Ease of use. Navigating a website shouldn’t be difficult. We believe in designing ‘self-explanatory’ software. Our user interface is designed with you in mind.

Flexibility. No two organizations are the same. We believe software should be able to adapt to your environment to your e-community and serve your and their needs.

Affordability. Internet technology is only one part of your budget. We know that while it is an increasingly important part of any institution's operations, we believe your Internet budget should be scaled appropriately. We are dedicated to providing you with the highest level of reliability for the lowest cost.

Open Source. We are dedicated to supporting and utilizing open source software when and where we can. Our x2clicks™ environment is based on the open source Drupal CMS. By participating in an open, global software development process we can deliver and support the highest quality software without having to fund the development of every line of code. This not only saves you money, but allows us to focus on delivering a high quality end product to you.

E-Communities. Many organizations, business, association, education, cultural or media sites are evolving into e-communities. Thanks to the Web, communication has become more personal. Quick interactions can now morph into meaningful exchanges and relatively anonymous users and customers are now able to build relationships with you and with each other. The web is now a social and business marketing experience that brings customers, students – your online audience – much closer to your organization.

x2clicks™ E-Community Portal Director

Product Information

Security/Permission Management

User Authentication: Content may only be contributed by authorized users (using a username and password).

Publishing control: Only authorized users may publish content on the site.

Group controls: Access to certain topics and/or sections of the site can be limited by grouping users and assigning permissions.

Help: Full online help capabilities

Content & Database Management

Content Types: Support is included for multiple content types: documents, news, PDF files, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. As well as multimedia support for images, audio, video and Flash animations.

Content Categorization: Content can be organized by topics, much like Yahoo! Content can then be browsed by topic (and sub-topics).

Content Aggregation and Syndication: Content can be published via RDF for syndication with other sites. External news feeds can also be aggregated and included on the site as additional content.

Content and Keyword searching: Built-in search engine that can search all content across the site.

Interactive Forms: interactive online forms templates for editors to develop for such areas as applications, information gathering, polling, subscriptions, etc.

Business Process Integration: depending on compatibility of existing legacy databases, the capability to rapidly develop and interface with existing legacy database information that exists in organizations and layer a level of web functionality to these processes

Operations & Marketing Management

Forms/ Polls / Surveys: Polls, surveys and other information gathering forms can be conducted such that all contact information is stored centrally. Response statistics are also available in real-time.

Mailing lists: Mailing lists can be generated based on membership and / or respondent information. HTML or plain-text emails can then be sent to these lists.

Events Calendars: Events calendars and event registration can be managed online.

E-Commerce: Customized Shopping Cart Integration, designed to easily interface with most leading e-commerce transaction servers.

Communications / E-Community Management

Web-mail: Members can be given web-based email accounts (much like Hotmail).

News: news can be posted by assigned editors for public or restricted viewing

BLOGS/Forums: the latest Blog features for online discussions and forums

Instant Messaging: access online for users to chat with each other reducing communication costs, this includes a “Who's online” feature

Topic subscriptions: users can be notified when content is submitted in specific topics.

X2clicks™ Hosting Options

The x2clicks™ portal platform is comprised of a suite of hosted web applications based on the Drupal platform. Clients can choose to have the platform outsourced and hosted by Academica Group, or they can install the platform on their own web server, either in house or at an ISP of their choice. Three hosting options are available:

1. Virtual Managed Server Solution

This solution is specifically designed for organizations who do not have the technical staff resources, (i.e. a webmaster, IT dept. etc.) to manage their web infrastructure and wish to completely outsource the management of both the software and hardware associated with their web site. The web site, along with the associated applications and data assets, are hosted and managed on our servers on a 24x7 basis.

2. Co-location Server Solution

With this option, you own the software and co-locate your dedicated web server with us or another ISP of your choice. This solution is designed for companies that want their site on a dedicated server and who already have staff in place to manage their web applications. Academica Group requires periodic access to the server to perform upgrades and other support functions.

3. Corporate Web server

The Corporate Web Server solution is designed for organizations who have sufficient in-house resources (technical staff, hardware and bandwidth) to host the site and the application themselves. Existing IT staff can independently manage both the web server and Academica Group software. We provide technical support for IT and system users, as well as software upgrades as they become available.

System Requirements:

PHP 5.0 or later
Drupal CMS
Apache Web Server with SSL
SQL database (default configuration is MySQL)
LINUX®