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WebCrimson Features

Starter Sites

We've built a wide array of Starter Sites to make it easy to get started (and provide free starter hosting):

More Starter Sites are on the way!

Hosting Support

  • Free hosting at yourname.crimsonblog.com or yourname.crimsonzine.com
  • Full FTP support to publish to any outside static site
  • FTP activity log, with a complete record of all FTP updates

Editing

  • Rich text editing, with point-and-click formatting in the browser
  • For users with FTP access, can upload and view images right in the browser

Templating

  • Easy tag-based templating language
  • Full support for XSLT templating standard, for power users
  • Unlimited number of custom templates per website
  • Support for multiple templates to draw off the same data

Basic Workflow

  • Built in Approval Queue, allowing Administrators to approve each update
  • Approval Queue controls, so Administrators can turn off approvals and updates can flow directly to site

Permissions

  • Complete Permissions system, with five levels of access built in
  • An unlimited number of authors possible per website

Weblog Support

  • Weblog wizard at Crimsonblog.com allows easy set up of weblogs
  • Full support for permalinks
  • Full archiving support
    • Can generate archives weekly, monthly, or yearly
  • Point-and-click formatting of date headers and time-date stamps
  • Ability to edit time and date stamp of any weblog post

Information Architecture

  • Full support for category directories, with unlimited levels of nesting
  • Each Data Entry can be classified into categories

Syndication

  • Creation of fully customizable XML feeds
  • Support for all flavors of RSS feeds
  • Support for generating javascript feeds of your data, which can be pulled into other websites

Advanced Features

  • Fully extensible using XSLT, enabling such features as:
    • Individual posts can call different formatting templates, using a simple pulldown
    • Unlimited control of time-date formats
    • Ability to embed Archive Indices on any page without using Server Side Includes
    • Ability to rotate content using javascript on static pages
  • Supports multiple types of data, including:
    • Weblogs
    • Essays and Articles (WebZines)
    • Templated Pages
    • Press Releases
    • News Links
    • Book Reviews



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