4. A method for providing access to a notice board over a computer network, comprising: configuring a web provider to support a notice board portlet; receiving a first request for a web page from a user, the web page comprising the notice board portlet, wherein the notice board comprises restricting access by users, a user alias, and notice to a group for a specified duration; identifying the web provider at an application server based on the request; transmitting a second request to the web provider for content; parsing the second request at the web provider; checking, at the web provider, one or more central repositories to determine whether the content exists; fulfilling the second request with the content at the web provider; transmitting the information satisfying the second request from the web provider to the application server to be assembled in response to the first request for content by using information about the structure, appearance and operation of requested web page and the information obtained from the web provider; obtaining the content to be displayed in the notice board portlet from the web provider; assembling the requested web page at the application server, wherein the application server retrieves information about the structure, appearance, and operation of the web page from a database and thereafter composes the web page with the information and the content from the web provider and the database; and transmitting the web page to the user.
6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the web page is transmitted over a wireless network to the user.