CommonSpot Takes User Enablement to an Art Form.
CommonSpot turns all users (non-technical contributors, administrators or developers) into webmasters, enabling them to go beyond the limit of their technical skills using simple and intuitive tools so they don’t need to lean on IT for support. With the dexterity of a programmer, users can bring the section of the website they are responsible for to life, whether the entire website, a section of the website, or just a page—without the need to write code. They can:
- Build and manage the template architecture
Most CMS’ let you manage site designs using basic templates. The catch is you must have HTML design expertise to do it. Not with CommonSpot. CommonSpot puts the power of managing design templates squarely into the hands of non-technical users—without eroding the integrity of your organization’s overall brand.
CommonSpot lets you lock in the look and feel of your site, and then enables users to manage aspects of the site design that fall within established brand and governance guidelines. Whether managing departmental pages or a basic news page, CommonSpot gives users the simple tools they need to manage how the main design template is presented on the pages they own. You can also build an unlimited number of complex filters. These filters enable you to re-use exact content anywhere you like, or aggregate content that lives in different folders—so there are virtually no limits to what you can link to.
- Create and manage content
The ease of use inherent in CommonSpot goes way beyond that offered by other CMS’. CommonSpot gives users more tools—and more intuitive tools so you can do more, faster. Whether you use a Mac or a PC, CommonSpot’s browser-based in-context editing tools empower users to do more than simply manage content presented on a page. With CommonSpot, business users can realize all of their content management needs quickly and easily.
Need to create the design of a new page? How about create a new design template? In a few simple clicks, business users can design page layouts, create templates, create content, manage content, present content, and re-use content extensively throughout the site. They can also create RSS feeds in one click of the mouse. It's that simple.
- Organize content through a rich metadata architecture
Content organization is as important as the content itself for a successful website. What good is great content if site visitors can’t find it? CommonSpot gives business users the ability to organize and classify content in unparalleled ways.
Unlike most CMS’, CommonSpot enables subject matter experts to access the site’s information architecture so they can decide how to organize and classify the content they have created. Using a rich metadata architecture, business users can tag content, relate content throughout the site, add content to navigational lists and self-updating indexes—and more.
- Reuse content extensively
Virtually anyone who thought content reuse was beyond their reach hasn’t used CommonSpot. CommonSpot provides content re-use functionality to business users in ways never before possible. A simple user interface provides tools that enable users to expose content—and re-use it anywhere on your site.
- Build simple applications that let you collect, aggregate, and manage site visitor information such as event registrant details, feedback forms, and survey responses
Until now, building applications was done exclusively by developers. Well those days are over. CommonSpot enables users to easily build applications using out-of-the-box Web application tools that transform business users into developers—no programming required.
And we’re not just talking about building simple Web forms like any CMS can handle. CommonSpot’s Web application tools enable business users and developers alike to collect, email, manage, display, and share information, and create reports on Web form data. You can now realize virtually any simple application that you can envision without writing a line of code.
- Manage the entire website, departmental subsites, or simply a page without IT involvement
Site management takes on a whole new meaning in CommonSpot. Like all CMS’, IT maintains control of the overall site infrastructure. CommonSpot puts business users in control of the site in ways they have never experienced before. While adhering to site governance, CommonSpot gives business users the power to essentially run their own area of business on the Web. They can assign roles and permissions giving many users—or just one user—ownership rights to manage a site, subsite, page, or section of a page. And those users can in turn assign roles and permissions to their respective teams making your entire organization more productive.
With CommonSpot, day-to-day site management can be driven by business users without ongoing IT involvement—yet IT still maintains control of the overall site infrastructure. Every user is enabled. Everyone is more productive.
