Site types
· Web-based Application· Artist Site
· Automotive Site
· Branded Promotion Site
· Campaign Site
· E-commerce Site
· Community Site
· Corporate Site
· Multinational Site
· Museum Site
· Personalized 'My' Site
· News Site
· Portal Site
· Travel Site
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Portal Site
Problem
Users want to access a wide variety of informationSolution
Create several sub-sites, one per topic, with one overall home-page
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Use when
The number of topics is limited to 10.How
What is the role of the home-page? How to design a home-page? Navigating between portals. Horizontally showing the sub-sites followed by the logo and main sub-site navigation. Usually a 3 column layout. From top to bottom:1. sub-site navigation
2. logo
3. main navigation and main content
4. right column for contextual or shared stuff
The home-page's main function is to guide people to one of the sub-sites.
Use "preview blocks" that show what is going on in the specific sub-sites.
Usually the home-page also has a feature article and a list of headlines.
Why
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