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Portals, Self Service etc
Portals, Self Service etc
Wow, where do you start with Self Service and Portals. So much has changed now, it is difficult to know what is what.
Feature | You Need | Description | Help Link | Can use if already set up | Available to set up | Replace With |
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Public Solutions | Show solutions on your website. A really really ugly way of doing it. | https://help.salesforce.com/htviewhelpdoc?id=customize_publicsolutions.htm&siteLang=en_US | Chatter Answers in Sites Or Knowledge in Sites | |||
Self Service Portal | A way of putting all your self service options out on the web A nice article about Portals http://www.shellblack.com/portals/self-service-portal/ | https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=customize_selfservicejumpstart.htm&language=en_US | Chatter Answers in Sites | |||
Customer Portal | A newer version of the Self Service Portal | https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=customer_portal_setting_up.htm&language=en_US | Communities | |||
Solutions | Q&A topics for internal and web use | |||||
Knowledge | Performance Edition (EE additional cost) | A typical knowledge base. Not customer created. But customers can see it on your public website or on your communities. See Knowledge | https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=customer_portal_setting_up.htm&language=en_US | |||
Ideas | Professional and up | Allow customers to submit and vote on ideas. Like the Salesforce ideas site. Use on communities or public sites | https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=ideas_about.htm&language=en_US https://na1.salesforce.com/help/pdfs/en/salesforce_ideas_implementation_guide.pdf | |||
Answers | Q&A but other members of the community answer. | https://help.salesforce.com/apex/HTViewHelpDoc?id=answers_using.htm&language=en_US | Chatter Answers | |||
Chatter Answers | A Q&A but other members of the community answer. |