MySource Matrix Evaluations

Portal Capabilities

MySource Matrix includes many features for portal systems, including:

• Access may be restricted to people who require login
  
• Automatic navigation filtering: menus and navigation systems such as dynamic site maps automatically filter out links that should not be displayed for a given user
  
• Content within pages may be displayed selectively for individual users. (e.g. A block of text on a page may only appear if a user is logged in)
  
• Text within pages may be dynamically substituted by MySource Matrix, driven by "keyword". For example, it is possible to create a page that welcomes a user by name
  
• Content may be displayed alternatively depending on a user's settings. (e.g. a user who is subscribed to a certain mailing list may see different information to a person not subscribed to that list)
  
• Search results only display user-subscribed content and assets may be syndicated for use in other systems.

MySource Matrix includes cookie based sessions for logged on anonymous users. These sessions are used to temporarily record information about a user’s operations on the site. Some assets are designed to display alternate tailored contend based on information stored in the user’s session.

‘MyPage’ Concept

There are several tools within MySource Matrix that allow content to be personalised including:

• Dynamic generation of content to only show navigation elements that match the user’s profile
  
• The ability to hide or show sections of content on a page depending on the user
  
• The ability to include keywords in content that may be dynamically replaced with personalised content – such as greeting a user by name.

Some assets include further functionality to personalise content. For example the calendar asset may be configured to only show ‘my’ events. 

Related Asset Listing

MySource Matrix provides the Related Asset Listing, which you can embed within your design and list assets that are tagged with the same thesaurus terms (i.e. metadata) as the current asset.  You can even set a weighting for an asset when tagged against the term, and the pages will be ordered in the Related Asset Listing according to the weighting assigned.   As an example, when viewing the ‘Products’ page of a site, a user can be presented with related white papers or special offers through the use of the Related Asset Listing.