Actions/submitting non JSF forms to JSF pages

Ok, I am new to JSF so bear with me,
I am trying to execute some logic BEFORE displaying a JSP/JSF page - a simple example of this is checking if user is logged in, or getting data for the page based on parameters passed in from a non-JSF page (or on URL line), or deciding which page to display, etc. In other words similar to struts action.
Seems basic but I cant figure out how to do it without placing logic into JSPs. All examples I see seem to require a submit from a JSF page to get to the controller logic. What am I missing?
Thanks.

I decide the struggling is a sheer waste of time and hurts future reusability and maintainability.
Write a set of JSF embedded JSPs from scratch.
Or give a try to: https://facelets.dev.java.net/

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Problem with Non JSF Request to JSF Page

Hi All,
I am working on dynamic controls generation based on the request come from non jsf page
For the first request, pageworks perfectly. but when we go for second request, it is not rendering and I am getting same old page.
What I have identified is if I have 2 pages as JSF, application is not giving any problem.
For this I have written small test application contains both JSF pages only.
page1 contains 3 submit buttons.
When submit buttons are clicked based on the request, I get, am able to see the dynamic controls.
SO there is no problem with JSF PAGE to JSF Page Communication
Now I have done some changes in First JSF page. Instead of submitting directly I am submitting the page through JavaScript which is nonb JSF request. There I am facing the problem and based on requested qaction I am not able to see correct rendered page based on the requested action.
Any Idea why it is giving problem for non JSF requests??
Thanks
Sudhakar

For Your Convenience in understanding the problem
I am pasting entire test code
Page 1 -- (here page2 is Page1 and Page1 is page2 - some naming convention errors :) )
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jsp:root version="1.2" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page">
    <jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"/>
    <jsp:text><![CDATA[
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
]]></jsp:text>
    <f:view>
        <html lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">
            <head>
                <meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Cache-Control"/>
                <meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Pragma"/>
                <title>Page2 Title</title>
                <link href="resources/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            </head>
            <body style="-rave-layout: grid">
                <h:form binding="#{Page2.form1}" id="form1">

                    <h:commandButton action="#{Page2.button1_action}" binding="#{Page2.button1}" id="button1" style="left: 48px; top: 48px; position: absolute" value="Submit" onclick="document.forms['form1'].action='faces/Page2.jsp?id=1'; document.forms['form1'].submit(); return false;"/>
                    <h:commandButton action="#{Page2.button2_action}" binding="#{Page2.button2}" id="button2" style="left: 48px; top: 96px; position: absolute" value="Submit" onclick="document.forms['form1'].action='faces/Page2.jsp?id=2'; document.forms['form1'].submit(); return false;"/>
                    <h:commandButton action="#{Page2.button3_action}" binding="#{Page2.button3}" id="button3" style="left: 48px; top: 144px; position: absolute" value="Submit" onclick="document.forms['form1'].action='faces/Page2.jsp?id=3'; document.forms['form1'].submit(); return false;"/>

