Content Management

• Style layer is entirely separated from the HTML using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)  
• Ability to create unique look and feel, unlike many template driven website  
• Supports use of flash objects

• Three tier navigation controlled via the CMS.  
• Create unlimited number of sections.  
• Apply different style sheets to different sections. Design flows through out all associated Articles and Albums.  
• Content on each Section homepage is controlled via CMS through Modules.

• Unlimited articles, allocate to relevant sections.  
• Add related resources: pdfs, video, and links to other sites and articles.  
• Add polls, associated images, advertising through in-page Modules.  
• Delayed publishing, and automatic un-publishing.

• One click shopping from anywhere within a populus based site (using shopping module or shopping links)
• Create unlimited products and categories
• Full product search
• Create related product groupings
• Manages all stages of the e-commerce cycle: product display, ordering, order management, payment processing
• Supports multiple forms of payment processing (inc integration with real-time gateways)
• Supports multiple freight methods
• Supports multiple currencies
• Enables you to sell different products at different prices to different people in different countries
• Comprehensive reporting
• Provides customer with online order history
• Supports multiple purchase discounts across products and categories of products
• Allows for sale of gift vouchers, and issuing of sales vouchers
• Create VIP or trade clubs with special pricing

• Send multi-part HTML and text emails
• Send to external lists via uploaded .csv and opted in site members. Integrated with promotions engine.
• Mail merge on any item with .csv.
• Send to members of your membership database (opt in lists, competition lists, sponsor lists)
• Send to member lists based on gender and state location
• Edit email content using WISYWIG interface, or edit underlying email template html
• Upload new email templates and email images through Media
• Automatic unsubscribe and soft/hard bounce processing
• Broadcast reporting of emails sent, emails opened, click throughs, and soft and hard bounces
• Download .csv of broadcast results with broadcast detail for each email address

• Support call tracking system.  
• Manage assignment of tasks within your organisation and track all actions taken.  
• Automatically email updates to customers/members.  
• Run a variety of reports to assess organisational productivity and efficiency.

• Create viral campaigns to promote your site and products; or set up pre-formatted campaign letters to a specified address.  
• Spam Act compliant  
• Producers controls the following through the CMS:
  • Create new send-to-friend page in any Section;  
  • Control who can use the page: registered members only, registered validated member only; any user; and  
  • Specify email template, subject line, from or to address, images, text, footer, or allow the user to specify all elements.

• Supports multiple simultaneous games of chance and skill
• Specify competition landing page, open/close dates, entry questions, and allows sponsor opt-ins
• Collect opt-in lists for sponsors
• Send to friend functionality, with built in reporting
• Competition entry is integrated with site membership
• Collates entries for electronic draw, providing detailed draw and demographic reports
   

• Threaded discussion boards  
• Three levels: category>topic>posts (replies)  
• Full board management: delete, edit, move posts, ban users, pre-approval of posts.  
• Self managing - users can report posts.  
• Integrate Articles into posts, subscribe to threads.  
• Chat rooms

• Validated and non-validated membership  
• Variable member fields as required, multiple member opt-ins.  
• Integrated with Support, Shop, Competitions Engine, Discussions Boards and Emailer.  
• Multiple membership levels: registered, premium (by code)  
• Full individual member management via the Admin.  
• Demographic reporting on current membership/subscribers.

•  Ability to create multiple member access regimes
• Retrict access to sections, articles, forms, products, discussion boards, and public profilacross the site
• Specify alternative log in pages and user paths based on access level
• Automatically allocate access levels upon email opt-in and product purchase

• Create as many Albums as you require, adopts design of parent section.  
• Order in: albums>galleries>images  
• 3 types of albums:
  • Image galleries - both thumbnail and standard and landscape and portrait images  
  • Create password protected resource centre to allow users to allow multiple version of resources (eg. Images of varying resolution for use in different media)  
  • Create wallpapers/screensaver gallery, and allow users to downloads different formats; and  
  • Option to password protect sensitive galleries (such as franchisee/advertiser media centre).

• Create a wide range of forms to collect user data: feedback surveys, RSVPs, mail lists.  
• Flexible survey engine which allows for an unlimited number of questions (mandatory and optional), and simultaneous surveys.  
• Question formats include:
  • freeform text box  
  • multi-rate  
  • multi-select  
  • check box  
  • drop down  
  • date
• Uni and bi-directional format  
• Results downloadable as in .csv format
• Document wizard enables users to complete a form and then provides a generated document based on their answers.

• 365 day event calendar.
• Integrated with Access Levels so that events may be restricted to defined user groups.
• Calendar and list format.
• Search calendar by text, state, postcode (inc. surrounding postcodes)
• User based add/edit functions (as well as admin)
   

Groups, Friends, , User Profiles, Instant Messenger and Messaging

• User communication and networking suite which enables users to create their own personal profile, maintain a friends list and build groups. And then communicate through instant messenger and server based messaging (analogous to email)

Site Search

• User search of articles, modules, user profiles, discussion boards, shop products, and user blogs.
• Full text search, results ranked by date updated and word density.

Comprehensive CMS

• Administrator control of website structure  
• 95% of all text on the site is updateable  
• Simple to use