changing the theme to display email id instead of name in portal 8 theme

The second order of theme configuration is through resource environment provider (REP) custom properties in the WP GlobalThemeConfig REP. Changes to the REP custom properties apply across all themes, and the values, therefore, cannot vary from theme to theme.

Procedure

1. Access the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console.
2. Go to Resources > Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers > WP GlobalThemeConfig.
3. Click the Custom properties link.
4. Modify the property values as needed according to the following table.
5. Save and persist the changes to the master configuration.
6. Restart the portal server.

Resource environment providers use the following properties and values :-

user.displaynameattribute

We can change this to uid or IBM-primaryEmail or givenName .[ Default value:

cn]

resources.theme.loadingImage

The path to the loading image relative to the theme base URI. Default value:

css/images/loading.gif