The issue is that resource bundles (as file) cannot be changed at runtime, so when you add a page you cannot change it. I know both solutions has advantages and drawbacks, we have people only using the dynamicity and users using static content. I was also thinking of resource bundles as default values that could be overridden with whatever is in database. Would that fit your use case ? portlet.xml is different... It's a deployment feature, not a way to populate data (opposite from -object.xml) so please there is no need for exclamation marks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4106826#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...