Comparison of features support by types of portal pages
Learn about considerations which types of portal pages and themes you can use for which purposes and what they support. The following table compares which type of page supports which portal features.
Portal feature to be supported Portal pages from before portal v7.0 Page builder page starting with portal v7.0 Component support
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 by 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 Composite applications yes no Other portlet services yes
- server side aggregation: yes
- client side aggregation: depends
Parent
Design and set up a portal site
Design a site using Page Builder themes and skins
Develop for the portal v7.0 page and theme architecture
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