The Bitrix Site Manager is an application which helps you develop an up-to-date commercial web portal,corporate site of the large company or organization, information system, on-line store and other large-scale web projects.

Here are some key features of "Bitrix Site Manager":

· manage the site structure and content;
· edit documents in the HTML editor;
· set up the workflow to edit pages and documents in stepwise manner before they are published on the site;
· track document modification history;
· import and update product catalogs in the XML format;
· import and export the catalog data in the Excel format
· manage wholesale, dealer, retail and other types of prices;
· assign access rights of users to prices in the catalog;
· manage discounts and base price adjustments;
· set the price – shipping area dependency;
· accept and process orders;
· customize interface for common and electronic payment methods;
· publish news and press-releases;
· create hierarchical catalogs and photo galleries;
· assign access rights to user groups;
· manage the on-site advertisement shows;
· estimate the efficiency of advertising campaigns costs;
· analyze the visitor traffic statistics and site performance;
· manage forums;
· provide newsletter subscriptions;
· conduct site visitor polls and surveys;
· set up the automated helpdesk service;
· localize the interface language into other languages and more.


The Bitrix Site Manager registered users are granted one-year free update and a new module downloads.
Any ordinary hosting service can host the site developed with the Bitrix Site Manager Business Edition. You will not need neither dedicated server nor any other additional equipment.

Requirements:

· PHP 4.3 and higher. Generally, the system starting with the 4.1.6 version can work with PHP 5 as well. It is recommended to use the latest stable release of PHP.
· The following PHP extensions are required:
GD – image handling library;
PHP XML – used by the update system;
FreeType – required for CAPTCHA;
Regular Expressions support;
Zlib compression – required to decrease the amount of transferred data;
· PHP enabled web server:
Apache (recommended) 1.3.x and higher. The system also runs successfully on Apache 2.x;
MS IIS 5.0* or 6.0* is also supported;
· Database server support. One of the following database engines can be used on your site:
MySQL version 4.0.18 and higher is recommended. To work with MySQL properly, the system requires the MySQL support for PHP to be installed;
Oracle 9.0 and higher (or a stable release of Oracle XE) can be used. To fully support Oracle, the php_oci8.dll extension of PHP should be installed;
MSSQL 2000 and higher (or MSSQL Express) can also be used. ODBS support should be provided to be able to install this database.


Limitations:

· 30 days trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Ready-made composite Components 2.0
· Component template engine
· SEF (Search Engine Friendly) URL support
· Blogs and Forums enhancements
· Auto Cache technology to speed up a site performance
· WYSIWYG editor is now fully customizable
· Snippets Panel
· New Interface dialogs