| Business Problem |
Web Site
Feature/Capability |
Personal Web Assistant ™ |
Technical
Expertise |
| Add New Pages to Your Web site |
New Container Pages |
You can follow a simple online step-by-step guide that walks you through adding entirely new pages to your Web site. You then use the Menu Organizer to place the new page where you want in the site. |
Low |
| Host Photo Albums Within Your Web Site |
Photo Albums
(6 styles available) |
Personal Web Assistant ™ has a simple yet powerful step-by-step guide that walks you through creating new photo albums. You can also chose from among six styles of photo album, including a slide show option. |
Low |
Manage Photos
(upload, resize, crop, rotate, etc) |
Photo Manager |
The Photo Manager in Personal Web Assistant ™ enables you to upload photos for use in your site’s photo albums.
For every photo uploaded, the original is preserved while thumbnail and standard-sized copies are created automatically.
You can also rotate and crop photos.
Because the originally uploaded photo is preserved, you can always start over. |
Low |
| Add Captions and Descriptions to Photos |
Photo Manager |
The Photo Manager enables you to add captions and descriptions to each photo uploaded for photo albums. |
Low |
| Accept Credit Card Payments From Your Customers |
PayPal Integration |
N/A
Because of the large number of options available, PayPal integration is configured for you by MCN staff on an as-needed basis. |
High
|
| Embed YouTube ™ Video in Your Site’s Pages |
Page Content Editor
List Editor
Profile Editor |
You can easily embed YouTube ™ videos in your site’s customized Page Content, Lists, and Profiles. |
Medium |
Enable Site Visitors to Download Files
(e.g., PDF, Word etc) |
Page Content Editor |
You can upload a variety of files (e.g, Adobe PDF, Excel worksheets, or MS Word documents) to your Web site, then provide hyperlinks that enable your site’s visitors to download and view these documents. |
Low |
| Update Existing Pages |
Page Content Editor |
A rich text editor enables you to update Page Content.
A basic interface enables those without technical expertise to make simple updates.
Direct access to the underlying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is available for those with medium or high levels of technical expertise. |
Low, Medium, or High |
| Search Engine Optimization |
Special Keywords, Title,
and Page Description |
You can easily specify special keywords that automatically appear in all pages in your Web site. Or you can specify meta tag values for individual pages. |
Low |
| |
Search Engine-friendly Page Names |
Your site’s pages can have arbitrary page names. You can therefore specify page names that help search engines to identify the content or purpose of the page. |
Low |
| Collect Information From Your Web Site Visitors |
Online Data Entry Forms |
Each form submitted by your site’s visitors is automatically sent to you via email and written to a database.
Personal Web Assistant ™ includes a Form Post Viewer that lets you (1) review historical form posts; (2) download posts to Excel file for further analysis; and (3) forward posts via email. |
Low |
Advertise Products
or Events |
Ad Rotators
|
Ad Rotators appear in your site’s pages, with each containing a series of slides - each of which is a small page section that displays text, images, and/or photos. These slides appear one-at-a-time; each one containing the advertisement you create.
Personal Web Assistant ™ enables you to create, update, and manage these slides. |
Low |
| Publish Schedules or Calendars of Events |
Generic Lists |
MCN staff works with you to define the layout and appearance of these custom Lists.
Personal Web Assistant ™ then enables you to update these custom lists, or create new Lists based on the custom List definition. |
Low |
| Showcase Products, Events, or Employee Profiles |
Generic Profiles
Examples include:
Employee Profile
Staff Profile
Featured Product(s)
Featured Event(s) |
MCN staff works with you to define the layout and appearance of each custom Profile.
Personal Web Assistant ™ then enables you to update these custom Profiles, or create new Profiles as a copy of an existing Profile.
You can also arrange collections of Profiles and update the sequence of Profiles within the collection. |
Low |
| Completely Custom Pages or Features |
Direct Access to Underlying HTML, CSS, and JavaScript |
Integrated HTML Editor
Integrated CSS Editor
Integrated JavaScript Editor
For those with strong technical knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, a variety of editors are available for the creation of entirely new capabilities, layouts, and other Web site features. |
High |