Types of portal pages

Portal feature	Prior to Portal v8.0	Starting with Portal v8.0
Use IBM portlet	yes	server side aggregation: yes client side aggregation: no
Use standard portlet JSR186 or JSR268	yes	yes
Use IWidget Version 2.1	no	yes
Portlet consumed using WSRP	yes	yes
Communications
Portlet-to-portlet communication	yes	yes
Widget-to-widget communication	no	yes
Widget-to-portlet and portlet-to-widget communication	no	server side aggregation: no client side aggregation: yes
Add or remove components	yes	yes
Change container layout	yes	no
Change style	no	no
Explicit page derivation: portal pages derived from portal pages page builder pages derived from page builder pages
Add or remove components	yes	yes
Change container layout	yes	yes. You need to assign a different template.
Change style	no	yes
Infrastructure
Dynamic user interface	yes	no
Other portlet services	yes	server side aggregation: yes client side aggregation: depends

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