Customizing Favorites portlet PAGE

I would like to change the page style of the Favorites portlet but I don't see the needed pages in the Portlet Repository.
Are they in a JSP or servlet somewhere?
/d

Doug,
Styles will most likely meet your needs. You can apply them to an entire page group, page or page region. Templates are more useful when you are certain of your site's layout and want to enforce design standards for a large enterprise effort. Even then, since templates use styles, you'll want to define your styles first.
You may want to check out Report #40050 at portalcenter.oracle.com, Design an Attractive and Compelling Portal Interface for a good overview of the various design features of Oracle Portal.
Here is the link:
http://portalcenter.oracle.com/pls/ops/docs/FOLDER/COMMUNITY/OTN_CONTENT/MAINPAGE/OWSF_2003_PAPERS/40050_STOVER.PDF
Best regards,
Jay

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Subject: Re: portlet page names.
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:15:29 -0600
From: Subrahmanyam Allamaraju <[email protected]>
Newsgroup: weblogic.developer.interest.personalization
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