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Standard content management system features

YouDu CMS 2007 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.

 
 

Page management

Easy-to-use user role based page management, including:

  • Live page editing in real-time
  • Automatic page preview
  • Page review and alert settings
  • Page embargo and expiry dates
  • Module and template based management
  • Customisable workflow options
  • Archiving and roll-back options
 
 

WYSIWYG browser based HTML editor

  • What-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editor
  • Incorporated spell checker
  • Built-in table editor
  • Direct insertion of images and assets
  • Select predefined formats and styles
  • Option to edit the HTML source
 
 

Layouts and templates

Choose from three themed default visually designed templates as you site look and feel. Select from predefined layouts for the site pages and create new templates based on an existing layout. Also directly update the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for each template. You can even create your own designs and import new templates. It’s easy to set-up micro sites using this feature.

 
 

Standard page navigation options

Numerous navigation menu options are available to select from:

  • Vertical menu layout
  • Horizontal menu layout
  • Fly-out
  • Static

All navigation is generated automatically as the site is updated.

 
 

Asset library (images, audio, video, documents)

Features auto-thumbnails for images and a bulk import facility. It facilitates the upload of Flash and other rich media files that are managed and associated to page content.

 
 

External links library

Automatic link maintenance and association to page content.

 
 

News and press releases

News and press release listing and archive features, including grouping items by category.

 
 

Administrator management

Includes role and user based permissions and the option to create and customise workflow groups.

 
 

Audit logs

Provides a complete audit trail of user actions and tasks.

 
 

Site search

As standard the site search draws results from page and document content. It will also accept Google-like search queries - (+word, -word and phrases).

 
 

Intelligent content-caching

For quick retrieval of content and search results.

 
 

Site map and A-Z listings

Automatically generated site map and site index A-Z.

 
 

Aliases

Create user friendly URLs for specific pages.

 
 

User registration and alerts

Users can register their interests to receive email alerts, opt to receive text or HTML messages and create their own user profile. Users can also request forgotten passwords.

 
 

Secure groups (Secure extranet sites)

Ability to apply security to assets and pages across the site, thereby creating secure extranet sites and restricted access to content based on permissions.

 
 

Custom modules and integration options

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

 
 

Content syndication

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

 
 

Online help and knowledge base

Full online help screens and searchable knowledge base for site administrators as they work through each CMS task.