CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

This package uses our Content Management System. This is a platform we have developed. We do not use free platforms like Wordpress or Joomla etc. Having developed our own platform means we have full control over how it functions and can then add any functions or features that you require. We can completely change the operation or display if you require. We do not use templates (like wordpress). Everything we do is bespoke Content Style Sheet (CSS), Javascript, HTML, XML and PHP.

PRODUCT MANAGER

This forms the basis for many of the applications included in this package. The Product Manager allows you to manage all the products that appear on your website, which includes a photo gallery, file and image manager, the ability to have up to 6 pricing levels, manage stock levels, product searching and product sorting to name just a few key benefits.

You can use it to manage which products are displayed online and you can also easily manage stock levels where you can display if a product is in stock, out of stock, discontinued or on hold. It is also very easy to assign a sale price if you wish to put products on sale, such as 20% off or $20. Simply enter what you need and the program will calculate the new prices for you.

There are a huge range of other features with this program, so if you want more information please ( Read More here ).

This application is mandatory for this package and can not be removed. It is also the basis for managing products that are access via some of our other applications like our Quote Invoice Manager.

BANNER MANAGER

Our Banner Manager allows you to add or remove images that you wish to display on any page in the Page Editor.

Each photo can include a caption and you can configure the duration and style of the display. The banner displays are like a slideshow and they are not interactive.

Each page in the Page Editor can have its own Banner uniquely configured.

WEBSITE SEARCH / SITEMAP

These two features are included standard and are important aspects because they allow people to locate specific pages / products or content on your website from a single page. The sitemap has the added benefit of helping search engines locate all your content efficiently. That way you can be guaranteed that all your content is indexed correctly by search engines which will eventually be beneficial to your Page Ranking.

WEBSITE HOSTING

With each website we create we also provide website hosting. That way we are guaranteed to ensure our software functions perfectly because we know what the servers we use support. We only use cPanel servers. We do not use Microsoft .NET or Parallel Plesk servers.

We are happy to customize the hosting account to suit your needs, so the below is just a basis of what it includes.

= One Domain Name Registration for 1 year
= 12 months Hosting
  = 2GB of disk space
  = 2GB bandwidth per month

This package includes website hosting for 12 months. After that there will be an ongoing charge of $15 per month which is $180 / per annum

The functionality of a website is only as good as the ability to manage it. These days that task is handled by the Content Management System (called CMS). As its name suggests it should allow you to efficiently manage all the content that you wish to display on your website for your visitors to access.

Our CMS system is developed completely by us. We do not sell or re-use systems made by other companies and we do not use free systems like Wordpress. Now Wordpress is great and definitely has a huge number of users and follows, but that in itself is also part of its problem. It is becoming very slow to use and navigate, it is becoming constantly dependent on 3rd party runtimes / frameworks and remote linked content that it is just does not appear all that efficient anymore. Plus if you want to add more functionality to it, then you have to install plugins which could be made by anyone and there's no guarantee that the person who developed that plug will continue support for it, or if it will remain compatible with future versions of Wordpress when you upgrade it.

We have designed our CMS to provide the following:

Our CMS is designed to not only allow you to manage your online website content, but also to provide access to all of our other programs that you have purchased (or have installed as part of this package). That way you can then manage your whole business if you choose to. So you can continue to operate your business from any location, at work or at home. Also as important it allows your staff to access content while out with customers.

Each one of our applications is designed to manage a specific type of content and in some cases in a specific way. Our CMS gives you access to those programs. It in itself doesn't actually display that content but what it does do is allow you access to manage it. Each application can have its own display function that we can customize to operate anyway you choose. We do not use templates.

Of course many of our applications do integrate with the key component of our CMS and that is the Page Editor. That way you can choose to include that content on any page of your website that you wish.

This application is what you use to manage the content that is displayed on many of your website pages, such as your Home Page. With this application you can control everything that appears on the page. The one major benefit with this application is it integrates with many of the Manager applications that would be installed on your website, so you can show things such as Product Categories or Latest Products, or Latest Articles etc. All that information does not need to be managed by the Home Page. So if you go and add a new product using the Product Manager and your home page you have configured to display Latest 10 New Products then when you visit your home page now you will see the product you have just added to the Product Manager.

