Formatting code for Portals
======About Portals======
Portals are, as the term suggests, a gateway... a gateway to the content that you publish there. This much might be said of everything on the Internet, but there are two key features of Portals that distinguish them from custom websites and on-line databases: 'look & feel' and 'access control'.
===**Look & Feel**===
The pages of portals have a consistent presentation, style and format. All the pages have the same 'look & feel', as if they came from the same source. In reality, however, the content has been generated by multiple authors with different levels of technical expertise and using different software tools.
Consistency in SCP portals is enforced by the [[PortalTemplateChange design template]] that the [[Accounts Account Owner]] or [[AccountAdministrators Administrator]] has chosen. The template determines the layout, colours and fonts of each portal page. Using templates eliminates the need to sub-edit colleagues' work so that it //looks// like yours. You will still need to check that your editorial standards are being upheld, but you will not need to worry about how it is going to look on the screen. And if you think that your portal needs a make-over and re-launch, templates can be changed at any time without any loss of data.
===**Access Control**===
The other key feature of portals is the way that they manage [[Access access]] to the content. Portals present the user with only the pages that they have be granted access to see. Portal security manages access at all levels: it determines whether you can enter (log-in) the portal at all, and how far you explore its contents.
The SCP manages Access through [[MemberGroups Member Groups]]. Groups are associated with content, and Guests (or [[Members Members]]) are associated with Groups. If you belong to the group that been given access to a page, you can see that page. If not, you can't. Maintaining access groups is easier than managing individual Members. Changing permission to pages and attachments takes a few clicks. This is particularly useful if you clone your portal for a new audience and need to disassociate the old audience from the new portal.
===**Related features**===
- [[Accounts About Accounts]]
- [[AccountAdministrators About Account Administors]]
- [[Access About Access]]
- [[Members About Members]]
- [[MemberGroups About Member Groups]]
- [[PortalManagement Guidance with Portal Management]]
- See [[ProjectGlossary the project glossary]] for other terms used in this documentation
===**Related functions**===
- [[PortalCreate Creating a Portal]]
- [[PortalClone Cloning a Portal]] (making a back-up copy)
- [[PortalTemplateChange Change your portal template, logo or tagline]]
- [[PortalModify Change the name of your portal]]
- [[PortalBespokeTemplate Add your own, bespoke design template]]
- [[PortalShortCut Create a short-cut to your portal]]
- [[PortalDomainName Add a your own domain name]]
- [[PortalDelete Delete a Portal]]
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CategorySCPPortals
Portals are, as the term suggests, a gateway... a gateway to the content that you publish there. This much might be said of everything on the Internet, but there are two key features of Portals that distinguish them from custom websites and on-line databases: 'look & feel' and 'access control'.
===**Look & Feel**===
The pages of portals have a consistent presentation, style and format. All the pages have the same 'look & feel', as if they came from the same source. In reality, however, the content has been generated by multiple authors with different levels of technical expertise and using different software tools.
Consistency in SCP portals is enforced by the [[PortalTemplateChange design template]] that the [[Accounts Account Owner]] or [[AccountAdministrators Administrator]] has chosen. The template determines the layout, colours and fonts of each portal page. Using templates eliminates the need to sub-edit colleagues' work so that it //looks// like yours. You will still need to check that your editorial standards are being upheld, but you will not need to worry about how it is going to look on the screen. And if you think that your portal needs a make-over and re-launch, templates can be changed at any time without any loss of data.
===**Access Control**===
The other key feature of portals is the way that they manage [[Access access]] to the content. Portals present the user with only the pages that they have be granted access to see. Portal security manages access at all levels: it determines whether you can enter (log-in) the portal at all, and how far you explore its contents.
The SCP manages Access through [[MemberGroups Member Groups]]. Groups are associated with content, and Guests (or [[Members Members]]) are associated with Groups. If you belong to the group that been given access to a page, you can see that page. If not, you can't. Maintaining access groups is easier than managing individual Members. Changing permission to pages and attachments takes a few clicks. This is particularly useful if you clone your portal for a new audience and need to disassociate the old audience from the new portal.
===**Related features**===
- [[Accounts About Accounts]]
- [[AccountAdministrators About Account Administors]]
- [[Access About Access]]
- [[Members About Members]]
- [[MemberGroups About Member Groups]]
- [[PortalManagement Guidance with Portal Management]]
- See [[ProjectGlossary the project glossary]] for other terms used in this documentation
===**Related functions**===
- [[PortalCreate Creating a Portal]]
- [[PortalClone Cloning a Portal]] (making a back-up copy)
- [[PortalTemplateChange Change your portal template, logo or tagline]]
- [[PortalModify Change the name of your portal]]
- [[PortalBespokeTemplate Add your own, bespoke design template]]
- [[PortalShortCut Create a short-cut to your portal]]
- [[PortalDomainName Add a your own domain name]]
- [[PortalDelete Delete a Portal]]
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CategorySCPPortals
