The following details the website work we would like to have in place for the uPortal 4 marketing. Please use the current site (http://www.jasig.org/uportal) for reference to existing pages. The notes below mainly highlight the changes we would like to see. Other improvement suggestions are welcome.
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.
uPortal is built on open standards-based technologies such as Java and XML, and enables easy, standards-based integration with authentication and security infrastructures, single sign-on secure access, campus applications, web-based content, and end user customization. uPortal can easily integrate with other enterprise systems and can be customized for specific local needs. The powerful layout management system enables a dynamic, personal view for users with multiple roles. For information on the many portlets available for uPortal, see <link to portlets>. The user experience is further enhanced and made accessible through use of the Fluid skinning system. uPortal is one of the most widely deployed open source enterprise portal frameworks, having been adopted by hundreds of higher education institutions, K-12 schools and research communities world wide.
uPortal is mobile-ready for a wide variety of mobile devices! A mobile theme is included for out-of-the box compatibility with mobile browsers. Native mobile apps can easily be developed using the companion uMobile framework. This allows for easy deployment of native iPhone or Android campus apps that can include authentication, personalization and user customization. For more information, see <link to uMobile>.
Forever Free!
You may download uPortal and use it on your site at no cost. Unlike our competitors, uPortal is 100% free open source software managed by Jasig. Our community has access to all releases of the uPortal software with absolutely no costs. We welcome contributions from our community of all types and sizes. For more information see, <link to open source page>.
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<YouTube widget>
<link to brochure>
<gallery - or should this just be on the See It page?>
<scrolling list of deployment icons>
<social networking links?>
<button link to Features> <button link to Benefits> <button link to user stories>
<news> <events>
recent news with link to all news
upcoming (and recent?) events with link to all events
Features
For content, see uPortal Final Feature List
Benefits
For content, see uPortal Final Benefits
User Stories
We might have to hold of on this until we get some stories authored.
- How schools have solved problems
- Links to youtube videos
- Screen shots of portals, portlets
News
News is from the uPortal news items.
Events
Events are an iCal feed from Bedework.
See It
Want to see uPortal in action? Community members have created a number of screencasts and videos demonstrating various uPortal features. These include both out-of-the-box portlets and locally developed, custom portlets. These portal and portlet tours give you a sense of whats possible with uPortal.
Also, be sure to visit uPortal's YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/uportal
Interested in adding your own screencast to the mix? Send an email to the uPortal Steering Committee for more information.
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<add link to demo once it is available>
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Get It
(two column format with list of downloads and link to previous releases on right)
All uPortal releases are freely available for download.
Quick-start Release
Users wanting to quickly setup and demonstrate a uPortal site may download the development quick-start distribution of uPortal. This distribution provides a "drop it in and go" configuration of uPortal. The intent is to make it easier for potential uPortal adopters to quickly get uPortal up and running and allow them to begin trying out uPortal and integrating interesting portlets. The builds include a working configuration of the Tomcat Servlet Engine and HSQLDB database.
Developer's Quick-start Release
The Developer's Quick Start is functionally the same as the standard Quick Start. The difference is the Developers version includes the Subversion data for uPortal which allows for easy comparison against the uPortal Subversion repository.
Source Code Release
Users ready to deploy uPortal in a production environment should download the source release of uPortal, containing only uPortal source code and configuration files (no servlet container or database). Use of this distribution requires knowledge of Java web application environments as well as the Ant and Maven tools. A servlet engine and relational database must be available.
For access to the latest code, visit the uPortal Source Code Repository.
Download
License
Why Open Source
Open vs. Closed
- extend
- fix your bugs
- cooperate and collaborate with others
- no licensing fees
- choice of support options, multiple vendors
100% Real Open Source
- all versions are free and available
- open community
- focused on higher ed
- vibrant, healthy, active community
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
- Highlighting the uMobile project, native smart phone apps that deliver a personalized experience
- Similar in many respects to the landing page
- Top 2-3 features
- Download link and video
- Quick access to downloads, features, benefits, documentation (PDF of manual), gallery, case studies