27. A method for using a communication portal developer to create a portal through a browser-accessible user interface provided by the communication portal developer without software code development, the method comprising: selecting an owner of the portal through the browser-accessible user interface from a list of potential owners provided by the communication portal developer; selecting an audience type for the portal through the browser-accessible user interface from a list of potential audience types provided by the communication portal developer; selecting electronic content through the browser-accessible user interface from a list of available electronic content stored in a content repository, the list of available electronic content being dependent on the selected audience type; adding electronic content through the browser-accessible user interface from a content repository to the portal, wherein the electronic content is the selected electronic content; selecting visitors, through the browser-accessible user interface, to the portal who are authorized to view the selected electronic content through the portal; and analyzing use of the electronic content and portal use in real-time or near real-time, wherein analyzing includes providing a browser accessible interface usable by the privileged users to analyze use of the published electronic content and visitor behavior.
37. The method of claim 27 , wherein selecting visitors to the portal through the browser-accessible user interface includes selecting users from a list of potential visitors provided by the interface.