Re: Oracle Portal

If you're interested in looking at a Portal site used in an educational establishment (Yeovil College, a further education college in the UK) take a look at www.yeovil-college.ac.uk

They're using Oracle 9iAS release 2 and it looks quite good.

Mark Rittman
www.rittman.net

"---" <---_at_noddy.land> wrote in message news:4zSNa.583$pg6.12889_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Oracle Portal is part of the Oracle Application server distro.
>
> To install it you will need a Oracle DB installation, Oracle IAS and
Oracle
> login server. It is used to develop web content. Content is generated
using
> your web browser and displayed by users using their web browser. No
special
> development tools are required for the basic stuff. You don't need forms
or
> Java applets. It runs as in an OC4J conatiner in your IAS (Apache web
> server).
>
> It is probably OK for a corporation's intranet but I found it somewhat
> limited for my uses. Oracle use portal on some(most)of their site
> oracle.com. There are some portlets that have been developed by the Portal
> community that may be used to develop teaching aids (tutorials) but I
> haven't seen them.
>
> To install it and configure it you will need a DBA who is up to speed,
> configuring IAS with a login server can be a little annoying and soul
> destroying for first timers.
>
> Don't have any suggestions for you but i don't think portal is what you
> want.
>
>
>
>
> "Tim Corke" <timbono1_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:679f10e2.0307030710.5f978ade_at_posting.google.com...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am exploring the possiblity of using Oracle portal to act as an
> > online teaching aid for users.
> >
> > I am having some problems understanding the range of products that
> > Oracle offers that allow me to implement this; i think due to the
> > software on the client and the server side of things.
> >
> > Currently I understand that there is a need for Forms Builder that
> > builds the UI which simply exports to a Java applet which then gets
> > displayed in the Internet browser. Is this correct? (This I suppose is
> > the client side of things!)
> >
> > In which case, whereabouts does Portal come into play in terms of the
> > database (client) and Apache (server).
> >
> > and also how does Portal rate on the Oracle side of implementing a UI
> > on the Internet? Are there any other options that could be chosen
> > instead?
> >
> > I hope I am making myself clear as I am somewhat confused overall on
> > the matter.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Tim
>
>
Received on Sat Jul 12 2003 - 10:49:42 CEST