Abstract: Systems and techniques to design and deploy portal pages include selectively interpreting a portal page template based on a mode of operation. The interpretation of the portal page template results in presentation of a design-time application operable to edit the portal page template if the mode of operation is design-time, and the interpretation of the portal page template results in presentation of a run-time application operable to interact with portal dynamic content if the mode of operation is run-time. Interpreting the portal page template at design-time can result in code that enables editing of the portal page template being added, and the added code can be client-side scripting that enables addition of a content component to a content container in the portal page template using a drag-and-drop action in a WYSIWYG portal layout editor.

Abstract: An interface for accessing objects in one or more object repositories, wherein objects are associated with nodes in an object hierarchy and have object types, the interface comprising a tree panel for displaying at least a portion of the object hierarchy, an object panel for displaying an object interface, wherein at least one property of a current object is displayed, an editor for each of a plurality of object types, each editor including instructions for displaying of an edit panel within the object panel when an edit function is selected and a permission hierarchy indicating which users of a class of users have access to which objects of the object hierarchy, wherein the tree panel display is dependent for each user on which objects the user has permission to view.

Abstract: Systems and techniques to design and deploy portal pages include selectively interpreting a portal page template based on a mode of operation. The interpretation of the portal page template results in presentation of a design-time application operable to edit the portal page template if the mode of operation is design-time, and the interpretation of the portal page template results in presentation of a run-time application operable to interact with portal dynamic content if the mode of operation is run-time. Interpreting the portal page template at design-time can result in code that enables editing of the portal page template being added, and the added code can be client-side scripting that enables addition of a content component to a content container in the portal page template using a drag-and-drop action in a WYSIWYG portal layout editor.