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Current Version: 4.50
Version Release Date: 1 November, 2008

Organisation

  • All contents are organised into a Windows-like directory tree structure
  • No technical or programming skills required
  • Manage Folders / SubFolders
  • Simple-to-use navigation system
  • Manage multiple websites

Multiple Users

  • Multiple User Environment
  • Create and Manage User Accounts
  • Define access-privileges for each user
  • Create team environment with different roles for each user
  • Manage the access-rights of each function

Database

  • All contents are stored in relational database
  • Fully customisable database structure

Imaging

  • Automatically generate different-sized thumbnails from uploaded image
  • Optimised image-processing for the web
  • Generate images for the use in Flash Movies
  • Large image-processing library

Text Editting

  • Rich-Text Editor - WYSIWYG (e.g. bold, Italic, Underline)
  • Copy and paste text from word-processors such as MS Word
  • Automatically remove extraineous code generated by MS Word
  • Manage contents anywhere in the world

File Attachments

  • Attach multiple files to items
  • Most file formats are accepted including but not limited to (e.g. PDF, REAL, Video Clips, Audio Clips, Word, Excel, etc.)

Staging

  • Preview all pages before publishing

Publishing

  • Pre-generate all pages when publishing
  • Enhanced performance and security through pre-generation

Versioning

  • Store all record editions and changes and allow rollback in the future
  • All deleted records are stored in deleted zone
  • Undelete / Rollback deleted records at all times

Templating

  • All pages are template-driven
  • Fully customisable templates
  • Automatically generate multiple pages from single template
  • Customisable output format (xml, php, js, html, shtml, etc. )

Language

  • The GUI is now multi-lingual and is offered in French, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Spanish

XML

  • XML Support to allow data to be exported or be used to integrate with other applications
  • Control and Manage Macromedia Flash Movies through XML

Search

  • Comprehensive search facility to retrieve contents
  • Search multiple fields simulatenously

Security

  • All login attempts are logged
  • IP-address barring after multiple failed login attempts

Content Targetting

  • Manage Meta Tags and optimisation for Search Engines

eCommerce

  • Integrates with shopping carts to become eCommerce enabled

 

FEATURES UPDATES
Version 4.50
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Version 4.20
- Flash Movie Management
- RSS Feeds Generation
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Version 4.10
- Unicode Multi-Lingual Data Management
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Version 4.00
- New Enhanced Image Server
- Separate Attachment Upload for Products
- Search Engine Enhancement Feature - Unique Product Path Generation
- Integrated platform
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Version 3.41
- Multiple image resizing
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Version 3.40
- Versioning
- New GUI
- Multi-lingual user interface
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Version 3.30
- Preview category template in Content Manager
- Greater variety of styles, colours for rich text editor
- Greater control in Security Editor
- Removal of extraineous code generated by MS word
- Search Facility
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Version 3.21
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Version 3.20
- WAP-enabled
- Generate XML for use in Flash and integration with other applications
- Multi-lingual GUI
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Version 3.10
- Multiple Category types
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Version 3.00
- Manage the Meta Tag content for each category and product
- Security Editor
- Manage security levels for each section
- Multiple product/item type
- Add / Edit / Remove Users
- Rich Text Editor (WYSIWYG) - Copy and Paste text from Word, etc.
- Multiple user environment
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Version 2.20
- Upload files of all formats. (PDF, MP3, MS Word Documents, MPEG, Real player, etc)
- Create Sub-products within individual Products
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Version 2.10
- More imaging library functions added
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Version 2.00
- Unlimited number of Category-levels
- Template Editor - Add / Edit / Remove templates for each section
- Manage user-defined preferences and configuration through GUI
- USE GUI to manage templates
- Add / Edit / Remove multiple images per product
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Version 1.10
- Attach associated image(s) to categories
- Generate multiple pages for each category
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Version 1.00
- Add / Edit / Remove Products
- Add / Edit / Remove Categories
- 3-Level Categorisation
- Built-in image processing ability to generate thumbnail and reduced image from a single large image
- Pre-generate HTML, so that all pages are cached
- Customisable templates for the display of products and product categories
- Web-based GUI (Graphical User Interface), with windows-like navigation
- Manage contents from anywhere with Internet Browser and Internet connection
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