How is Mainspring Different?
Mainspring2.0 is a Content Management System developed by Clockwork Logic in 2003.
Mainspring is built to automatically and rapidly handle the time consuming tasks of web development so that you can concentrate on your message. Its elegant handling of navigation and its strict separation between design and content makes it unique among mid-scale content management systems (sites smaller than 200 pages).
Furthermore, it makes document distribution easy. Mainspring has a built-in document distribution system, where uploading the document, writing its metadata, and deploying it online are all the same swift action.
Mainspring is Fast
Easy to Use
Supports Multiple Designs
Elegant Navigation Handling
Navigation Built In Seconds
No Dead Internal Links
Fast Forms
E-commerce Storefront
Traffic Reports
Permissions-based editing accounts
Powerful Web Applications
Mainspring is Fast
Mainspring is built for speed. Other systems aren't. And that makes all the difference in pricing and best use of your time as a small business person, a web developer, CEO or Chairman. Mainspring makes site management uniquely fast and easy.
Easy To Use
Like most content management systems, Mainspring is easy to use. The learning curve for basic website management is around five minutes. If you can use e-mail, you can build a site with Mainspring.
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Supports Multiple Designs
Many smaller content management systems only support a single design and all content must conform to that one design. This does not accurately respond to the reality of information; what's good layout for one type of information is not necessarily good layout for another type of information.
Mainspring can support an unlimited number of designs. The person entering information may choose the design that best communicates that information. Or, Mainspring can be set to select an appropriate default design based on a page's content.
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Elegant Navigation Handling
Unlike other medium-scale systems, Mainspring can build professional-grade page navigation. Why is this important? Good navigation makes a site easy to use, and can mean the difference between success and failure in a website.
Mainspring allows for complex and multi-tiered navigation. Navigational elements are easily moved from place to place in seconds as a website grows.
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Navigation Built In Seconds
Most content management systems that allow for multi-tiered navigation require the developer to go to every page and manually add the navigation to each one. This is a time-consuming task. If a site has hundreds of pages, adding a new page and the links could take all day. Mainspring can do this task in seconds.
Why is this important? If you're a developer, spending all day adding links is wasted time. It could be spent on something more productive, or enjoyable. If you're a client, this is time you're being un-necessarily billed for.
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No Dead Internal Links
Mainspring cannot generate dead internal links. If there is no corresponding page, Mainspring does not build the link. Therefore there is no need to spend time checking links to make sure they work. This saves time and money.
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Fast Forms
Mainspring makes forms easy. If you can type "Name____________ " You can make a form in Mainspring. Forms can be placed on any page in the website and the content can be e-mailed to an individual of your choosing. Since forms can be generated in a matter of minutes, costly form development is unnecessary.
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E-commerce Storefront]
The Mainspring package comes standard with a storefront feature, so companies can sell their products online. Adding new products to the storefront is fast.
The storefront works with PayPal.
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Traffic Reports
Mainspring generates site visit reports so that you can see how often people visit your site and what pages are visited most frequently.
Permissions-based editing accounts
Mainspring enables you to distribute your web maintenance workload among other people of your choosing. You can create editing accounts for them and set their permissions...ie, what they can and cannot do when working on your website.
Powerful Web Applications
Mainspring is capable of deploying powerful database driven web applications that are seamlessly integrated into the site itself, both from the viewer perspective and the administrative perspective.