Content Management Features
We are very proud of our custom Content Management System. We call it Latitude because it doesn't box you in, but gives you flexibility and freedom. There are a ton of awesome features available and what's great is that we can customize any of the existing features or create new ones to meet your specific needs. Below you'll find some details about each feature.
Custom Home Page
Your home page will have a custom layout where you can highlight important information using text, images, and video. You might feature products, news and events. Areas of the page can be setup to rotate through content in a slideshow fashion.
Unlimited Information Pages
Adding pages to your site is easy. When you create a page your menus and breadcrumb navigation is updated automatically. You can include text, images, links, videos and more on any page. Each page will have a friendly url providing easy to understand web addresses.
WYSIWYG Editor
Throughout the Latitude system you will find an easy to use content editor making it easy for you to add pages to your site without knowing anything about HTML. If you're familiar with Microsoft Word, then you can manage the content on your site.
Video
Adding video to any page in your site is easy. You can embed YouTube, Vimeo, and other popular video sites. In addition custom video players can be incorporated into the home page design, and related videos can appear on any information page.
Articles
You can use articles to provide premium content to your visitors. A rotation of articles can appear on the home page. You can create article types allowing you to group related content. Each article page has a friendly url, providing easy to understand web addresses.
Blog
Our blog functionality allows you to have an unlimited number of posts which visitors can comment on. You will have the ability to approve all comments before they appear on your site. It's also posible for you to respond to each comment.
Browser Compatibility
Your website will be compatible with all modern web browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome. This is true for the administrative side of your site as well.
Business Directory
Allows you to feature local businesses or your business partners. By simply adding a business it will appear in a consistent format along with all of the other listings.
Custom Form Builder
A simple way to add forms to your site without having to be a programmer. Setting up forms is fast... you can have a new form up and running in minutes.
Customer Feedback
Let others see what people are saying about you. Customer testimonies are a great way to show potential clients what they can expect when they do business with you.
Data Mining
Collect information regarding how people are interacting with your website. Create rules to recommend content and products based on the pages being viewed.
Donations / Online Giving
We will configure your website to integrate with any 3rd party online giving solution. One of the easiest solutions to implement is PayPal.
E-Commerce
If you have products to sell we will help you get your online store up and running. We can setup an integrated PayPal shopping cart, or build a complete store using Shopify.com
Employment Opportunities
Post open positions and allow people to apply. Setting up postings makes sure each job is displayed in a consistent way on your website.
Events
Events can appear in several locations throughout your site including the home page, event listings, event calendar, and related information pages. Events can repeat, require registration, and provide ways to invite friends.
HTML
If your comfortable working with HTML you can add custom layouts, add scripting to any page, and apply your own styles. Working with the HTML is not required to manage your site and is considered an advanced option.
Member Area
You can offer premium content to the people that matter most to your organization. All member pages will require visitors to login to your site before the content can be seen.
News
Do you have press releases and other news that you want to share with your customers? Many of our clients have added a rotating news section on their home page offering a simple way to communicate the latest.
Newsletter
An email based newsletter is a great way ti keep touch with your customers. A newsletter subscription form can be added to your website, linking to your email marketing solution of choice.
People, Users & Roles
Setup users to manage the content of your site. Each person can be setup with different permissions so they only update the content that pertains to their area.. 
Photo Gallery
If you have a lot of photos to share, you can easily setup an unlimited number of galleries on your site. Galleries can be setup in slideshow and lightbox formats .
Podcast
In addition to letting people listen to your audio messages directly from your site, a podcast can be setup which is integrated with iTunes.. 
Polling
A 3rd party poll/survey tool can be used providing a way to interact with visitors and collect valuable information. Polls can be scheduled to appear, and reporting options allow you to analyze responses.
Portfolio
The portfolio module offers a consistent way to showcase your previous projects. Highlights from each project can be setup to rotate on the home page. Each project can leverage images and video.
RSS
Each blog and podcast on your site is setup with an RSS subscription. This makes it easy for people to continue getting info from you, even after they leave your site. Most modern browsers ad email clients can subscribe.
Site Map
A site map is a page on your site that links to each of the top level pages on your site. This provides another way for visitors to locate the information they are looking for. 
Site Search
Your website can be setup to take advantage of a customer search feature that will read the content on the site to return meaningful results.
Site Statistics
Your site will be setup with free statistics provided by Google Analytics. This is a robust set of stats that will help you see how people are using your site.
Tell A Friend
Each of the key content pages of the site will include a tell a friend feature allowing visitors to share information from your site with their friends, driving more traffic to your site.
Upload Files & FTP
The upload feature makes it easy to upload files and images. It also provides an option to resize and optimize images during the upload process. 
Workflow
The workflow module creates an approval process for your content. If you want your managers to approve all of the site content before it appears to your visitors, then this is the module for you. Exclusive Church Features
Devotions
A great way to offer daily devotions from your site. You can pre-load devotions to appear on the date you specify. Devotions can be read from the website, or people can subscribe using an RSS feed. 
Prayer Requests
The prayer submission form is used to accept visitor requests with minimal required contact information allowing visitors to leave sensitive prayers without losing their anonymity.
Serving Opportunities
If you have a lot of serving opportunities that you would like to promote this is a great way to do it. It allows people to search for opportunities that meet their gifts, abilities and schedule. There are a number of features for both the administrator of the site as well as the website visitor.
Small Group Locator
If you offer a number of small groups around town this is a great way to promote them and help people find one located in their area, on a day that meets their needs. You can create an unlimited number of Small Group Types (Men, Women, Couples, etc) that can also be used to help people find the right group to join. Industry Specific Features
Home Builder Suite
We have designed and built a number of home builder websites, and we have a suite of tools to help you manage your communities, floor plans, home collections, and inventory. If you need an easier and more consistent way to promote your communities then this suite is for you. The community module captures all of the pertinent data about each of your communities so that each neighborhood is setup the same way for your site visitors. Having this information presented consistently makes it easier for your customers to find the information they are looking for. The community module integrates with the floor plans module and the people module. It also integrates with Google Maps so that your communities are easily located on area maps.
School Athletics Suite
This suite allows you to add students, teams and game details ahead of time to build each team's schedule. Upcoming games appear on the overview page for the athletics section of your site and on each team's profile page. When adding game details you can include the opponent, home/away status, conference game, game date, time, and departure time, team score, opponent score, and game highlights. The scores for each game determines the team's season record.
Radio Station Suite
If you have radio station websites, we have a suite of tools that will help you manage your stations, programs, schedules, and playlists. When you setup a station you identify key details including the call letters, frequency, address, time zone, daylight savings rules, listen online options, and if it uses the national playlist. You can also manage station specific content that can appear on the home page. This module also acts as a portal to other features including playlists, schedules, and station contacts. The time zone and daylight savings fields allow the site to display the correct schedule and ensure the on the air information is accurate.
