Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Features
On the iPad
Okay, we've spent the last several months exploring and developing things on the iPad tablet platform. While we don't want to sound like an Apple commercial, and we don't want to add needless volume to the noisy hype surrounding this new technology, and we don't want to sound like we've totally gone off our rocker, we do want to express our opinion...
izotz!prototype : Prototyping Large Websites
Very often the things that take the longest in any website project are creating pages, filling them with content, and organizing (then reorganizing over and over) the website architecture. Prototype is a tool designed to make that part of the process much quicker and easier, and enable non technical users to work together.
izotz!click - Building Online Marketing Campaigns
Online tools to help you build landing pages and marketing websites, split-test page performance, and create powerful online marketing campaigns.
Building Flash Websites
The Flash Website Builder module lets you create an instant flash website out of the static webpages in your izotz universe.
Wizard Module - Create Multi-step Pages to Display Info or Collect Data
Wizards have long been a powerful tool in guiding viewers through pages of information. If you are collecting info, a wizard can break a long form into user friendly steps. The Wizard Module lets you do all this.
Web Tracker Tools - Get More Out of Your Websites
Let your users tell you how you need to make your website better. The Web Tracker tool gives you real time feedback on how your visitors are using your websites. Use this information to fine tune your pages.
Want To Earn Commissions Selling Websites?
If you want to provide website building services from within your website, add this module and enable people to sign up with izotz, and collect a commission for every sign up.
Making Landing Pages
An important part of having your website work harder for you is making stand alone webpages that support your online marketing efforts. The Stand Alone Static Webpage Module can really help you do this.
Integrating Other Web Stuff Into Your izotz Universe
Most people have some kind of web presence. Some already have online stores, photo galleries, or other online things. It's not hard to integrate other websites into your izotz universe.
Why Would You Need More Than One Website?
It's hard enough to build and maintain one website, who in there right mind wants two? Or three? Or a dozen? If you really want to make the web work hard for you...
Are You Looking For the Competitive Edge in Your Business
The izotz tools are powered by a backend technology called the izotz!IMS Internet Management System. This powerful system can drive a lot of different business models, with the izotz web building tools being just one.
Are You Into Online Games?
There are lots and lots of people out there publishing online games, many of them in the Flash format. This module lets you create pages for those games, and allows you to build your own gaming website.
Make Your Own Online Email Forms
Email forms are a staple of nearly all websites. The Email Forms module lets you easily create custom email forms, collect information from users or send information out to people, and store that information in data files.
Using the Mailing List Module
Combine the Mailing List module with the Broadcast Email tool and you have a very easy way to communicate with people who sign up for one of your mailing lists.
The ISP Webmaster Module
This module will allow you to create multiple independent izotz websites. Whether you are a web designer, and ISP, or someone like the IT guy at a school district, if you need to make a lot of websites, all for different people, this module is for you. Make a BUSINESS doing izotz websites.
Using Stand Alone Webpages
All izotz modules can run as stand alone webpages. Learn how this feature can really help you use your content in ways you might not have thought about.
Create Your Own Social Network
Social networks are a fun and useful way for a varied group of people to connect, share, and interact. The new izotz Social Network module allows you to create your own private social network quickly and easily.
Getting izotz onto Facebook
The izotz app on Facebook allows you to add izotz websites and web projects to your Facebook page.
The Tao of iZotz
At first glance iZotz probably looks like one of the zillion website building tools that flood the internet highways. And on the surface it certainly is. Here's a little bit of the iZotz philosophy.
iZotz as Add-on
You can use iZotz to build a big website. But you can also use it to build add-ons to your current website. You don't need to abandon everything you already have to leverage iZotz modules into your web presence.
Using the Photo Gallery Module for Breaking News
One of the best things about the internet is how it can be so immediate. Say it, see it, post it, and everyone gets to share in it. And the Photo Gallery module can help you do that.
Building Projects Offline
When building a new project, new pages for a website, or performing a major website overhaul, use these strategies to help you make the transition from stage to live.
iZotz For Beginners
Putting things on the web using iZotz can be really easy. As your needs evolve, it can get more complicated. This introduction will give you a foundation which will make things easier for you.
The Disposable Website
Thinking about the web differently. Maybe it doesn't have to be so permanent.
Project Management Website Template
A disposable website that enables a team of people to collaborate on projects. Perfect for contractors, software developers, event planners, lawyers, or any other group of people who might need to communicate while working on a project.
iZotz Mobile iPhone
iZotz Mobile gives you complete access to your iZotz administrator through your iPhone.
WIKI
WIKI is that cool little thing you see at the bottom of many webpages that allows you to post comments about the content on a webpage. You can enable WIKI in many iZotz modules.
When to Get Another iZotz Account
You can build as many websites and pages as you want under your iZotz membership, so why would you need more than one account?
Messaging
The Messaging module allows you to create messaging applications that allow website members to send non-email messages to website adminstrators, a select list of people, or each other.
Quick Prototypes
Whether or not you are building an iZotz project, iZotz can help you shorten development time on any website project. Use iZotz to prototype your projects.
eStore
Designed to be easy to run, the eStore template lets you create online stores to sell either electronic products or hard goods, and includes a shopping cart, online payment processing, order manager, and a "specials" page.
Schedules and Calendars
The new schedule templates let you build personal and shared calendars, work schedulers, appointment managers, and all kinds of other date related projects.
Create an Online Newspaper
The Newspaper template makes it a snap to create and maintain online newspapers, magazines, newsletters, and when used with a little creative thought...highly adaptible standalone websites.
Creating a Custom Administration Page
Use custom administration pages to limit administration options, reduce training, and make administrating projects painless.
Using Friendly URL Names
When you create a new iZotz project, it gets assigned a randomly generated ID number. This ID number is then used in a URL to reach your project on the web. Using the Friendly URL Name tool you can create user friendly URL names and replace those random ID's, making it much easier to remember your project URL's.
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Creating a Custom Administration Page
Making it easier to administrate projects.

here are a number of ways you can administrate your iZotz projects. You can open the My iZotz Administrator at http://myizotz.net, or edit content using DirectEdit, or sometimes administrate modules simply by signing in to the webpage.

If you want to streamline the way you administrate your projects and make things as simple as possible, or if you want to enable certain people to administrate certain modules but not give them access to all the administration tools, or in fact even let them see all those tools...you should consider creating a Custom Administration Page.

Creating a Custom Administration Page

The Custom Administration Page is a project template that lets you pick and choose which projects a user can see and administrate. You can place as many or as few projects as you want on the page, and the end user sees only the ones you choose. You can also place Tools on the page, making it easy to allow select people access to select tools.

Creating a custom administration page is easy...

  1. While in the My iZotz Administrator, click Create New Project.
  2. Select the Custom Administration Page template.
  3. Name your project and click Save.
  4. Close the window, then click your new project in the Project Manager.
  5. Select which projects and tools you want on the page. Drag them from the Available panel to the Custom Admin panel.
  6. If you want to set specific permissions for an item, select it and click the Permissions button.

Set Permissions for the Custom Administration Page

Once created, you'll want to set permissions so that not everyone in the world can access this page.

  1. Click the Permissions tab.
  2. Enable Password Protection and click Save.
  3. Click the Edit button for the View Content panel.
  4. Select which users should be able to see this page.

You can create as many custom administration pages as you want. So if you have a lot of different people who perform different administration tasks in your projects, create one for each administrator, and give them only the projects they're responsible for. This not only makes it much easier for your administrators to do their job, but it makes your projects more secure by keeping idle hands away from projects they shouldn't be near.


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