Just one comment/bug: the content of the portlet doesn't fit in correctly.
are you talking about the default index page?
This seems to be a css problem which does not like to see
a "portlet-title" or "portal" css class within another "portal".
if this is the problem, edit the index page and add "-decoration plain" to the includelets (between the double curly braces, without the quotes) to see the effect.
Try to write a text page, it should fit nicely.
