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[newbie query] multi-silo site with users going to particular silo based on preference

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Hi, newbie question and request for spiritual guidance.

I have a 'complex' site that I need to 'silo' into 3 divisions.
Consists of a Training Area (corporate clients) a Consulting Area (software products) and a HR Business (collecting Data). I want my main 'page' to be a sorting page where clients choose which stream to go down.

The training site has information, but I want to create 'customer portals' so that when members from a client join the site, they are placed in the correct portal area - these are sandboxed for the client, but may share documents from the central Training Repository.

Firstly, is this type of thing possible (should I multisite configure for each 'silo') and how might people recommend I go about a setup!
 
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The best way I would go about setting up your site would be as follows:

1. Set up a page structure like this:

Home (filter page)
+ Training Area
-- Training page 1
-- Training Page 2
-- etc.
+ Business Area
-- Business page 1
-- Business page 2
-- etc.
+ Consulting Area
-- Consulting page 1
-- Consulting page 2
-- etc.

Basically, each section would be it's own subsite. You can even use different themes for each of the sub-sections.

2. Then, I would set up user groups for each section. There is a FREE addon that allows you to automatically add users to a certain group upon registration:

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/registrant-group/...

OR.. I might recommend using this addon for what you're trying to accomplish:

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/login-attribute-redirec...

I hope this helps as some sort of starting point?