Use these "Feature Extras" to extend the capability of your Firstline WebSystem website, and to enhance your site visitor's browsing experience.

Contact Firstline on (03) 9898 3883 or 1300 30 40 12 for details about activating the "Feature Extras", or use the form at the bottom of this page to send us an email.

Account Manager

Allows users to manage their own account information, e.g. update their password, or contact details.

• Allow users to sign up and create an "account"
• Determine in which user groups new users are placed
• Register and re register for membership
• Allow users to update their own details
• Notify manager via email of any of these above functions
• Send user new password if forgotten
• Managers may control account status (eg user account locked)
• Become a member to join mailing lists in bulk email

Banner Ad System

Allows banner advertisement to be placed within a site or multiple sites.

• Control of ad placement and frequency of display
• Set expiry dates of ads
• Supports various banner sizes
• Banners can be integrated with sites design
• Track both impressions and clicks
• Automatic banner rotation
• Banners can be independently controlled between sites

Bulk Email Database

Allows users to send out multiple personalised emails at once.

• Send mail to users of a specific group
• Quality control and proofing tools
• Send email to groups, organisations, members or staff
• Email automatically personalised (e.g. Dear John Citizen, October Promotion)
• Unsubscribe feature
• Delete duplicate emails if user signs up twice
• Alerts site admin of invalid email accounts
• Bounced email management tool
• View/edit names and details within the email database
• Import and export data via csv, excel
• Send HTML image and text emails
• No per email fee
• Detailed reporting "Feature Extra" available (see below)

Bulk Email Detailed Reporting Functions

Reports can either be shown as an overview or detailed format as all users sent a bulk email are registered within the bulk email database.

• Total reads
• Reads per user or per email sent
• Bounced emails
• How many emails not read/deleted
• Link reports e.g. which users clicked a particular link
• Forwarded emails (indication only)
• Time difference between first and last read email
• Reports can be displayed as graphs/charts and text
• Export reports into CSV format (excel)

Calendar System

Display information in a calendar style format:

• Users may switch between day, week, month and year view
• Commonly used for displaying upcoming events such as training days or exhibitions
• Used for both public web sites and intranets
• Add event information using a convenient WYSIWYG editor
• Add short notes or attach pages for each event
• Only shows events the user is eligible to see

Discussion Forums

Create bulletin board style discussion forums.

• Online discussions allow users to reply or create their own discussion threads
• Moderated lists, with threads
• View all pending messages and approve from one location
• Management of all messages in the system
• Edit and move messages between different topics and pages
• Customisable layout
• Differing levels of security
• Search capabilities - between categories
• Automatic email for approval
• Allows image and file upload

E commerce Engine

Allows the sale of products or services through a website. Includes shopping basket, personalised pricing, product management, order form and stock control. May be integrated with payment gateways.

• Add unlimited amount of products to any page within the system
• Easily editable product name, description, and codes
• Fully customisable detailed display page for each product. (Attach multiple images, PDFs, flash presentations and more)
• Stock quantity support (inventory)
• Adjustable tax rate (GST)
• Multiple price group support (eg for "Registered users", "High volume customers" automatically selected via login)
• Adjust postage and handling costs
• Supports SSL encryption and payment gateways
• Design your own order form
• Order History (tracking)

Feedback Manager

Allows information from submissions to be tracked or passed to the appropriate person within an organisation.

• Communications may be used for a public knowledge base
• Often used as a helpdesk management tool
• Ideal for Intranet use
• Problems or Queries can be posted
• Puts a status on each- New, Urgent, Analysed, Fixed
• Allocation to specific persons to answer

Leave Manager

A useful Intranet based tool that allows the paperless application for all types of leave.

• Customisable application forms
• Staff member fills out leave form sending application to their manager/supervisor
• The manager/supervisor receives email notification
• Manager/supervisor has authority to approve/reject the application
• Manager/supervisor can approve and post request to another department i.e. Human Resources

Online Exams

Allow administrators to create multiple-choice online exams.

• Set and record time limits
• Split an exam into several sections (e.g. English, History, Geography, Maths)
• Select how many questions from each section to appear in the exam
• Questions are randomly picked from a pool of questions
• Exam is automatically marked based on the a customisable marking scheme
• Customisable options to print the results for the user, pass/failure messages
• Email sent to the user depending on whether they pass/fail
• Access to the exam can be restricted to a group of users specified by the administrator
• Options to allow the user to sit an exam only once, or to allow them to sit an exam multiple times
• Customisable time limit and minimum pass mark
• Administrator's area to view all past exam submissions
• Export results to CSV or XML format

Online Polls/Surveys

Generate polls and surveys that display instant results.

• Allows multiple field surveys or quick yes - no polls
• Results automatically compiled and displayed as graphs and/or text
• Displays percentage results
• Compile multiple polls and surveys
• Features that allow customised display for generating polls/surveys
• Export results to CSV or XML format

Printer Friendly Page

Allows user to select a printer friendly version of pages or entire site.

• Dynamically redisplay content in a new web site design specifically tailored for printing

Staff Directory

Integrate the user system with existing user directories using LDAP. Search for staff members by organisation, location or by staff name. Add photos, Vcards, look for managers and sub-ordinates.

• Ability to search site users
• Ability to load images of users
• Generates V-cards for Outlook & Outlook Express
• Uses keywords for layouts
• Choose organisation, department, location

Site Map (Self Generating)

Customisable number of levels, layout and colours to suit the site design.

• Display different navigation levels
• Control layout using columns, colours and style sheets
• Exclude nominated pages from site map
• Display page description in DHTML tool tips

Site Searching

Integrated site searching.

• Allows search field on every page
• Customise number of results per page
• Search site for pages and file attachments
• Limit file types from search
• Sorts results in order of relevance
• Show thumbnails for pages and files if attached
• Limit searches to specific sections

Template Builder / Easy Edit

System administrators create templates for easy website maintenance via the front-end design. There is no need for content editors to learn the CMS back end.

• Allows the user to edit content from front-end design with WYSIWYG editor
• Content versioning
• Suitable for file archives on Intranets
• No back end access or training is required to edit content
• Field types: WYSIWYG, plain text, image, file/link, looping sub layout
• Several levels of security and workflow
• Decreases training time while increasing site security

Would you Like to Learn More?

• Experience a free, no-obligation demonstration in you own office, and learn more about how a FirstLine Web site can benefit your organisation. Please fill in the form here
• Or Phone us now: 03 9415 6002 or 1300 30 40 12 (a local call from anywhere in Australia.)
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• or, if you're just after a little guidance, call us on 03 9415 6002 or 1300 30 40 12 or fill in the form below.