Open System Lab - uPost Overview

What is uPost?

uPost is based up Joomla, an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made uPost the most popular Web site software available.

What's a content management system (CMS)?

A content management system is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your Web site, much like your local public library keeps track of books and stores them. Content can be simple text, photos, music, video, documents, or just about anything you can think of. A major advantage of using a CMS is that it requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. Since the CMS manages all your content, you don't have to. 

What are some real world examples of what uPost! can do?

uPost is used all over the world to power Web sites of all shapes and sizes. For example:

• Corporate Web sites or portals
• Corporate intranets and extranets
• Online magazines, newspapers, and publications
• E-commerce and online reservations
• Government applications
• Small business Web sites
• Non-profit and organizational Web sites
• Community-based portals
• School and church Web sites
• Personal or family homepages

uPost Features:

• Completely database driven site engines
• News, products, or services sections fully editable and manageable
• Topics sections can be added to by contributing Authors
• Fully customisable layouts including left, center, and right Menu boxes
• Browser upload of images to your own library for use anywhere in the site
• Dynamic Forum/Poll/Voting booth for on-the-spot results
• Runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX server, Solaris, and AIX

Extensive Administration:

• Change order of objects including news, FAQs, Articles etc.
• Random Newsflash generator
• Remote Author submission Module for News, Articles, FAQs, and Links
• Object hierarchy - as many Sections, departments, divisions, and pages as you want
• Image library - store all your PNGs, PDFs, DOCs, XLSs, GIFs, and JPEGs online for easy use
• Automatic Path-Finder. Place a picture and let Joomla! fix the link
• News Feed Manager. Choose from over 360 News Feeds from around the world
• E-mail a friend and Print format available for every story and Article
• In-line Text editor similar to any basic word processor software
• User editable look and feel
• Polls/Surveys - Now put a different one on each page
• Custom Page Modules. Download custom page Modules to spice up your site
• Template Manager. Download Templates and implement them in seconds
• Layout preview. See how it looks before going live
• Banner Manager. Make money out of your site