Just like any other project, it is important to plan out your needs and expectations to help you ensure a smoother setup process. As part of your ZPortals subscription you get a full Onboarding session with our team, and we can help guide you.
For those of you DIY'ers here is a guide to help you plan out your Portal project.
- Who will be logging in?
- Will this be a client, partner, or some other type of user?
- Do you have more than one type that need to see different pieces of information?
- What data do you want them to see?
- What modules are you going to have?
- In those modules, what fields do they need to see?
- What do you want them to be able to do?
- What fields in the modules you show do you want them to edit?
- Will they need to upload documents or receive documents from you?
- Do you want them to see and/or pay invoices?
- Do you want them to submit tickets instead of just using email?
- Do you want them to be able to chat with you live?
- What forms would they need to fill out?
- Do you have any 3rd party sites you want to bring into your portal like custom dashboards?
- Determine which plan you need.
- How often do you expect users to login?
- Do you have a large number of customers?
- How many pages (on average) would a customer click on in a single session?
Once you have all the answers to these questions you can book a call with us or venture into the rest of our Knowledge Base to help turn this plan into a live Portal.
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