The key characteristics of I-PORTAL are:
User-friendly: I-Portal is designed to make it easy for users to manage all aspects of their projects without technical knowhow. Site wizards, help icons, and a well-researched user interface allow universal ease-of-operation.
Extensible: I-Portal is able to create the most complex content management systems entirely with its built-in features, yet also allows administrators to work effectively with add-on modules, third party functionality, and custom tools.
Powerful: I-Portal can support multiple websites from a single application installation. In dividing administrative options between host level and individual site level, I-Portal allows administrators to manage an unlimited number of websites – each with its own unique appearance and content.
Feature-Rich: I-Portal comes loaded with a set of built-in features that provide exceptional functionality. Site hosting, web design, content management, security, and membership options are all easily managed and customized through simple, browser-based tools.
Localized: I-Portal includes a multi-language localization feature which allows administrators to easily translate their projects and portals into any language. And with an international group of host and developers working with I-Portal, native support is always close at hand.
Cutting-Edge: I-Portal which is based on Microsoft's ASP.net technology provides developers with an opportunity to leverage best-practice software development concepts by utilizing cutting-edge technologies like ASP.NET 2.0, Visual Studio, SQL Server, Windows Server, and IIS.
Building a website with I-PORTAL
I-PORTAL can be viewed as a content management system (CMS) or a web application framework. Generally though, it’s easier just to view it as a great way to build and maintain your own high functionality website with full content management facilities - for a modest outlay.
There are two key elements that make I-PORTAL sites so powerful; Modules and Skins.
Skins
Not the most attractive of terms, but what it means to you, the end user is: The look and feel of your site can be updated or changed completely, without affecting the content.
While you prepare your content, we can prepare the look and feel, reducing time to market for your website.
I-Portal has a skinning architecture which provides a clear separation between design and content. Skins consist of basic HTML files with placeholders for content, menus and other functionality, along with support files such as images, style sheets and JavaScript.
Skins can bought off the shelf for very reasonable prices, but you're more likely to want a skin that directly reflects your company's branding or corporate image. In this case, Idealsoft will take your design brief and develop a skin that meets your specific requirements. We are happy to work directly with your in-house graphic designers if required.
Modules
PORTAL provides about 25 core modules. Websites built using I-PORTAL can take advantage of a wide range of functionality. These facilities are provided via a number of powerful core modules that you can include on your web pages as required. The list includes:
· Announcements / Articles (I-Announcement)
· Banners (I-Banners)
· Contacts (I-Contact)
· Discussion forums (I-Forums)
· Documents Management System (Premium Module)
· Event Calendar (I-Event)
· FAQs (I-FAQs)
· Feedback /Contact forms (I-feedback)
· Images (I-Image)
· Links (I-Link)
· News Feeds (RSS) (I-News)
· Searches (I-Search) Survey /Web polls (I-Survey) |