Integrated modules

Catalogue

The catalogue is used for the management of various structured information and its presentation on the website. This module is usually used for publishing products or services online. The catalogue helps website users finding the required information easily.
Features of the module:

• Easily changeable structure of the catalogue's fields (picture, price, description, or other data);
• Sorting the catalogue's elements into categories: since the number of the levels of categories is not restricted, a category may consist of several levels;
• Possibility to create unlimited differently structured catalogue categories and elements;
• Two types of catalogue reviewing: all the elements in the catalogue may be reviewed by choosing the list of elements or categories;
• Statistics review of catalogues categories and elements;
• Convenient management of the catalogue's categories or elements in several languages;
• Filtering of elements, performing search in the list of elements and sorting them in the preferred order.

Handling of orders

A module for the management of online orders.
Main features of the module:

• Formatting  orders - users select goods or services, send them to a virtual shopping cart, and confirm their order;
• Reviewing orders and changing their status - users and system administrators can be notified about changes in the status of an order (e.g., unconfirmed, confirmed, fulfilled). Notification may be given by e-mail or an SMS message;
• Possibility to select the desired currency in making payments for goods or services;
• Statistics review of catalogues categories and elements.

Web page users

A module for opening and managing website user accounts.
Features of the module:

• User registration; 
• Assigning login names and passwords to users;
• User grouping,
• Providing different information to separate user groups;
• Monitoring user login statistics.

News management

A module for the management of news and messages posted on the website. Each news item is given a date, time, name, summary, and data (text, illustrations, etc.).
Other features of the module: 

• Publishing news at a future date (announcement of news on the website at an appointed time);
• Archiving of news;
• Setting news priorities;
• Subscription to news, managing the list of subscribers, and sending of news to subscribers;
• Possibility to use several news lists on one website (e.g., press reports, event, news, etc.);
• Possibility to generate news RSS for system administrator.

Banners

A module for the management of banners on the website.
Main features of the module:

• Setting the position of banners on the website and selecting their types (dynamic, static);
• Monitoring the effectiveness of banners with CTR (Click Through Ratio) statistics;
• Keeping the statistics of advertisement displays and clicks;
• Setting banner priorities;
• Choosing banner display date and time.

Picture gallery

A module for the publication of pictures on the website.
Main features of the module: 

• Automatic sizing of pictures and thumbnail generation;
• Uploading of a large number of photographs from ZIP files;
• Grouping pictures into categories (by name, description, date).

Frequently asked questions

A module for the management of the most frequently asked questions by the visitors of the website and answers to them.
Main features of the module:

• Providing a request form for website visitors;
• Reviewing received requests (questions);
• Possibility to choose whether to send an answer to a particular person or to publish it on the website;
• Sorting questions into categories.

Polls

This module is used for conducting online polls on the website.
Main features of the module:

• Possibility to conduct several polls at the same time;
• Possibility to offer desired question and answer options;
• Publication of detailed poll results on the website and in OptimalSite environment.

Discussions/forums

This module is used for organising discussions on the website.
Main features of the module:

• Management of topics (creating new topics, editing, deleting, assigning to categories);
• Possibility to use the module as a commenting system to get visitor opinions.

Usage statistics

Usage statistics module allows monitoring the popularity of your website and the number of its visitors.
The main data provided by the usage statistics module:

• Number of unique visitors of the website;
• Number of direct visitors;
• List of phrases entered in search engines, which directed to the website;
• Detailed statistics of the popularity of website's pages and other statistical data.

Custom modules

Depending on the client's needs, OptimalSite may be linked to accounting and business management systems and many other software as well.
Examples of custom modules:

• Payment systems module: bank payment, credit/debit card payment, SMS payment, pay-per-call payment;
• A Flash component that allows displaying video and audio materials on the website. An example of the module installed: enci.sviesa.lt;
• Data exchange with Flash animation module. Installed in www.indexfund.lt for the presentation of price lists and in www.palekas.lt for the management of pictures and texts;
• An interface between a car catalogue and portal autoplius.lt. When this function is selected, car advertisements on autoplius.lt will be automatically renewed directly from the company's website.

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