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ONLINE PORTAL
An Online Portal refers to a webpage (or
website) that provides users an entryway
to a variety of information, tools, links,
and more. Originally, these
portals were referred to as links pages;
however, now these portals serve a
variety of different purposes
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WEBSITE
A web site (also written as a website) is
a collection of web pages and related
content that is identified by a common
domain name and published on at least
one web server. Notable examples are
wikipedia.org, google.com, and
amazon.com.
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8 DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEBSITE
1. Homepages 5. Portfolio websites
2. Magazine websites 6. Landing pages
3. E-commerce websites 7. Social Media websites
4. Blogs 8. Directory and contact
pages
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1. Homepages
The homepage is your site’s main hub and serves as the
face of a brand. Your homepage helps site visitors get to
different areas of the site, and it can also serve as
a conversion funnel. Because most people come to you
through your homepage, this is where design matters most.
2. Magazine websites
A magazine website features articles, photos, and videos
that are informational and educational. In the last twenty
years, the magazine industry has change. A magazine
website features articles, photos, and videos that are
informational and educational.
3. E-commerce websites
An e-commerce website is an online shopping destination
where users can purchase products or services from your
company. A robust e-commerce web page makes it easy to
browse products, filter by categories, highlight special sales,
and make purchases..
4. Blogs
A blog features regularly updated articles, photos, and
videos. Blogs started with more casual, personal content
compared to magazines. But since then, the lines have
blurred, and now it’s extremely common for major brands
and businesses to have their blog. Adding expert content
improves the overall credibility of a company or an
individual.
5. Portfolio Website
A portfolio website allows creative professionals a place for
showcasing their best work. This is perfect for artists,
writers, designers, filmmakers, furniture builders.
6. Landing Pages
A landing page is a specific page type created for a
marketing campaign that drives visitors to take a specific
action. The content on a landing page should be limited and
point toward the call-to-action (CTA) you’d like the user to
take. Allow plenty of white space around your CTA and save
elements not related to the purpose of that campaign for
other pages.
7. Social Media Website
There are approximately 2.77 billion people on social media
with dozens of different platforms available. No matter who
your target audience is, you’ll probably find them on
Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Snapchat, or LinkedIn.
8. Directory and contact pages
A directory or contact page is a place where users can
connect with you or others. This type of website works well
when you want to list a repository of businesses or
people within an organization.
