Portal Development
A web portal is a customized website that immerses information from a wide array of sources in a consistent and uniformed manner.
What is Web Portal Development?
A web portal is a single access point for various kinds of information. It can include links to categorized information, such as articles, products, vendors, suppliers, individuals, etc. It often includes a membership component where users log-in and have access to their own profiles. Frequent visitors have access to RSS & news feeds and other kinds of information that the portal pulls from multiple sources and then displays in one centralized place. You can think of it as a hub for information and communication.
Why Should We Consider Web Portal Development?
Different companies find different needs for web portals, and it’s often advantageous to have more than one. For example, a university might have one portal that students can log into to register for classes or buy a dining plan, while the school might host a separate, secured portal for faculty members to manage attendance, enroll in online professional development, submit grades, etc.
In the private sector, businesses often create a web portal for their employees as a sort of intranet, to manage workflow, scheduling, contact information, human resources affairs, document management and even email.
Web portals are also used as the basis for community based websites and news publishing organizations. These rich content based websites provide many features, allowing you to effectively manage all the tasks associated with being an online publisher or content aggregator.
Web portals provide an organized structure for your content, allowing you to effectively engage website visitors in the most compelling way. Your unique content keeps them coming back. Visitors can be engaged with blogs, commenting, social media, polls, surveys, email marketing, guest bloggers, etc. The great thing about web portals is that they are easy to manage once setup properly and give you the ability to rapidly publish content.
There's literally no limit to what we can do with web portal development.
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Web Portal Development - Things to Consider
Web portal development has to consider many factors before a portal can be available for the use.
Before starting a web portal development initiative, below are the important things that you need to consider:
User Experience and Interface
- Mobile-friendly, adaptive design with a unified look-and-feel across all screens
- Interactive tools like feedback forms, calculators, personal cabinets and so on
- Content personalization based on the users’ roles and interaction history
- Media-rich pages displaying embedded media, uploaded directly or hosted via YouTube, Vimeo and other websites
- Straightforward website navigation thanks to a well-structured information architecture and a strong search functionality
- APIs for integration with mobile apps
- It can be easily update or maintain
- User friendly error messages and proper exception handling
Security
- User of proper framework to prevent against SQL injections and intrusions
- Password encryption
- Google Captcha OR Two factor authentication
- Put it behind SSL
- Avoiding cross domain scripting
- Set firewall and protect the webserver with the latest virus definitions and software patches
Performance
- Check the site performance in Google insight
- Non-technical users can update the content easily and regularly
- Proper usage of caching
- Unified content publishing styles to bring order to information and ensure integrity during the portal updates
- Image and media content optimization
- Cookie management
- Minimizing the amount of HTTP requests
SEO
- Usage of search engine friendly URLs
- Proper sitemap of the portal
- Proper link nomenclature
- Know how search engine spiders work
Integration
- API development to guarantee tight integration with your customers' / vendors' ERP systems, if needed
Different types of Web Portals
- B2C Portal
- B2B Portal
- Partner Portal
- Vendor Portal
- Community Portal
- Learning Portal
Portal Features
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