Add-On Scripts and Features
Add-ons, such as photo galleries, can be provided. Through the use of a password-protected administrative interface, you can upload your own digital images - and crop or resize them and add captions - directly from your browser window. This makes it easy for you, the site owner, to add new images whenever you want.
Videos can be placed directly in a formatted page if they are in the right format. Flash movies are perhaps the easiest to use and they are small and quick to load compared to older media files. It is usually possible to convert your older wmv or avi files to flash, or swf, format.
Email Newsletters, and corresponding sign-up forms, give you an opportunity to touch base with clients. Unless you have a very big mailing list, you can send out email newsletters of your own without paying a fixed monthly fee. I can create html newsletter formats which resemble your website. Images for your newsletters are stored on your site, so the email itself remains small.
Bulletin Boards and other extensive scripts can be installed, in particular those written in php format. The layouts can be altered to blend with the rest of the site. Only secure scripts can be placed on my server. If you are interested in this type of feature, please see Fantastico scripts for some examples. This is not the only resource for this type of program.
These programs do take up a certain amount of webspace, with some running into thousands of files, so there are additional fees related to their use, both for installation and for webspace. However, after the initial installation, clients will have their own administrative interface and will be able to easily run their own forums.