Portlets can includes several different types of preferences.
Preference Type | Description | Who Can Set Them and Where |
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Administrative Preferences | These preferences affect everyone's view of the portlet. For example, setting which e-mail server an e-mail portlet should connect to. | They are set by the portlet creator on the Main Settings page of the Portlet Editor, or by users with administrative rights from | or by clicking the edit icon in a portlet’s title bar.
Personal Preferences | These preferences affect that user’s view of the portlet. For example, setting how many e-mails are displayed in an e-mail portlet . | They are set by the user from | or .
Community Preferences | These preferences affect everyone’s view of portlets in that community. For example, setting a specific public e-mail folder to display in an e-mail portlet, and setting a shared login/password for that folder. | These preferences are set by the community administrator on the Portlet Preferences page of the Community Editor. This page can include community preferences for portlets specific to that community or for other portlets. When in a community, community administrators can edit these preferences from , or by clicking the edit icon in a portlet’s titlebar. |
Portlet Template Preferences | These preferences affect the portlet template itself and all portlets created from that template. For example, specifying which portlet web service a portlet uses. | These preferences are set by the portlet template creator on the Main Settings page of the Portlet Template Editor. If you change these preferences after portlets have been created from this template, the change will affect only new portlets. Portlets created from this template before the change was made will not be affected. |