Portal system and design

Software and system use available for partners

The IRC portal software and system use and support are available for partners within various constructions:

• Complete hosting
• Structure for own use

• Limited adaptation look and feel

  logo, pictures and basic colours

• Courses on set up and maintenance for webmasters
• Courses for contents managers
• Backstopping and help desk support

Use the contact form to find out more.

Generic design portal

The system design is set up generically in EzPublish (www.ez.no).

Category (for example Theme)

• Overview - Category
• Object 1 (for example Hygiene Behaviour)
• ...
• Object i Knowledge Management
• ...
• Object n (for example Cost Recovery)
• Guided tour Category

Categories and objects will show up in the left menu.

Objects will show up in index pages.

Object i (for example Knowledge Management)

• Overview - Object i
• Item 1 (for example folder on KM initiatives from IRC)
• ...
• Item i folder on KM literature
• ...
• Item m (for example information on Dave Snowden)
• Item n (for example article on KM workshop WIS6)
• Guided tour Object i

Objects and items will show up in index pages.

Items will show up in contents pages.

Item i (for example folder on KM literature)

• Instance 1 (for example document)
• ...
• Instance i link to Bellanet KM4DEV community
• ...
• Instance n (for example book review)

Items and instances will show up in contents pages.

Analogy:
Category: human beings
Object: women
Instance: queens
Items: queen Beatrix from The Netherlands

Design for the IRC portal

Categories:

• Products
• Themes
• Projects
• About IRC

Objects: (examples for category Themes)

• Overview - Themes
• Scaling up Community Management
• Water and Livelihoods
• etc (see left menu)

Items: (examples for Scaling up Community Management)

• Overview - Community Management of rural water supply (Article)
• Scaling up Community Management Web Links (Folder)
• etc (see box right menu)

Instances: (examples for Scaling up Community Management Web Links)

• Institutional support mechanisms for community-managed rural water supply and sanitation systems in Latin America (Article)
• Poverty reduction strategy sourcebook, chapter 9: community-driven development (Article)
• Taking sustainable rural water supply services to scale: a discussion paper (Article)
• Water: local level management (Publication)