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Do WebsPlanet's sites have their own back-office
Yes, all the sites on WebsPlanet's platform are dynamic sites and have back-office that enables the end user to mange the site's content in a very easy and friendly way.
The system has two different back-offices that perform the same functionality with different GUI.
The reason that WebsPlanet develops two different back-offices is that there are different skills levels of the end-user, so each one can work with the back-office that he feel more comfortable with.
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Are templates made available for users to select different styles of web site?
Yes, templates are available to users. Currently WEBSPLANET has many different public pre-designed templates. Each template has five header images and seven skins.
Over and above these templates, the directory publisher can add as many templates as required with the WebsPlanet template creation to the system, at no extra cost. The process of building a new template is simple, and WebsPlanet will train the staff on how to do so.
If required additional templates can be purchased from WebsPlanet.
Please note: In addition to the option of selecting different templates, the customer can also control, modify and change many of the parameters of any template. This will have a major impact on the customer’s site's look and feel, adding a unique and customized aspect to each site. One WebsPlanet template can be the basis for many different websites that are completely different from each other in look and feel.
Among the parameters that the customer can change are:
- The header image
- The logo
- Adding Flash elements to the header image.
- The font, size and colour of the text, links, titles, buttons, menu buttons, menu rollover, active menu button, footer data and slogan
- Site alignment
- Site background
- Site Out Of Bounds
With this capability to enable extensive customization of websites from existing templates, WebsPlanet leads the market in its ability to enable the customers themselves to tailor their own sites to their particular needs and tastes easily and quickly.
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Can templates be customized by the customer, via a template management tool?
Yes, WebsPlanet customer will be able to create new templates and to customize templates using the WebsPlanet Template Management tool. WebsPlanet will train the staff create new templates and to customize existing templates. Knowledge of HTML is required for this purpose.
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Can the templates be tailored to match verticals/heading types e.g. Plumber template?
Yes, on two levels:
a. As mentioned above, it is possible to create new templates or modify existing templates.
b. Currently the WebsPlanet templates are classified as a list of 19 verticals (including books, business, fashion, etc.). These verticals can be classified differently as per the requirements.
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What are the platform SEO capabilities?
WebsPlanet system includes wide range of SEO features:
· The system supports 3 levels of URL method
o Dynamic links -Not recommended ( index.php?var=var)
o Static links – System default Vval/18.php
o Manual URL alias about.html
· The system has 4 content information items
o Title
o Description
o Key words
o Robots None/ Index
All those content items as a default are at the site's level, and can be at any page or item level
· The system is HTML compatible, which means support HTML standards.
· The system code include minimum of JS
· As a default, there is a static mirror menu for the dynamic menu. This static menu act as perfect site map
· The system include "site map" module
· As a default, for each site there is dynamic XML for Google site map. gsitemap.php
· Picture Alt – The system generate automatic Alt for each picture according to the picture file name
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What are the available packages?
One of WebsPlanet's advantages is that it offers a dynamic package structure whereby various types of packages can be created according to customer’s future needs.
The system has about 140 different modules. It is possible to determine packages, that each one of the packages will include different modules. The packages structure enables to charge different price for different package.
Please note: Based on our experience with projects of similar scope, we recommend offering customers the option of packages that are built by quota or by functionality. WebsPlanet is fully capable of offering the capability to divide the site's packages into "Number of pages" packages, as also supported by the WebsPlanet system
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How WebsPlanet Front End Platform and WebsPlanet site creation tool can integrate with back-end systems?
The system developed as an open system in order to be able to interface with external back-end. The interface can include the following actions:
- Exporting all details from WebsPlanet reporting system as XML or CSV (Using in particular for the back-end billing system.
- Open a new website via the back-end.
- Update the site's content via the back-end.
- Update the site's details via the back-end.
- U pdate the site's owner details via the back-end.
- Delete sites via the back-end.
- Using Single sign on mechanism.
- Sending site's details per request from the back-end.
- There is an option to work with WebsPlanet's system in a staging mode, which means that all the content updates in the websites will approve before publishing.
- Automatic creation of websites using the data at the back-end.
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Can we build tailor-made websites with tailored design and functionality?
Yes, beside the pre-design template site building tool, Part of WebsPlanet's system is two additional systems (Floating and Professional) that enable in a very efficient way to build tailor-made websites. The sites creation are very fast, and the require knowledge is only HTML and CSS. The system enables upgrade pre-design website to tailor-made website without the need to rebuild the website from scratch. All the content and pages can re-used
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Does the system support hierarchical reseller / subsidiary structure?
The hierarchical reseller structure is very important feature for publishers that have many directories and/or many subsidiaries.
The system enables to determine the following structure:
• Administration level that can open top reseller, reseller, graphic designer and sites accounts
• Top reseller that can open reseller, graphic designer and sites accounts.
