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Core Portal


The Core Portal provides a starting point for building custom portal solutions with USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) styling and essential portal structure components. It’s designed to be the starting point from which agencies can build their custom portal solutions.

What’s Included

The Core Portal provides:

  • USWDS Identification Banner – Identification banner with proper styling
  • Header with Search Bar – Clean header component with integrated search functionality
  • Navigation Menu Bar – Structured navigation framework ready for customization
  • Footer – Footer with required links and information

Typical Use Cases

  • Starting point for new portals – Begin with proper structure and styling
  • Portal modernization projects – Replace legacy portal frameworks with modern, compliant foundation
  • Multi-portal consistency – Use as a common base across multiple portal projects
  • Proof of concept development – Quickly stand up a professional-looking portal shell for demonstrations

The Core Portal contains no specific business functionality, data tables, or records management features. It’s purely a foundational shell designed to be extended with the specific capabilities your agency needs.

Core Portal Shell

Core Portal v1.0.0.0

Initial release of the foundational USWDS-styled portal shell

No guides are available for this solution yet.

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