# Developing Portal User Interfaces

WebLogic Portal provides a flexible, highly extensible framework for building portal user interfaces. This section guides you through design considerations and steps necessary to create portal user interfaces.

Creating Look & Feels

Provides instructions on creating the resources that determine a portal desktop's look & feel.

Building Portlets

Provides instructions on creating and customizing portlets, adding portlets from Sample Portal to your portal application, and establishing inter-portlet communication.

Enabling Desktop Selection

Shows you how to let users access any of the portal desktops to which they are entitled.

Adding Visitor Tools to Portals

Shows you how to let users customize their portal desktops.

Related Topics

The Portal User Interface Framework

Portal Key Concepts and Architecture