People

The People Manager is the tool used to control viewing and editing access to your site. User levels fall into five categories – Guests, Members, Contributors, Editors, Administrators – each with progressive levels of access to viewing and editing content. The range runs from the read-only viewing of Guests up to the full website and email management decisions enjoyed by Administrators.

Visitors will be able to register with your site through a log-in section, and once they register, their information is stored in the People Manager. You also have the option to import data from other sources – member or customer databases, for example.

Groups

With the Group Manager, the data collected in the People Manager can be organized into logical groupings – customers, prospects, vendors, board members, etc. Whereas the People Manager controls what individuals can do, the Group Manager controls who views and who edits on a Group basis. In other words, Groups can be used to display information to certain audiences or to communicate to certain audiences.

Members can either join Groups or be assigned to Groups, or both, depending on your preference. For instance, as members register, they can select their own Group. One example could be “Sale Alert.” Anyone wishing to receive an emailed sale alert could elect to do so and would be effectively joining that Group. In another example, a Coordinator could create a Group for an upcoming project and assign various members of the team to the particular project group. As members of your site are assigned into groups, this tool will prepare your ability to target your communication.

Communications

The Communications Manager is a tool that allows you to target your communication, including sending email messages to Groups created in the Group Manager.

Statistics

Connect gives you the option to sign up for Google Analytics through the Statistics Manager. This is a free service that will provide statistics on how many website hits you get each day, as well as what days of the week and what times of day are most popular for people to visit your site.

Account

Here’s where you change your address, update your phone number, email contacts, change your billing method, update or add credit card details, check to see what services you have, and add or upgrade your services.

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