Notes:*
- Staging area: http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/
- I think we will only have the top level pages in the menu (e.g., Overview, See
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- It, Get It, ...). The child pages will be referenced via links in the other pages.
- While the new 'project' content type did get created, it is missing a few fields: logo link, icon link, project type (project/portlet/community of practice/component), parent project(list of projects that are not components)
- We need an Incubator page (see below) that sits alongside high level project pages with a list of all project nodes with status of "incubation". We will also need an Incubator logo that would sit in the header.
- We need an admin page that will consist of quick links and tips for our web site admins. A couple pieces will be how to create a news item (restricted to News Editors and Project Authors), how to create an event (restricted to News Editors and Project Authors) and how to create a project item/node (restricted to Project Authors).
Information Architecture
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Pages
uPortal
Overview
uPortal is the leading open source enterprise portal framework built by and for the higher education community. uPortal continues to evolve through contributions from its global community and is supported by resources, grants, donations, and memberships fees from academic institutions, commercial affiliates, and non-profit foundations.
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Use http://www.jasig.org/uportal/about/license
Support
Combine information from http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/documentation and http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/support/solutions-providers.
FAQ
Use http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/documentation/faq
Community
Use http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/community.
(We'll have to add a paragraph on the Steering Committee that links to the steering committee page)
Mailing lists
Use http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/mailing-lists
Steering Committee
Use http://www.jasig.webchuckhosting.com/uportal/steering-committee
Community Call Recordings
(to be completed later)
Portlets
(This content will be developed separately)
- Highlight 11-12 key portlets (accepted or in incubation)
- Highlight the reusable types
- Similar in layout to the features and benefits pages
- Perhaps with screen shots for each
- Link to complete list of portlets (portlet wiki page)
uMobile
Use http://www.jasig.org/umobile for now but will flesh out child pages later.
Incubation
The Jasig Incubator is a defined process and accompanying support infrastructure that can be used by software developers and others to facilitate and collaborate on software projects and practices. The goal of Jasig Incubation is to generate and support sustainable community source products or communities of practice. Projects that emerge from incubation have demonstrated or developed active community support, appropriate governance, as well as synergy and alignment with other Jasig products. They are considered sponsored projects of the Jasig organization.
<list of all project nodes with status of "incubation">
Why Open Source
(Can this be a child of all the project pages?)
While other projects may claim to be open, uPortal is Jasig projects are 100% Real Open Source. What does it mean to be truly open? That means open in all aspects, including the following:
- Everyone can download all versions are freely available at no cost
- Everyone can fully participate in the community discussion
- Everyone can take advantage of webinars, documentation, screencasts and conferences
- Everyone is invited to submit contributions which will readily be considered for adoption
Open Access
The Jasig community is committed to increasing openness in higher education and beyond. In addition to having free and open access to all versions of our software, you have access to the entire community surrounding the software. You can participate on the discussion lists, watch the IRC channels, access the wiki, participate in free webinars , and attend conferences.
Open
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- extend
- fix your bugs
- cooperate and collaborate with others
- no licensing fees
- choice of support options, multiple vendors
Support
Documentation
- This has some overlap with the Community page. How do we reconcile that?
Solution Providers page
Community
Mailing lists
Steering Committee description
Community Call Recordings
wiki
Portlets
- Highlight 11-12 key portlets (accepted or in incubation)
- Highlight the reusable types
- Similar in layout to the features and benefits pages
- Perhaps with screen shots for each
- Link to complete list of portlets (portlet wiki page)
uMobile
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Collaboration
This open and inviting environment creates great opportunities for collaboration with peers. Instead of waiting for a vendor to implement an enhancement or having to take on all the development yourself, you can cooperate with other individuals and organizations to implement innovative solutions.
Open Contribution
The projects readily invite contributions from community members which are then considered for adoption into the main project. The whole community benefits as members contribute back and the contributors benefit as the community can help with maintenance and further development.
Open Choice
If you want assistance with implementation that goes beyond the free assistance provided from the community, you are not locked into one vendor. There are a variety of support options from multiple solution providers. See <solution providers link> for more information.
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Examples of other portal sites: