Portlet Preferences
Portlets can includes several different types of preferences.
| Preference Type |
Description |
Who Can Set Them and Where |
| 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. |
