Comment 2 for bug 1061523

Some ideas/points from the discussions in the latest nav-ref meeting:

The front-page could be reimplemented as a "portal" type page, with re-usable "portlets/widgets" that can be placed arbitrarily on the page by individual users.

Suggestions for useful "portlets":

  - Machine tracker search form
  - Portadmin search form
  - Status (codebase shared with the actual status tool)
  - Messages
  - Upcoming/active maintenance tasks
  - Link lists and contact information

One tip is to look at Django CMS: https://www.django-cms.org/