1. Edwin Ombego Software Developer Web Portals Key Concepts Your Logo

2. Common understanding on web portals and the Pasha Portal model Agenda Your Logo Web portals Q&A Web portal characteristics Pasha portal Model Why a web portal? Pasha portal Development Plans ✓ 77 66 55 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1

4. Your Logo Webportal A Site that functions as a point of access to information on the World Wide Web Popular portals are MSN, Yahoo, and AOL Features Services on a portal are driven by customer demand and by the growing reliance of businesses of all sizes on the services provided online Definitions Webportals

5. Web portals Vs Search engines Why web portals? Much more than a simple search engine, they usually include customizable access to data such as stock reports, local, regional, and national news, and email services Web portals An information retrieval system. They help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information which must be consulted Search engine Your own footerYour Logo 1 1 1

6. Suite of services Why web portals? Consistent look and feel across various services. Users identify with you across all services Branding Providing a one stop shop that is customized to each user and user groups Unification Portals provide a way for enterprises to provide a consistent look and feel with access control and procedures for multiple applications, which otherwise would have been different entities altogether. 2 1

8. Web portal Characteristics As with the corporate model, users must have authorized access to the page in the form of login credentials Access to data that is considered within their area of responsibility Government portals Business Portals Due to the ongoing development of Internet technology, there is every reason to believe that web portals will continue to evolve over time Portals that are created for the use of authorized personnel only. They may also be configured to allow customers to browse, search, and purchase goods and services. 2 1

10. The pasha portal This Portal will be the focal point for providing Pasha managers and other stakeholders with opportunities to acquire knowledge The system will be offering blogs, forums, e-learning, outsourcing functionalities, e-commerce and collaborative services to Pasha managers and other stakeholders It will provide a platform for forming an online communities which will benefit the country in development and adoption of various policies through knowledge exchange and collaboration

12. The Pasha Portal Model Whereas access to the information contained in the Portal will be open, various security levels will be built in as way of ensuring that information whose access is restricted for whatever reason is protected. User Access The registered users can join an initiative that they are interested in so that they are alerted on any new information related to their preferred listings. Contents Users who join as institutions - can create other users in the System. Institutional User 1 2 33

13. The pasha portal E-Learning Articles Videos Business Development Experts Case Studies Calendar of events Discussion Forums Search Services

14. Development of the system look and feel Functions and systems the portal will be interfacing with are aggregated to the system This will be an ongoing process of updating the portal with relevant and updated content Pasha Portal Development Portal Design and user experience. Content management. Module development/ Functionality.

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