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  FEATURES

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100% Web-Based

SiteDesyne is completely web-based, so you don’t have to mess with installing and updating software on your desktop computer.  No FTP software or plug-in is required.

Make Updates from any Computer

Work from the office, at home, or on the road. Your staff has instant access to update content and access features from any computer connected to the Internet.

No HTML Required

SiteDesyne includes a full-featured WYSIWYG word processor that makes it easy for anyone to add text and photos.

No Database Programming

If you select to have us develop multiple templates, you can then select from your list of pre-built interactive page types and SiteDesyne does the rest – creating the underlying database fields, tracking, and reporting capabilities.

Custom Templates can be designed

Custom desynes can be created by The Hightower Artists Group, Inc. Please see www.webdesyne.com.

Section 508 / W3C Compliant

SiteDesyne was designed to include accommodations for persons with disabilities and is compliant with Section 508 of American's with Disabilities Act and the Web Accessibility Initiative developed by the World Wide Web Consortium.

Grows with your Organization

With a proven track record of managing websites for small organizations to large enterprises, SiteDesyne was designed to grow with your organization’s changing needs.

Training & Customizations

We offer training, and are available to customize your SiteDesyne software for your specific needs.

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  C O N T E N T    M A N A G E M E N T

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Content Management System (CMS)

Powerful Content Management System allows you to create, publish, manage, secure, and update website content easily.

Intranets & Extranet Portals

Not only can you manage and update your public website pages, you can also create and manage private site areas for your staff, customers, members, or partners to access.

Micro Sites

Create secure micro sites within your website for groups of users and redirect them automatically to their micro sites’ home page when they login.

Site Search

Allow visitors to search your website. Only content that the visitor or user has access to will be displayed.  Content editors can even specify which pages are included in the search results.

News Articles

Post current news articles to your website, intranet, or extranet.

Calendars

Create calendars for your website with complete control over who can update them and who can view them.  Calendars can be displayed in several formats, and visitors can overlay calendars or drill down into specific event details.

Staff Directory

Add a staff directory to your website, including photos and contact information.

Member Directory

Put your membership directory online and protect it behind a login so that only authorized users can access it.

Photo Galleries

Upload your photos and create your own photo galleries and custom slideshow pages.

Downloadable Files

Make any file available for download from your website.  Control access to downloads based on a user’s privileges or automatically after an online purchase.

Add Photos & Media

In a single step, you can upload and link a photo, audio, or video file to any web page.

Reusable Content & Menus

Create shared content and menus. Edit the shared content in one place and all pages are automatically updated.

Rotating Home Pages

This feature allows you to keep your website interesting to frequent visitors by rotating several home pages.

Ad Banners

Place rotating ads or promotional information on any page of your website.

Web Links

Add relevant web links to any page on your website and add dynamic link catalogs.

WYSIWYG Editor

Built-in WYSIWYG Editor (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) makes it easy for your content editors to quickly add text, photos, and links to other web pages without HTML knowledge.

Spell Checker

Integrated spell checker corrects misspelled words.

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  A S S E T    M A N A G E M E N T

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Document Management

Control access to all your electronic documents and prevent unauthorized “deep-linking”.

File Sharing

Share files with your staff, members, customers, or guests, allowing them to view or download the files from their own location.

Batch Uploads

Save time by uploading many photos and document files in a single step.

Streaming Media

Store and stream audio or video from any page on your website including: Flash, SWA, WMA, WMV, MOV, MPEG, and other standard multimedia file formats.

Media Library

Create secure and access controlled repositories for your multimedia and photos.

File Repository

Backup important files in secure repositories, including: PDF, DOC, XLS, PPT, TXT, CSV, and any other file format. (Disc space is determined by your web hosting account)

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  C O N T A C T     M A N A G E M E N T

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Contact Database

The integrated contact database is populated and updated automatically. Segment contacts into groups and delegate access to specific users.

e-Mail Subscriptions

Allow registered website users to add and remove themselves from one or more mailing lists at any time.

Mailing Lists

Allow your registered site visitors or members to opt-in and opt-out of any number of e-mail lists through their online account at any time.

List Moderators

Flexible access control over contact groups and mailing lists mean you can restrict access and delegate management and e-mail broadcasting.

Address Book Upload

Upload your existing address books from Outlook, Google, Yahoo!, ACT!, customer database, or CRM system.

Send e-Newsletters

Save postage and printing by e-mailing your newsletters to any number of mailing lists.  Duplicate addresses and opt-outs are handled automatically.

Self-Service

Registered users can login and update their contact information and preferences at any time.

Branded Messages

Keep your presence known by broadcasting full color HTML e-mails with clickable menus, links, and photos.

Scheduled Delivery

Schedule a future date and time to send your e-mail campaigns and they will be sent unattended.

