Powerful software with the expertise to make it work for you

WebEngine is a complete web application development environment and web-oriented scripting language that is included as part of a pre-packaged consulting engagement. In addition to content management, WebEngine offers a myriad of web services such as shopping carts, contact forms, and just about any other web application you might think of. An Entropy project manager will assist you in identifying requirements unique to your web environment so that the framework can be configured to specifically meet the needs of your organization. We are also available to ensure that there is effective knowledge transfer to your technical staff on how the WebEngine can be used, maintained and extended.

WebEngine Feature List

Data Fluency

• Create, edit and reuse all types of content
• By default, WebEngine content is stored in an SQL database for maximum speed and flexibility
• XML data sources are handled natively within WebEngine, for extensive interoperability with other systems
• Smart management of rich media including still images, audio, and video content
• Flash content management (via XML) is deeply integrated into WebEngine's content lifecycle paradigm
• Custom graphics can be generated dynamically based on information you enter in WebEngine's content database

Content Lifecycle

• All content changes proceed along a content lifecycle which generally follows an Edit, Preview, Approve and Publish model.
• Ability to define customized content lifecycle stages. For example, on certain content you may add the requirement of 3 custom proofreading stages before final approval can proceed
• Management permission levels are highly granular, providing maximum control over web site content
• For example, allows an 'editor' to verify changes made by a 'writer' before the world sees them on the live web site

Multiple Language Support

• Built in translation aids allow for rapid content translations by third-parties
• Content updates in the 'source' language are flagged in all other languages for updating
• Fully Unicode compatible: built in support for all alphabets (e.g. Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Hebrew)
• Internal communication system to track translation requests and translator questions

Automation

• Schedule custom scripts to execute on the server (e.g. backup of special data or data filtering)
• Log user contact information to text file or database system for later use
• Scheduled auto-publishing and/or removal of time-sensitive information

User Control

• Control individual user access to specific content areas
• Control the user's access to View, Update, Approve and Publish changes to the web site
• Limit user's views of the content maintenance system backend
• Assign a user to a group for simplified administration
• Highly extensible backend system can be customized to meet your needs
• Special purpose menu items are easily added to the WebEngine backend for seemless integration of reports and utilities

The objective of WebEngine is to provide a complete, cost-effective solution to web site management. By combining the WebEngine framework with Entropy's consulting and development expertise, you will be able to quickly establish and deploy a web site management system to meet your needs. WebEngine is flexible and can be incorporated at any phase of your site's design: as part of an as-yet undesigned web site; in conjunction with a redesign of an existing site; or as a "retrofitted" enhancement to an already-live site design. Entropy will help you understand how the WebEngine framework is designed and how we can customize and configure it to meet the specific requirements of your organization.