Part I

Architecture

This section contains guidelines to help you plan the type of user interaction you will add to your portal. Developing a user interaction strategy can save you time during the other phases of the portal life cycle.

When you are planning how your users will interact with your portal, determine the following:

• What type of personalized content to display

• How to set up and store content

• If content will be controlled by the type of user

• How long to display each type of content

• How to cycle through content

• If you want to send automatic e-mails or give automatic discounts

• Where to store the user information you gather

For a detailed description of the architecture phase of the portal life cycle, see the Oracle Fusion Middleware Overview for Oracle WebLogic Portal.

Part I contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Introduction"

• Chapter 2, "Planning an Interaction Strategy"

• Chapter 3, "Setting up Content"