A space template allows you to configure layout of applications. In the example below, a container called "Menu" is placed on top of others. The container contains the SpaceMenuPortlet portlet:

<page>

    <owner-type></owner-type>

    <owner-id></owner-id>

    <name></name>

    <container id="SpacePage" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

        <container id="Menu" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

            <portlet-application>

                <portlet>

                <application-ref>social-portlet</application-ref>

                <portlet-ref>SpaceMenuPortlet</portlet-ref>

                </portlet>

                <access-permissions>*:/platform/users</access-permissions>

                <show-info-bar>false</show-info-bar>

            </portlet-application>

        </container>

        <container id="Application" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

        </container>

    </container>

</page>

In this example, the outer container "SpacePage" contains two inner containers: Menu and Application. These containers are displayed as below, where is "Menu" and is "Application":

Changing the order of these two inner containers will swap the display position:

<page>

    <owner-type></owner-type>

    <owner-id></owner-id>

    <name></name>

    <container id="SpacePage" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

        <container id="Application" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

        </container>

        <container id="Menu" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

            ...

        </container>

    </container>

</page>

If you want to display a container in the left and another in the right, place them in the UITableColumnContainer.gtmpl outer container:

<page>

    <owner-type></owner-type>

    <owner-id></owner-id>

    <name></name>

    <container id="SpacePage" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UITableColumnContainer.gtmpl">

        <container id="Menu" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

            ...

        </container>

        <container id="Application" template="system:/groovy/portal/webui/container/UIContainer.gtmpl">

        </container>

    </container>

</page>

The sample code of space templates can be found here.