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Content Aggregation & Authoring
XHTML (Strict or 1.1) WYSIWYG browser based editor enforcing open standards
Copy and paste enabled with XHTML cleaning
In-context Editing
Cleans Microsoft Word and Office documents to text with appropriately formatted styles
Manages content in multiple languages
Interaction with web services/REST/SOAP
XML/XHTML source code editor
Manage and version images, and digital assets
Accessibility preview mode
Built in table editor
Configurable toolbar
Share content objects across multiple sites
Dynamic page preview
Dynamic link management with link checking
Dynamic menu and breadcrumb trail generation
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Localisation
Multi-lingual versions of the same element of content managed side by side in the editor
Non western (double byte) character sets are supported as standard
Multi-lingual spell checker and custom dictionary
Multi-lingual management of documents and images
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Site Design
No design constraints
Integrates with any page design
Integrates with Flash and Director
Modular, flexible JSP template system
Dynamically resizes images on the fly
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Site Templates
Templates conform with XHTML 1.1 strict
Develop templates with any development tools
Uses Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Dynamic Template switching for different output devices and content channels
XSLT Style Sheet Support
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Access Security
Comprehensive browser based administration
Role, content and user based security
Multi-site management
Create unlimited user groups with unlimited levels of permissions
Lock user groups to particular content folders
Extendable fields for each user group
Easy sign up through web interface to multiple groups
Configurable notification emails
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Search
Built in, extensible, Lucene search engine
Soundex Searching
“Did you mean” functionality
Search across text, images and documents
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Editing/Workflow
Easy to use, fast, intuitive interface
WYSIWYG editing
Page locking for team working
Automatic workflow email notifications
Assign access-rights to specific areas of content
Comments log for each article of content
Advanced workflow rules
Encrypted md5 hashed strong passwords
SSL ready
Java based user authentication
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Versioning
Page versioning, archiving and roll back
Page expiry and live dates
Automatic date / time stamping
Full history/versioning of websites - roll forward or back to any version
Full history/versioning of individual articles and user edits log
Full versioning of content folders, page sections, images and digital assets
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Personalisation & behavioural targeting
Database-driven with dynamic page generation
Built-in site membership and log-in capabilities
Configurable metadata categories
Content delivery based on user profiles
Content delivery based on site usage
Content delivery based on Geo-location
Integrated content tagging for personalised content delivery
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Reporting / Analytics
Site usage/click through trail
In depth web analytics
Keyword and referral analysis
Browser / Geography / Search reports
Link checker
User access logging
Integrates with Analytics Applications such as Google Analytics
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Publishing
Automatic site-map creation
Preview new/updated pages
Preview entire site before publishing
Publishes changes immediately
Publish content to multiple sites/domains
Patch one off pages quickly
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Syndication
2-way RSS syndicated news feeds; both import and export
Web Services ready
XML import and export on demand
Support for article group linking
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Metadata
Manage meta data throughout the hierarchy or down to page level granularity
Dublin Core meta data for images and digital assets
Integrated content tagging – collaborative categorisation and personalisation
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Email Management
Email marketing
Send marketing emails
Personalise email content
Automatically pull content for personalised emails from the website
Tag and archive emails on the website
Track read rates
Track click through rates to the site
Manage un-subscribes
Automatically clean email lists
Import/export email lists
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Technical Architecture
Open Architecture uses XML, JBDC, Java, JSP and tag libraries
Interaction with external system via XML
Standard encryption technology support
Written in 100% Java
Runs on any Java (JSP 2.0) compliant application server (Jakarta Tomcat, BEA Weblogic)
Runs on any Java compliant operating system (Windows, Solaris, Linux, Mac, FreeBSD)
Runs on any JDBC compliant database (MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle)
Built on solid OO principles; extendable, scalable and reliable.
Configurable caching tags for extreme performance
FSA-accredited security
Host with Solid State Group, or with your own provider
Regular point upgrades
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Interactive Elements
Competitions, both web based and SMS
Integrated forums with swear filters and moderator tools
Integrates postcode lookup using the Post Office web service (Post Office fees apply)
Easy web form builder, for collecting, emailing and storing information
Online quiz creator and reports
Online Poll creator and reports
Integrated events calendar, event booking and reporting
eCommerce shopping cart and checkout process
SagePay, WorldPay and Paypal integration
Create PDF’s dynamically from website content
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Web 2.0
Page-based commenting with moderation
Article ratings
2-way Twitter Integration
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Accessibility
WYSIWIG toolbar button to help validate for accessibility compliance
Configurable to WACG A, AA or AAA standard
Forces key accessibility issues such as alt tags for images
Forces XHTML 1.1 compliancy
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Search Engine Optimisation
Vanity URLs, create shorter, more concise web addresses that are search engine friendly
3 types of meta data allow content to be classified correctly by search engines
URLs appear in / notation; no ugly query strings
Link checking ensures all internal links are correct
Integrated tagging of content creates higher keyword density within articles, and allows browsing by topic as well as hierarchy
Automatic page titles, or override as required
Separate style sheet configured for search engines
Create more links to relevant content using article auto-linking
XML sitemaps to aid search engines to spider content pages