osprey functional overview
The osprey CMS contains many of the basic modules from chameleon. This range of features accomodates a great number of different businesses.
what is a content management system?
Home Page module
Home page - Keeping your home page fresh - fast.
Control ‘what goes where’ on your home page. Dynamic fast and smart linking, easy ordering and drag and drop rearrangement.
• Simple ‘Drag and drop’. Create, edit and arrange home page items in rows and columns
• ‘Fast linking’. Quickly make links to pages within your website, external links or links to download files for example brochures, documentation and movies
• ‘Permanent linking’. Create smart internal links. Links to other pages utilising the ‘fast linking’ system remain intact despite moving pages and other dramatic restructuring of your website layout
• ‘Instant menus’. Create menu control over all home page areas. ‘drop down’ menus control links, colours, layout and even the creation of pop up windows
• ‘Full styling control’ over editable areas. Add additional pictures, font sizes, colours and links
• Consistent style. All content is maintained consistent with the rest of site
Core module
See your whole website on one page.
• ‘Drag and drop’ to rearrange the order of pages
• Expand groups of pages with a click
• See numbers of pages in groups
• Jump anywhere within the site quickly from displayed list
• Turn pages on and off from the list
• See simple site page popularity clicks
• Drop down ‘smart’ search field allows quick access to pages
• Show or hide navigation from summary list
Core - General controls give you global control
If you move company, change your telephone number or email, simple global settings allow you to quickly and easily change these settings across the whole website from one place in the CMS.
General website controls: Change the website name that appears in the browser header. Change general details such as your address, postcode, phone, mobile, fax and
email. Change company details, registration details, company number, registered office and VAT number.
Page module
Page - Gives you full control of your page content.
Control page editing, creation and styling from a simple top of the page tool bar:
Text controls: Format, Add, Delete, Style, Bold, Italic, Underline, Paragraph, Bullet point, List, Colour, Tabulate, Page bad words filters, automatic control of certain illegal characters,
• Permanent Linking: Easy to use linking to a) Internal pages, b) External pages or c) Create an email.
• Picture controls: Simple linking to images from the pictures folders. Images can be placed, aligned and resized
• Page management: Add unlimited pages. You can name, rename and add pages site wide quickly and easily
• Page archive. Simply turn pages online / offline on the page or in bulk when browsing lists of pages
• Page renaming. Pages can be renamed without affecting the website structure
• Page moving. Simple tick and drop down menu selection of a page allows the page to be easily moved individually or en masse to new areas
• Consistent page styling throughout website: Style Sheet styling to all pages
Picture module
Picture - Your images ‘How You Want Where You Want’
Simple folder system with inbuilt image resizing and automated image compression
Picture management:
• Create picture folders in a logical site friendly way
• Add/edit/delete folders - file images in renameable folders
• Upload images – Add/file/name/resize images
• Compress images automatically on upload
• Automatic thumbnail creation
• Control image sizes automatically from global settings
• Organise images: Move whole folders of images or individual images easily. Archive, rename and delete images.
• File types accepted: jpeg, gif, png
Menu module
Menu - Totally flexible control of your menus.
Edit navigation menus quickly and easily. ‘What you want, where you want it’.
Menu management: Manage your signposting effectively, easily and instantly by adding pictures, text, links and colour to menu items.
• Add, edit, align, order or remove items from drop down menus. Control menu text, heading and pictures
• Full control over links: Easy linking internally within the web site, easy external linking to other web pages
• Reorganise your menu ordering with simple ‘Ajax’ drag and drop function - allow live changes instantly.
• Manage web site colour with simple drop down menu
File module
File - Control downloadable files.
• Popular files, documents and PDFs can be downloaded simply and easily through their own folders.
• Create a files area for downloading add multiple file types: Upload files to file area of your website for ‘easy linking’ from pages within the site.
• Links to files area are automatically ‘download’ enabled
• File types include: MSWord documents (.doc), Text files (.txt), Adobe Acrobat PDF files (.pdf), also .gif, .jpg, .png, .bmp, .zip, .xls, .ppt, .wav, .gpx and .qu2
Forms module
Forms - Design and manage your own forms.
The module that expands the interaction with site users.
You can quickly and easily create, edit and organise surveys, online questionnaires, competitions, email routines and more...
• Create, edit and manage your own forms simply
• Control lists, check boxes, radio buttons, field size, characters
• Add captcha spam prevention
• Title buttons with your own words
• Add email addressee
Calendar module
Blog and News - Control calendarised Blog and News pages.
• Create, edit and archive calendarised pages
• Create, edit and archive dated news and blog entries
• Prepare entries to turn on and off at set dates
• Present calndar items by date, A-Z and creation
• Manage forthcoming events and entries in advance
• Organise, move and archive older entries retaining information for SEO purposes
Gallery module
Gallery - Create your own galleries and portfolios.
Create and manage your own image gallery area:
• Add, edit, rename and organise your images
• Clever image tagging allows you to create multiple smart pages
• Order and display your images in your own order
• Add and edit image captions and descriptions
• Automatically generate online slide show presentation
• Unlimited image uploading
