I really don't think any kind of web site can be considered a community. A portal is simply an aggregation of a specific type of content. Expected features of a portal include personalization and the ability to search and browse the content in an easy and organized way. As you would expect, there is no point in visiting the portal if the information is easier to find with Google. The fact that you know people are spending time organizing the content on your behalf is the value proposition of a portal.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Eugene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:01 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: What is a portal? Re: (Admin) Behavior > > I dont think you can have a clear defnition for "PORTAL". > I think > An application defined for the CLEAR use of a community or related > communities/groups can be defined as a community. > > So Yahoo/msn can be defined as a B2C consumer portal whereas > microsoft.com is NOT a portal but a corporate site. > Joe > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: What is a portal? Re: (Admin) Behavior > > > Take a look at the portals I referenced in my first email. I have > included their URLs for convenience. > > http://www.devx.com/ > http://builder.com.com/ > http://msdn.microsoft.com/ > http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/ > http://www.evolt.org/ > > As you can see form the above URLs, there are a significant amount of > developer resources available. In fact there are even more portals than > just the ones I referenced, but I just picked the ones I am most > familiar with. I really don't see how you compare FA and HoF to the > above. > > Really take a look at Evolt.org though. I think they offer the closest > thing to what a ColdFusion portal should look like. They allow anyone to > submit content that is approved, rated, and commented on by the > community. They have a vast tip database that is fed from their mailing > lists. The code behind Evolt is maintained by the community. The two > main things missing from Evolt is quality control over the articles and > a code sharing library. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > V: 415-577-8070 > F: 415-341-8906 > P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:55 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: What is a portal? Re: (Admin) Behavior > > > > > I guess our definitions differ. I don't really see those as > developer > > > portals. I personally think developer portals look more like what > you > > > would find at DevX, CNet, Microsoft, and Macromedia. These portals > offer > > > developers articles, tips, code, discussion groups, etc. > > So the articles on the sites don't fit the criteria? The tips and code > > aren't enough? This list and the others aren't discussion groups? I'm > > really not sure how HoF and FA fail to meet your criteria of a portal. > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
