How to add custom portlet in Control Panel section

Question

How can I add a custom portlet to the Portal section of the Control Panel, as shown in the following figure:

Answer 1

Here is how to do it:

1. In your portlet's liferay-portlet.xml (you can check the DTD of this xml for more information on other tags) include two tags in your tag as shown:

   
       MyCustomPortlet
       /mycustom.png
       
       
       portal
   
       
       100
   
       false
       /css/main.css
       /js/main.js
       mycustomportlet-portlet
   
   

2. Also, if you don't want your portlet to appear in the Add Menu so that it is not put on other pages, then in your liferay-display.xml you can include:

3. Build and deploy your portlet and you are good to go.