WWWalker's Portal Details

See also Portals | Commercial Portals | Cookie-Cutter Portals (Low Budget) | Mobile Portals

This is a summary of several large portals I developed and the pros and cons of various approaches. Most were done with opensource tools. Some were using someone else's software and modifying it for the customer.

See Portals for an introduction to this page.

MarketStatusSampleApplication SoftwarePlatform TechnologyApplication LicensingPlatform LicensingCosts
Commercial PortalsDeadDating ServiceDateMillPHP, MySQL, Linux, x86CommercialOpen Source90% support, 10% design
Cookie-Cutter PortalsRevivedCommunity GroupDotNetNuke.NET Framework, SQL Server, Microsoft, x86Open SourceCommercial80% support, 20% design
Commercial PortalsExpiredUnnamed Businessoriginal customPHP, MySQL, Linux, x86CommercialOpen Source5% support, 80% programming, 15% design
Commercial PortalsDeadUnnamed Companyclone customPHP, MySQL, Mac OS X, G5 PowerMac, AirportCommercialCommercial90% support, 5% programming, 5% design
Commercial PortalsDyingUnnamed CompanygeneratedPHP, Postgresql, Linux, x86, CodeCharge, LAN, Remote DesktopCommercialCommercial90% support, 5% programming, 5% design
Commercial PortalsDeadUnnamed CompanyCustom import of 1 million records in ASCII format merged with SOAP feedPHP, MySQL, awk, C, Python, Linux, x86, ssh, SOAPCommercialOpen Source15% support, 80% programming, 5% design
Commercial PortalsUnfinishedUnnamed CompanyTranslations contact and project database on intranetPHP, MySQL, Linux, x86, JavascriptCommercial, Open SourceOpen Source10% support, 80% programming, 10% design

NB: Any sites without a link have been redeveloped by another developer or gone bust.


Created: 22 Dec 2010 19:15
Last Updated: 22 Dec 2010 19:15


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