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puresilva v2.0 e-commerce / CMS template features list

Listed below you'll find the core features available on our puresilva e-commerce/CMS template solution. The solution costs £250 - including the first year of hosting. Hosting costs £99 per year after the first year.

A more in-depth look at individual features of the puresilva e-commerce template can be found here.

Very latest updates to the template can be found here

 

Hosting

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bullet point your site hosted on a dedicated server, with careful server management. None of our dedicated servers has a Peak Hour Load of more than 60% of the server's capacity (in terms of RAM, CPU, bandwidth). This ensures fast-loading pages and reliable hosting overall
bullet point unlimited webspace
bullet point your website backed up daily on a separate server in a separate location to your website server
bullet point unlimited e-mail addresses (anything@yourdomain.com) along with your own email control panel
bullet point uses easyantispam.com email spam filter. Spam isn't something puresilva website owners have to worry about. The easyantispam.com facility costs $59.40 (USD) per year if you bought it by yourself - it's included in our hosting fee of £99per year!  
bullet point No software to install - nothing to 'set-up' - you just need an internet connection to run your website. Runs on ANY computer (Mac or PC).  
 


Live Updates to Software

 
bullet point You will receive live updates to the puresilva software for life  
 

Content-Managed Pages

 
bullet point Add unlimited pages to your website - you can add unlimited images and attach unlimited files to each page you add, ANYWHERE on the page. You can easily format text too as well as easily add website links onto your pages. Ability to add HTML titles and META tags for search engine optimization. Images are automatically resized intelligently depending on placement on page  
bullet point Create unlimited web forms (example musical survey here) - allowing you to capture data from your website visitors - each form is emailed to a user-defined email address. The forms themselves are 100% customisable.  
bullet point Customisable navigation - create your own navigation bars on your website - easily link to anywhere on the site - it's up to you  
bullet point Organize your pages into unlimited sections (categories)  
bullet point Search-engine friendly URLs of all your content-managed pages (as well as other on-page optimziation making your pages easy for search engines to index)  
 

News/Blog/Articles

 
bullet point Categorise your news/article entries  
bullet point Add images to each news story you add. You can easily format text too as well as easily add website links onto your pages  
bullet point RSS feed for your news/blog making it easy for people to read your latest info from other websites.  
bullet point Users can leave their own comments about each news story. This feature can easily be turned off if you don't want it.  
bullet point Option to display 0-7 latest entries on the front-page (complete with thumbnail image) and/or in the sidebar navigation to make sure your visitors are alerted to the latest news  
bullet point Visitors can search your news/blog entries by keyword search, month or category.  
bullet point Search-engine friendly URLs of all your news/blog entries (as well as other on-page optimziation making your articles easy for search engines to index)  
bullet point "Recommend to a friend" facility allows website visitors to let their friends know (via email) about your news/blog entries  
bullet point Social website links at the foot of each and every blog/news entry makes it easy for people to share your blog/news entry:

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bullet point Facility allowing you to easily import news from around the web as a means of generating new articles for your own website. This can be used as a means to find topics for your own articles (recommended) or even simply as a news digest whereby you create articles that simply features news headlines/comments from your chosen news sources.  
 


E-commerce Shop (can be used on non E-commerce templates, just you cannot sell items, only list them)

