diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index f9b25c5..548cc3b 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/my-vres-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
+	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/my-vres-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes" path="src/main/java">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/my-vres-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/my-vres-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT/WEB-INF/classes"/>
 </classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.prefs b/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.prefs
index 7815924..b50c9de 100644
--- a/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/com.google.gdt.eclipse.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
 jarsExcludedFromWebInfLib=
-lastWarOutDir=/Users/massi/Documents/workspace/my-vres/target/my-vres-1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+lastWarOutDir=/Users/massi/Documents/workspace/my-vres/target/my-vres-1.4.0-SNAPSHOT
 warSrcDir=src/main/webapp
 warSrcDirIsOutput=false
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
index d73aced..bcb4989 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
     <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
         <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/target/generated-sources/gwt"/>
-        <dependent-module archiveName="guided-tour-widget-1.6.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" deploy-path="/WEB-INF/lib" handle="module:/resource/guided-tour-widget/guided-tour-widget">
-            <dependency-type>uses</dependency-type>
-        </dependent-module>
     <property name="java-output-path" value="/${module}/target/www/WEB-INF/classes"/>
         <property name="context-root" value="my-vres"/>
   </wb-module>
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index e3e5106..6cf296e 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <ReleaseNotes>
-<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlet.user.my-vres.1-3-0"
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlet.user.my-vres.1-4-0"
+		date="2014-10-27">
+		<Change>Made tiles smaller of one third</Change>
+	</Changeset>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlet.user.my-vres.1-3-0"
 		date="2014-06-08">
-		<Change>Adapted to gCire Free Portal</Change>
+		<Change>Adapted to gCore Free Portal</Change>
 	</Changeset>
 	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlet.user.my-vres.1-2-0"
 		date="2014-04-08">
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d452f6..1d6b646 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 		<relativePath />
 	</parent>
 
-	<groupId>org.gcube.portlet.user</groupId>
+	<groupId>org.gcube.portlets.user</groupId>
 	<artifactId>my-vres</artifactId>
 	<packaging>war</packaging>
-	<version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<name>My VREs Portlet</name>
 	<description>
 		gCube My VREs Portlet shows only the VO and VREs a user is member of.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/widgets/ClickableVRE.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/widgets/ClickableVRE.java
index 3dff5fb..ab25a7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/widgets/ClickableVRE.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/client/widgets/ClickableVRE.java
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Image;
  */
 public class ClickableVRE extends HTML {
 
-	private final static int WIDTH = 115;
-	private final static int HEIGHT = 120;
+	private final static int WIDTH = 85;
+	private final static int HEIGHT = 95;
 
 	private String name;
 	private String imageUrl;
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ public class ClickableVRE extends HTML {
 	public ClickableVRE(final VRE vre, final MyVREsServiceAsync service) {
 		super.setPixelSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
 		setPixelSize(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
-		imageWidth = WIDTH - 20;
-		name = (vre.getName().length() > 23) ? vre.getName().substring(0, 23) : vre.getName();
+		imageWidth = WIDTH - 12;
+		name = (vre.getName().length() > 15) ? vre.getName().substring(0, 13) + ".." : vre.getName();
 		imageUrl = vre.getImageURL();
 		this.setTitle("Enter");
 		String html = "<div class=\"vreCaption\">" + name + "</div>";
-		html +=  "<div style=\"display: table; text-align:center; width: 100%; height: 95px;\">" +
+		html +=  "<div style=\"display: table; text-align:center; width: 100%; height: 75px;\">" +
 				"<span style=\"vertical-align:middle; display: table-cell;\"><img style=\"width: " + imageWidth + "px;\" src=\"" +imageUrl + "\" /></span>" +
 				"</div>";
 		setHTML(html);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/server/MyVREsServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/server/MyVREsServiceImpl.java
index 0f1e324..4a562a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/server/MyVREsServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlet/user/my_vres/server/MyVREsServiceImpl.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.liferay.portal.model.Group;
 import com.liferay.portal.model.Organization;
 import com.liferay.portal.model.User;
 import com.liferay.portal.service.OrganizationLocalServiceUtil;
+import com.liferay.portal.service.UserLocalServiceUtil;
 import com.liferay.portal.theme.ThemeDisplay;
 
 /**
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 
 	private VO rootVO = new VO();
 
-	private boolean withinPortal = false;
+	
 
 	/**
 	 * the current ASLSession
@@ -66,18 +67,30 @@ public class MyVREsServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements	MyVREsSer
 		}
 		else {
 			_log.info("LIFERAY PORTAL DETECTED user=" + user);
-			withinPortal = true;
 		}
 		return SessionManager.getInstance().getASLSession(sessionID, user);
 	}
-
+	/**
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if you're running into the portal, false if in development
+	 */
+	private boolean isWithinPortal() {
+		try {
+			UserLocalServiceUtil.getService();
+			return true;
+		} 
+		catch (com.liferay.portal.kernel.bean.BeanLocatorException ex) {			
+			_log.trace("Development Mode ON");
+			return false;
+		}			
+	}
 	/**
 	 * first method called by the UI
 	 */
 	public ArrayList<VO> getInfrastructureVOs() {	
 		getASLSession();
 		//_log.trace("getInfrastructureVOs method called");
-		if (!withinPortal)
+		if (!isWithinPortal())
 			return getFakeVOs();
 			//return new ArrayList<VO>();
 		else 
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
index d606c6d..5dc6d95 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/portlet.xml
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 <portlet-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd" version="2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd">
 	<portlet>
 		<portlet-name>MyVREs</portlet-name>
-		<display-name>gCube MyVREs Login Portlet</display-name>
+		<display-name>Your Virtual Research Environments</display-name>
 	        <portlet-class>org.gcube.portlet.user.my_vres.server.portlet.MyVREsPortlet</portlet-class>
 		<expiration-cache>0</expiration-cache>
 		<supports>
 			<mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
 		</supports>
 		<portlet-info>
-			<title>My Virtual Research Environments</title>
-			<short-title>gCube MyVREs Login</short-title>
-			<keywords>gCube MyVREs Login</keywords>
+			<title>Your Virtual Research Environments</title>
+			<short-title>VREs Login</short-title>
+			<keywords>VRE</keywords>
 		</portlet-info>
 		<security-role-ref>
 			<role-name>administrator</role-name>