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Sharing our insights on running portals
Real-world notes from our team at FormaPortal. We explore what it actually takes to onboard people, keep records straight, and control access. Built for business owners and business teams who manage day-to-day work, our articles focus on sensible decisions that save time, remove friction, and help an operation run smoothly.
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· Ozgur Dogan
Franchise Onboarding Checklist: From Signed Agreement to Opening Day
From the signed agreement to opening day and into the first year: what your onboarding system should handle at each stage, set against the usual email, shared folders, spreadsheets and group chat.
Read the post· Ozgur Dogan
Membership Management Software: The Membership Secretary’s Checklist
Running a membership, stage by stage, from the first application to the AGM. What your membership software should take off the membership secretary at each step, set against the usual spreadsheet, form tool, shared drive and payment link.
Read the post· Sinem Eskin Dogan
How I set up a portal in under 2 hours - a FormaPortal case study
I set up a real client’s portal from branding to billing in under 2 hours. It was an investor portal, but here’s what they needed, what we built, and what it changed about how we handle onboarding.
Read the post· Ozgur Dogan
How to publish a Zapier app in 2026: lessons from our launch
We took our client portal through Zapier’s publishing process and wrote down everything we wish we had known first, from choosing between the Platform UI and the CLI to what actually happens during human review.
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