Directory
Alumni network portal
An alumni network portal is where alumni keep their own profiles in a shared directory, see their own giving history, and find reunions and events on one calendar.
Pattern: DirectoryDescribe it to Pory
“Our college's alumni office wants a portal where alumni keep their own profiles, see their giving history, and find upcoming events.”
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In plain English
What is an alumni network portal?
An alumni network portal is where alumni keep their own profiles in a shared directory, see their own giving history, and find reunions and events on one calendar. It follows the Directory pattern: who belongs, their profiles and sign-ups. Pory generates it from a plain-English description, with a login for each role (alum and alumni office) that shows only what that role should see, and flat pricing with unlimited alumni.
What it does
Alumni update their own profile, so the directory stays current
The alumni directory went out of date the week each class graduated, and most updates arrived as replies to the newsletter. In Pory each alum signs in and edits their own profile — what they do now, their city, their class — and the directory shows everyone's latest. The office stops retyping job changes gleaned from LinkedIn.
People directoryDone by: Alum
Each alum sees their own giving history, and nobody else's
When alumni asked what they'd given, the office dug through the donor database and replied a week later. In Pory every gift sits in a table with its fund, date and amount, and an alum who signs in sees only their own rows. Nobody emails the development office in January for a list of last year's gifts.
Tables to manage recordsDone by: Alum
Reunions, careers talks and city drinks on one alumni calendar
Event invitations were scattered across newsletters, a Facebook group and a class WhatsApp that only half the year had joined. In Pory the office puts every reunion, careers talk and city drinks on one calendar, coloured by type, and alumni open any date for the time and place. People stop finding out about the reunion from the photos.
CalendarDone by: Alum
The parts every portal is built from
Pory generates a portal from these pieces and wires the permissions between them. The same parts run a grant round, a help desk, and a tenant portal — only the names on the pages change.
Collect
Forms
Signed-in or public, with typed fields and file uploads. A form files a record; it doesn't start an email thread.
Public pages
An application page, a notice board, an open directory — pages and forms anyone can use without signing in, on your domain.
Self sign-up
People create their own account and land in the role you chose for them.
File attachments
Upload and view files on the record they belong to — not in a folder named FINAL v2.
Decide
Approve / reject with a reason
Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.
Status tracker
“Where's my request?” answered as a progress bar on the submitter's own page.
Board by status
Cards in columns. Drag a record to move it along.
Checklists
Task lists ticked off per record, with progress — onboarding runs, inspections, opening duties.
Assign to a person
Name who a record is for and it lands on their list, and nobody else's.
Notes & scores
A reviewer's score, a coach's feedback, a clinician's note — kept on the record it belongs to, never lost in a thread.
Reminders by date
Renewals, expiries and overdue work, in an in-app inbox and by email.
Share
Tables
Search, filters, sorting, inline add and edit — the spreadsheet, minus the sharing accident.
People directory
Portraits, names, and roles from a table, shown only to the roles allowed to see them.
Calendar
Records on a month or week view, by date.
Gallery & image grid
Records as cards or photos.
Record pop-up & linked records
A shareable pop-up with a record's details and what's linked to it. Edit, change status, or add a linked record from there.
Notices & info pages
Check-in details, benefits, updates — a page for a role to read.
Counts, totals & averages
Live figures over the rows a viewer is allowed to read.
Control
Role & row access
Own, assigned, managed, and team rows; hidden fields per role. Generated from your description, not configured field by field.
No-Password Doors
A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.
Your brand
Your domain, your colours, your logo. Members see you.
On purpose
Four things Pory won’t do
A portal runs a program, a service, or a process. These jobs belong to tools built for them, and Pory keeps the records around them instead.
Take payments
Pory tracks who owes what and who has paid. It doesn't collect the money — keep your payment tool for that.
Book time slots
Availability, capacity, time zones, and reschedules are a whole product. Pory holds what happens after the booking.
Host the conversation
No feeds, threads, likes, or polls. A note on a record, yes; a forum, no. Where members talk is another tool's job.
Plan routes
Pory keeps the service record, not the map.
Frequently asked questions
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Your alumni network portal, live today.
Describe it in a sentence and send the invite. Unlimited alumni, flat price.