System and method for provisioning user access to web site components in a portal framework

A computer program product comprising at least a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions translatable by one or more computing devices to:

• create a site associated with a portal management framework on a computer network, the site comprising a set of site objects given a single identity, the portal management framework providing a gateway for access to the site;
• define a first set of permissions, wherein a first permission in the first set of permissions defines a first set of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects.

A method for performing administration on a portal management framework on a computer network, comprising:

• providing, by a computing device on the computer network, a first console object for performing administration on one or more sites in the portal management framework on the computer network, wherein each site of the one or more sites comprises a collection of objects given a single identity, and wherein the administration performed by the first console object comprises:
• creating a site on the portal management framework on the computer network, the site comprising a set of site objects given a single identity, the portal management framework providing a gateway for access to the site;
• defining a first set of permissions, wherein a first permission in the first set of permissions defines a first set of users having access to a site object in the set of site objects.