Partner site
The audience for a partner site are the partners of an organization. The site provides information and applications that are not applicable to the broader audience of consumers. A partner site would typically require a login but would not use an automated registration system. The business partners would be known to the company and given a login to access the partner site.
A partner site may include the following areas:
- a news area focused on partners. Larger organizations working in multiple areas of business could personalize the news area to suit each partner.
- a promotions area detailing special deals for partners.
- online services, providing useful tools and resources for partners to use, such as calculators, forms, and catalogs.
- a billing area where partners can see the current bill status for services contracted from the organization.
- a community area where partners may post information about themselves, and also interact to help each other and receive help from the organization.
A number of components are used together to deliver a partner site:
- WebSphere Portal is used to provide a platform for the integration of content and applications that form the intranet portal.
- The overall theme and top-level navigation of the intranet is also managed using WebSphere Portal.
- Web Content Manager provides the micro-level layout of the content within the portal, and is also used to directly build the news and promotions content.
- Various IBM products plus third-party applications are used to build and deploy the online services area.
- The catalog and billing services in the site is run using WebSphere Commerce.
- A third-party discussion system is used to deliver collaborative forums in the communities section of the site using a custom portlet.
- Personalization is being used to filter content throughout the site to ensure that the appropriate content and inline services are reaching the appropriate partners.
A partner site is likely to have a limited audience but a large amount of content.
Parent Types of websites
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Design and setting up a portal site
Road map to building a web content system
Personalizing content
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IBM WebSphere Commerce
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