Friday 30 July 2010

YouDu CMS Standard Features

YouDu CMS incorporates a number of great user features as standard that will help you keep your site up-to-date, as well as provide an interactive and engaging internet, intranet or extranet site for your audience. You can also download a PDF copy of the YouDu CMS Standard Features.

 

Page management

Easy-to-use administrator 'role' based page management, including:

  • Automatic page preview
  • Page review and alert settings
  • Page embargo and expiry dates
  • Inclusion of metatdata and other taxonomies
  • Page archiving and roll-back options
 
 

Flexible web page module features

Includes standard page and template modules:

  • Breadcrumb trail
  • News and events listings
  • Standard response form
  • Email registration form
  • Google maps
 
 

WYSIWYG browser based HTML editor

What-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor, incorporates:

  • Spell checker
  • Built-in table editor
  • Direct insertion of images, links and files
  • Select predefined formats and styles
  • Option to edit the HTML source
 
 

HTML and email template management

Build and manage your own HTML page and email templates. You can create your own designs and upload new templates, images and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It's also easy to create a different look and feel for microsites using this feature.

 
 

Aliases

Create user friendly URLs for specific pages.

 
 

File management library (images, audio, video, documents)

Manage and tag all of your files within the CMS library. Features auto-thumbnail previews and a bulk import facility. It facilitates the upload of embedded Flash and other rich media files that are managed within the CMS and associated to page content.

 
 

Link management

Automatic link maintenance and association to page content of both internal page and external website links.

 
 

RSS feeds

Ability to consume and create syndicated content including RSS news feeds and web services.

 
 

Custom modules and integration options

Ability to easily integrate any site with third-party software and legacy back-office systems via web services or XML.

 
 

Public and private microsites

Create and manage microsites that can be either public or private:

  • Assign different HTML Templates
  • Password protect content for a closed audience
  • Create specific event or campaign areas for your site
 
 

Communication - email alerts registration and broadcast

Visitors can register their interests in receiving email alerts. Opt to receive text or HTML messages and maintain their own user profile. Also request forgotten passwords.

 
 

Administrator and external user access management

Includes management of CMS administrator roles and external user based website access permissions.

 
 

Audit logs

Provides a complete audit of user actions and tasks.

 
 

News and press stories

News and press release listing including:

  • Archive and tagging features
  • Embargo and expiry dates
  • Assign news listings or stories to any page across your site
 
 

Polls

Entice and engage visitors to your site by creating online quick polls:

  • Create unlimited polls on any subject across your site
  • Create single or multiple choice question polls
  • Vote and view results in realtime
  • Archive poll and view previous poll results
 
 

Events

Create an events calendar for your site to promote meetings, conferences and shows, including:

  • Set-up categories of events
  • Set start and end dates
  • Allows user submitted events with adminstrator approval
  • Assign events to any page across your site
 
 

Site search

As standard the site search draws results from page and document content. It will also accpet Google-like search queries - (+word, -word and phrases). Including intelligent content-caching for quick retrieval of content and search results.

 
 

Site map

Automatically generated site map and site index A-Z.

 
 

Online knowledge base

Online searchable knowledge base available for site administrators as they work through each CMS task.