  March 2003
Updated July 2005 When the folks at Studio B were defining an architecture for their MetroSphere technical community weblog and news portal, choosing IBM WebSphere Portal was only the beginning of the journey. Learn from their experience and the experience of others in this extensive series of articles following the development of the overall portal, incorporating the latest technologies and IBM tools and products. In this series, the IBM®, which tells the story of the MetroSphere.com project -- an innovative Web site that serves as a technical community and information marketplace -- the team describes the things that worked and the things that didn't and includes samples of their code so you can follow along.
Editor's update: The Web site MetroSphere.com is no longer live. However, this series provides accurate and relevant information for installing IBM WebSphere Portal. Link to project implementation.
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