Distribution Channel Manager
Manage Your Content Providers
With the increasing use of The Claymore Project database by destination management organisations, product groups, marketing organisations and membership bodies, it has become increasingly clear that new tools were required for group site administrators to manage whose content was appearing on their site.
The resultant research has lead us to create a new Channel Manager function within The Claymore Project database which will add the following functions into the website.
The Channel Manager will allow the site administrator:
- The ability to add new members to The Claymore Project Database
- The ability to add and remove members to the list of featured users on their website
- The ability to define expiry dates for members’ information
- The ability to request password information
Channel Manager
The Channel Manager will be featured in the administrator's main log in area and give control of all of the following functions with the single user name and password. The user interface is extremely clean and simple
Add New Member Entries
The administrator can now add a new member or an affiliate from The Channel Manager – by adding the business from the Channel Manager this new user will automatically be added to the list of users featured on each site and the user name and password automatically emailed to the user to give access to updating their own entry. This is a major benefit for membership organisations and collaborative projects.
Manage Membership Lists
The administrator now has the ability to upload new members and affiliates to their own active list of content providers. This again is useful for administrators who can add a new member or product providers instantly to their list of users who feature on the website.
Define Expiry Dates
Group or channel administrators can now decide how long an affiliate or member should be shown on the website.. This is ideal for websites which depend on management of members’ expiry dates and can ensure that no single user can be shown beyond the expiry period. It is an optional field and if not required can be left blank. Also ideal for short term promotional purposes where the administrator gives test access or for a fixed period of time.
Password Request Information
Due to the commitment of The Claymore Project development team to Data Protection it has often been a bug bear of administrators that password information must be sent directly from The Claymore Project team. We have recognised the time element involved here and automated the process to ensure that the Channel administrator can now request a password reminder or change to be sent directly to the user speeding up the process greatly but still maintaining password integrity.
Cost
The strength of The Claymore Project is that many of development costs are integrated into the ongoing upgrading of the database and systems. The cost therefore of integrating the following into the website administration panel is a one off cost of only £250 plus VAT.