uPortal tours
This page exists to provide links to tours of deployed uPortal instances.
my.mun.ca tour
Thought some of you may be interested to see what we did. Almost all modifications were made to integratedModes.xsl (we're not using the multiple locale functionality). In a nutshell, we've gotten rid of the concept of "preferences mode" - it's not something you turn on or off - you're always in preferences mode. Some of the preferences functionality was lost (e.g. you can't move a channel or column to another tab, you can only move it around the active tab) but it's pretty neat and we've gotten really positive feedback from our users.
We've eliminated the animated targets for moving/adding new layout components (and therefore eliminated the number of clicks to perform an action). There are "option menus" (implemented in javascript) on a tab, column and channel which provide the links to the various user preferences and channel options.
my.rutgers.edu tour
Some screenshots of our portal demonstrate the look of our XHTML/CSS layout. We're not currently using [Aggregated Layouts] or [Integrated Modes]. The screenshots also demonstrate the look and feel of some of our CSS "widgets" like the toolbars in the mail channel.
My VT Tour
On August 16, 2004, Virginia Tech launched My VT 3.0 based on uPortal 2.3.3. Our 3.0 release represents the result of a lot of listening to end user feedback and some major rethinking of what My VT is, what it should do, and how it should do it. First, and foremost, we wanted to design a platform that would give us the flexibility to adapt and grow as portal becomes the primary means of interacting with the university.
We created this tour especially for the uPortal community to showcase some of the changes we've made to the uPortal framework and to share some of the ideas we have for how My VT can meets the needs of Virginia Tech.