In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a portal environment may include at least one detachable portal page. The portal environment may also include a detach feature or element associated with the at least one detachable portal page. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a method to detach and reattach at least one portal page associated with a portal environment may include detaching a selected portal page in response to activating a detach feature or element. The method may also include reattaching the detached portal page in response to activating a reattach feature or element. The method may further include forming a placeholder in the portal environment for each detached portal page when detached, wherein the placeholder is formed in response to the portal page being detached and wherein the placeholder is substantially smaller than the portal page to permit a plurality of portal pages and at least one portlet contained within each portal page to be presented via their respective placeholders to a user at the same time.