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Community Web Portal Development Services

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Developing a custom community web portal unifies users with shared goals and interests.

Why Work With Orases?

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Establishing a portal where users converge around shared interests and exchange knowledge can generate commercial advantages, such as understanding customer needs thoroughly or paid services in certain communities. An effective and user-friendly web portal experience is of paramount importance when undergoing development.

The practical benefits of using a community web portal are vast. Organizations will gain insight into the evolving preferences of one’s target audience to monetize through advertising revenue. It also facilitates interactive conversations between members while helping them transfer their ideas and share valuable knowledge.

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Community Portal Functionalities

What Orases web portals can provide for you.

Developing a custom community web portal helps organizations meet their unique needs and requirements to unite users with a satisfying branded user experience.

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User Registration / Profile Creation

Allow users to easily sign up, create profiles, and manage personal information, with customizable registration forms and secure authentication features. This functionality helps foster a personalized experience by enabling users to manage their preferences, participation history, and activity within the portal.

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Group Forums / Public Chats

Facilitate user interaction through group forums, topic-based discussions, and public chat features, allowing community members to share knowledge, ask questions, and network in real-time. This feature encourages engagement and fosters a sense of community within the web portal.

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Content Creation Tools

Empower users or moderators to easily create and upload various types of content—such as written articles, blogs, images, or multimedia—directly through the portal. This functionality fosters an interactive and dynamic community where users can contribute valuable insights.

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Badges & Awards

Gamify engagement by rewarding users with badges, points, or awards based on their activity level, contributions, or milestones within the community. This encourages active participation and provides users with a sense of accomplishment.

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Video Streaming & Recording

Support live video streaming or on-demand content uploads for webinars, tutorials, or community events. Users can also record sessions for later viewing, adding interactivity and dynamic learning opportunities within the portal.

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Chatbots & Ticketing Systems

Offer AI-driven chatbots for real-time assistance and automatic responses to frequently asked questions, while also integrating ticketing systems to resolve more complex inquiries. This enhances user support by providing instant help and structured problem resolution.

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Ad Templating & Scheduling

Enable community administrators to design, template, and schedule digital advertisements within the portal, helping to monetize traffic or promote internal events. Customizable ad placement and scheduling tools ensure targeted ad delivery to specific community segments.

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Event Calendars

Display upcoming webinars, community meetups, and scheduled events in an interactive calendar format, allowing users to view, RSVP, and manage their personal event schedules. This feature centralizes event tracking, making it easy for users to stay informed.

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Social Sharing & User Commenting

Allow users to share portal content across social media platforms and enable comment sections for posts or event pages, encouraging wider interaction and discussion both within and outside the portal.

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Moderation Tools

Provide community moderators with powerful tools for reviewing and approving posts, managing discussions, and enforcing community guidelines. Automated moderation tools can flag inappropriate content, safeguarding the community’s integrity.

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LMS Capabilities

Integrate learning management system (LMS) features within the portal, such as course creation, quizzes, and progress tracking, to offer community members formal learning opportunities alongside informal discussion and resource sharing.

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Role Distribution & User Privileges

Assign different user roles (like admin, moderator, or member) with varying levels of access and privileges, ensuring a well-structured and secure platform while maintaining community control and oversight.

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Key Community Portal Integrations

Integrating key systems like CRM and ERP tools, as well as Data Analytics Software, into community web portals can significantly enhance user management, operational efficiency, and decision-making through centralized data and automation.

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CRM Software

Integrating CRM software with a community web portal allows for seamless tracking of user interactions and engagement, helping administrators measure member activity and tailor communications based on behavioral insights. This provides a unified view of user profiles and facilitates personalized content, improving member retention and satisfaction.

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ERP Software

ERP integration streamlines administrative and operational workflows by automating tasks like billing, event management, and resource allocation within the portal. This enables real-time synchronization of financial data, inventory, or scheduling, helping community admins manage backend processes efficiently.

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Data Analytics Software

Data analytics integration provides deeper insights into user behaviors, engagement patterns, and content performance within the community portal. With advanced reporting and visualization tools, administrators can track key metrics like user retention, contribution frequency, and identify trends to improve content strategies and community growth.

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Additional Community Portal Services

Our suite of community portal services ensures that your platform is optimized for growth, efficiency, and member engagement, whether you’re starting from scratch or upgrading an existing system.

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Community Portal Consulting

Community portal consulting provides expert guidance on designing and building a portal that aligns with your community’s unique goals, member needs, and engagement strategies. Through thorough assessments and recommendations, we help you define the right features, integrations, and architecture for long-term success.

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Community Portal Migration

Community portal migration ensures a smooth transition from outdated systems to a modern, scalable platform, minimizing downtime while preserving critical data, user interactions, and content. This migration service ensures that performance and user experience remain seamless during the transition stage.

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Community Portal Modernization

Community portal modernization upgrades outdated frameworks and user interfaces, integrating modern technologies like mobile responsiveness, real-time communication tools, and advanced analytics. This process enhances user experience, security, and scalability, ensuring your platform stays relevant and adaptable to future needs.

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Awards & Recognitions

Proof our community web portals continue to excel.

Orases Firmstalk Award 2024
SelectedFirms Top Web Development Company 2023
TopDevelopers Top Web Developers 2023 Award
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Find Best Web Dev May 2021 Award
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The Orases Process

How we work, from start to finish.

Our community portal development team has years of experience designing and developing unique & innovative custom portals using a streamlined, repeatable process.

