Many portals supplied by the base product define several zone-oriented functions on the portal page and may not be changed by an individual user. However, some portals are configured to allow users to define their preferences. A user's Portal Preferences control several zone-oriented functions:
You can optionally configure the system to define portal preferences on one or more "template" users. If you link a template user to a "real" user, the real user's preferences are inherited from the "template" user and the "real" user cannot change their preferences. Some implementations opt to work this way to enforce a standard look and feel throughout a user community.
If you don't do this, each user can change how their portals are organized and this may be exactly how you want to work.
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