diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/edit/specific/portal_retry.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/edit/specific/portal_retry.jsp
index b06d2a457..6cca37293 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/edit/specific/portal_retry.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/edit/specific/portal_retry.jsp
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@
         <font color="red"><form:error name="ShortHand"/></font>
     </td>
 </tr> -->
-    
+
+<!-- mb has added the following input text area to collect the homepage blurb, it is not functional -->
+<tr class="editformcell">
+    <td valign="bottom" colspan="4">
+        <b>Homepage Blurb</b> <i>used for short institution summary (HTML is allowed)</i><br />
+        <textarea name="HomepageBlurb" style="width: 90%;" ROWS="7" wrap="physical"><form:value name=""/></textarea>
+        <font color="red"><form:error name=""/></font>
+    </td>
+</tr>
+
+
 <tr class="editformcell">
     <td valign="bottom" colspan="2">
         <b>Contact Email Address</b> <i>contact form submissions will be sent to this address</i><br />