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Counterpoint Designs offers an integrated suite of application services that provide the components to deploy Business-to-Consumer (B2C) and Business-to-Business (B2B) solutions. Our strength is in our enterprise-class product architecture that includes an integrated content management facility.
| Apprentice
Counterpoint Designs Apprentice offers an integrated content management facility for managing traditional Web site content. Although it is designed to fit within the budget of most small businesses, the system is completely flexible and scalable. Counterpoint Designs Apprentice offers an impressive list of content management features including:
 A core editor for managing Web site content
An image manager for uploading images to the data repository
A file manager for uploading files to the data repository
A menu editor for organizing and maintaining subordinate Web pages
Security for editing content and administering the Web site
Collaborate
Counterpoint Designs Collaborate is a highly scalable component-based framework for building either intranet or Internet portal applications. Our portal modules let you organize, display and maintain content. Collaborate offers all the functionality of Apprentice wrapped in a portal framework with additional features including:
Announcements, Contacts, Discussions, Documents, Events, Links, and QuickLinks for common types of content
presentation
A “pluggable” framework that is simple to extend with custom portal modules
Online administration of portal layout, content and security
A content management facility for the collaboration, integration and control of content information
Roles-based security for viewing content, editing content, and administering the portal
Portal modules with “mobile device” rendering support
Merchant
Counterpoint Designs Merchant is a suite of application services for building a Web-based catalog site. Users can browse the catalog, add items to their personal shopping cart and, when finished shopping, check out and finalize the sale. Casual browsers can view catalog items. A search facility allows users to look for items using any word in the product description. In addition, users can add product reviews providing valuable feedback. To purchase items, users must be registered as authenticated users by providing account information: an email address and password. Authenticated users can take advantage of two components accessible remotely over the Web: an “instant order” component that allows them to create orders remotely and a component that allows them to track orders remotely. Counterpoint Designs Merchant offers an incredible list of e-commerce and content management features including:
A Product List Page
Product Details Page
Product Review Page
Search Results Page
Shopping Cart Page
Add to Cart and Checkout Page
Order History Page
Order Details Page Instant Order Service
User Login Page
User Register Page
A “pluggable” framework that is simple to extend with custom portal modules
Online administration of portal layout, content and security
A content management facility for the collaboration, integration and control of content information Roles-based
security for viewing content, editing content and administering the portal |