posted 14 years ago
You might even want to explore some of the JSR168 custom tags as well, such as this one:
<portlet:renderURL>
Essentially, these solve the problem of linking back to the portal. External hyperlinks to external sites are business as usual. It's only links back to teh portal that get complicated.
Here's a little multimedia tutorial that discusses such issues:
Solving the Problem of Linking Back to the Portal
-Cameron McKenzie