INORE
Webportal forntpage
Controlpanel, user privacy settings
Example of a member profile
Network portal for early-stage researchers within Offshore Renewable Energy
The customer:
INORE is a network of young researchers who works to enhance the development of offshore renewable energy.
The overall goal is to create and sustain a truly international, interdisciplinary and active network of young researchers who work on issues relate to offshore renewable energy. INORE will strive for having members from all continents and relevant technologies.
The portal:
INORE.org is the portal where researchers can find and contact each other, share knowledge, invite for events, post job adds and news from their research etc. And the place where other interested parties can find useful information about the world of offshore renewable energy.
The portal has 3 types of users with different access levels:
Visitors (guest):
Can see content on the public portal, sign up to receive news, events, jobs and register as webmembers
Webmembers:
Gains access to most internal areas of the website and can
- present themselves (public + members-only profile) to others
- find relevant members, communicate and form networks with them
- comment on news, signup for events and more...
INOREans:
A registered member who is also an early stage researcher, can apply online to become a full member
(= INOREan) and contribute actively to the portal and network by
- adding jobs
- adding news
- adding events
- adding/editing WIKI articles (and scientific papers)
- adding relevant files and images
- signup for events that are exclusively for INOREans
The results
The first version of INORE went online in 2008. Since then the network has reached and connected close to 500 members, as well as communicated numerous jobs, events and news. The portal has been an important tool in attracting new sponsors who can help the network to grow further, create more events, workshops and Symposiums - and provide focus on the important subjects members of the network are working with.
A new version of the portal was launched in July 2010 adding more advanced functionality to members and INOREans such as:
- Advanced WIKIpedia module
- Article databases (categorised and searchable)
- Possibility to connect to and communicate with, other members
- Full relation between members, content, WIKI articles etc
- Integration to social networks (LinkedIn, Facebook and more)
- Presentation of sponsors
