[Zope3-dev] Re: Brainstorming page architecture, pagelets, portlets, etc.

[Jim Fulton]

Tonico Strasser wrote:
> Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>>
>> I've created a wiki page:
>>
>>   http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/PageArchitecture
>>
>> to brainstorm ideas for supporting page contruction.
>>
>> At this point, I think we are mainly defining the problems we are
>> trying to solve, terminology, etc., even though there are already
>> some implementations, one of which has recently been checked in. :)
>>
>> Comments, questions, suggestions, contributions, etc. welcome.
> 
> 
> * Portal-page design
> 
> Just a comment on the term "portal". Most Web sites are not portals. The 
> CMF does prefix its tools with 'portal_' where 'site_' would be better 
> IMHO. I'm not sure if portal functionality is worth the complexity it 
> might add to the framework.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:portal
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_portal

Well, one of the definitions abobe includes a portal
into an intranet.  Many Zope sites provide that role.
They act as portals into some community.

I'm open to using a different term.  I'd hate to use a term
like "page that contains portlets". :)

Jim

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