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What are Public & Private communities ? - Please read

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What are Public & Private communities ? - Please read
New Member Posts: 17 Join Date: 9/25/07 Recent Posts
Hi all,

What are Public & Private communities ? & Where would they be beneficial

Could someone give me a real world example of how they would be useful ?

Our team of 3 thought that we understood what they represent, but were not really 100% sure..
We thought that 'Public' was a place that is shown to all in that community and 'Private' was a separate place for an individuals own portlets / RSS feeds to sit in... This doesn't seem to be the case

Could anyone help us fully understand them ?

Is there some documentation explaining them - I cant seem to find any.

Many, Many thanks

Ray & Team.
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RE: What are Public & Private communities ? - Please read
Liferay Master Posts: 582 Join Date: 5/16/07 Recent Posts
Hi Ray,

The public place is for content that the community wants to share with the public.
The private place is for the content that the community wants to keep within the community.

Cheers,
Björn
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RE: What are Public & Private communities ? - Please read
Expert Posts: 498 Join Date: 9/8/06 Recent Posts
Ray -

In addition to Bjorn's coments, users who have the Power User role can have public and private pages. Public pages are viewable by anyone with needing to be signed in while a user's private pages are only viewable by that user.

Josh