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Hey people i am developing a portal for my college can anyone Guide me about wat to do and where can i get info on this topic?????????

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A quick note tying the replies together and suggesting a practical path for a JSP-based college portal.

asked about building the portal; and pointed toward using a ready-made CMS and a template workflow. For a project explicitly targeting JSP/Java it is usually better to either pick a Java-native portal/CMS or build on a modern Java web stack rather than trying to adapt a PHP-based system.

Two common approaches:

  • Use a Java portal/CMS (good when admin UIs, role/permission systems and content widgets are needed out of the box). Examples to evaluate include enterprise-grade options and open-source Java CMSs such as Liferay and OpenCms (Liferay, OpenCms).
  • Build a custom, modular web app using an MVC framework and deploy on a servlet container. A typical stack: Spring Boot + Spring MVC (or JSF) + Thymeleaf (or modern web front end) on Tomcat, with JPA/Hibernate for persistence and PostgreSQL/MySQL for the database (Spring Boot, Tomcat, Hibernate).

Core checklist and integration notes:

  • Authentication/authorization (consider SSO/OAuth2 for campus accounts; follow established guides for safe password storage and flows) — see OAuth2 resources (OAuth 2.0) and security best practices (OWASP).
  • Content model: pages, announcements, courses, documents, media, events, roles (student/faculty/admin).
  • Search, file storage (disk vs object store), backups, caching, responsive UI, and logging/monitoring.
  • Social features: use official APIs or OAuth for single-sign-on and sharing; avoid scraping.

Practical workflow and troubleshooting:

  • Keep presentation out of business logic (no JSP scriptlets; use taglibs/JSTL or template engines).
  • Use Maven/Gradle, Git, CI, and Docker for reproducible builds and deployments.
  • Watch for session affinity when scaling, connection-pool tuning, file upload limits in the container, and proper UTF-8 encoding.
    These choices make the portal easier to maintain, secure, and extend over time.

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Yes, thats great thinking Dan. That would be correct, that is a nice CMS that you can use for college. It has a ton of components with a rich graphical administrative interface that you can easily find your way around the site with easy navigations.
Custom templates and even if? You can build your own template easily with Dreamweaver, theres an extention for Dreamweaver fo Mambo.

If your going to be interested in MamboServer, let me know and I will send you the extention for Dreamweaver.

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