Web2.0

Content Management System

WebDeck product overview

WebDeck is a web based application which lets non technical users update content on their website. It's easy to use for content authors, whilst retaining flexibility and power for more technical users. WebDeck has a multitude of features some of which are summarised on this page, but above all WebDeck is a sound, scalable and extendable base on which to launch any website.Please free to browse through the features, take a look at the screenshots and rolling demo. If you are interested in getting a more in depth information we do regular web based demonstrations, just call us or contact us online and we can set one up, or drop round and see you.

Major content management system issues

- When choosing a content management system there is a number of issues that appear time and time again. Make sure your CMS can handle these issues as a base set of requirements:

- No design constraints, set your designers free, they won't be as creative if there are limitations from the CMS

- Use all the available web technologies such as Flash, video, music, instant messengers, java applets and other popular widgets

- Make sure the platform is scalable, modular, flexible and extendable. WebDeck is Java based and easily scalable

- Make sure it's SEO friendly and can produce accessible sites that validate to W3C standards

- Security is always paramount when building sites with secure access. WebDeck allows management of website members using user groups and encrypted passwords

Creating articles and content

- WebDeck has an easy to use interface which lets non technical people create articles and work with content quickly and easily just like working with well known word processing packages.Some of the features of handling content include:

- WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing just like using Microsoft Word
Copy and paste text straight from Word and let WebDeck worry about the formatting
Add links to other pages or documents on the site

- Preview the page to see what it would look like on the website

- Create content in multiple languages

Working in teams

- WebDeck allows any number of users with varying levels of authority to login to the CMS and edit content, review changes and publish the website. WebDeck facilitates this teamwork using the following features:

- Users can be assigned a number of functional roles and permission to edit specific regions of content

- All users are assigned passwords which are encrypted and cannot be retrieved
Workflow rules allow the articles to be proof read and approved by editors before being published

- Versioning of articles prevents users from over-writing each others content un-knowingly

- After publishing the articles, the entire site can be reverted to a previous copy
Individual articles can also be rolled back to previous versions

Accessibility

- WebDeck is fully supports the A, AA and AAA web accessibility standards and is fast becoming one of the most popular content management systems for running highly accessible sites. WebDeck's accessibility features include:

- Compliant with the latest web standards including XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2

- WYSIWIG toolbar button to help validate for accessibility compliance

- Templates are configurable to WCAG A, AA or AAA standard

- Forces key accessibility issues such as alt tags for images and labels for form fields

Search Engine Optimisation

- We pride ourselves on WebDeck's ability to enhance search engine positions. Many of our clients are enjoying much higher rankings thanks to the following SEO features:

- Vanity URLs, create shorter, more concise web addresses that are search engine friendly

- 3 types of meta data allow content to be classified correctly by search engines
URLs appear in / notation; no ugly query strings

- All pages are valid XHTML 1.1 strict and CSS 2

- Link checking ensures all internal links are correct

- Integrated tagging of content creates higher keyword density within articles, and allows browsing by topic as well as hierarchy

- Automatic page titles, or override as required

- Separate style sheet configured for search engines

Interactive features

- WebDeck has a number of tools to create interesting and sticky websites. We have launched numerous sites with interactive tools such as:

-Article ratings with voting and comments from website members

-Competitions both web and SMS, with quizzes and polls

-Integrated forums with swear filters and moderator tools

-Easy web form builder, for collecting, emailing and storing information

-Integrated events calendar, event booking and reporting

Other important WebDeck features

- These are some of the other features we want to highlight, things that are important, new and improved and in the media.

- WebDeck has an internal content tagging capability allowing articles to be tagged with various topic tags. Once tagged articles can then be grouped by similar tags, served to people who are interested in particular tags, or indexed and made easier to find by a tag based search

- WebDeck uses the Lucene search engine to fully index all pages, content tags and popular documents such as Word, Excel, PDF and more for better internal searches
Personalisation is achieved through the use of content tags and user groups within the system

- WebDeck has a complete web statistics reporting suit enabling marketing users to analyse the traffic and users that are visiting the site
All content within WebDeck can be syndicated via web services, XML, RSS and other syndication protocols.