Live html in portlet or content area

Hello,
Is it possible to have live html in a portlet. Let us say for example you want to include part of a different web page in to your portal web page, can you put such live content in their, that will change whent the parent web page changes?
regards

There are actually a lot of ways to "skin this cat" in portal.. the problem is more likely "which method is right for this situation". One of the easiest ways is to merely add a URL item to a folder. Add the URL of the page you want and select "item displayed directly in folder area".
This will present the entire page but be warned, if you make an error in the URL address, you will not be able to access the folder.
Mike Kleiman

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