Hi Marie, You may also want to check out Liferay (http://www.liferay.com) which is yet another open-source portal just like JetSpeed. Liferay is great especially if you are building a community portal since they have lots of pre-built portlets suitable for community building.
Also I would like to ask you what features do you want to implement on your community portal. I am doing a research on community portals for non-profits and would like to know if you wanted to share knowledge. Regards, Mete ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Marie Mazerolle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Jetspeed Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:43:43 -0300 >Hello, > >My organization has developed a community portal using a commercial >product. We're now looking to build v.2 and want an open-source >solution. > >I've searched the net for a while and the Jetspeed offering is at the >top of my list, mostly for its features and because this would be a >great opportunity to extend my knowledge of Java. But I know I will be >asked why I don't want to use phpNuke (boring!) or a similar product, so >I'm looking for additional ammo. I would be grateful for any answers to >the questions below: > >1. Aside from Jetspeed's obvious features (wap-enabled, ability to >display applications in a portlet, internationalization), why would you >recommend it, and not other open-source portal solutions? >2. Do you think Jetspeed would be suitable for a community portal, >or is it more appropriate for enterprise portals? (I don't want to use >it if it's not suitable.) >3. Jahia ( ><http://www.jahia.com/jahia/Jahia/site/jahia_com/cache/offonce/pid/153> >http://www.jahia.com/jahia/Jahia/site/jahia_com/cache/offonce/pid/153) >has the following comments about jetspeed: > >" If you need a lightweight portal server for a java prototype or a >restricted number of users and if you are familiar with java >development, Jetspeed may be a solution." > >We only have 600 members at the moment, but this number could grow to >10,000 members. Is Jetspeed capable of handling such a number? > >4. We currently have a small number of web applications built with >php and perl. Is it possible to display these within portlets or would >I have to re-write them in java? >5. I talked to another programmer about Jetspeed, and his advice >was to stay away from java because of maintenance costs. What are your >thoughts on this? >6. https://okc.erdc.hpc.mil/index.jsp uses Jetspeed and lets users >customize the interface (colors). Is this a feature of Jetspeed, or is >additional programming required? > >Thanks in advance, > >Marie Mazerolle > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
