13. Building Web Portals
Customization is a big topic in application development. Users like to be able to change the layout, appearance, and behavior of their applications—fine-tuning them to better suit their business practices and working preferences. However, while this customization capability has become common in mainstream applications such as Microsoft Office and Windows itself, Web sites that support this type of feature are still quite rare, although sites such as MSN and the Microsoft Live site (http://www.live.com/) are using customization heavily.
But all that changes in ASP.NET 2.0, as you’ve seen with the personalization features in the previous chapter. In this chapter, you’ll see even more ways that users can customize their ...
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