Oracle Portal

[Tim Corke]

Hi All,

I am exploring the possiblity of using Oracle portal to act as an
online teaching aid for users.

I am having some problems understanding the range of products that
Oracle offers that allow me to implement this; i think due to the
software on the client and the server side of things.

Currently I understand that there is a need for Forms Builder that
builds the UI which simply exports to a Java applet which then gets
displayed in the Internet browser. Is this correct? (This I suppose is
the client side of things!)

In which case, whereabouts does Portal come into play in terms of the
database (client) and Apache (server).

and also how does Portal rate on the Oracle side of implementing a UI
on the Internet? Are there any other options that could be chosen
instead?

I hope I am making myself clear as I am somewhat confused overall on
the matter.

Kind regards,
Tim

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Oracle Portal is part of the Oracle Application server distro.

To install it you will need a Oracle DB installation, Oracle IAS and Oracle
login server. It is used to develop web content. Content is generated using
your web browser and displayed by users using their web browser. No special
development tools are required for the basic stuff. You don't need forms or
Java applets. It runs as in an OC4J conatiner in your IAS (Apache web
server).

It is probably OK for a corporation's intranet but I found it somewhat
limited for my uses. Oracle use portal on some(most)of their site
oracle.com. There are some portlets that have been developed by the Portal
community that may be used to develop teaching aids (tutorials) but I
haven't seen them.

To install it and configure it you will need a DBA who is up to speed,
configuring IAS with a login server can be a little annoying and soul
destroying for first timers.

Don't have any suggestions for you but i don't think portal is what you
want.




"Tim Corke" <timbono1@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:679f10e2.0307030710.5f978ade@posting.google.com... Hi All, I am exploring the possiblity of using Oracle portal to act as an online teaching aid for users. I am having some problems understanding the range of products that Oracle offers that allow me to implement this; i think due to the software on the client and the server side of things. Currently I understand that there is a need for Forms Builder that builds the UI which simply exports to a Java applet which then gets displayed in the Internet browser. Is this correct? (This I suppose is the client side of things!) In which case, whereabouts does Portal come into play in terms of the database (client) and Apache (server). and also how does Portal rate on the Oracle side of implementing a UI on the Internet? Are there any other options that could be chosen instead? I hope I am making myself clear as I am somewhat confused overall on the matter. Kind regards, Tim

[Mark Rittman]

If you're interested in looking at a Portal site used in an educational
establishment (Yeovil College, a further education college in the UK) take a
look at www.yeovil-college.ac.uk

They're using Oracle 9iAS release 2 and it looks quite good.

Mark Rittman
www.rittman.net



"---" <---@noddy.land> wrote in message
news:4zSNa.583$pg6.12889@news-server.bigpond.net.au... Oracle Portal is part of the Oracle Application server distro. To install it you will need a Oracle DB installation, Oracle IAS and
Oracle login server. It is used to develop web content. Content is generated
using your web browser and displayed by users using their web browser. No
special development tools are required for the basic stuff. You don't need forms
or Java applets. It runs as in an OC4J conatiner in your IAS (Apache web server). It is probably OK for a corporation's intranet but I found it somewhat limited for my uses. Oracle use portal on some(most)of their site oracle.com. There are some portlets that have been developed by the Portal community that may be used to develop teaching aids (tutorials) but I haven't seen them. To install it and configure it you will need a DBA who is up to speed, configuring IAS with a login server can be a little annoying and soul destroying for first timers. Don't have any suggestions for you but i don't think portal is what you want. "Tim Corke" <timbono1@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:679f10e2.0307030710.5f978ade@posting.google.com... Hi All, I am exploring the possiblity of using Oracle portal to act as an online teaching aid for users. I am having some problems understanding the range of products that Oracle offers that allow me to implement this; i think due to the software on the client and the server side of things. Currently I understand that there is a need for Forms Builder that builds the UI which simply exports to a Java applet which then gets displayed in the Internet browser. Is this correct? (This I suppose is the client side of things!) In which case, whereabouts does Portal come into play in terms of the database (client) and Apache (server). and also how does Portal rate on the Oracle side of implementing a UI on the Internet? Are there any other options that could be chosen instead? I hope I am making myself clear as I am somewhat confused overall on the matter. Kind regards, Tim