Activate and deactivate portlet applications or portlets
By default, portlet applications and portlets are set to an active state after installation. We can deactivate a resource to prevent users from accessing it without changing their user roles. When a portlet application or portlet is in the active state, portal users with appropriate access can include it on their personal pages and customize it. Users that have active references to those inactive portlets on a portal page will see a message stating that the portlet is temporarily disabled.
We can toggle portlet application or portlet states to active or inactive using the portal XML configuration interface.
Parent topic: Manage portlets, portlet applications, and iWidgets
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