console. This can be done as shown below

Step1: 

1. Make sure that template is available and not hidden
2. If not available, select a particular template and click the edit button and select "Show"  

Step2:

Choose and apply the template from the configuration tab as shown below