Our uPortal installation is also serving our institution homepage. Why
do I do it that way, and not with static pages?
Because I always wanted to try to implement a guest-user tailored
experience and have a smart portal without even logging in.
For example: have one web site content layout
We don't have as many users as other schools but we have made the portal
guest page the default in the clusters and on kiosks around campus for a
long time. We also decided to have some interactive content on the
guest page - specifically the directory lookup. The performance has
never been