Config.NET Features
Overview | Features | Live demo
Config.NET has so many features it is almost impossible to list them all here because
the final result presented to a user greatly depends on what you let them do during
their experience.
Features from a user perspective
Wizard driven interface
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By using a step-by-step approach the user isn't left inundated with information
and can proceed through the configuration at their own pace.
Each step can be completed in no more than 4 mouse click and as little as 1 due
to automatic item selection and the smart quantity box.
Quick access to product information
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Rather than search around your website or the internet to find product information, a user can take advantage of the info links that appear next to each option on the page.
These optional links can take a user straight to your product details so they can look at more detailed information without having to leave the wizard.
Summery view
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Once all of the steps have been completed the use is presenting with a simple summery page that lists the choices they made along the way before having to submit their contact details.
Instant quotations
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By enabling the automatic pricing functionality both the user and nominated mailbox will recieve a fully priced quotation that is sent within seconds of the user submitting their contact details.
While the user only sees a final price in their fully customizable HTML e-mail, your internal copy shows a complete price breakdown highlighting any special pricing conditions that were applied to the individual components.
Features from an administration perspective
.NET Control Design
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Config.NET acts like any .NET control and adds in to your Visual Studio product (Visual Studio 2005/Visual Web Developer) so you can work just like you do with other controls.
Edit settings by using the Properties window, or utilise IntelliSense to manipulate the markup and code as you need. Both of these mean you can have a Config.NET driven page up and running in minutes.
XML-drive Data Files
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Using XML data files means that data can be updated quickly and easily while still allowing the performance and data structures normally associated with relational databases.
XML data files also allow others to work on the product configurations and XCOPY deploy the new files acting almost like a prestaging environment.
Windows-based Administration Tool
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Config.NET comes complete with a Windows-based tool that allows quick and easy management of the XML data files that are the backbone of Config.NET.
Product, links and price files can be imported and exported in popular CSV and tab-delimited format which makes it easy to export usable data from most common accounting and stock management applications.
Product Compatibility
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What happens if your customer tries to order square pegs with a product that only has round holes? Well you don't need to worry anymore thanks to the product compatibility features that can be employed.
Using the administration tool you can specify that certain products can not be selected if a certain previous selection has been made. For an example try out our live demo and see what happens when you choose an AMD- or Intel-based PC!
Special Pricing
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Config.NET offers 5 pricing types that can be set for each option providing the chance to setup special offers, discounts and free items.
- Standard price - taken from the provided price list data file
- Free of Charge
- Fitted as Standard - offering the chance of upgrading a component
- Special Price - allows for promotional pricing
- Discounted - set a % discount off of the regular list price
Instant quotations
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By enabling the automatic pricing functionality both the user and nominated mailbox will recieve a fully priced quotation that is sent within seconds of the user submitting their contact details.
While the user only sees a final price in their fully customizable HTML e-mail, your internal copy shows a complete price breakdown highlighting any special pricing conditions that were applied to the individual components.
All of this means the quotation process if taken out of your hand, leaving more time to get on with more pressing matters.
Customizable e-mail templates
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E-mails are sent to the user and internal mailbox in HTML format to give the best possible appearence. These templates are in XSL format and contain a mixture of HTML and XSL code that is used to map the collected data and render a HTML output.
Customizable interface
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A great website is one where all of the parts seem to click together and there's no visible joins. That's why Config.NET allows complete visual customization by setting design-time properties and using stylesheets at runtime.
The result is that the Config.NET wizard can look just like it was designed for your website from day one.