Summary of Features

Core Features

  • Powerful and easy to use administrative web interface
  • Default ready to use templates
  • Templates can be customized (i.e., layout, and behavior)
  • Modular front-end "content boxes" configurable through admin
  • Global and powerful search across different content types
  • Advanced search specific to the content type (i.e., stories by author, category or publication date)
  • Flexible configurable menus
  • WYSIWYG editor
  • Tags for relating content (i.e., stories, events, businesses, etc.)
  • Visitor profiles and logins to access protected pages
  • Visitor comments on most content types
  • Staff admin user accounts and group management
  • Access control for staff by group
  • RSS-Feeds for most content types
  • Email a friend for most content types
  • Print this page
  • PaylPal Integration
  • Localized search
  • Maps

Features by Content Type

Story or Article

  • Most common properties (header, sub-header, summary, body, credits, etc.)
  • Schedule publication date (now or in the future)
  • Use Oasis as work-in-progress for stories (unpublished)
  • Set up many levels of categories like News > Local News > Neighborhood News
  • Stories can be assigned to multiple categories
  • Category specific home page (creates micro home page by category of stories)
  • Featured stories by category on home page or any content listing page
  • Assign multiple authors with author profiles (photo, bio, email)
  • Story resources like contacts, bookmarks, attachments and notes for each story to help in future reference and documentation of story building process
  • User comments
  • Slide show with captions
  • Embed videos and audio files

Events

  • Flexible scheduling (date range, days, hours, etc.)
  • Set up recurring events
  • Set up many levels of categories
  • Assign an event to multiple categories
  • Locations with maps
  • User submitted events
  • Cost for events (minimum and maximum to create range)
  • Embed videos
  • Summary text for search results
  • Description text for event detail page
  • Relate to a place/venue that has it's own detail page
  • Slide show
  • Images for search listing and detail pages
  • Create priority status that moves it to the top of the list in search listing pages
  • Assign special pick status and special icon appears with listing for viewers
  • Complete contact information

Business Directory

See this special section for Directory including videos.

  • Micro-site page for each business
  • Set up many levels of categories
  • Assign a business to multiple categories
  • Locations with map
  • Complete contact information
  • Photos and slide show
  • Embed videos
  • Summary text for search results
  • Description text for event detail page
  • User submitted form for site, auto-creates in admin
  • Special pick assignment display special icon on business micro-site
  • User comments can be enabled or disabled for each business

New!

  • Self-serve billing and micro-site page for businesses
  • Homepage for categories
  • Coupon feature for each business
  • Coupon slide show for premium advertisers plays on category home pages
  • User recommended feature with display feature of results for each business
  • User location setting and business proximity sorting (distance in mileage of business from user location)
  • Hours of Operations table

Restaurant Directory

  • Micro-site page for each business
  • Set up many levels of categories
  • Assign a business to multiple categories
  • Locations with map
  • Complete contact information
  • Photos and slide show
  • Embed videos
  • Summary text for search results
  • Description text for event detail page
  • Upload menus for user viewing or download
  • User submitted form for site, auto-creates in admin
  • Special pick assignment display special icon on business micro-site
  • User comments can be enabled or disabled for each business
  • Price range
  • Editor Ratings
  • Business hours

New!

  • Restaurant directory will be merged with business directory, but can still be viewed with special menu links on the site.

Music 

  • Music genre customization
  • Assign multiple genres to each listing
  • Embed videos and audio files
  • Summary text for search results
  • Description text for event detail page
  • Photos
  • Contact information

Places and Venues

  • Description
  • Complete contact info
  • Location with map
  • Shows related events on place detail page

Movie Listing

  • Search movies, show times and theaters
  • Complete movie information with trailer links
  • Description and photo
  • Transparent integration with movie feeds via XML

Contests and Promotions

  • Description and photos
  • Sponsor link
  • Registration scheduling
  • Visitor registration form and admin database
  • Registration requirements and disclaimer statements