Mete Kural wrote:

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

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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






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Have you looked at uportal which is being developed by consortium of universities. Similar to Jetspeed in alot of ways.


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