I mentioned last time in The State of Maven Development, that we were missing a few items for our Maven users.

Well I have good news...

You can now build themes in Maven!

In pom.xml:

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactid>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactid>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>generate-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <outputdirectory>${project.build.directory}/deps</outputdirectory>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupid>com.liferay</groupid>
            <artifactid>com.liferay.portal.tools.theme.builder</artifactid>
            <version>1.0.0</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <phase>process-resources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>build-theme</goal>
                    </goals>
                    <configuration>
                        <diffsdir>src/main/webapp/</diffsdir>
                        <name>sample-maven-theme</name>
                        <outputdir>${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}</outputdir>
                        <parentdir>${project.build.directory}/deps/com.liferay.frontend.theme.styled-2.0.13.jar</parentdir>
                        <parentname>_styled</parentname>
                        <templateextension>ftl</templateextension>
                        <unstyleddir>${project.build.directory}/deps/com.liferay.frontend.theme.unstyled-2.0.13.jar</unstyleddir>
                    </configuration>
                </execution>
            </executions>
        </plugin>
        <plugin>
            <groupid>com.liferay</groupid>
            <artifactid>com.liferay.css.builder</artifactid>
            <version>1.0.20</version>
            <executions>
                <execution>
                    <id>default-build-css</id>
                    <phase>generate-sources</phase>
                    <goals>
                        <goal>build-css</goal>
                    </goals>
                </execution>
            </executions>
            <configuration>
                <portalcommonpath>/</portalcommonpath>
                <docrootdirname>src/main/resources</docrootdirname>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupid>com.liferay</groupid>
        <artifactid>com.liferay.frontend.theme.styled</artifactid>
        <version>2.0.13</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupid>com.liferay</groupid>
        <artifactid>com.liferay.frontend.theme.unstyled</artifactid>
        <version>2.0.13</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

We’ve also published 18 maven archetypes with many more on the way!

• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.activator
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.api
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.content.targeting.report
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.content.targeting.rule
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.content.targeting.tracking.action
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.control.menu.entry
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.fragment
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.mvc.portlet
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.panel.app
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.portlet
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.portlet.configuration.icon
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.portlet.provider
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.portlet.toolbar.contributor
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.service
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.service.builder
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.service.wrapper
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.simulation.panel.entry
• com.liferay:com.liferay.project.templates.template.context.contributor

Check back with us as we continue to work on documentation, more archetypes including one new one that should make starting your next project much easier.