Features of Stormnet CMS

Authoring
The website can be edited through any computer connected to the internet with a current web browser - wherever you are in the world. There is no software required and it's access is secure.

The Rich Text Editor allows users to format text, insert images and create internal and external links just like in Word or any other word processor.

Automatic design preservation- preserve your look
With our CMS the text formatting is foolproof. Your work will always match the basic design settings of the page. Therefore visual integrity is ensured while authoring articles.

Fast, easy and intuitive interface
The fast interface works in any web browser and is streamlined and fully customisable for any extensions.

Clipboard and Copy/Cut/Paste
The well known copy/cut/paste concept is used with the internal clipboard to manage all internal objects.

Addition of hyperlinks
Links are applied with extreme ease. Stormnet CMS ensures that there are no broken or dead links within the system.

Simple file and media management
The internal file manager allows users to upload, rename, copy, move, delete and even edit files online in just a few clicks

Scheduled publishing:
Pages and page content as well as news items can be set to automatically go on and offline taking the legwork out of archiving.

Text Import
MS Word documents - or other text content from applications or the web can easily be imported by simple on-board copy or paste functions.

Version Control
Save the last 5 version of the document in revision history.

Direct Mail module / Newsletter system
A Direct Mail system is able to send highly personalised emails to newsletter subscribers.

Internal site search engine
Full text search tool in the CMS includes advanced options for searching only parts of a website and intelligent relevance rated display of results.

Front-end editing made easy
All content can be edited through the website itself even more intuitively. Click on the content you want to edit while browsing the pages - simple!

Minimal training needed
WYSIWYG editing, front-end editing - these features make any average PC user an effective content author in seconds - no need for lengthy training or handover.

Administrators
You are the super-user who is approaching the system from a daily management perspective, who creates users, assigns responsibilities, creates and supervises workflows. The system provides detailed user management & customisation.

User management and overview
Authorise backend users and groups to access and edit only certain objects and modules in certain sections of the website.

Web statistics
Stormnet CMS has an onboard statistical package, which will help you to identify factors such as the number of visitors, originating domain, country/region, repeat visitor, pages viewed, and most visited pages. These are accessed via the user friendly admin panel.

Advanced multilevel caching
Demanding processes such as generation of menus and image scaling is done only once due to the caching capabilities of Stormnet's CMS. Calculations are made on the first request and subsequently served from the internal cache. A smart usage of the server means that the engine generates pages very quickly and efficiently.

100% Browser based
Full website management using Internet Explorer 5+.

Strong PHP4 / MySQL
Based on the extremely popular and fast PHP4 scripting language combined with MySQL. A basic CMS installation can be used with most ISP's today.

Relational Database
Storage of content is done in a very fast relational database.