The
Standard Edition of Tourism Website Builder includes
many of the features most requested by
operators of medium sized tourism businesses. Optional Upgrades are
also available to further increase the power.
The
Standard Edition is offered as a hosted
Web site Content Management System. No need for costly additional hardware,
software, and technical maintenance typically required by in-house systems.
The
recommended hosting package for this edition includes 100 MB of diskspace.
More space may be ordered if required. See Hosting
for more details.
Easy Site Construction
Choose
your layout and color palette Use design templates to easily build
Web Pages. No
special technical skills or knowledge of HTML programming required.
Site Management
Keep your site fresh and up-to-date with all the tools you need to manage,
update and delete site content.
Content Scheduling
Ensure
that only current information appears on your Web site Predefine the
timing of content posting and automatic removal.
Multimedia
Upload and incorporate multimedia audio and video into your Web pages.
Digital
Documents
Upload and distribute digital documents from your Web pages. Use this
feature to distribute Newsletters or Brochures in Acrobat (.pdf), Microsoft
Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rft) or other popular formats.
Improve Search Engine Rankings
Create and edit your own meta tags for improved search engine rankings.
Visitor Tracking
Track the number of visitors who come to your site, how they found you,
where they are located, your most popular pages, their most common search
terms, top referring sites and much more. Presented in text and color
graphics.
What's
New
Designate
new pages to be featured in a "What's New" section prominently
displayed on the home page
with title, quick summary and link to more information.
Photo
Gallery
The Photo Gallery module allows you
to create and manage multiple photo galleries. Choose different themes,
seasons, regions or activities. Each Gallery can contain multiple pages
of photos. Click on thumbnail images for enlarged photos. Add photo
captions, descriptions, photo credits and Web links. Change the images
as often as you like.
Events
Schedule
This easy-to-use Events Schedule can be used to promote activities at
your business, or regional and community events. Features include: automatic
purge of outdated information; Secure administration with ability to
add, alter or delete messages.
Opt-in
E-mail Marketing & Visitor Address Collection:
Give your Web visitors the opportunity to subscribe to an opt-in e-mail
marketing program based on their personal interests. Regular newsletters
or one-time E-mail marketing pieces can be created and sent to the subscribers.
E-mail can be personalized with individual names. Send to all or only
to those according to their expressed interests. Collect subscribers
automatically from the Web site or enter them manually from telephone
inquiries. Create postal mailing lists from the collected data.
Information
Request System:
Minimize the effort involved in answering requests for information from
your Web site visitors by providing electronic documents, including
but not limited to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Microsoft Word (.doc), or Rich
Text (.rtf), that can be downloaded, read on-line or requested and sent
by e-mail.
An on-line
form allows visitors to order printed publications that can be sent
by post. Also, personalized requests for information that is not readily
available on the web site can be submitted on-line. If the viewer includes
their e-mail address, an e-mail response is immediately sent thanking
them for their request, while you are notified by e-mail of the details
of their request. The text of the "thank you" e-mail can be
modified at
any time.
FAQ
Module:
Let your Web site deliver responds to your most Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) and reduce the work load on your employees. Simply create responses
to all of your most commonly asked questions. The Web visitor can select
from a list of questions and choose to instantly receive the responses
on screen or by e-mail.
Tell
A Friend:
Grow your audience with this handy feature that enables your Web visitors
to send e-mail to their friends inviting them to visit your Web site.
Web
Mail
Web Mail allows you and your employees to collect e-mail with a username
and password from anywhere in the world using an Internet connected
computer with a standard Web browser. No e-mail program is required.
With all the features of regular e-mail programs, Web Mail is a must
for anyone who travels out of the office.
Site
Map:
Tourism Website Builder automatically generates a Site Map of the pages
and directory structure of your site. Visitors can use this page to
quickly view descriptions and links to all the pages in your Web site.
Seamless Upgrade
Standard Edition can be seamlessly upgraded to a more feature-rich edition
at any time.
Hands-on
Training:
One of the most popular features of Tourism Website Builder is how easy
it is to learn and master. Our professional training staff make it even
easier by offering personal instruction by telephone. Your trainer will
guide you through hands-on learning and provide handy 'cheat sheets'
for remembering the most common tasks. Tele-training has proven to be
far more effective than in-person or group training. It places you in
front of your own computer and facilitates learning at a relaxed pace.
No one is staring over your shoulder. There's no stress. This personal
and private approach eliminates the peer pressure of group training.
You can ask any question without feeling self-conscious.
While everyone
learns at a different speed, each version of Tourism Website Builder
includes an allotment of training time that is typically sufficient
to learn that specific version. However, if required, blocks of additional
training time may be purchased at bulk rates. Time can be utilized in
multiple sessions or banked for later.
The Standard Edition includes 6 hours of training.
Optional
Upgrades:
Optional
Upgrades are available to further increase the power of Tourism Website
Builder Standard Edition.
Multiple Web Sites:
Manage multiple Web sites, each with it's own unique Web address. Manage
both public and password protected private sites. These might include
public sites for tourism and economic development and private sites
for clients, suppliers and associates or a secure Intranet for employees.
These sites are administered through a common admin area and share common
tools. Prices are based on the number of sites managed. More sites can
be added later if required.
On-line
Surveys:
Survey your Web visitors and view the results in real time. Create and
post surveys. Results are tabulated immediately and presented privately
or publicly on-line. Features statistical reporting and color graphing.
Electronic
Postcards:
The 'Send a Post Card' feature allows visitors to build and send an
electronic e-mail post card to their friends. The Electronic Postcard
module lets you upload as many as 10 photos to create an assortment
of cards. Visitors choose their favorite photo, type in a personal message
and the e-mail address of their friend and an e-mail notification will
be sent to the recipient advising that an electronic post card is waiting
for them. The recipient clicks of a link in the notice and is transferred
to the post card via their Web browser.
Screensavers:
Downloadable screensavers are a proven way to build traffic to your
Web site. Supply your best photos and we will construct a custom screensaver.
Price is based on the number of images and includes scanning and color
correcting of supplied images and construction of screensaver application.
Visitors to our customers sites have downloaded and installed thousands
of screensavers. This is an excellent promotion tool.
Modification
and Customization:
While each control module offers a complete and rich feature set, if
requested, our programmers can modify any existing component or design
and build any custom component that you may require. Quotes for custom
design and modification are available upon request.
Hosted
Systems
Tourism Website Builder is offered as a managed, hosted
system that eliminates the need for additional hardware, software,
and maintenance typically required by in-house systems.
Deployed Systems
For those who require an in-house installation, we offer a deployed
system delivered pre-configured on a robust Web server ready for
in-house installation. Contact us for a quote.
Interactive
Broadcasting Corporation
alan@tourismwebsitebuilder.com
Tel: 1.877.325.7770 (Toll Free) or 1.250.377.4144
