Elxis CMS Features

We have listed the most important features of Elxis CMS. Features are presented for the Administration Panel (Back-End) and the Public web site (Front-End).

Apart from that, keep in mind that Elxis CMS is a true multilingual CMS (both in Administration and Public Frontend) that fully supports the UTF-8 encoding, has embedded security features and has an embedded mechanism for creating Search Engines Friendly URLs.

All these features makes Elxis CMS an ideal candidate if you are seeking for a business and professional open source CMS.

Administration Panel (Back-End)

If you use the Administration Panel, you can build your own web site and manage it. Administration panel is also referred as Back-End. Administration panel is user friendly and straightforward to use and has a number of unique features:

1. Open source. The whole source code is open and accessible.
2. Friendly to the User. Elxis grows with you. Grows as you gain more experience and knowledge. It is easy for the new users and powerful for the experienced ones.
3. Multilingual. You can have the Administration Panel in any language you wish. New languages can be also added or you can translate the Administration Panel in your language.
4. Simple and Extended view. You can choose the way Administration will be displayed. Use Extended for detailed information or the Simple one for daily use.
5. Simple Interface. The Interface is simple and easy to understand.
6. Extensible. You can install new add-ons (Components, Modules, Bots, Templates) and extend Elxis CMS functionality. You can visit www.elxis-downloads.com for new add-ons.
7. Languages Manager. The Language Manager, controls the Front-End and Back-End languages. Elxis is multilingual concerning both the Front-End and the Back-End.
8. UTF-8. Elxis makes full use of UTF-8 encoding.
9. Strong SEF URL Support. SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URL stands for URLs that are friendly to the search engines. Elxis has a sophisticated mechanism that can create SEF URLs.
   • SEO Pro: It produces URL which are easily understood. Administrators can define the text to be used.
     For example:
     faqs/managing_content/editing-content.html
   • SEO Basic: It builds SEF URLs which are not understood by people.
     For example:
     content/category/3/18/33/
   • No SEF: It produces simple URLs.
     For example:
     index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=3&id=18&Itemid=32
10. SEO. SEO stands for Search Engines Optimization. You can define the META description and META keywords for every content item or let Elxis do it for you.
11. Ajax Technology. Ajax Technology is used in these parts of Elxis which are of crucial importance. In that way any procedure is accelerated and users have less and less problems to face.
12. Automatic Translations. It is a really important feature for multilingual web sites. You can translate the content (content items and autonomous pages) from one language into another. Translated content keeps its formating.
13. Optimized Cache. You can use the Optimized Cache to accelerate the speed of your web site.
14. Templates. The look of a web site is controlled by using templates. Templates separate data from the appearance. Elxis makes use of 3 types of templates: Web site templates, Administration templates and templates for the login screens.
15. WYSIWYG Editor. Adding or editing of content with the use of the incorporated WYSIWYG editor. It is so easy, as if you made use of a widely known text editor for PCs. You can also add or remove functions. WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get.
16. Access Manager. Management of users' rights. Creating new groups of users. You can define what is, or what is not allowed to do. The Access Manager is a must have system for professional web sites, that many CMS do not have. But not Elxis!
17. New Multimedia Manager. You can use this new strong feature in order to administer the multimedia files of your web site. You can also upload, move, remove or delete these files. The New Multimedia Manager supports all the following file types:
    • Εικόνες (gif, jpg, png, bmp, jpeg),
    • Video (mpg, avi, wmv, mov, flv, mpeg, asf, rm, nsv, xvid),
    • Sound (mp3, wav, mid, ram, wma, ogg, aac),
    • Other (doc, xls, csv, ppt, swf, pdf, txt, zip, tar, rar, gz, tgz),
18. SoftDisk. It controls several aspects of the Elxis' functionality. The SoftDisk constitutes a unique which has been created taking into account programers and administrators. Your own variables can be defined and used by Elxis.
19. Bridges. They constitute another unique feature of Elxis that enables it to use third applications as if they were part of Elxis.
20. Logins Recorder. It records all those users who log on the administration and keeps a log file.
21. Database Manager. You can operate or optimize the database directly from Elxis and save time in daily basis. It is a special tool for administrators. You can download, import or export backups.
22. Users' Profiles. Every user have his own profile which is composed by default and extra fields. You can define as many extra fields you want them to be included in the Users' Profile. You can also define the required fields and those who should be filled during registration. This feature is available through Users Manager.
23. Filters. Elxis provides administrators with a flexible filtering mechanism that helps them locate content on large web sites. You can filter almost any attribute of content and let Elxis Administration display only the content that interests you for editing.
24. Tools. These are special functions which are only available to administrators and – among other things - help them to secure, maintain and update their web sites.
25. Statistics. Collects all those statistic data which are important to your website.
26. Recycle Bin Manager. Deleted content is first removed to the Recycle Bin and then safely deleted.
27. Menu Manager. You can build menus easily. Many menu levels are supported.
28. Archive. Your old articles can be archived and displayed using special ways.
29. Content Organization. Content is organized in Sections, Categories, Content Items and Autonomous Pages for easy maintenance and navigation.
30. Banner Management. You can create and manage your own or your clients banners.
31. Contacts Management. Define and manage your contacts and allow your visitors to contact the equivalent department of your company.
32. Mass Mail. Mass Mail can be sent to the registered users.
33. News Feeds. Log on to info sources and display artciles from them in your web site.
34. RSS Feeds. You can act as the info source to other web sites.
35. Polls. Define and manage polls.
36. Web Links. You can create lists of web links organized in categories and receive screenshots from these web sites directly from the Internet.
37. Submitted Content Management. You can allow users to submit content and manage it prior to publishing.
38. Module Manager. You can manage the installed modules, build your own and install new ones.
39. Bots. Installed bots' management and installation of new ones.
40. Multilingual online Help. Multilingual help screens and advices.