                    
                </h:form>
            </body>
        </html>
    </f:view>
</jsp:root>Page1 Bean
* Page2.java
* Created on June 25, 2005, 11:08 AM
* Copyright user
package webapplication8;
import javax.faces.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.app.*;
import javax.faces.component.html.*;
import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
public class Page2 extends AbstractPageBean {
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
    private int __placeholder;
    private HtmlForm form1 = new HtmlForm();
    public HtmlForm getForm1() {
        return form1;
    public void setForm1(HtmlForm hf) {
        this.form1 = hf;
    private HtmlCommandButton button1 = new HtmlCommandButton();
    public HtmlCommandButton getButton1() {
        return button1;
    public void setButton1(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
        this.button1 = hcb;
    private HtmlCommandButton button2 = new HtmlCommandButton();
    public HtmlCommandButton getButton2() {
        return button2;
    public void setButton2(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
        this.button2 = hcb;
    private HtmlCommandButton button3 = new HtmlCommandButton();
    public HtmlCommandButton getButton3() {
        return button3;
    public void setButton3(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
        this.button3 = hcb;
    // </editor-fold>
    public Page2() {
        // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
        try {
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log("Page2 Initialization Failure", e);
            throw e instanceof javax.faces.FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
        // </editor-fold>
        // Additional user provided initialization code
    protected webapplication8.ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
        return (webapplication8.ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
    protected webapplication8.SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
        return (webapplication8.SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
     * Bean cleanup.
    protected void afterRenderResponse() {
    public String button1_action() throws Exception{
        // TODO Following code was replaced by static navigation
       getSessionBean1().setId(1);
      /* ExternalContext ctx=(ExternalContext)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
       HttpServletRequest req=(HttpServletRequest)ctx.getRequest();
       HttpServletResponse res=(HttpServletResponse)ctx.getResponse();
       res.sendRedirect("http://localhost:18080/webapplication8/faces/Page2.jsp");
       return null;*/
        return "case1";
    public String button2_action() throws Exception{
        // TODO Following code was replaced by static navigation
            getSessionBean1().setId(2);
      /* ExternalContext ctx=(ExternalContext)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
       HttpServletRequest req=(HttpServletRequest)ctx.getRequest();
       HttpServletResponse res=(HttpServletResponse)ctx.getResponse();
       res.sendRedirect("http://localhost:18080/webapplication8/faces/Page2.jsp");
       return null;*/
        return "case2";
    public String button3_action() throws Exception{
        // TODO Following code was replaced by static navigation
            getSessionBean1().setId(3);
        /*    ExternalContext ctx=(ExternalContext)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
       HttpServletRequest req=(HttpServletRequest)ctx.getRequest();
       HttpServletResponse res=(HttpServletResponse)ctx.getResponse();
       res.sendRedirect("http://localhost:18080/webapplication8/faces/Page2.jsp");
        return null;*/
        return "case3";
}page 2
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<jsp:root version="1.2" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:jsp="http://java.sun.com/JSP/Page">
    <jsp:directive.page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"/>
    <jsp:text><![CDATA[
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
]]></jsp:text>
    <f:view>
        <html lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-US">
            <head>
                <meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Cache-Control"/>
                <meta content="no-cache" http-equiv="Pragma"/>
                <title>Page1 Title</title>
                <link href="resources/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
            </head>
            <body style="-rave-layout: grid">
                <h:form binding="#{Page1.form1}" id="form1">
                    <h:panelGrid binding="#{Page1.gridPanel1}" id="gridPanel1" style="left: 96px; top: 48px; position: absolute"/>
                    <f:selectItems binding="#{Page1.radioButtonList1SelectItems1}" id="radioButtonList1SelectItems1"/>
                    <h:commandButton action="#{Page1.button1_action}" binding="#{Page1.button1}" id="button1"
                        style="left: 384px; top: 120px; position: absolute" value="Submit"/>
                    <h:commandButton action="#{Page1.button1_action}" binding="#{Page1.button1}" id="button1" style="left: 384px; top: 72px; position: absolute" value="Submit"/>
                    <h:outputLink binding="#{Page1.hyperlink1}" id="hyperlink1" style="left: 480px; top: 216px; position: absolute" value="http://www.sun.com/jscreator">
                        <h:outputText binding="#{Page1.hyperlink1Text}" id="hyperlink1Text" value="Hyperlink"/>
                    </h:outputLink>
                    <h:commandLink binding="#{Page1.linkAction1}" id="linkAction1" style="left: 456px; top: 264px; position: absolute">
                        <h:outputText binding="#{Page1.linkAction1Text}" id="linkAction1Text" value="Link Action"/>
                    </h:commandLink>
                </h:form>
            </body>
        </html>
    </f:view>
</jsp:root>page2 bean
* Page1.java
* Created on June 25, 2005, 10:52 AM
* Copyright user
package webapplication8;
import javax.faces.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.app.*;
import com.sun.jsfcl.data.DefaultSelectItemsArray;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.component.UISelectItems;
import javax.faces.component.html.*;
import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.el.ValueBinding;
import javax.faces.model.SelectItem;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
public class Page1 extends AbstractPageBean {
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Definition">
    private int __placeholder;
    private HtmlForm form1 = new HtmlForm();
    public HtmlForm getForm1() {
        return form1;
    public void setForm1(HtmlForm hf) {
        this.form1 = hf;
    private HtmlPanelGrid gridPanel1 = new HtmlPanelGrid();
    public HtmlPanelGrid getGridPanel1() {
        return gridPanel1;
    public void setGridPanel1(HtmlPanelGrid hpg) {
        this.gridPanel1 = hpg;
    private HtmlCommandButton button1 = new HtmlCommandButton();
    public HtmlCommandButton getButton1() {
        return button1;
    public void setButton1(HtmlCommandButton hcb) {
        this.button1 = hcb;
    private HtmlOutputLink hyperlink1 = new HtmlOutputLink();
