Guidelines for a lightweight theme

Guideline	Effect on functionality	Effect on performance
Remove Show tools icon from the toolbar	Prevents users from displaying icons on pages and portlets used to arrange or remove content on the page.	High impact on pathlength required to generate the page
Remove enrollment icon from the toolbar	Prevents new visitors to the site from creating a new account for themselves.	High impact on pathlength required to generate the page
Remove self care icon from the toolbar	Prevents users from updating account information.	High impact on pathlength required to generate the page
Remove AdminLinkBarInclude.jsp	Removes context-sensitive links that allow authorized users to create a new page, edit the current page, or assign permissions to the current page.	High impact on pathlength required to generate the page
Remove <portal:favoritesLoop/> and supporting code	Removes the ability for users to bookmark pages in the portal for quick retrievability	High impact on pathlength required to generate the page
Shrink lines of text to remove white space	With some editors, white space might be used to aid in readability during theme development	Low impact on bandwidth required to transmit the page.
Change all HTML comments to JSP comments	None	Low impact on bandwidth required to transmit the page.