What is portal vs website

Portal Definition
A web portal is a customized website that aggregate information from a
wide array of sources in a consistent and uniformed manner.
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Website Definition
 Website refers to a location on internet which is
collection of pages, images, videos available on
relative to URL or domain.
 Same information is shown to everyone and very less
customization is involved.
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Portal Vs Website
 Portal is website which presents different kinds of
information to user by aggregating different content
from different source. A portal is always website but
website is not always portal. A website can be a simple
static web pages or Dynamic which is presenting
simple and only one information.
 Another definition for portal is gate way or entrance for
some organization or company through web.
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Different kinds of portals
We have different kinds of portals based on usage:
 Personal portals
 Government portals
 Corporate portals
 Search portals
 Health care portals
 Stock and financial portals
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Types of portals
Intranet portals
 These portals will be hosted inside some corporate network and will not be
accessible form outside network. These kinds of portals are mend to be
consumed by employee or members of that organization. Some of the
common features of these portals are like user profile, salary management,
leave management etc.
Internet portals
 These portals are open for everyone and accessible through world wide web.
These include features which can used by people around the world like
yahho.com.
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Features of Portal
 Accessibility through Desktops, PDA's and Phones.
 Single sign on features for different applications inside portal.
 Personalization for each user or group.
 Content management System.
 Only members can see the information.
 Secure access point for personalized information.
 Member need to login using credentials.
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Bibliography
 IBM Web Sphere Portal Forum
 IBM WebSphere Portal Version 8.0 Information Center
 Java Projects
 WebSphere Portal Version 8.0 Express
 IBM WebSphere Portal Version 8.5.0 Information
Center
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