An external-facing portal makes use of the light framework page, which displays portal content in a single FRAME. This framework page includes navigation iViews that do not use HTMLB or client-side eventing, eliminating the need to download relatively large resource files.

The following portal features were developed to improve the performance of an external-facing portal but can be used in any portal IMPLEMENTATION:

• Navigation Cache: The portal can cache navigation hierarchies and nodes. For a user with the same navigation hierarchy as a PREVIOUS user, the portal can retrieve the hierarchy from the cache instead of creating it again. This saves time and IMPROVES performance.
• Short (hashed) URLs: In navigation links, navigation nodes are specified by short GUIDs instead of the entire navigation path, which can be very LONG.
• Resource-Sensitive Page Builder: The page builder only downloads the JavaScript that is required by the current page or iView.

An external-facing portal makes use of the light framework page, which displays portal content in a single frame. This framework page includes navigation iViews that do not use HTMLB or client-side eventing, eliminating the need to download relatively large resource files.

The following portal features were developed to improve the performance of an external-facing portal but can be used in any portal implementation: