Metro 5: Overview

Many organizations still update their Web sites and other Web properties manually. They assume that comprehensive Web content management software is too expensive. Not any more. Metro gives you proven technology that delivers all the tools you need at a fraction of the price of costly enterprise-level solutions.

Capabilities:

Multiple sites—Use Metro’s powerful yet simple site management tools to power a single Web site or manage multiple Web sites in one application.

Communication—Metro lets you build sites easily for communicating about your company, products and services, from simple informational sites to advanced, interactive ones.

Customer Service—Metro offers tools that help you create customer portals and manage site content for user documentation and help resources.

Business Development—Use Metro to track your lead generation efforts and inbound inquiries.

E-Learning—Set up online tests within Metro. Great for schools and training efforts.

Document Management—Let Metro help you manage key documents for your organization. Search and retrieve archived documents. Ideal for intranet functions.

Surveys—Use Metro as your key toolset to conduct surveys for learning about your customers, products and services.

Web Analytics—Metro easily integrates with popular third-party Web analytics and reporting programs.

Support Systems—Use Metro to handle registrations for events, seminars or other activities. Capture information to support troubleshooting efforts. Set up forums, discussion boards and blogs to let users communicate with employees or each other.

Information Updates—Metro delivers an easy way to update site content. Update through an easy-to-use WYSIWYG editor or import Word documents to add or edit content.

Advantages:

• Non-technical users can create and change Web site content quickly and easily.

• Metro is ready for work right out of the box. It doesn’t require development resources for installation and use.

• Prototype a site within one day, or re-create the look and feel of existing sites within a few hours.

• Metro is scalable; it can manage multiple Web sites with one application and grow with your organization.

• Ensure consistent branding across multiple Web sites and share content between your different sites.

• Edit Web content directly on the Web site itself or import Web content from Microsoft Word documents.

• Includes search options to find site content.

• Robust, built-in security features control site access; workflow ensures that only approved content changes are posted.

• Customize the look and feel of your site with a click; reorganize pages anywhere on your site at any time.

• Built-in applications allow organizations to implement new site functionality quickly.

• Access is entirely Web browser based; no need to install any browser plug-ins or software on employee work stations.

• Navigation menus are automatically generated by the system, which eliminates broken links.

• Editor supports both Windows and Mac browsers.

• Metro works well in heterogeneous network environments.

• Scheduled publishing makes content updates when you want them.

• Includes syndication capabilities to load RSS content from other sites or to syndicate your own content.

• Integration Link allows Metro to easily handle content and applications from other systems, such as .Net.

• Optimizes content for search engines.

• Imports content from Transit Solutions publications.

Metro is a winning solution – from everyone’s perspective. Consider Metro if you’re a:

• Business owner or manager looking to improve customer service, while increasing savings and achieving productivity gains;

• Business employee frustrated by delays in updating critical content; or

• Webmaster or IT professional eager to serve your internal clients by posting their latest content as soon as possible while performing the value-added work that your job demands.