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Idea

This involves documenting key business processes and eliciting needs and concerns from stakeholders. Additionally, risks associated with introducing new software are evaluated, and mitigation measures are planned. For commercial software products, this phase also includes conducting competition analysis, understanding the target audience’s needs, defining product differentiation, and addressing obstacles to market entry, such as regulatory barriers.

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Define Goals

Defining goals involves composing a comprehensive list of requirements and expectations, ensuring alignment between stakeholders and the development team. By starting with a precise definition of the project’s specific requirements and scope, clarity and focus are ensured, laying a solid foundation for the development process to follow.

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UX/UI Design

UX/UI design will determine the portal’s appearance at the user level, defining app architecture, and integrating existing enterprise systems for cost-effectiveness and reliability. Additionally, UX research is conducted to outline user personas and scenarios, followed by the creation of wireframes and clickable prototypes to visualize user interactions.

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Development

Our development team begins working on the essential components of the portal. This involves continuous delivery of new portal parts, with ongoing analysis of emerging needs and release planning. Mockups are delivered and reviewed to ensure alignment with requirements before developers proceed with developing, testing, and migrating approved portal parts to staging and production environments for deployment.

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Testing

Orases will conduct thorough verification of functionality and performance, including performance monitoring and utilizing analytics tools for ongoing evaluation. Feedback is gathered from project sponsors and users on the results of the release, and the outcomes are reviewed to approve the scope of the next release. Continuous improvement is prioritized through iterative testing and refinement based on insights gained from monitoring tools.

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Deployment

Deployment involves pushing the finalized product to the live server and conducting user testing to ensure it meets stakeholder expectations. Additionally, portal monitoring processes are established to track performance and address any issues that may arise post-deployment.

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Training & Support

This step includes conducting project evaluations and performing knowledge transfer sessions to your in-house IT team or other vendors involved. Comprehensive training and documentation are offered to users, empowering them to utilize the portal effectively. Finally, a final report is provided, and confirmation for project closure is requested to conclude the development cycle.

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Technologies Used For Community Portals

Customer Experience

Improving customer experience in a community portal revolves around creating an intuitive, personalized, and immersive environment for users to explore. The goal is to streamline navigation, enhance visual appeal, and offer features that are contextualized to the user’s needs.

Discourse

Figma

Hotjar


Customer Communication

Effective customer communication in a community portal is all about providing the right channels for users to engage, seek information, or provide feedback. It should facilitate prompt and direct communication for both one-on-one interactions and group discussions.

Slack

Mailchimp

Twilio


Customer Support

Good customer support within a community portal ensures that users can quickly find resolutions to their issues, whether through knowledge bases, automated systems, or live support.

Zendesk

Freshdesk

Intercom


Customer Engagement

Customer engagement tools help users actively participate in the community, fostering a sense of belonging and driving long-term growth. Consider using gamification, activity tracking, and personalization features to keep users involved.

Discourse

Gamify

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Customer Satisfaction

Achieving customer satisfaction within a community portal involves continuous feedback loops, tracking how users feel about their experience, and adjusting the portal design and content accordingly.

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SurveyMonkey

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Industries We Build Web Portals For

Portals built to address specific needs of organizations everywhere.

We tailor fit web portals to address the specific needs, pain points, and processes for the following industries.

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Automotive
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Cannabis
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FinTech
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Healthcare
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Hospitality
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Insurance
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Logistics
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Media & Entertainment
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Manufacturing
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Oil & Gas
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Professional Services
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Transportation
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Our Community Web Portals Speak For Themselves

But so do our clients.

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Logan Gerber – Marketing Director at NFL Foundation

“Orases successfully built efficiencies into our prototype and delivered a high-quality platform.”

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Matt Owings – President at Next Day Dumpsters

“They’re honorable, reputable, and easy to work with. They genuinely care about the outcome and want to do a good job.”

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Donald J. Roy, Jr., CPA – Executive Vice President at American Kidney Fund

“Orases built a platform that’s boosted productivity by about 30%…”

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Torey Carter-Conneen – Chief Operating Officer at American Immigration Lawyers Association

“Not only do they want to succeed, they strive to produce functionally and visually unique software.”

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Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the questions that’s been on everyone’s mind.

How Does A Community Web Portal Benefit Its Members?

Community web portals facilitate better communication and information sharing among members. They provide a space for networking, collaboration, and access to resources, which can enhance engagement and strengthen the community’s bond.

How Secure Are Community Web Portals?

Security in community web portals involves user authentication, data encryption, secure server connections, and compliance with privacy regulations. Administrators can also set various user permissions to control access to sensitive information.

Can A Community Web Portal Be Customized?

Yes, most community web portals offer extensive customization options to align with the specific needs and branding of the community. This includes changing the portal’s layout, features, and functionality to suit specific user requirements.

How Do Community Web Portals Handle Data Privacy?

Community web portals comply with relevant data protection laws (such as GDPR or CCPA) to protect personal information. This includes secure storage of data, clear privacy policies, and mechanisms for users to control their personal information.

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Featured Insights

Take a deeper dive into the world of possibilities community web portals offer.

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Logan Gerber

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They’re so approachable and willing to go above and beyond.

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Joseph Cephas

VP of Communications

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I don’t believe that we would have been successful without our collaboration with Orases.

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John Dumas

CEO

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They plug in seamlessly to a team and can handle the full project end-to-end.

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Ken Isaacson

VP of Project Management

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They’re honorable, reputable, and easy to work with. They genuinely care about the outcome and want to do a good job.

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Matt Owings

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