Community Portal

Community portals aggregate information from diverse sources in a very unified way. They also typically offer interactive services to its users, including forums, blogs, collaborative workspaces, calendars, and much more.

At iWebSquare, we can build a Community Portal to your exact specs. Here's a partial list of our most popular Portal features:

• Ad Server - display ads to visitors while tracking ad impressions and click-through rates (CTR).
• Announcements - share news & content. No technical skills needed.
• Calendars - create & update events with a simple yet powerful editor
• Chat - public and private rooms for text-based real-time discussion.
• Email List Services - allow visitors to subscribe/unsubscribe to email updates, based on their stated interests.
• E-cards - digital 'postcards' with user-specified graphics & messages that are then sent to one or more recipients.
• eCommerce - simple-to-complex galleries, shopping carts and payment processing.
• Employment - employers can post jobs openings and applicants can submit their resumes.
• File & Document Storage - store documents and track those who view them
• Forums - interactive forums, message boards, conferences and collaborative events.
• Letters to the Editor - visitors can contribute content, opinions, ask questions, or submit open letters.
• Links Directory - post & maintain links to vendors, associations or other websites of interest.
• Member Websites - members can easily create single page sites for personal use, with no technical skills required.
• Polls & Surveys - point & click construction of simple surveys, with graphical presentation of results.
• Photo Galleries - non-technical users can create personal photo galleries or contribute photos to a community gallery
• Promotions - site administrators can allow merchants to post coupons or sales announcements
• Publishing - post content with editorial review & approval, integration of graphics, and archiving.
• Reader Ratings & Reviews - site visitors post opinions or ratings on products or services found on the portal site.
• Specialty Directories / Guides - the posting of detailed information about products & services offered by portal merchants.
• Webmail - POP3 or IMAP-based email accounts, each with its own Address Book, Reply or Forwarding options, storage of attachments, etc.

Whatever kind of Community Portal you want, iWebSquare can help. We're very experienced in portal design, having built dozens of powerful & secure browser-based applications since 2000. Our web portal developers are committed to error-free, well-documented and user friendly applications that will connect & unify your diverse audience.

Take the First Step

Contact iWebSquare for a detailed analysis of your needs. We'll carefully assess your situation, summarize our findings, and provide you with a written Scope of Work proposal.