ie-media is an experienced web development company that is a division of McDaniels Marketing Communications. We help clients in the agricultural, financial, healthcare, manufacturing, tourism/hospitality and retail markets achieve a more effective online presence. In fact, we have researched, written, designed and implemented interactive solutions for clients for over a decade.

Modules Available

Features Included with the CMS Editor 3.0

File Manager - Enables you to add/delete files on your site, such as PDFs, Word documents and Excel sheets. Files can then be linked to from any page on yoru site.

Image Manager - Allows photos to be uploaded directly from your computer, then edited, resized and web optimized. This feature saves you considerable time as photos are loaded directly to your website without formatting in Photoshop.

Video File Manager - Allows videos to be uploaded to your website easily in .wmvf format and inserted in teh standard content area in just minutes.

Form Builder - Easily add a custom, single-page form to any page on your site. This module is great for short surveys, gaining customer feedback or submitting questions to your business or organization. It also includes CAPTCHA to protect your forms from spam robots. Information submitted can be exported to an Excel spreadsheet.

Stylesheets - Controls all text styling aspects of the site including consistency in fonts, colors and spacing.

MS Word HTML Cleanup Tool - Removes any extra code placed by Microsoft Word when transferring content to your site, allowing your site to be viewed the same by many different browser versions.

Find & Replace - Searches entire site to find and replace requested words or phrases.

Security & User Manager - Allows you to add and delete user accounts. Can set user account to have Administrator Access that can change anything within the system or Content Editor Access that can only change content within specified sections.

Standard Modules

Banner Ad Manager - An excellent tool to use for cross selling products and services throughout the site. This module allows you to set banner ad start and end dates for no-reminder maintenance. It also displays animated GIFs or static JPGs, or you can create text only ads!

Billboard Manager - This highly effective feature enables you to promote large campaigns, standard products and special events. Billboards are randomly selected from your library to show on the specified page upon refresh. Start and end dates for specific campaigns can also be set for easy control.  

Media Center - Access your online media library for press releases, presentations, newsletters, press images, videos, audio files, documents and more. This module also allows you to categorize and list all of your press releases and media files on your site including, but not limited to, PDFs, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, JPG, GIF, MP3, Windows Media, QuickTime and more.

Calendar of Events - Easily manage events by category, date/time, description and availability.  The calendar image can appear on every page of the site for a quick reference to event listings that can be organized via an assortment of variables. 

Photo Gallery - Set up a slide show of yourdestination or business. This module is so easy to use as itt automatically sizes and web optimizes the photos for you, creates thumbnails and a clickable slideshow view for your visitors. Captions and photo titles are included to further enhance your visitors' experiences.

Other Popular Modules

Articles - Manage a variety of articles with the simple click of a button.  This module allows you to categorize articles by topic or view the entire list from the main listing page. All articles are inputted directly into the Editor for quicker views and to eliminate the need for visitors to download files.

Career Center & Online Application - Quickly post new job opportunities on your website with the Career Center.  This module allows visitors to view available jobs by department and job title, submit a resume and fill out a multipage application form that can be archived for your HR department.

Case Studies - Easily showcase success stories on your website by uploading a PDF to the Case Study module. All case studies can be viewed on a listing page where they can be downloaded, saved or printed by visitors to your site.

Dynamic Homepage Content - Pulls information from selected modules to view on your home page, keeping your homepage fresh and improving your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) rankings.

E-commerce - Sets up secure forms such as Bill Pay or Online Donations that can deposit money directly into your bank account securely from your website.

Employee Directory - Enables visitors to quickly search for the members of your staff

Extranet - Sets up an external, password protected site for your employees for information specific to them. Can include any custom modules needed.

FAQs - Allows visitors to submit a question that can be answered by your business or organization and then posted to your website.  Your staff can also preset questions and answers.

Retail Shop - Easily display products in categories and subcategories. Module includes a shopping cart feature and checkout with secure credit card processing.

Specials - Promote current specials using this module. Includes a short listing that can be sorted by category as well as a detailed description.

Testimonials - Let visitors know what others are saying about your business or organization.  Testimonials are entered directly into the Editor. Module also includes an auto-size image function.

Healthcare-Specific Modules

Bill Viewing - Allow patients to view their bill online with our Flash-based module.  Patients simply need to mouse over the highlighted areas of the bill for additional information. Help balloons will appear in highlighted areas when clicked for visitor support.

Newborn Center - Let families show off their newest additions with our newborn module.  Newborns are listed by arrival date along with a small photo that enlarges with a single click. A password protected listing is also available upon request.

Order Flowers - Allows visitors to send flowers with a simple click of a button.  Module includes choice of flowers, a shopping cart feature and checkout with secure credit card processing.

Patient Registration - Make registration for your patients simple by placing registration forms online.  Forms are printable from Admin and can be archived for records.

Physician Directory - Allows you to add, update, delete and insert a photo for each physician.  Your list is categorized and searchable by specialty and location. The details page for each physician is templated as a bio sheet

Request Appointment - Online form allows patients to request appointments on their own time.  Also prompts patients to include a call back time that the hospital can contact them to verify the appointment.

Send a Greeting - Visitors can choose from 6 pre-programmed headers and footers to send a greeting. Message content is typed in by the visitor and then sent to the designated email address to print and deliver to patients.

Volunteer Recruitment - Post volunteer opportunities just like standard job listings.  Once the form is submitted, it will be emailed to the designated volunteer coordinator.

Tourism-Specific Modules

Destination Directory - Features hotels, restaurants, attractions, parks, golf courses, etc.  Includes a destination description, address, phone number, logo and photos. Visitors can search specific categories for a short listing of all similar destinations as well as click on specific attractions for detailed information.

Itinerary Builder - Allows visitors to select items from your Destination Directory and add them to their wish list. Can also include an optional map function, giving directions between all points of interests.

Custom Modules

If you can dream it up, chances are our team can design and program it!  If there is another module or feature you would like plugged into your site, we can custom build it to meet your organization's needs.  We also have the ability to integrate most 3^rd party modules.