What is eXos customization model look like?
eXos customization model is completely innovative as it is based on a tree manipulation (JSF model) and not templates. Therefore users can create and manipulate many UIComponents within that tree which represents the page to be rendered. There is a real time customizer portlet that lets the user customize its site as well as the group pages/site is in. More than just the layout, the user can also choose the design (decorators) of those UI components as well as the language he wants to use. The tree approach is a new standard proposed in JSF specifications and no other portal solution has yet utilized this elegant way to handle user components. It is very easy to add new decorators for those new portlets. A designer with no HTML knowledge could do it.