Thousands of members of the In-Portal Community think it is the right choice of CMS for their projects. Is In-Portal right for your project? We have prepared this list of features to help you decide (for more information on In-Portal’s features and modules, please refer to Features & Modules section):

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General Overview

In-Portal manages ALL major components of your website:

Content & Data – manage ANYTHING on your website: text, pages, documents, images, data records, links, news, articles, topics, posts, products, catalogs, galleries, forms, polls, etc.

Structure – manage and organize the structure of your website, content or data

Design & Layout – manage and customize look and feel of the website

Databases & Modules – configure, store and manage expandable functionality or user-provided data

User Accounts – manage your users and customers, restrict access, set user groups and permissions

E-mails – send out mass-mailings, customize e-mail templates, automatically manage mailing lists

Logs & Reports – automatically log most activity and compile exportable comprehensive reports

Tools & Preferences – manage and set preferences for many aspects of the website and its components

Administrative Console – secure management through a centralized Administrative Console

Much, much more…

Content & Data

• Multiple modes for working with the front-end: Browse Mode, Content Mode, and Design Mode
• Allows to modify any content throughout the website and create new content blocks
• Multilingual support of any number of languages; allows users to switch between them
• Intuitive WYSIWYG Editor for modifying Content throughout the website
• Content Editor includes:
  - Standard Tools for Styling and Formatting (including pre-defined styles)
  - Pasting from Microsoft Word and Excel
  - Image & Document libraries
  - Spell Checker
  - Full HTML mode for Advanced Users
• In-line editing for Section (Page) Properties including dozens of customizable options
• Manage language for all messages, buttons, elements, prompts, errors messages, etc. throughout the website

Structure

• Automatic support of hierarchy (sections of the website) that can be used to organize all data on the website through a central catalog
• Structure is automatically reflected on the front-end navigation: menus, titles, dropdowns, breadcrumbs, etc.
• SEO Friendly URLs with META information are automatically generated for each section
• Create, Modify , and Delete entire Sections similar to working with Folders on your computer
• Cut, Copy, Paste, Move, and Reorder entire Sections (or Subsections) and their content
• Unlimited number of Sections any number of levels deep
• Hide or disable sections, Set short URLs, Point to External URLs, and dozens of other customizable properties
• Section-specific templates, icons, and images for front-end output
• Relate to other sections or records; assign ownership to users
• Define and store custom data in each section
• Set custom session-specific and group(user-specific) permissions

Design & Layout

• The entire look and feel of the front-end (and backend) is template-based and separated from functionality, allowing for easy customization
• Single In-Portal installation support multiple themes; allows users to switch between them with a click of a mouse
• Drag and drop Content Blocks and Layout Elements allowing easy visual changes
• In-line editing for Layout Elements & Design Templates for advanced users
• Advanced Code Editor with tags highlighting, line tracking, and syntax checking

Databases & Modules

• Built-in support for Forms: ability to create and manage online forms to collect data from users
• Safely collect, validate, store and process user-provided data from multiple forms
• Built-in support for Polls to manage and run polls and record and track user responses
• Built-in support for to record and moderate user Comments and Reviews
• Supports Online Directory: Links, Profiles, Listings, etc.
• Supports News Managements: Articles, Feeds, Periodicals, etc.
• Supports Discussion Forum: Topics, Posts, etc.
• Supports Product Catalog: Products, Shopping Cart, Orders, Transactions, Payments, etc.
• Supports eBay Management: automatically list products to eBay, manage listings, etc.
• Featuring hundreds of customizable, properties, options, and tools for every possible application

User Accounts

• Manage (create, modify, delete) user accounts and their information
• Export users and account information into external databases or CRM systems (Excel, Outlook, ACT!, etc.)
• Send e-mails to users from within the Administrative Console
• Define user roles and setup permissions or use predefined ones
• Setup and manage User Groups and set custom access permissions
• Disable and ban abusive users
• Define and store extended or custom data in user records
• Includes dozens of customizable options and features for user management

E-mails

• Setup and customize e-mails automatically sent out for various system e-mails (from user registration to forgot password)
• Create and run multiple mailing lists to thousands of users at a time
• Automatically manage mailing lists subscriptions and unsubscribes
• Built-in e-mail events and templates for hundreds of events system-wide
• Multilingual support for e-mails
• Supports HTML and plain text e-mails in templates and mailing list

Logs & Reports

• Session Log that tracks all active sessions in the system
• Changes Log that tracks all changes in the system; including previously changed data
• Search Log tracks all searches in the system
• E-mail Log records all e-mails sent out by the system
• Visitor Log records all visits to the websites
• Download Log records all downloads from the website

Tool & Preferences

• Control General and Advanced Website Settings (from session timeout to MOD REWRITE)
• Manage Regional Settings (languages, character sets, date & time format, decimal points, measures systems, etc.)
• Manage multiple themes defining the front-end output of the website
• Manage Agents and Events
• Configure Stop Words and Thesaurus
• Manage Front-end Output and Search Settings
• Define Custom Fields for storing custom data in various records
• Backup and Restore Tools for the entire database
• Data Import tools and Database Query ToolsMiscellaneous System tools and Reports

Administrative Console

• Secure Password Protected Administrative Console with SSL encryption support
• Unlimited administrative users with user-specific viewing, custom sections, sorting, and filtering preferences
• Tree-like navigation, collapsible menus and sections with tabbed navigation
• Searching , filtering, sorting, and viewing tools and preferences for each section
• Sections can be customized by selecting fields and their order
• Modular windows or pop-ups based on preferences
• Customizable Administrative Interfaces (functionality, access and actions restrictions in sections, and designs)
• Built-in administrative interfaces sets: simple, intermediary or advanced