Point, Click, Publish!
Sample home pages from Journalmaker sites. Your site can have its own custom layout or use a standard template. Appearance and content are entirely under the control of the editor.
Who? Any...
- Small business
- Local non-profit
- Club, school
- Church, et al.
What? Applicability...
- Personal journal
- Affinity network
- Staff network
- Newsletter
- Member management
Why? Control...
- Who sees, joins, contributes
- Who contacts your members
- Who accesses your private and secure data
- Revenue options
Journalmaker: Good for communication and your bottom line, but your webmonster webmaster may not like it much, as it removes publishing bottlenecks and broadens participation.
Your blog posts may also contain graphics and links to other sources. Most HTML/CSS formatting options are available within blog posts.
Blogs
Each Journalmaker site has a web log ("blog") that doubles as a news magazine. One editor controls the activation of articles; this authority can be delegated.
Blog articles ("posts") can be added with a simple interface (type, or copy and paste text). The author merely fills in a form. Articles may be categorized.
If the Members System is enabled, each member also has a personal journal. Members' articles may optionally be "promoted" to appear in the site blog. This requires selection by the blog editor, or other members may recommend the promotion.
The default format (inset) of the blog is controlled by a Journalmaker tool, but a custom layout can be created. The internal content of articles can include most HTML/CSS formatting options. At the site manager's option, previews of recent articles can be echoed on the home page or almost anywhere else in the site, all together or by category.
The editor may enable comments for the blog, the preview, or articles by individual members. Comments can be restricted to members only or allowed to all readers. The blog is secured by industry-standard access control lists.
The layout and color scheme and content of your member profiles may be different from the one shown here.
Membership
If you install Journalmaker's member management tool, each member has a personal profile that enables blogging, links to other networks, and personal information as enabled by the site and selected by the member.
Members can post personal announcements (Updates) in their profiles; recent announcements can be echoed optionally on other pages. Announcements can include links to additional source information. Announcements are limited to about 250 characters.
Each member has a personal journal to present content that is too large or complex for the brief format of personal announcements.
Other tools include member-to-member messaging through which members can send "internal email" to other members.
Members can comment on other members' articles.
Member information is never shared by Journalmaker or used in third-party advertising or promotional contacts. Journalmaker does not facilitate such third-party contact by the site manager, however we make no warranty that it is impossible to circumvent our built-in privacy protocols.
The layout of your member list may vary from the one shown here.
Member Management
Journalmaker supports a Members system that enables site managers to
- allow or restrict access to selected elements of the site
- allow members to perform certain content-management tasks
- define groups or categories of membership
Posted content is secured by access control list protocols, with overall security by Journalmaker and site-specific privacy settings.
Networking
Journalmaker facilitates networking among members with member to member messaging, personal announcements and individual blogs. Members may also join groups defined by the administrator.
These features may be used both for personal contact and as an issues-tracking system if linked via an API to a companion application such as a personnel or work-flow management system. Member identities can be linked through our API to enable common login if desired.
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