Posted February 26, 2002 · Report post Probably having nothing to do with music, however here is a new very interesting link to visit: http://my.ceid.upatras.gr which is the new portal web site of my school. Please be our guests, thanks! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2002 · Report post Nikolas,is there a click for translating in english language? Franz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 26, 2002 · Report post Franz, I am afraid not... But the main site at http://www.ceid.upatras.gr has an english version as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post And here's the portal web site of my school: http://www2.ac-lille.fr/malraux-bethune/ :cool: :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post Unfortunately, there's no English or Greek version to it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post Very interesting...but is it a portal? :sarcasm: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post No, Nikolas, it is only a web site, but you can find links to other sites of our district in it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post what is a portal? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post what is a portal? The American Heritage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post from Latin porta Isn't porta also a Greek word for door? (I don't know about Ancient Greek of course). Micki Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post "porta" is the MODERN Greek, coming from Italian. A more Greek word would be "pili" (thermopiles) or thyra (thyroros)... Sorry for writing those words in the Latin alphabet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post what is a portal? The American Heritage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post Misunderstanding?? I thought Soc is a 'he' !! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post I am sorry, soc, if I mistook you for a "she"... I am terribly sorry... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post As far as I know, the term "portal site" is used for a site which lets other sites open "inside it" - that is, when you click the links on the site, you don't leave the portal site, it acts like a door-frame that you look through into other places (pages from the same site, or different sites). I'm not sure very reliable on this and not very clear either, but Nikolas will correct me if I'm wrong Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 27, 2002 · Report post Of course there might be several explanations, however I think portal in terms of the web is not far from whar portal really means. Portal means gateway, in greek it is πύλη. And a portal website is exactly that. An entrance to something. That something is expected to be a specific subject or area of topics, for example mobile phones or academic and related matters regarding students of the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department :cool: . So, a portal website works like an extensive reference to a specific field that it is related to. For example, our portal, http://my.ceid.upatras.gr, is a place for all department announcements, a place for every CEID student to discuss academic issues, to online check all his marks in all the lessons, to automatically calculate his average until now, to select options for semesters, to read email directly via the web and loads of other stuff that I am afraid are accessible only to CEID students... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted February 28, 2002 · Report post Portal means gateway, in greek it is πύλη. And a portal website is exactly that. An entrance to something. That something is expected to be a specific subject or area of topics, for example mobile phones or academic and related matters regarding students of the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department :cool: . So, a portal website works like an extensive reference to a specific field that it is related to. So, my school web site is a sort of portal, because if you click on the top left picture, you can reach most academic and related matters regarding students and teachers. Thanks for the very clear explanations, Nikolas! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites