I suggest that you look into the MODx content management framework. It's an open source system implemented in PHP, using MySQL (et al) as the database backend. It does a good job of providing all the basic functionality you'll need (such as user & permissions management, page templating, and auto-generated navigation) without locking you into someone else's idea of how a portal should be structured.
Being a 'framework' there's a steeper learning curve than with some block-structured portal-building systems, but I think you'll find that at every step in your learning it's liberating, supportive and empowering. And there's a wonderfully supportive forum community. Of course being only a framework, not a set of plug-together Lego-blocks, it's entirely your responsibility to figure out how to design your pages and structure your site. The website is at www.modxcms.com --Bill At 1:06 PM -0500 10/10/07, Mike Scarpiello wrote: >I've just been tasked with designing a customer portal (i.e. extranet) from >scratch. Has anyone done anything like this before, or can anyone point me >toward some reference materials? -- ====================================================================== Bill Fernandez * User Interface Architect * Bill Fernandez Design (505) 346-3080 * bf_list1 AT billfernandez DOT com * http://billfernandez.com ====================================================================== ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
