The question asked by many is what are the skills needed for one to update their site on a regular basis. Do they need to know the various tools for designing, HTML or any scripting. Answer – if one knows how to use email or type using a computer -Simple shifting from traditional approach where the content author was at the bottom of the food chain involved in the updating or creating the site – reason the cumbersome process involved. RevalCMS provides the facility where by the owner of the content is in control. Below is the list of features:-
- WYSIWYG Editors : RevalCMS is integrated with WYSIWYG Editor - What You See Is What You Get to remove the “ambiguity” and “apprehensions” that one needs to possess technical skills to update or create web pages. Using this editor content authors can create new pages or update existing pages. This editor also provides the technical people to use the HTML editor if needed. Further one can write some where else and then copy and paste in the editor.
- Page URL : Universal Resource Locator – RevalCMS provides the facility to give meaningful Page URL which is readable which enable for visitors to bookmark it or email it and it is search engine friendly.
- Page Image : Depending on the design, RevalCMS provides the facility to give page image – where each and every page can its own separate image – identity.
- Page Preview : RevalCMS provides the facility where once a page has been updated or created can be previewed. This allows the users to visualize how the page will appear/render on the website.
- Published Version : RevalCMS provides the facility where a page has already been published and the same page is being modified, the users can to visually see how the existing and the new version look like and then make a informed decision on which page to make live.
- Page Types : A website can be used for multiple purposes and for multiple audience. RevalCMS provides the facility where a user can classify what type of a particular page needs to be rendered i.e. general, secure, members only.
Below is the list of types available:-
- Content Page : a generic content page.
- Link Page : a page is linked to another page.
- Related Page : related information pages.
- Secure Page : is the page needs to be viewed in a secured manner - SSL.
- Members Only Page : to access the page a user id and password is needed.
Page Publish : RevalCMS provides various options for the publishing of the pages as detailed below
- Publish : option to make the page live or not to make a page live.
- Menu Link : option to make the page appear in the menu.
- Schedule Date : a scheduled date where the page needs to go live. This gives the option that one can create a page and set all the option and define the date the page would be live. RevalCMS will automatically make the page live on the scheduled date.
- Expiry date : similar to the above, a page can be set to expire i.e. not be available live on the site.
- Version Management : It is important to have the information in a organized way as to the life of a “page” i.e. when it was created, when it was modified, what modification where made.Also, if this information is available, it helps the in a situation when any one seeks as to what information was published online in the past and also if a past version of the page needs to be made live. RevalCMS provides this unique feature where all the version of the page are managed. As and when or if and when any any changes is made to a page it captures the save the older version with a unique version id and the date and time stamp. And the uniqueness is due to the fact that if an old version needs to be made live it can be made with a click of a button.
Search Engine Optimization – SEO : is a must for all the website and more so if they are public sites. RevalCMS, gives special attention to provides the tools to make the website or a page the needed attributes for it to be “indexed” or “crawled”.
- Key words or Meta tags : RevalCMS provides the facility to add the keywords to any and all the pages.
- Description : For all pages the option is given to either incorporate key words or description or both.