Content Management System Features
The Content Management System from Garrett Development (GDC) combines powerful features with a very easy-to-use interface. When working with text and images, you will enjoy the use of a Word-like editor that makes formatting text a simple process. No HTML knowledge is required.
Depending on the Web Design Package that your organization chooses, the Content Management System can also include a wide variety of other optional tools and features designed to make your website very interesting and interactive for your users.
- Unlimited Web Page Creation
- In-Place Content Editing
- Drag-and-Drop Content Placement
- News and Articles System
- User Forums
- User Registration and Management
- Banner Ad Management
- Photo Libraries
- Current Events Calendar
- Contact Management System
- Built-in Web Site Statistics
Unlimited Web Page Creation
Easily create new pages for your website with just a few mouse-clicks. Each page you create will maintain the professional look-and-feel of your website and allows you to create search engine friendly page names and titles. You can choose to place the page on the dynamic site menu system and can easily manage the page's meta tags.
The GDC Content Management System will allow your website to grow with your organization and offers unlimited flexibility for getting your message out!
In-Place Content Editing
When logged into your website as an Administrator or Editor, you can make changes to your web pages right on the page. You will not need special software installed on your computer or have to open new browser windows to make changes. This makes updating your website fast and effecient.
Content edits are made with a comprehensive HTML editor that works a lot like Microsoft Word. You will have the ability to easity format text, add hyperlinks and images, add Flash components and more!
Drag-and-Drop Content Placement
The GDC Content Management System comes with a wide variety of built-in tools and features that you can add to any page in your site. Simply select a tool and add it to your page! If you decide that you would like to move a part of your web page to another area, you can just drag it to the new area with your mouse.
The drag-and-drop capabilities make formatting a professional web page a breeze and you'll be surprised how much more interesting your site will become to your visitors. Keeping your website dynamic is one of the secrets to online success.
News and Articles System
One of the most powerful things you can offer on your web site is a news and articles system. Current news keeps users coming back and also helps with your sites Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
The GDC Content Management System provides a built-in news and articles system that makes this process very easy. New articles can be created in a matter of minutes and will automatically be added to "latest news" listings on your site. The news articles can even be set for "Members Only" allowing you to provide certain articles only to registered members of your site.
User Forums
Do you want to make your website the "go-to" place for information regarding your business interest? An excellent tool for this is a User Forum. The GDC Content Management System includes a full-featured user forum that will allow your website users to interact with each other and help answer each other's questions
Not only will user forums help your organization provide excellent customer service, they can actually help promote your web site in the search engines! Many times a topic that is being addressed in your user forums will be searched for online - this can lead to more visitors and more clients.
User Registration and Management
No Content Management System is complete without a robust and secure user registration and management feature. The GDC system provides a full featured system for this. Web site visitors can create secure accounts complete with features like password retrieval and user profiles. Sections of your site can be configured to only allow registered users with a username and password to enter!
As the website administrator, you will have the ability to see who is online, view your site users' profiles and even quickly log in as one of your users!
Banner Ad Management
Sometimes you need to call special attention to a specific topic on your website. Perhaps you are promoting a product or service or are hosting an event.
The GDC Content Management System includes a flexible banner ad management system that will allow you to create an unlimited number of banner ads and place them anywhere on your site that you wish. The ads can be set with a release date and expire date so that you can time when the ads will appear and for how long. Each ad can be set to link to any web page on your site or any other site on the Internet.
Banner ads can really make a difference to your business or organization!
Photo Libraries
Let your website users get to know you better by sharing photos with them using the GDC Photo Libraries module! The photo galleries included in the GDC Content Management System allow you to build multiple photo libraries and sub-libraries to help you organize your images. Users can view each photo individually or view the photos in a continuous slide show.
Adding photo libraries to your website will keep your visitors coming back to your site and help you to share your organization's personality.
Current Events Calendar
If your business or organization hosts or promotes events you will find great use in the GDC Event Management and Calendar system. Create an unlimited number of events that can be organized in a number of ways. An "upcoming events" listing can be added to any page on the site to help you keep your site visitors informed and participating.
Events have an event date, a default photo and can have an unlimited description - including photos and more. You will be amazed at the benefits this system can be to your business or organization!
Contact Management System
Most organizations have a number of people and departments that requests for information and other communication needs to be directed to. Managing all of these contacts can be a difficult process when you are trying to provide a user-friendly experience to your website visitors.
The GDC Content Management System includes a powerful Contact Management feature that makes the process much more simple. Within the Contact Management System, you can define email addresses, phone numbers, titles, create a bio, associate an image file and more. Contacts can be automatically added to an email form so that website visitors can email you right from the site - even without software such as Outlook.
Built-In Web Site Statistics
Once your web site is deployed and available on the Internet, it is very useful to understand what your visitors are interested in and what pages they are requesting most often.
The GDC Content Management System provides a highly configurable set of built-in website statistics that will tell you what your most popular pages are, how many visitors for each page and more!
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