 
bullet point add/edit/delete unlimited categories, products and information pages on your site, as well as add unlimited number of images/files per page - you control 100% of the content  
bullet point Dynamic categories - based on keyword matches you can create alternative categories such as search by brand name, size, colour etc - allowing your website visitors to browse your products using alternative category structures. These dynamic categories can be set up in literally a minute or so, and allow you to effectively add your products to multiple categories.  
bullet point Your entire product range will enjoy the benefits of our search engine optimization facilities - all automated - all you have to do is add your products and categories!  
bullet point Flexible payment options for your shoppers - allow your user to choose how to pay - from using PayPal, Noxchex, Protx, Google Checkout and WorldPay, by cheque, BACS or even phone. You choose how they can pay.
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bullet point Easy-to-use product navigation; search by category (up to 3 levels deep) or by keyword. Visitor immediately sees items relating to their search as they click through the category levels.  
bullet point Sophisticated shipping & handling facility allowing you to make up your own shipping rules; base shipping on weight, gift-wrapping, next-day delivery, recorded delivery, areas like UK, Europe, rest of the World, or any locations you want. You make up the rules! You can use as many rules as you want so your customers can choose their preferred shipping & handling for their products.  
bullet point Product detail page; User can select quantity of items required, select a size and/or a colour if the item requires such user choice (you can define the ranges of colours/sizes yourself).  
bullet point Add up to 4 high quality images per product, as well as a supporting file per product (e.g. PDF, MP3, Word DOC).  
bullet point No need to make your own thumbnail images - your online shop will make those automatically for you, as well as dynamically resize your product images on the product detail page so users always see your products at their BEST - with an elegant layout of images - no images that are TOO BIG breaking up your page! They appear as a reasonable size, with a link below them so the user can view the actual, large size.  
bullet point Related items (with thumbnail images) can be listed on a product's page so users don't miss anything.  
bullet point "Best Sellers" facility; allows you to highlight items that will be displayed prominently on your site.  
bullet point "Selected Items" feature shows random products on the front page giving individual products a chance to be 'in the spotlight'. This is also very good for search engine optimization as these products will be indexed much faster as well as giving search engine spiders a good impression that your content is constantly updated.  
bullet point Special Offers; A sophisticated facility allowing you to select products and set a discounted rate for them. Entice people to purchase by setting a special offer deadline; eBay style, customers can see when offers expire, down to the last minute!  
bullet point Shopping Basket; User can change quantity of items in the basket, or delete items. User can empty basket. Shipping total + Product price total, with overall total shown. User proceeds to payment page from the shopping basket.  
bullet point "Subscribe Here" facility so an e-mailing list can be built-up.  
bullet point Order tracking for users to see the status of their purchases.  
bullet point Full details of each order made on your site - see monthly sales totals, date-based reports, what time of day people order most, day of week, day of month. Revenue forecast facility based on recent trends.  
bullet point Automatic invoice generator for each purchase.  
bullet point Email enquiry facility; if your product range often requires close customer care, our e-mail enquiry system will allow you to capture those customers and start-up a sales dialogue. It's also another channel for users to opt-in to your e-mailing list.  
bullet point E-mail notifications. Online shop administrator is notified by e-mail of any new orders. Customer gets confirmation e-mail when they register or buy items.  
bullet point Customer feedback survey. Give your new, potential customers peace-of-mind from your existing customer base.  
bullet point Syndicate your products on other websites such as Froogle, Dealtime and Kelkoo using the Manage Feeds facility  
bullet point Facility to track search engine keywords - find out exactly what keywords your visitors are using in the search engines to find your site - see which are the most popular  
bullet point Search engine keyword analyser - see where your website lies in the search engine rankings; this facility checks Google and Yahoo's top 100 results in under 1 second; imagine how long it would take you to manually check your rankings for all the keywords! This facility also allows you to view your rankings historically so you can see if your rankings have improved over the last few days, weeks or even months. Very useful tool.  
bullet point Stock control facility allowing you to disable purchasing of items out of stock - just enter the initial stock quantities and your website takes care of the rest - deducting quantities when items are purchased. Items out of stock are still displayed on the site and users can enquire about them - but not purchase until they are back in stock. This facility can be activated on a per-product basis.  
bullet point VAT/Tax support - this facility (if selected) will show all product prices excluding and including Value Added Tax  
bullet point Multiple currencies - your shoppers will see all your items displayed in their chosen currency as well as your chosen base currency  
bullet point Unique bidding system (purely optional) allowing your website visitors to bid prices on your products for sale. You can choose to accept or reject each offer. If you accept an offer, the shopper can easily buy the item at the offered price. More on the 'make an offer' facility here.  
bullet point Product reviews - your website visitors can leave product reviews of your listed items. They may have bought this item before from you, or even from another vendor, and want to let people know how good/bad(!) it is.  
bullet point Digital products/downloads - you can sell e-books, mp3s etc. Your shopper buys the product as normal (add to basket, pay for items) - upon verified payment, they can login and download their purchase.  
bullet point "Recommend to a friend" facility allows website visitors to let their friends know (via email) about specific items you sell  
bullet point Allow your shoppers to view your products by price range categories (you can set these price bands yourself)
 