Opt-Out Management

E-mail recipients can add or remove themselves from any mailing list instantly by clicking the link included with each e-mail message sent.


Offer Links

Attach offer codes to any web page link and customers will not have to remember to enter the order code during checkout.

Use Your Mail Server

SPAM filters also trap legitimate e-mail from third-party mail services.  Optionally route your campaigns through your organization’s mail server for higher delivery rates.

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  E - C O M M E R C E (Enterprise Edition Only)

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Real-World Commerce

Easily manage orders for shippable merchandise, donations, payments, recurring fees, perishable goods, and gifts to multiple recipients with a single e-commerce solution.

Shopping Cart Builder

Built-in shopping cart features allow you to create simple or complex secure shopping and checkout processes.

Order Form Builder

Products can be displayed on order forms in many different ways, depending on the eCommerce application. Link any number of order forms together to guide customers through specialized order processes.

Personalized Quotes

E-mail personalized quotes or saved carts that can be updated by both the customer and your sales team.

Product Catalogs

Create product and service catalogs for browsing products by brand, type, price, or other groupings.

Customizable Product Displays

Enhance product sales with photos and formatting using the WYSIWYG Product Editor.

Accept Credit & Debit Cards

Payments are deposited into your bank account automatically through a real-time secure gateway after the purchase card is checked for fraud and available credit.

Collect Donations & Dues

Allow your sponsors to securely contribute a one-time or recurring donation to one or more funds using their credit or debit card.

Sell Recurring Services

Automatically charge a debit or credit card for recurring service fees over a period of time.

Sell Access

Sell access to private site areas, content, micro sites, downloads, documents, or multimedia.  Access can be granted automatically upon online purchase.

Sell Downloads

Offer downloadable goods such as software and e-Books.  Once ordered, a link to the protected downloads can be send via e-mail automatically.

Sell Gifts

Easily handle multiple shipping addresses and shipping methods per order, and even warn the shopper if arrival before a special date or occasion cannot be guaranteed.

Sell Perishable Items

Specify how each product is shipped, how quickly each must arrive, and limit the shipping destinations and PO Box deliveries.

Special Offers

Create discounts for preferred customers or to move certain products.  Special offers can be based on offer codes, products, quantities, key codes, or date ranges.

Express Checkout

Billing and shipping information is pre-filled automatically for returning customers.

Up-Selling

Products and offers can be displayed based on products placed in the shopping cart.  As products and quantities change, new deals can be continually offered, increasing sales.

Saved Carts

Visitors can easily return to your website and retrieve saved carts, incomplete orders, or unprocessed donations.

Customized Checkout

Collect custom fields during checkout for specialty products and services.

Tax

Tax can be applied by product, state or province, country, or shipping method.

Tax-Exempt

Sell tax-exempt items and manage orders from resellers or non-profits.

Address Book

A personalized address book is created for each customer so shipping addresses can be recalled instantly.

Customized Receipts

Display a customized order receipt and optionally e-mail product-specific information for each product ordered.

Drop Shipments

Specify an e-mail address that will receive an e-mail copy of any orders that include a specific product.

Account Management

Customers can login and update their contact, billing, shipping, address book, and e-mail preferences in one convenient location.

Sales Commissions

Manage sales affiliates and partners that drive traffic to your web store.  Flexible commission rates can be set for each affiliate and/or product.  Affiliates can login and track their commissions in real time.

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  E L E C T R O N I C    F O R M S

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Form Builder

Simply point and click to build custom web forms to capture data into a secure database.  Add workflow and required fields to your web forms.  No programming is necessary.

Public & Private Web Forms

Make your web forms available to all visitors of your website, or place them behind a login so that only your staff, customers, members, or specific users can submit them.

Secure Forms

If you are collecting sensitive personal or financial information, you can encrypt any web form.

Secure Form Data

Restrict access to any collected form data for total security and control.

Data Views

Build your own custom data views from any captured form data.  Add these views to any page and restrict access to them.  No programming is required.

Online Registration

Quickly link web forms together to create sophisticated registration processes. A unique reference code is assigned to each submitted form for tracking and auditing.

Online Surveys

Create a survey to gather feedback from your customers or members.  Coordinators can be notified via e-mail when surveys are received and view results within a spreadsheet.

Quizzes & Certification Testing

Create online quizzes or tests and even display a certificate for those with a passing score.

Contact Forms

Add contact forms to your website to capture and route requests.  Contacts are automatically added to the contact database and auto-responders and notifications are e-mailed.

Guest Book

Let visitors post notes on your website.

Classified Ads

Allow guests or members to post items of interest for others to read.

Pre-fill Forms

Connect any web form to the contact database to automatically pre-fill form fields and update the contact database.

Sign-up Forms

Allow visitors or members to sign up for events online.  E-mail event information to the submitter automatically and notify the event coordinator when a registration is completed.

