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iTePub.Net-Collect The enhanced Ajax web portal This chapter covers ■ Constructing an Ajax portal ■ Implementing a login framework ■ Creating dynamic windows ■ Remembering window state ■ Adapting library code 423 Licensed to jonathan zheng yiyisjun@ iTePub.Net-Collect 424 CHAPTER 11 The enhanced Ajax web portal More and more companies have been adopting a portal-based intranet. Portals give users an easy gateway for obtaining large quantities of information on one page. This eliminates the need for the user to go to multiple locations to get the information they need. Online portals such as Yahoo! allow us to obtain news, weather, sports scores, mail, games, and so much more on just one page. Another portal is Amazon’s A9.com search portal, which lets us do searches on multiple areas without going to separate pages. We can search for web pages, books, images, and much more on one page. A9.com utilizes Ajax to display the information on the screen. This allows for a great user experience since the user does not have to sit and wait for page re-rendering when new search results are displayed. In this chapter, we are incorporating Ajax into a portal to improve the user’s experience: specifically, how he logs into the system and how the system remem- bers his details. The portal proj