All our applications are designed so that you only have to manage the content at one location, but you can access it from any other location, or indeed display it on any other page. This is very beneficial for information such as Disclaimers or Privacy Statements or Contact Details. You just manage it on one page and then have it automatically displayed on numerous other pages.

Our Page Editor has a backup feature which allows you to work on Draft copies of a page before it goes Live, plus if you are editing a page now but want to save that but still keep a copy of the page before you started editing it you can. Our application will allow a page that is currently being edited to be backed up before the latest changes are saved. How cool is that. You can also assign a password to a page if you want. That way if you have content you only wish to show to customers or maybe members, then you can. They simply enter the password to see the content. Very simple but very effective and means people don't have to create accounts.

Maybe you don't like editing text online, but wish to work on the page content offline using a text editor. No Problem. Once you are happy with your text, login to the website select the page and then upload your text file then select use content from file and save. Now the content from your file will be displayed as that pages' content. This means that anytime you want to make changes to that page, simply upload and replace that file. Maybe you want to do a list such as a calendar or committee members. No problem. People often use spreadsheets to create such lists, simply save as .CSV and upload that file to the page in question and ask it to display as Custom List. (Does require that the custom list be define initially). That way you don't need to re-enter data that is constantly updated and maintained in spreadsheet, you can just export as CSV and then upload it.

There are a range of other interesting and we think beneficial features that have been designed into this application. Our goal is to provide software that is easy enough to use so that you can use it yourself, but also with enough features to give you the functionality that you need and finally to reduce all unnecessary duplication. That means we want our software to do all the boring tasks for you and that way you can just focus on creating and adding awesome new content in our CMS.

SECURITY SUITE

Our CMS includes our own security system. This allows you to check log files to monitor any hack attempts, or errors (like 404's) and to manage blocklists. You can also configure Geoblocking and management of how robots / search engines and other non human visitors should be handled. Some of those bots really behave badly and can end up flooding your website, so our software detects this and attempts to manage these for you.

There are quite a few other features of our system, but it's best to not disclose all it can do just now. Feel free to contact us and ask questions if you wish.

BACKUP MODULE

Keeping your content safe is important and we don't want you to just rely upon the server company daily backups, so we have designed our own backup module. This allows you to backup each Table in your SQL database individually. This is perfect if you then only have to restore a single table. Yes that's right we include a restore option too.

It gives you information about each table, such as the size of the backup and how many days since it was last backed up, plus it uses colour to indicate if a new backup is required or not. There's no point backing up if our software has detected that there is no new content since the last backup. We try to make our software as intelligent as possible to avoid you having to perform unnecessary tasks.

You can also choose to backup ALL tables and then archive them to a ZIP. This makes downloading the backup much easier as you can now just click to download it. You can also manage your log files in a similar way. You don't have to wait either. Our CMS runs those tasks in the background for you, so you can start the backup and then log out of the admin section if you want. Heck you can even close down your browser too and the task will still be completed for you.

TASKS MODULE

Our CMS allows certain operations to be managed in the background. That means you do not have to keep the current page open while performing a task. Such as uploading images for a product, you can start the upload and then start working on something else in the administration section if you wish. Our CMS will then display a notice when the upload is complete. Same if you are backing up All Tables, that may take a while if you have lots of data, so if you are sick of waiting for notifications then you can use this Tasks module and it will show you the list of all tasks currently underway and those that have been completed. If a backup is underway it will show you were the backup is currently up to. No more guessing.

CACHE MODULE

To ensure fast operation our CMS caches images and performs resizing where required, that way the original images which you upload remain and the system auto generates as required specific cached versions. It doesn't leave thumbs.db files everywhere like stupid microsoft windows does either. Instead it places all cache files in one location for easier management. You can choose to view the cache for each application and even clear all the cache files too if you wish.

Our image caching system is always checking the images in the cache with those you upload to ensure the latest image is always displayed online. The beauty in that is if you decide you wish to use larger images in one of our programs, our cache feature will detect this and create new cache files at the new size for you automatically. So you don't have to then re-upload your photos. That will save you heaps of time.

of course if you only uploaded low resolution images and now you want to display at higher resolution your images may not look wonderful as the cache program will try and upscale with as much precision as possible but everything depends on the quality of your original image you uploaded.