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Site Pilot Features

Packed with many features that will make updating your web site a pleasure rather than a chore, you'll soon wonder how you managed before Site Pilot.

•  Framework
•  Content Manager & Editor
•  Image, Document & Media Library
•  RSS Feeds
•  Visitor Registration Database
•  Access Controlled Pages
•  Site Search Facility
•  Interactive Forms
•  Site Map
•  META Tags
•  W3C Compliant
•  Search Engine Friendly
•  Visitor Statistics

Framework

The entire program runs on our servers which means that there's no software to install on your computer, and more importantly, it means that you can edit your web site from any computer that has an internet connection.

For the more technically minded, Site Pilot uses industry leading database software, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, and both the visitor web site and Site Pilot software itself is written ASP.NET. If this means nothing to you, then don't worry; as a Site Pilot user all you will need is a computer with either Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari web browser software and a connection to the internet.

Content Manager & Editor

It really couldn't be much easier - you will be presented with a list of the pages that make up your web site, along with details of each page; for example whether it is currently live on your web site, if it due to be taken off, when the page was last updated and by whom.

When it comes to editing a page you click on the one that you would like to update and then you can type to your hearts content, adding images and links as you go.

• WYSIWYG Editor - the 'what you see is what you get' editor has all the controls that you will already be familiar with if you have used any popular word processing package. If you prefer, you can write the content for your web site using the likes of Microsoft Word or Open Office and paste it directly into the Content Editor.
• Publish & Expiry Dates - publishing content on your site at a specific time is made possible by setting the publish date and time; when the time comes the page is pubished, even it's the middle of the night or you're away on holiday. It works the other way too - set the expiry date of a page and it will be automatically taken off the site.
• Page Versions - rather than overwrite the text of the page, it is possible to create a copy of the page, edit and update it and save the previous version for reference. This can be particularly useful when you wish to make changes to an existing page but do not want it to be published until some time in the future.
• User Access Control - In a multi user environment, Site Pilot comes into its own; each user Site Pilot user is either an Administrator, Editor, or Content Provider. A notes system allows staff members to annotate changes they have made alerting other users.

Image, Document & Media Library

Nearly every web site makes use of images, provides links to downloadable documents or shows video - you won't be left out. Site Pilot organises your digital assets into a nice neat folder structure that means when you want to use an image it'll be exactly where it should be.

You will be able to upload PDF or word documents, even an Excel spreadsheet, endless images or video in a variety of formats for inclusion on your web site. Site Pilot has a simple interface to help you upload files, and for the more advanced user you can also upload via FTP.

RSS Feeds

RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a way of alerting your visitors to new articles published on your web site. With a variety of methods of reading RSS feeds, including e-mail software (Outlook, Thunderbird), web based services such as Google and Yahoo!, or even your mobile phone, RSS is a very effective way to deliver content.

Each page in your Site Pilot web site can be enabled for RSS.

Visitor Registration Database

Collecting your visitors details can be useful for a variety of purposes; primarily as a marketing tool. When a visitor comes to your site looking for information about the products or services that you offer, asking them to register with you then means that you can follow up their visit to find out if they found what they were looking for, or if you can offer further assistance.

The information that you collect during the registration is entirely up to you, provided it complies with the Data Protection Act, and is held in a secure database.

Access Controlled Pages

You may have information on your site that you only want certain visitors to be able to see; Access Controlled Pages allows you to decide who has access and who doesn't.

Let's say, for example, you have company report that you would like to publish on your web site but at the same time you do not want everyone in the world to be able to read it; well, in conjunction with the Visitor Registration Database, visitors can register their details on your web site and then you can decide whether or not to allow them to read your company report, or any other piece of sensitive information.

Site Search Facility

Especially useful for web sites with a large number of pages, the site search allows visitors to search your entire web site for words or phrases; the results are then returned in order of relevance.

Interactive Forms

Capture information and have it e-mailed to you; the information that you capture can be anything you want it to be. Once your visitor has completed the required details it will all be neatly packaged up and sent to you immediately in an e-mail.

Site Map

Ease of navigation for your visitors is vital; if they can't find their way around your site they will probably go elsewhere. Site Pilot's architecture means that menus are dynamically generated each time you update, add or delete a page, eliminating the possibility of broken links. However, a site map provides a complete overview of all the pages in your web site and how they relate to each other.

Similarly, it's vital that search engines can index your web site efficiently; for this reason, an XML site map is also created each time you add, update or delete a page so that Google, Yahoo!, MSN and other search engines can find their way around your web site.

META Tags/Data

Crucial to any web site - Site Pilot offers a flexible approach to META tags/data.

You can add META at a site global or page local level. This enables you to finely control and effectively differentiate the META across your site - making it more Search Engine friendly and easier to find via custom searches.

W3C Compliant

The World Wide Web Consortium, better known as W3C, are the folks responsible for setting guidelines for the structure of web sites. We ensure that all the web sites we create comply with these guidelines, and there's several good reasons for this. As you may know, there are several different flavours of operating system (Mac OS, Microsoft and Unix) and many different browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Safari) and ensuring that your web site looks and acts the same with all combinations is very important.

Secondly, a well built web site that complies with standards will help your search engine ranking, which can only be a good thing.

Search Engine Friendly

Built using the latest industry standard coding practices - we take pride in delivering web site layouts that not only look good, but also have clean and efficient code powering them.

All sites built are Search Engine Friendly from the start, there is no unnecessary or cumbersome code included. We strictly adhere to SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques as part of our standard operating procedures. This ensures that your site will get a natural, organic Search Engine placement, even if there is no additional SEO work undertaken.

Visitor Statistics

Knowing how many people visit your web site, where they are coming from and knowing what they look at and how long they spend looking at it gives you a distinct advantage. Armed with this information you can make decisions on where is best to place your advertising revenue, which pages work and which don't, and how best to improve your web site.

Site Pilot is provided with a comprehensive statistics package furnishing you with all the kind of information that will help your web site, and revenue, to grow. Theses statistics can also be linked to a Cost Per Click (CPC) advertising campaign to show you which keywords are working and bringing in new customers.

Flexibility is the key!

During the early stages of our collaboration we will spend time establishing exactly what it is that you want to achieve with your new web site. We will then carefully tailor a package that suits your company's needs and objectives.

Why not give us a call to discuss what we can do for you?

Tel: 0800 321 3265

or from outside the UK: +44 1872 241 903 

Something's missing...

If there is something that you would like your web site to do that we haven't listed here, it doesn't mean that it's not possible. If we listed everything that was available you would likely soon get bored of reading it!

Just a few other things that we can do - Adobe Flash & Flex, user Forums, Image Galleries, Guest Book, you name it...

Like to know more?  Then please contact us.