Front-End

The Front-End is your web site. Is what visitors can see. From the Back-End you have been provided with all management features to make your web site aesthetically proper and safe.

1. Multilingual Content. Elxis is a true multilingual CMS that makes use of UTF-8 encoding. You can build content equivalent to all the installed languages. You can also have several menus and menu items based to the language in use. You are also free as to the selection of content structure according to the language in use. You can for instance have a menu in English with content items that lead to the equivalent English content. If you change the front-end language to German, you are free to display a different menu which will contain, for example, 3 content items that will guide you to the equivalent in the German language content; a quite helpful flexibility.
2. Optimized for the Search Engines. Web sites that are based on Elxis are optimized for Search Engines.
3. Search Engines Friendly URLs. Forget ugly URLs. Web sites created with Elxis 2008, can have readable by the people URLs.
4. Fast. Web sites load faster.
5. Safe. You can exploit effectively the Elxis tools to have a secure web site. (Security constitute a rather complicated process and apart from Elxis can be affected by other parameters).
6. Based on Templates. Web site's appearance is controled by templates. Your web site's look can change, just with a few clicks.
7. Design based on CSS. Distributed templates are based on CSS.
8. Frontpage Module. New Frontpage Module for displaying important content in an attractive way. You are kindly requested not to mistaken Frontpage Module for Frontpage Component.
9. YAML Template Support. Elxis supports templates build with the use of YAML.
10. Flexible Modules. Modules which can be displayed wherever you need them to.
11. Easy Navigation. You can publish as many menus as you need. Dynamic menus are supported.
12. Related Content. Every article can have a list of links to related content.
13. Exporting Articles as RTF. You can create RTF files from articles and store them in your PC. You can then open them with the help of Open Office or Ms Word and print them or convert them into PDF.
14. Printing or Mailing Articles. You can print or send articles by e-mail.
15. Polls. Polls can be displayed.
16. Banners. Banners can be displayed in your web site.
17. Access Level and Content. You can choose the content that will be displayed based to the Access Level of the user.
18. Wrapper. Content display from other web sites by the use of a wrapper.
19. Video. Include Flv videos as part of the content.
20. Content Evaluation. Users can be allowed to evaluate the content.
21. Intro and Main Text. Articles content is divided in Intro and Main Text. you can have the Intro Text in a blog view and let users decide, if they are interested, to view the full article (Intro + Main Text).
22. Flexible Content Display. Any available content can be displayed in different styles, which are directly related to the content's organization in Elxis. Some of the most common choices are:
    • Display as Blog
    • Display as List (Table)
    • Display a Section's content
    • Display a Category's content
    • Display single article
    • Display Component
    • Display Autonomous Pages
23. Contact Forms. Use contact forms to let users contact you or departments of your company.
24. Links. A list of links is displayed. Links are organized in categories.
25. Embedded Search Engine. Users can search in the web site's content using the embedded search engine.
26. Logged on users. Shows the users that are visiting or are logged in to your web site.
27. Content submitted by users. Users can submit their content which is checked by administrators before being published.
28. Users' Profile Display. You can display users' profile or display a list of all the available members.
29. Profile Management. Members can manage their own profile details.
30. Controlled Footnote. Your web site’s Footnote can be adjusted, by modifying only one file.
31. Login screens. Custom Login screens are supported by Elxis. You can create your own Login screens and choose which one will be used to log on the management.