1. EIONET Portal Tool Kit Miruna Bulandra Finsiel Romania Copenhagen, 28 May 2002

2. EIONET PTK - skeleton of a portal n Portal-on-a-box: easy to install on a fresh Zope website n Does not contain information, but provides means for the contributors to add it without having to learn Zope n Offers support for Webmasters to construct portals with typical today’s requirements n Fully customisable

3. The generic page elements n Logo (s) u Can be uploaded at installation time u Can be changed later – ‘Appearance’ form n Site title, subtitle u Customizable from installation time n Breadcrumb trail - comprehensive structure of the portal n Navigation toolbar/buttons u Links to services offered by the portal n Latest events box u List of the upcoming events

4. The generic page elements (2) n Calendar of events u Groups the items on a monthly and daily base u Supports skinning F two skins included by default F compliant with the portal look&feel u Configurable to present various items (Zope objects): events, news, reports,...

5. The generic page elements (3) n Selected channels list u configurable by the Managers via a friendly web form – adding a new channel, deleting channels, selecting the ones to display n Free text search panel n Page content u for the first page, boxes containing the latest items from every channel

6. Customizing the look&feel - Skinning n By default, the PTK comes with two skins: u EIONET-compliant u Neutral n Skins can be changed by the Managers from any of the portal pages n Following the templates, new skins can be created and inserted in the available skins list for the portal.

7. The neutral skin

8. The EIONET skin

9. Functionality for end users

10. Functionalities n Printable page n Feedback to Webmaster – user friendly form n Personalisation: u the boxes on the front page can be reordered, displayed or hidden as the user desires. u based on cookies u easily to access by end-users following the link ‘My portal’ and checking or unchecking the desired boxes in the following form.

11. Choosing the channels boxes:

12. Reordering the channels:

13. Functionalities (2) n Newsletter u based on user registration – username and password u possibility to alter users profiles – list of local channels to receive notification about u webmasters can format the mail notifications in various ways u for Managers, possibility to see the list of users, block addresses and delete subscribers

14. Subscribing to the newsletter

15. Managing subscribers

16. Functionalities (3) n Multimedia: u possibility to view multimedia files (movies) in the portal pages u customisable F Multiple formats for every item (Media player, Real Player, QuickTime player) F The size of the window is adjusted according to the Internet connection of the user (dial-up, broadband)

17. Customising layout for movies

18. Playing multimedia files

19. Users and security

20. Registration and authentication There are several kinds of authentications in the portal: n Visitor - who can only view the information, can subscribe to the newsletter and customize the front page boxes. n Contributor - role intended for the content providers. The content can be submitted and will be shown only if a manager approves the information. n Manager - a user with full rights over all the content of the portal and over it's appearance Depending of permissions given to each role for each location in the site, the users have access to different forms for insertion and maintenance of the data

21. Controlling access with roles: n By default, basic security settings are made n How to maintain good security when the hierarchy increases: u Administration should be turned over to others as you traverse the folders in a URL. The administrators at each level can define new administrators below their folder => passing the work down the hierarchy = delegation of authority. u Attributed permissions to each role must be tailored for each location

22. Functionality for contributors

23. Submissions n Authorized contributors can suggest information to be published in the portal: u Submit a national headline u Submit an event u Submit movies n This can be done via friendly web forms

24. Content submission form

25. Functionality for managers

26. Administrative services n Basket of approvals - management of the pending (not yet approved) items n Delete items from local channels n Check remote links n Managing the items in archives (editing, selecting on front published items, …).

27. Manage pending items (events)

28. Delete items form

29. Portal collaboration

30. Channels n Collaborating with other portals: u Exporting local channels (content of the same type – events, news, indicators …) = creating DTML methods that loop such objects and generate RDF files u Taking and displaying information from remote sources F Zope product used: RDFSummary F Friendly web forms created for remote channels management

31. Administrating the published channels

32. Installing the PTK: n Easy to run installation kit n Full customization and generation of an EIONET compliant portal. n Five very simple forms for creating a full functioning portal n All features included, three channels (internal and external), calendar of events, two skins.

33. Next steps n Including Dublin Core MetaData in local channels n Making small packages available for installation on already started portals n Adding functionality for other types of content – files, HTML pages, …