Modifying portlet applications and portlets
You must perform some preparatory tasks before you make your portlets and portlet applications available to the users by putting them on portal pages. This includes installing, deploying, and configuring portlets and applications.
A portlet is initially displayed in the View mode. A user can apply customizations to individual, selected, or all instances of the portlet by leaving the View mode and entering into the Personalize, Edit Shared Settings, or Configure mode as appropriate. To access these other modes, hover over the portlet title bar, click 
to display the portlet menu, and select the appropriate mode.
| Personalize | Change the look of the portlet only for the user who makes the updates.
User must be granted at least...
Available for standard portlets and IBM portlets. |
| Edit Shared Settings | Change the default look of the portlet on a specific page.
All users see the change when they access that page. In other words, all (the particular) portlet instances on a page are modified, but not all instances on that portlet on every page. For the changes to appear on every page that portlet appears, modify the settings on each page. User must be granted at least...
Available for standard portlets and IBM portlets. |
| Configure | Change the default look of a portlet for all portlet instances.
All users see the portlet changes on all pages that portlet is available. User must be granted at least...
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It depends on the portlet which selection options are available in the portlet menu.
- Configure portlet applications or portlet parameters
Many portlet applications and portlets have associated configuration parameters that must be changed after deployment. Manage Applications and Manage Portlets allow us to modify configuration parameters.