If think that using JBoss Portal internals would be a better thing as it is going to remain the same for the 2.x branch. We are not saying there should not be entry points for such customizations by removing them. We wanted to remove something that is flawed by design rather than providing something that half works. You should describe your use case and we can work together to make it work. The rendering process can still be improved to fit your use case and I would be glad to help you there. "radzish" wrote : In what way? ;) | | Should I describe my goal/task? | | Or you probably preparing another way to provide "pluggable API that allows the layout developer to influence the content of the page that is | about to be rendered" (it is from JBossReferenceGuide).? | | You know, it is probably the most important phrase from guide that had a great impact on my decision to use JBoss Portal and not some other Portal Framework. | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4004322#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...