Website Blog Module
The Contegro® Blog Module is the foundation for dynamic written discussions with your website viewers. Blogging is interactive and absorbing. There are no rules to starting a Blog; conversational debates are updated on an informal basis by yourself, your staff or your website visitors.
Bloggers can comment on topics in existing discussions by posting a reply – which appear instantly and conveniently in chronological order – or create a new topic for inspiration and reflection. The Contegro® Blog module is truly a resourceful way to get to know your website viewers by enabling you to facilitate forums that relate to your business industry, products or services. Levels of restricted access can be applied to discussions to segment public, website members and internal business.
Key Features
Comprehensive Management
The Contegro® Blog caters for unlimited discussions and topics and can be updated as often as necessary to maintain appeal and constructive participation. Administrators can act as mediators by removing Blog entries for any inappropriate posts.
Controlled Access for Members
Member level permissions can be applied to individual discussions to control access for website members such as; business partners, suppliers and customers. Login restrictions can also be imposed on the Topic and Comment forms, restricting public to ‘read-only’ access, whilst members have full access to the Blog.
Essential Information
Immediacy is the key for successful blogging to maintain viewer interaction. Topics and posts (or replies) are shown conveniently in chronological order. Details are displayed to ensure viewers that they are participating in a relevant discussion.
Spam Eliminator
The Topic and Comment forms include an optional visual ‘Captcha’ control, which helps put a stop to annoying automated spamming.
Email Subscription
To keep up to date, website viewers can subscribe to an individual blog thread. Subscribers receive a notification email containing the latest blog comment and a convenient option to unsubscribe from the thread.
Site-wide Searching
The Blog Module integrates into Contegro’s® site-wide search function. When performing a universal keyword search, blog comments are included in the results list.
Suitable Applications
- Facilitate discussions with partners, suppliers and customers
- Encourage comments and opinions to website articles
- Product support forums and reviews
- Political round-tables
- Breaking News outlets
- Personal memos to the world
The Module will be designed to suit your website. The example shown is indicative only.