bullet point RSS Feeds and "Latest Additions" page for your product range so regular visitors can view your new products easily  
bullet point Basket summary - shown in sidebar whenever a shopper adds items to the basket  
bullet point Ability to see which products are being viewed LIVE (right now) on your site, and the path each visitor takes on your site when browsing your pages  
bullet point "Upsell" feature allowing you to sell multiple items together e.g. selling an electric bike with additional front light, back light and battery (these are optional extras to the electric bike). You can also change the prices of these additional items to give shoppers a "deal" if they buy all the items together; this facility means shoppers can buy multiple items in one go, and you can promote extras to any item. It's quite a powerful new facility that can be used in many different ways. More info on upselling can be found in this Wikipedia entry (click here).  
 

Forum

 
bullet point Fully integrated into the design of the website - not a 3rd party plug-in; means your users only have to register once to your site  
bullet point Create unlimited sections for forum  
bullet point Search facility so users can search topics and replies  
bullet point Login/Register facility - easy & quick for users to join the forum  
bullet point Unlimited topics/replies can be added  
bullet point User statistics  
 

Photo Gallery

 
bullet point Add unlimited photos to the gallery  
 

Podcasts/Radio Station

 
bullet point Allow people to hear your own podcasts; you can create playlists of messages.  
 

Customising the Website

 
bullet point Add/remove blog, shop, forum, pages, podcast, subscribe function, rss feeds, photo gallery as well as many other facilities  
bullet point Fully customisable design - choose from a number of CSS/XHTML website templates  
bullet point Create your own metatags and descriptions for search engines  
 

Other Features

 
bullet point Security; your visitors can buy your items securely via 3rd party payment gateways - you don't store their sensitive credit card information on your site at all (a concern for most online shoppers).  
bullet point Every page across the entire website (using the template) is search-engine friendly and following W3C guidelines in regards to (X)HTML; in plain English that means every page is easy for search engines to index (giving you an advantage over many competitors who have over-looked this), as well as being accessible to the disabled and cross-browser compatible.  
bullet point Video help - just watch and listen how it's done, then copy the steps yourself! Video Help enlightens you on the trickier areas of the website template backoffice, and also lets you get the most out of the template very quickly.  
bullet point Run Google ads on your website easily - just enter your Google Adsense account user ID in the backoffice (e.g. ca-pub-9105782325606428) and instantly you'll see Google ads on your site, all in appropriate colours that match your website's colour scheme. Choose "normal" or "aggressive" modes. New: a completely unique random system whereby ads are shown in random hotspots using random (but complimentary to design) colour palettes.  
bullet point Mailing list facility - send professional looking emailshots to your subscribed members  
bullet point Site stats - check all your visitor stats and sales stats - very comprehensive - see when people visit your site and buy from it (hourly, day of week, day of month), check your monthly revenue, projected yearly earnings, return on investment per visitor.  
bullet point Sophisticated links directory manager - very easily add links to other websites (this is the best way to get links BACK to your site which aids in your search engine rankings) - add a link in literally a few seconds in an appropriate category. Also check that ALL your link partners are linking back to you in a single click. Also, get link partners without doing a single thing - they'll add their links to your directory while linking back to you (facility verifies this) - you approve their link with a single mouse click - link building made easy, while you get to control who you link partner with. This facility aids natural, relevant reciprocal link exchanges with real websites on a one-to-one basis.  
bullet point Support for both Google Analytics and SiteMeter (very easy to plugin - no need to copy and paste javascript to your pages)  
bullet point Orders - check orders that arrive - and the full details of each of your customer so you know who and where to send your items too! Change the status of each order so your customers know when you've sent the items  
bullet point Sitewide keyword search - allow your website visitors to search ALL of your pages (including products, forum, articles/news, and other content managed pages) in one convenient keyword search facility  
bullet point Cached pages - this means your pages are light and fast-loading as it requires less work for the server. Despite caching, your website visitors will ALWAYS see the latest updates you've made to your site immediately after changes are made.  
bullet point Customisable backoffice - choose fonts/colours for the backoffice  
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