• Reseller that can open graphic designer and sites accounts.
For each one of those levels it is possible to determine:
• Different branding:
Look & feel of the back-office
Dedicated initial sub-domain
Credit on the site's front-end
• Different price list
The reporting system supports this hierarchical structure.
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Are URL look-up and registration services available as part of the service?
WebsPlanet is able to offer URL look-up services. Part of the WebsPlanet system is a DNS server – meaning that the customer or customer’s customers can control and modify the website's domain (up to five domains for each website).An option for domain registration can be included in the future if it is required
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Can WebsPlanet's service be provided as a white label or co-branded branded solution?
Yes, the service can be provided as a white label or co-branded solutions.
It is customer’s decision as to how to market the WEBSPLANET solutions.
The system has full branding capability:
- Ability to design the management system according to customer’s Look & Feel
- Ability to design the DIY wizard according to customer’s Look & Feel
- Open new sites under customer’s sub-domain
- Credit on the sites can be the customer’s or WEBSPLANET
- Hierarchical branding to match subsidiaries brand
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Does the service include user interfaces self service?
Yes, part of WebsPlanet system is a very simple and friendly wizard that enables the customers to build their own solutions. The wizard will have the full branding (Look & Feel) of the customer. In addition, the wizard's steps are dynamic, so during the characterization session we will work together to decide which options we will offer the customers.
The self service can include credit card payment method.
It is possible to open a demo sites that will be alive for a pre-determine period up to 30 days, with a count-down remaining days at the back-office and an option at any time to make the site normal paying site. This tool is very useful for giving potential customer the option to experience the system.
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Is the service available as a fully hosted solution i.e. hosting provided by the supplier?
Yes, WebsPlanet can offer a fully hosted solution with our hosting partner.
WebsPlanet can also provide its system without a hosting solution, where the servers fall under the customer's responsibility and WebsPlanet will install the system on the servers
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Are there volume restrictions attached to hosting and can customers easily upgrade to acquire more capacity if needed?
There are no restrictions on hosting volumes. Our capacity enables your customers to add additional capacity to their solutions and upgrade from any package to any package very easily. The upgrades options will be determined by you.
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Does branding is supported using WebsPlanet?
Part of the system is the ability to brand it. The branding includes 3 parameters: The look & feel of the back-office, the site's initial sub-domain and the credit at the site's front-end.
It is possible to brand the whole system, or to make a different branding for each reseller.
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What kind of reports the WebsPlanet support?
There are few reports the system generates:
• Site list with filters.
• Sites log for any new website created or deleted.
• Change log for any site modifications and modules change (Support billing)
• Site report with filters to track reseller's performance, to support sales, for billing and more…
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Does WebsPlanet support banners and Ad-serving?
The system has 5 options for banners and Ad-serving:
• Stand alone banner system for each site.
• Stand alone banner system for each site, with an option for different banners at any page.
• Internal Ad-serving system that enable to determine campaigns for all the sites.
• Interface with external Ad-serving.
• The system enables to send messages to all sites back offices and/or sites front-end with "One to many" mechanism.
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Which are the security features WebsPlanet has?
The WebsPlanet system has many security features, both on the system level and on the single site level. The main features are:
The system level:
• Centralized data gateway - all data coming from and getting to the platform goes through a single data processing gateway that inspects the data and clears, blocks and escape all hazardous characters / input. This blocks: Cross Site Scripting, Mail spam and injection, buffer overflows, URL tempring, Cookie tempring, data injection to the web and all other similar attacks.
• Passwords and credit card information encoding at the database level, This makes sure that even if the server was compremized from within and the data got stolen, the attacker will not be able to use it.
• Database gateway - inspect, escape, clear and block all information that goes to the database. This blocks SQL injections and DB based attacks.
The single site level:
• Admin panel blocking by user IP and username for an hour after 5 incorrect passwords. This blocks brute forcing.
• Email JS encrypting in order to block email collectors bots.
• CAPTCHA support.
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Can E-commerce sites build using WebsPlanet?
It is possible to build a full E-commerce sites using WebsPlanet. The E-commerce sites generate automatic XML file for the catalogue for price comparison (/xml/catalogue.php).In addition, the E-commerce can interface with any credit card clearing system as well as to Pay-pal, and soon with Google check-out
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What technical environment do the user interfaces and tools require?
The WebsPlanet platform can be placed within any environment, but the optimal environment is Linux servers with Apache (Web Server), Oracle/MySQL (Database), Bind (Domains management), Qmail/Vpopmail (Emails management) and AWStats (Statistics). These applications can be spread over different servers for availability and redundancy
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Do the templates have the facility to be pre-fulfilled with generic copy?
Yes, they can be pre-fulfilled with generic copy.
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