Website Management System (WMS)
A completely integrated solution, the Website Management System is comprised of four modules.
In addition to its four modules: Web Content Management System (WCMS), Community Management, Communication, and E-Commerce, the Website Management System (WMS) also completely integrates with all other xCatalyst functions and modules.
Features
- Allows the site administrator to set the style and format of all content to ensure web page consistency and uniformity.
- Allows web content editing with basic word processing skills.
- Automated editing, approval and publication workflow with e-mail notification of changes to the site administrator.
- Restriction of administration privileges to specific website sections or functions.
- Manage image files (controlling access to only approved and properly formatted images for website content).
- With the web-based administration center, website content can be updated "anytime, anywhere" with Internet access.
Web Content Management System (WCMS)
The Website Catalyst allows for a designated and centralized site administrator. The site administrator has overall control of branding, global content, editing privileges and also has the ability to distribute content management to a broad spectrum of content contributors. In addition, Website Catalyst allows approved content contributors to develop and maintain their respective content for the website without additional technical skills or additional software applications.
Communication ModuleProvides the ability to both collect and broadcast personalized information to constituents in the client's database. In addition, this module provides the ability to generate website content that can gather information from website browsers.
Features include:
- Online Newsletters
- Calendar
- Create online forms and surveys
- News Stories and Press Release Management
- E-mail Lists Management
- Online Payments
- Photo Gallery
- Web Polls
Community Management Module
Enables site membership functions as well as the ability to create sub-communities or micro-sites for affinity groups. Promotes relationship building, interaction, and allows site members to create and maintain their own content. Allows access-controlled communities for staff, faculty, Board of Trustees, faculty committees and student groups to deliver group-specific content and facilitate group interaction.
Features include:
- Login-access Sub Communities
- Member Directory
- Discussion Boards
E-commerce
The E-Commerce provides a full-featured product catalog and online shopping cart application.
Features include:
- Multiple stores can be created (mall concept).
- Individual stores include:
- Creative template
- Store departments
- Product information (images, description, attributes, pricing, etc.)
- Inventory management
- Sales reports
- Automated and customized E-mail notifications for different steps in the processing cycle
- Multilingual presentation supported
- Secure credit card processing (PayPal Payflow Pro Service payment processing)
- Sales reports
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CFO
American Business Media
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Melinda Eggenberger
Vice President
Lex Mundi
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Suzanne Gschwind
Rice University
"ESX, Inc., with its renowned expertise in serving education and non-profit communities, offered HACU the software and support to better, and most cost-efficiently serve our fast-growing community of members and partners."
John Moder
Senior Vice President and COO
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
"ESX, Inc. seemed to understand our business better than I did. When we were talking about the system design they were able to connect all the dots. They just get it."
Jean Maddalon
CFO
American Business Media
"The do-it-yourself function of the Website Management System definitely has made it easier to make immediate changes to our website, that would have taken several days to be completed by a webmaster."
Rachael Negron
Executive Secretary
The International Air Cargo Association
"The greatest asset of Association Catalyst is the promise of customization and flexibility. ESX promised the resources, both human and intellectually, that made our decision an easy one. And, they delivered on their promise."
Richard Ducharme
Membership Administrator
North Carolina Dental Society
"Once again ESX exceeds my expectations! Thanks for the good work and the quick response time."
Lawanda Sanders
Rice University
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