Portal Development
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It might sound like a stupid question but I dont know any thing about it so I thought I better ask(btw I googled :) before asking)! What is portal Development? or What are .NET portals? Can you also direct me to any available .NET Portals?? Thanks in advance. A Student
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It might sound like a stupid question but I dont know any thing about it so I thought I better ask(btw I googled :) before asking)! What is portal Development? or What are .NET portals? Can you also direct me to any available .NET Portals?? Thanks in advance. A Student
A portal is basically a flexible, highly customizable web application that allows users to have one place to get information on a wide array of topics. For instance, if your company has separate HR, CRM, project management, and time-tracking systems, a portal application could provide an interface to interact with all of these systems in one place. So, all your employees would have to know is how to get to the portal. Additionally, most portals have a goal of reduced sign-on (RSO), if not single sign-on (SSO), which basically means the portal can pass credentials to other applications, which will automatically log you on. There are two major .NET portal tools: DotNetNuke[^] and Rainbow[^]. I'd suggest DNN because it has the larger community backing (users and 3rd party modules). Know that DNN is VB and Rainbow is C#. I don't like VB, but I still think DNN is the better solution and have chosen to use it for several of my clients. Michael Flanakin Web Log
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A portal is basically a flexible, highly customizable web application that allows users to have one place to get information on a wide array of topics. For instance, if your company has separate HR, CRM, project management, and time-tracking systems, a portal application could provide an interface to interact with all of these systems in one place. So, all your employees would have to know is how to get to the portal. Additionally, most portals have a goal of reduced sign-on (RSO), if not single sign-on (SSO), which basically means the portal can pass credentials to other applications, which will automatically log you on. There are two major .NET portal tools: DotNetNuke[^] and Rainbow[^]. I'd suggest DNN because it has the larger community backing (users and 3rd party modules). Know that DNN is VB and Rainbow is C#. I don't like VB, but I still think DNN is the better solution and have chosen to use it for several of my clients. Michael Flanakin Web Log
Thank you very much for the explaination. What about BI(Business Intelligence) portals? are they the same as DotNetNuke and Rainbow or are they different in any way? If yes then is there any .NET BI portal available as well? Once again thanks a lot:).
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Thank you very much for the explaination. What about BI(Business Intelligence) portals? are they the same as DotNetNuke and Rainbow or are they different in any way? If yes then is there any .NET BI portal available as well? Once again thanks a lot:).
Business Intelligence (BI) is a term that refers to creating reports. Typically, a tool that professes to be a "BI" tool is very customizable. Examples are Crystal Reports and SQL Reporting Services. BI tools are separate from portals. A BI Portal would simply be a portal that displays BI information. This means you'll need two tools. Michael Flanakin Web Log Indigo Consulting Services
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A portal is basically a flexible, highly customizable web application that allows users to have one place to get information on a wide array of topics. For instance, if your company has separate HR, CRM, project management, and time-tracking systems, a portal application could provide an interface to interact with all of these systems in one place. So, all your employees would have to know is how to get to the portal. Additionally, most portals have a goal of reduced sign-on (RSO), if not single sign-on (SSO), which basically means the portal can pass credentials to other applications, which will automatically log you on. There are two major .NET portal tools: DotNetNuke[^] and Rainbow[^]. I'd suggest DNN because it has the larger community backing (users and 3rd party modules). Know that DNN is VB and Rainbow is C#. I don't like VB, but I still think DNN is the better solution and have chosen to use it for several of my clients. Michael Flanakin Web Log
Flanakin wrote:
I don't like VB, but I still think DNN is the better solution and have chosen to use it for several of my clients.
And, of course, if you are doing custom module developement you can still develop them in C#. ColinMackay.net "Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in." -- Confucius "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him, for an investment in knowledge pays the best interest." -- Joseph E. O'Donnell
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Business Intelligence (BI) is a term that refers to creating reports. Typically, a tool that professes to be a "BI" tool is very customizable. Examples are Crystal Reports and SQL Reporting Services. BI tools are separate from portals. A BI Portal would simply be a portal that displays BI information. This means you'll need two tools. Michael Flanakin Web Log Indigo Consulting Services
Thanks once again for celrifying that. Would a starter kit consider a Portal? or just a template?
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Thanks once again for celrifying that. Would a starter kit consider a Portal? or just a template?
Template. If you have a Google account, check out their personalized home page[^]. That's an example of a portal. Michael Flanakin Web Log Indigo Consulting Services