# Summary: Getting Started Portal Tutorial

This topic reviews the concepts introduced in the tutorial and provides links to more information on Portals.

## Concepts Introduced in the Tutorial

### Organizing Content

- Portals let you organize a variety of web content into a single, easy to navigate web site. For more information on organizing content in a Portal see Assembling Portal Applications.

There are extensive tools for determining the look and feel of a Portal. For more information, see Look & Feel Architecture.

### Personalization

- The User Profile Control can be used to personalize the user's Portal experience. For more information on using the User Profile Control see User Profile Control.

This tutorial only serves as a first introduction to personalization. Portal personalization also include the following features:

- There are a variety of other controls that can be used to personalize the Portal experience. For more information see Using Portal Controls.
- Desktops are an important personalization feature for different kinds of users. For information on filtering content using desktops see How Do I: Create a Desktop? For information on using the Visitor Tools application to allow users to set the look and feel of the Portal themselves see Adding Visitor Tools to Portals.
- Campaigns let you target users with content based on user properties, behavior, events, and other fine-grained criteria. For more information on campaigns see Creating Campaigns.
- Using a Unified User Profile takes your User Profile to the next level. A Unified User Profile lets you draw user information from external sources, such as LDAP servers, legacy systems and databases. For more information on Unified User Profiles see Setting up Unified User Profiles.

### Portlets

- Portlets are containers that hold web content within a Portal. For more information on how to customize Portlet behavior see Customizing Portlets.

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