    public HtmlOutputLink getHyperlink1() {
        return hyperlink1;
    public void setHyperlink1(HtmlOutputLink hol) {
        this.hyperlink1 = hol;
    private HtmlOutputText hyperlink1Text = new HtmlOutputText();
    public HtmlOutputText getHyperlink1Text() {
        return hyperlink1Text;
    public void setHyperlink1Text(HtmlOutputText hot) {
        this.hyperlink1Text = hot;
    private HtmlCommandLink linkAction1 = new HtmlCommandLink();
    public HtmlCommandLink getLinkAction1() {
        return linkAction1;
    public void setLinkAction1(HtmlCommandLink hcl) {
        this.linkAction1 = hcl;
    private HtmlOutputText linkAction1Text = new HtmlOutputText();
    public HtmlOutputText getLinkAction1Text() {
        return linkAction1Text;
    public void setLinkAction1Text(HtmlOutputText hot) {
        this.linkAction1Text = hot;
    // </editor-fold>
    public Page1() {
        // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Creator-managed Component Initialization">
        try {
            ExternalContext ctx=(ExternalContext)FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext();
            HttpServletRequest req=(HttpServletRequest)ctx.getRequest();
            HttpServletResponse res=(HttpServletResponse)ctx.getResponse();
            String id=req.getParameter("id");
            if(id!=null)
                getSessionBean1().setId(Integer.parseInt(id));
            if (getSessionBean1().getId()==1) {
                addTextBox();
            else if (getSessionBean1().getId()==2) {
                addCheckBox();
                addRadio();
            else if (getSessionBean1().getId()==3) {
                addRadio();
               // addCheckBox();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log("Page1 Initialization Failure", e);
            throw e instanceof javax.faces.FacesException ? (FacesException) e: new FacesException(e);
        // </editor-fold>
        // Additional user provided initialization code
    protected webapplication8.ApplicationBean1 getApplicationBean1() {
        return (webapplication8.ApplicationBean1)getBean("ApplicationBean1");
    protected webapplication8.SessionBean1 getSessionBean1() {
        return (webapplication8.SessionBean1)getBean("SessionBean1");
     * Bean cleanup.
    protected void afterRenderResponse() {
    private void addRadio() {
        HtmlPanelGrid gridPanel = new HtmlPanelGrid();
        UIComponent parent = gridPanel1;
        HtmlOutputText outputText = new HtmlOutputText();
        outputText.setValue("Some Desc");
        outputText.setId("somedesc2");
        HtmlSelectOneRadio checkBox = new HtmlSelectOneRadio();
        checkBox.setBorder(0);
        checkBox.setLayout("pageDirection");
        checkBox.setId("a3");
        UISelectItems items = new UISelectItems();
        DefaultSelectItemsArray objArray =new DefaultSelectItemsArray();
        vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.add(objArray);
        arrays=(DefaultSelectItemsArray[])vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.toArray(new DefaultSelectItemsArray[vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.size()]);
        int size =arrays.length;
        arrays[size - 1].clear();
        for (int i =0;i<10;i++) {
            arrays[size - 1].add(new SelectItem(""+i+"",""+i));
        // array.setItems(new String[] {"Yes","No" });
        items.setValueBinding("value",getValueBinding("#{Page1.arrays["+(size-1)+"]}"));
        checkBox.getChildren().add(items);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(outputText);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(checkBox);
        parent.getChildren().add(gridPanel);
    private void addCheckBox() {
        HtmlPanelGrid gridPanel = new HtmlPanelGrid();
        UIComponent parent = gridPanel1;
        HtmlOutputText outputText = new HtmlOutputText();
        outputText.setValue("Some Desc");
        outputText.setId("somedesc1");
        HtmlSelectManyCheckbox checkBox = new HtmlSelectManyCheckbox();
        checkBox.setBorder(0);
        checkBox.setLayout("pageDirection");
        checkBox.setId("a2");
        UISelectItems items = new UISelectItems();
        DefaultSelectItemsArray objArray =new DefaultSelectItemsArray();
        vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.add(objArray);
        arrays=(DefaultSelectItemsArray[])vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.toArray(new DefaultSelectItemsArray[vectDefaultSelectItemsArray.size()]);
        int size =arrays.length;
        arrays[size - 1].clear();
        for (int i =0;i<10;i++) {
            arrays[size - 1].add(new SelectItem(""+i+"",""+i));
        // array.setItems(new String[] {"Yes","No" });
        items.setValueBinding("value",getValueBinding("#{Page1.arrays["+(size-1)+"]}"));
        checkBox.getChildren().add(items);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(outputText);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(checkBox);
        parent.getChildren().add(gridPanel);
    private void addTextBox() {
        HtmlPanelGrid gridPanel = new HtmlPanelGrid();
        UIComponent parent = gridPanel1;
        HtmlOutputText outputText = new HtmlOutputText();
        outputText.setValue("Some Description for Control Text Box");
        outputText.setId("somedesc");
        HtmlInputText textField = new HtmlInputText();
        // textField.setId("textField_"+control.getId());
        textField.setId("a1");
        HtmlOutputText outputText1 = new HtmlOutputText();
        hyperlink1Text.setValue(" ");
        hyperlink1Text.setStyleClass("bodyText");
        textField.setStyleClass("frmObjects");
        gridPanel.setColumns(3);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(outputText);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(hyperlink1Text);
        gridPanel.getChildren().add(textField);
        parent.getChildren().add(gridPanel);
    private DefaultSelectItemsArray array = new DefaultSelectItemsArray();
    public DefaultSelectItemsArray getArray() {
        return array;
    public void setArray(DefaultSelectItemsArray dsia) {
        this.array = dsia;
    private Vector vectDefaultSelectItemsArray = new Vector();
    private DefaultSelectItemsArray[] arrays = new DefaultSelectItemsArray[10];
    public DefaultSelectItemsArray[] getArrays() {
        return arrays;
    public void setArrays(DefaultSelectItemsArray[]dsia) {
        this.arrays = dsia;
    private UISelectItems radioButtonList1SelectItems1 = new UISelectItems();
    public UISelectItems getRadioButtonList1SelectItems1() {
        return radioButtonList1SelectItems1;
    public void setRadioButtonList1SelectItems1(UISelectItems uisi) {
        this.radioButtonList1SelectItems1 = uisi;
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        return     FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getApplication().createValueBinding(expression);
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        // TODO Replace with your code
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE faces-config PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD JavaServer Faces Config 1.0//EN"
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
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many thanks