File Attachments

Web forms can accept file attachments that are automatically uploaded to the web server and secured in the file repository.

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  R E P O R T I N G

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Visitor Reports

Intelligent profiling reports each visitor’s IP address, referring website, search engine, keywords, landing page, tracking code, offer code, number of page views, and whether they submitted a form or started an order.

User Reports

Track all user actions and updates to pages, files, forms, products, users, contacts, and campaigns.

Order Reports

Create a spreadsheet or text file of all orders by number, product, date range, customer, recipient, or transaction id, making fulfillment easy.

Form Reports

View submitted form data online or in a spreadsheet.  Additional tracking information can also be viewed including the submitter’s IP address, reference code, timestamp, and user account.

Contacts Reports

Filter and view contacts by status, keyword, field, date range, group, or mailing list.  Contacts can be viewed online or exported to a spreadsheet.

Sales Commission Reports

View all sales commissions by affiliate code and order in one place.

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  A D M I N I S T R A T I O N

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No Software Management

No desktop software to deploy and maintain across your organization.

Role-Based Access

Access to all features and content is assignable, allowing you to delegate any aspect of content and site management to others.

Self-Management

Users can update their own information, preferences, and request lost passwords without intervention.

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  S E C U R I T Y

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Personalized Menus

Content and features are hidden and secured automatically from users without authorization.

User Management

Flexible access control to features and content allow you to setup custom levels of access for Web Designers, Site Managers, Campaign Managers, eCommerce Managers, Mailing List Moderators, Content Editors, Staff, Members, Customers, Guests, and Visitors.

Membership Management

Import your member database and create members-only site areas where members can login and securely update their contact information.

Private Content

Prevent unauthorized “deep-linking” by requiring users to authenticate before granting access to protected web pages, files, documents, forms, calendars, or data views.

Secure Menus

Create endless combinations of menus and submenus for site navigation and add security to them.

SSL Support

Secure Socket Layer encryption is integrated into eCommerce features but can also be enabled for all features and access for ultimate in website security.

Payment-Based Access

Create a subscription-based website and grant access to private web portals, downloads, or data automatically upon online payment.  Optionally expire access after some period of time.

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  W O R K F L O W

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Auto-responders

E-mail links to downloads, instructions, directions, or simple “thank you” notices automatically after a form has been submitted or an order has been placed.

Automated e-Mail Notifications & Alerts

Notify coordinators, sales, or support representatives when web forms are submitted, orders are placed, users register, etc.  Also trigger third-party e-mail applications.

Custom Processes

Connect pages and forms together to create custom registration or order processes.

Post-Sale Processes

Route customers and sponsors to custom post-sale processes based on specific items purchased.

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  D E S I G N

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Templates & Themes

We can create different templates, page layouts, menus, and shared content for your intranet, extranet, member portal, storefronts, and public website, at an additional cost.

Brand Consistency

Design is separated from content and management to protect design elements and reinforce design across all sections of the website.

Stylesheets

All design elements including interactive forms and pages, buttons, menus, and system messages are stylesheet-driven, making it easy to integrate your own designs.

Page Editing Control

Force a consistent “look and feel” across all pages by specifying styles and restricting fonts and colors within the WYSIWYG Page Editor.

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  S E A R C H    E N G I N E    F R I E N D L Y

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Search Engine Optimized

Every page is optimized to attract search engines.

Meta Tags

Site-wide default meta tags are inserted into all pages.  Content editors can add specific meta tags to any page individually.

Friendly URLs

Complex database URLs are automatically replaced with clearly labeled links so search engines can effectively crawl all public pages and better rank the website.

Landing Pages

Create landing pages for your e-mail campaigns, product announcements, affiliates, and click-thru advertisements.

Search Engine Referrals

Track each visitor by the search engine and keyword.  Backtrack to view the specific page that the visitor was on before arriving at your website.

Pay-Per-Click Tracking

Track results from search engine advertising including Google AdWords, Overture, and MSN.  Compare pay-per-click vs. organic referrals.

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  I N T E G R A T I O N

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Import & Export Mailing Lists

Import your existing mailing lists from a spreadsheet or text file into the contact database or filter and export mailing lists into a text file or spreadsheet.

Import & Export Contacts

Import your Microsoft Outlook address book, or contacts from a text file, or spreadsheet.  Filter and export contact groups into a text file or spreadsheet.

Import Member Database

Import your back-end membership database using a simple text or CSV file.

Import & Export Form Data

Import form data, such as a directory, and display the data on any page.  Export submitted form data into a CSV or spreadsheet file for importing into a back-end database.

Order Exporting

Orders can be filtered and exported as multiple CSV files for importing into accounting systems, or as a single spreadsheet file for easy viewing and manipulation.

Analytics Software

Add a link into any third-party web analytics program or service.