Collaboration tools
Discussion forum
A fully customisable tool with email integration that enables
moderated or un-moderated forums to be created and managed quickly
and effectively. The discussion forum module has the following
functionality:
- Allow multiple forums, with setup
controlled by administrator;
- Allow multiple threads within a
forum
- Allow HTML linking to individual forums
(i.e. static URLs);
- Allow deletion of posts and threads by
administrator;
- Provide search facility on an
individual forum and forum-wide basis.
- Allow interface customization, via
CSS;
- Allow administrator-approved thread
creation;
- Allow posts in multiple
languages;
- Based on ASP scripting.
- Allow moderation to be implemented on a
per-forum basis;
- Provide e-mail notification of forum
updates;
- Provide e-mail notification of
subscriber updates (i.e. new post from specific
person);
- Provide e-mail reminder of
pre-registered intention to post;
- Provide multi-language interface (i.e. 'Post' button and
site instructions in French, Spanish, etc.).
User polls
Any number of user polls may be defined by a system
administrator. These can be used on appropriate site pages to
encourage user interaction. After voting on a user poll a user sees
the results of votes cast to date. A user cannot vote more than
once on the same user poll.
Events calendar
The events calendar is a grid based calendar, showing key events
as items in the appropriate month. The events could be financial
dates, key meetings, trade shows, product launches or any other
categories you wish to define that are appropriate.
Within each of the month areas relevant events that fall within
that month are listed. No individual dates appear within the month
except as listed against individual events. Clicking on the event
causes a short description including key facts, links and contact
information, to pop-up in an adjacent area.
The site editor may include a link from the event description to
more detail, being either an additional page on the site, or an
external site. The events calendar display is driven by Meta data
and plug-in functionality for easy editing through the CMS. The
events listed will roll automatically to show the next twelve
months at any given time.
In the display page events will be colour coded according to
categories, and a legend will be provided. Categories may be varied
or extended by the site editor using the CMS.
The home page may contain a link to this feature. The calendar
will likely provide information of interest to many users although
it is not strictly a personalisation feature.