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Create a member profile page that lists your interests, blogs, albums, and favorite content.

Create your own site web pages using drag and drop modules.

Friending is the most common feature of all social networking sites. Friending enables you to select other members and ask them to be your friend.

Friends are automatically notified when a member posts content or makes changes to his/her homepage.

Write a blog that can be viewed site-wide and from your profile page.

Members can compile and title their own media including images and videos.

Articles can be posted by the site administrator and commented and rated by members.

Post events with a description, time, guest list and maximum capacity.

This feature allows members to pull content from other sites to share and be rated by other members.

Create a group where members with similar interests can collaborate on shared projects or ideas.

Site administrators can allocate points to users based on their interaction with the site.

An avatar is a member's graphical representation (picture or 3-D model).

Create blogs that can be updated by members of the group.

Use the advanced forum functionality to engage your site's members and encourage collaboration.

Dotster supports the following media: video, images, MP3 and ID3. All videos are encoded on the fly and displayed with the custom flash player.

Recognize your site's contributing members and give them awards.

Members can challenge other members' content with this competition feature.

Classifieds enable site members to create their own ads.

Utilizing third-party technology, Dotster can provide chat rooms for any online community.

Members can sign up to receive site updates on their mobile phones.

Members can have a graphic rich media experience on the mobile device.

Site members can use your site's personalized instant messaging platform.

Enables members to use their webcams to create personalized video messages.

Members can choose the types of advertising they want on their pages.

When members want updated content, they can subscribe with an RSS button and read it with an RSS reader.

A widget is a small GUI application with commonly used functions such as clocks or calculators.

Members can create homepages for specific categories, i.e. personal or professional. Each can be viewed by members of select groups.

Integrate with internal security systems of the organization and allow the users a single point of security verification.

Manage and moderate the site using a powerful control panel.

This tool allows the administrator to approve or deny member generated content. They can also assign members additional permissions or designate them as moderators.

Categorize users and grant access to different parts of the site based on user types.

Audio, video and image galleries are available.

The site administrator can create groups based on common interests. Each group has its own page.

The site administrator can post podcasts (audio and video files) that site visitors can subscribe to using RSS technology.

These can be customized to search for specific profiles.

Send targeted email newsletters to site members using an advanced newsletter tool.

This allows the publisher to broadcast video and other unique content onto any pages.

The administrator can add, remove and modify the fields associated with member profiles.

The administrator can post FAQs.

Integrate syndicated content in addition to RSS.

The administrator can force members to join mandatory groups and also allow them to join other groups voluntarily.

The site's media player is customized to wrap a unique player interface for online videos.

Admin Features	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Enterprise
Powerful Control Panel
Moderation Tool
Multiple Categories
Galleries
Groups
Podcasts
Custom User Directories
Newsletters
Full Video Media Player
Member Profile Extension
FAQs
Content Syndication
Optional and Mandatory Groups
Customizable Flash Media Player

Use your current domain or choose a new one.

The platform scales to as many users as want to join.

Dotster can provide an advanced hosting architecture so the site is reliable and fast.

The CMS gives the site administrator complete control over content on the site. This control panel lets them edit and delete member content and post a wide range of media.

Dotster platform is customizable, allowing programmers to create specific features.

Clients can extend the platform features to fit their own needs and genre.

Custom flash features can be created to enhance the site.

Files can be virus scanned before being uploaded to the site.

Open APIs allows interaction with many providers as well as other communities for complete site customization.

Overhead on the site can be reduced by off-loading audio and video to another party.

Provide a video simulcast of any event.

The platform can create a parent community that hosts a number of other communities.

Multi-tenancy allows an organization to host distinct communities on the same set of hardware architecture.

The site can be translated into 26 different languages.

Utilizing open APIs, the product can integrate with various content management systems.

The platform works with other information sources to provide a complete view to community members.

Platform Features	Silver	Gold	Platinum	Enterprise
Use your own Domain
Number of Users	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Web Hosting
Content Management System (Built In)
Customization	Very Limited	Limited	Limited	Unlimited
Extendibility
Custom Flash
File Uploading (Virus Checked)
Open APIs
Content Delivery
Video Simulcast
Sub-site Hierarchy
Multi-tenancy
Multiple Language Support
External CMS Integration
Enterprise Information Integration