There is no such thing. Generally you use the print function of the browser - it is your job to properly apply css so a page prints nicely. Otherwise you have to dig into itext which is the api for producing pdf files.

Dynamic form in jsf?

Hi all, i am very new to JSF. I was wondering if it were possible to create a dynamically changing form using only JSF (without java script). Say, i need a tabbed pane that will have tabs added on clicking some button on the screen. If it is possible, does anyone know of a good code sample online? Thank you very much!!

OK, this was a bad example. Here is another example:
JSF:<%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>
<%@taglib uri="http://www.ibm.com/jsf/BrowserFramework" prefix="odc"%>
<odc:tabbedPanel binding="#{MyBean.tabbedPanel}" />
<h:form>
     <h:inputText value="#{MyBean.bfPanelId}" />
     <h:inputText value="#{MyBean.bfPanelName}" />
     <h:commandButton value="add" action="#{MyBean.addBfPanel}" />
</h:form>MyBean.javapackage mypackage;
import com.ibm.faces.bf.component.html.HtmlBfPanel;
import com.ibm.faces.bf.component.html.HtmlTabbedPanel;
public class MyBean {
    // Inits
    HtmlTabbedPanel tabbedPanel = new HtmlTabbedPanel();
    String bfPanelId;
    String bfPanelName;
    // Actions
    public void addBfPanel() {
        HtmlBfPanel bfPanel = new HtmlBfPanel();
        bfPanel.setId(getBfPanelId());
        bfPanel.setName(getBfPanelName());
        getTabbedPanel().getChildren().add(bfPanel);
    // Getters
    public HtmlTabbedPanel getTabbedPanel() {
        return tabbedPanel;
    public String getBfPanelId() {
        return bfPanelId;
    public String getBfPanelName() {
        return bfPanelName;
    // Setters
    public void setTabbedPanel(HtmlTabbedPanel tabbedPanel) {
        this.tabbedPanel = tabbedPanel;
    public void setBfPanelId(String bfPanelId) {
        this.bfPanelId = bfPanelId;
    public void setBfPanelName(String bfPanelName) {
        this.bfPanelName = bfPanelName;
}Note that I'm using IBM's odc components. I don't have experience with Tomahawk, but this might give you some insights.

