Modules are building blocks that present some functionality to the user, like a personnel contacts list, events calendar, or a list of announcements. VerticalGateway.com comes with 19 content modules, each designed to manage a common type of website or portal content.

Typically, several content modules are grouped on a tab (menu item or page) to create a web page. Modules can be added, edited, deleted, restored, moved on a tab, or transfered to another tab.

See a sample pages of the various modules by selecting the corresponding sub menu under the Modules menu.

Announcements  The Announcements Module renders a list of announcements. Each announcement includes a title and text. Optional features are "read more" link to a file, tab or another site; announcement date beside title; and the ability to set each announcement to automatically expire after a particular date.

Banners  Banner advertising is managed through the Vendors module in the Admin tab. You can select the number of banners to display as well as the banner type. For full details on how to add, edit and delete content on this module, click the 'Edit' link in the top right corner of the module.

Contacts   Renders contact information for a group of people, for example a project team. Includes name, position, email address, and two telephone numbers. The Mobile version of this module provides a Call link to phone a contact when the module is browsed from a wireless telephone.

Discussion  Renders a group of messages posted on a specific topic. Each discussion includes a Read/Reply Message page, which allows authorised users to reply to existing messages or add a brand new discussion topic.

Documents  Renders a list of documents, including links to browse or download the document.

Events List/Calendar  Renders a list of upcoming events, including time and location. The events list can alternately be set to render in calendar format. Each event can be set to automatically expire on a particular date, or re-occur by any specified number of days, weeks, months or years. FAQs  FAQs allow you to manage a list of Frequently Asked Questions and their corresponding Answers.

Feedback  Feedback allows visitors to send messages to the Administrator of the portal. If a user is already logged in, then their name will automatically populate the form.

Forums The Forums Module allows vistitors to post searchable threaded discussions on the web site. Forum features: User configurable cultures. See dates and numbers the way you are used to. All dates and times in local time zone for registered users. Unlimited number of categories, forums and messages. Includes private messaging. Possibility to hide forums when user has no access. Unlimited user groups, with option to automatically promote users based on number of posts. Access rights based on groups. Polls can be added to posts. Administrators can mass email to all users or specific group. Template for easy integration with your current site design. Web based administration. Member list. Move topics to other forums. Active topics list. Active users list. Print topics. Email topics. Watch forums or topics for new posts. View and delete subscriptions from the user control panel. Change password in control panel. Recover lost passwords. Supports smileys/emoticons. Quick and easy installation. IP banning.

IFrame  IFrame is an Internet Explorer browser feature which allows you to display content from another website within a frame on your site.

Image   Renders an image. The module simply refers to the image by a relative or absolute URL, so the image file does not need to reside within the site. Height and width attributes for the image can also be altered, allowing you to scale the image.

Links   This module renders a list of hyperlinks to any tab, image or file on your website; or to a file, image or web page on another website. The links can be set to display either vertically or horizontally on the page, or as a drop down box. The links appear alphabetically by default, or you can reorder them. A description of the link can be set to appear either on mouse over, or when you click on the link.

News Feed (RSS)  Renders news feeds on you site. News feeds provide your visitors with up-to-date, topical information on any range of topic. The addition of automatically updating news feeds ensures your web site is a place worth visiting again and again!

Search  Customised searches can be configured to search one or more of the common modules.   Service Directory  The Service Directory module allows your website users to search your Vendor list.  Directory listings are searchable by business name and keyword. Two seperate vendor lists existing in the portal, one for the portal Administrator and one for the portal Host. Survey  The Survey module allows your website users complete online surveys.  Survey results are rendered as a bar chart and includes the number of individual responses.

Text/HTML  Design content in a visual editor, or add html. Includes a picture gallery of all your uploaded images. User Defined Table  The User Defined Table allows you to create a custom data table for managing tabular information. Note that clicking on a heading reorders the data A-Z or Z-A.      XML/XSL  This module renders the result of an XML/XSL transform. The XML and XSL files are identified by their UNC paths in the xmlsrc and xslsrc properties of the module. The Xml/Xsl module includes an edit page, which persists these settings to a database.