Features

HTML/PHP/MySQL

BigTree is built on PHP and MySQL and uses basic PHP and HTML for content presentation—no new languages to learn.

Plays Well With Others

Non-blocking/nestable sites allows other apps to live inside your site.

PHP Templates

Develop however you want—the CMS won't get in the way.

DRY

BigTree's core eliminates tedious repetition of frequently-used functions.

Complete Code/Site Control.

Only assets specified by you are served to your pages. BigTree doesn't add anything.

Powerful Core

Fast, lightweight core capable of powering multiple sites and millions of hits per day.

Page Speed

Resource caching/minification for increased page speed.

Data Caching

Full data caching for Enterprise performance.

Image Management

Control where images and files are stored and who has access to given folders.

Custom Image Sizing

Control image sizing through the WYSIWYG.

Retina Image Support

Image Cropping

Image Thumbnails

Grayscale Image Conversion

Content Governance

BigTree allows you to assign a life span to the specific section or page content. Automatic email alerts will be sent out to designated users when content is approaching its refresh requirement age, and a color coded system will be triggered within the system for a visual alert.

Integrated Analytics

Content creators have convenient access to monthly page views for pages within the system, ensuring focus on important, highly-trafficked content. Additionally, these data points can indicate early problems within a site's architecture and high or low performing areas of the site.

Full WYSIWYG

For editing in a word-processor-like setting.

Simple WYSIWYG

Enables a more simple subset of WYSIWYG features.

Photo Gallery

Allows for multiple images to be uploaded, captioned, and reordered using drag-and-drop.

Static List

Select from a set of options predefined by the developer.

Database-Populated List

Select from a set of options populated dynamically from the database.

Date-Picker

Simple calendar widget.

Array of Items

List of items, each with multiple fields.

Text

For single-line text entry.

Text-Area

For multi-line plain text entry.

Upload

File uploads and image manipulation.

Checkbox

State-toggle.

Flexible Content Template

The sample site includes a flexible content template ready to create any page you can image. Built in navigation and sub-navigation drawing routines, cropped images with captions, headlines and a WYSIWYG area are all included in the default content template.

Blog Engine

A powerful blog engine that includes authors linked directly to logins, tagged posts, categorized posts, previewing, publishing, and Disqus integration.

Twitter Feeds

The included Twitter API allows you to easily pull in the latest tweets from your account to display anywhere.

Site Integrity Report

Find broken links in your site in an easy-to-use report broken down by content type.

404 Report

Find missing files or pages, and automatically create redirects for them within the module.

Front-End Toolbar

Provides quick access to edit page content directly from the front of the site via the toolbar.

In-Page Editing

Using the toolbar, make edits to content directly on the page you are viewing within the browser.

Advanced Page Tree

Create, manage, and deploy unlimited pages and site branches.

Modules

Publish flexible content in any format with predefined fields for users.

Customizable URLs

Ensure human readable, user friendly addresses throughout the site.

Page Versioning and History

Automatically save all revisions of a page in the past month (or the last 10 changes for pages that are not frequently changed). Manually save revisions as favorites to keep them around indefinitely.

SEO-Friendly WYSIWYG

Integration with TinyMCE ensures you can customize the built-in WYSIWYG editor to have everything you need—and nothing you don't—included in the toolset.

Future Publishing

Set the date for pages to go live in the future, streamlining content management.

Content Expiration

Set a date for content to expire and be deactivated from the site.

Daily Digest Emails

Opt-in to Daily Digest emails that let you know about content that's awaiting publication, content that's expired, and messages that are waiting for you in the message center.

Previews

Preview your changes before publishing them.

Service APIs

Integrate social feeds into your site with Twitter, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, and Flickr. Include a comments section with Disqus. And manage customer relations with Salesforce

Payment Gateways

Process payments through PayPal's REST API, Payflow Gateway, or Payments Pro; Authorize.Net; and First Data and LinkPoint.

Geocoding

Geocode addresses using Google, Bing, MapQuest, Yahoo, or Yahoo BOSS

Cloud Storage

Host your uploaded assets via Rackspace Cloud or Amazon S3 with built in support for Cloud Storage.

Analytics

Using Google Analytics, display your site's traffic directly in the admin

Twitter

Instagram

Editor

Assign users as "Editors," ensuring they can contribute to the site, but all edits or changes must be approved by a designated "Publisher" before they can go live.

Publisher

Assign users as "Publishers," allowing them more control over the site. Publishers can edit content and instantaneously push updates live to the site.

Developer

Assign users as "Developers," giving them the most access to BigTree, including the toolset within the Developer tab.

Fine Grained Controls

Assign users as "Editors" to some sections and "Publishers" to others. You can also strictly control the modules to which a user has access. Users only see the modules they have access to when they log into BigTree's admin area.

RSS & Customizable Feeds