What happens to regular input controls within JSF form?

What does JSF do with plain HTML/XHTML input controls contained inside a JSF form? Considering an HTML form gets rendered I would image that the values of the plain HTML control gets submitted. Does JSF just trash them?

Anthony_Smith wrote:
That's what I thought would happen. My request maps are returning empty though (calling ExternalContext#getRequestParameterValuesMap()). Just in case I'm being misunderstood I'm going to try to explain my question again.
I have a JSF form but I'm trying to stick regular input tags in them. I haven't had any luck getting them back through the request methods in ExternalContext. It's as if they're not getting submitted or JSF is just throwing them out. Any ideas?If the request parameter map was empty, JSF wouldn't be able to handle a postback. So, we arrive at one of the following possibilities:
1) The request is not a postback, but a simple parameterless GET. But you indicate a form is being submitted, seemingly discounting this possibility. However, if you are using a redirect, it is not an uncommon mistake to forget that and assume that everything from the previous request will be available during the redirected request, which it is not.
2) Your JSF implementation is completely broken.

Question about creating Custom JSF form tag and renderer

Is it possible to build a custom form tag in JSF and have it replace the standard jsf form tag. Are there any potential issues with child forms or anything else.
I created the following
- custom form component class that extends javax.faces.component.UIForm (the only changes I made was to change the value of the COMPONENT_TYPE attribute and change the value for renderer type)
- custom form renderer class that extends HtmlBasicRenderer and I made changes to the encodebegin method and encrypt the value of the id and action url)
- custom form tag class that extends UIComponentELTag ( I did not make any changes here)
- tld for my custom form tag
- created an entry in faces-config.xml of my web-app for my custom form tag
Are there any issues with the above.
Is there something I should do in addition.

In theory you should be fine. Some of the open source libraries either swap out the renderer for the standard h:form component or supply their own form components. You could look at their code for reference if need be.

Two forms on same page..save state of one form while submitting other.

Hi....
I have 2 form on same page....
first is form on table....
nd another is tabular form.....
now if I make an entry in both table ,,,,and after entering data in tabular form if click on submit button of tabular for the data of tabular form get submitted,,but the data I have been enter in first form get erased.....
now my question is how can I save state of my first form even after clicking on submit button...........
pls,help.

Hi Shirish,
in your scenario you can write manual process for one form in your both forms, using this way you can achieve you functionality.
do the above and for that manual process keep the button name as your second form button means, for two forms saving with only one button.
i am not sure in this, but you can try something.
Thanks
Chandran
Edited by: Chandran on Nov 28, 2011 2:21 AM

Jsf component in jsp page

Hi sir,
I have developed one jsf application where jsp page has been created , and jsf components were embedded. I m little bit confused regarding,
1. is there no jsp components as its own.
2. if I create jsf page instead of jsp, then can i get all the functionalities of jsp to avoid the jsp extension.
I m getting lots of help from all of you. so i m grateful to you.
Regards
Inam

Hi,
I dont think that developers check your question at 'Database security' forum.
Good luck.

Cant multiple JSF Forms post to same Backing Bean?

Wondering why cant i have two jsf forms (for example : Create & Update jsf form) post to same backing bean using value binding technique

I have one more question
Cant i have single JSF form post to multiple backing beans even this doesnt work for me
Please not backing bean is in session scope in both the cases

Web JSF vs Portal JSF

Hi all,
I'm trying to portalize a jsf web application.
My first aproach was simply to copy the web project's source code and web pages to a new Portlet project, tuning some configuration files and some other details. Aparantly I missed something:
I have a jsf page with a jsf form that is miss interpreted by jsf. It generates an html form with the action atribute pointing to an address as if the page still belonged to a web project, I mean, it's not generated the long Portal URL.
Can somebody point me the location of some JSF configuration or something that is different from web to portal JSF implementations? I have picked the entire project and I can't find anything that could be associated with this...
thanks in advance.

The differenece is usuall a portal will take you to another site for what you want. Search Engines don't host the sites you want information from but tell you how to get to that site. The search engine would be your home port and the site the search engine sent you to would be your visiting port.
In business you may have a portal for an indurstry that links to suppliers web sites for that industry.
Portals make money by referring people or by charing companies to be part of their site.
Portal - Web site that takes you to other web sites.
Good luck.
Future reference, ask this type of question in the water cooler forum.

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