Multi-Domain CMS with Flash Video Content Delivery System

Client Needs Analysis:

Citybuzz needed a solution to manage their rapidly growing web presence. With their customer base spreading to numerous sites, Citybuzz required 25 sites to start and then additional sites for every city whose market they entered. They also required a portal site which will list all City specific sites.

The amount of material on each site required multiple categories and subcategories followed by articles with reviews of various cities along with pastimes, culinary critiques, and much more. Each category required the ability to display crisp streaming video inline with featured advertising videos to name just a few required features. The cost of creating individual sites, each with their own Content Management System (CMS) would have been cost prohibitive and lacked the ability to make global changes which would result in future additional expenses and headaches.

Solution:

Binarian Studios developed a solution which provided maximum scalability and ease of use for both users and for Citybuzz personnel. Using ASP.NET and a number of other technologies, Binarian Studios created a custom portal and CMS which would allow Citybuzz to have an entirely new site up literally in a matter of minutes without Citybuzz ever having to see a line of code or contacting us. Simply register the domain, point it to our servers, add content and make it live.

For content management, Binarian Studios created a custom web based application. A new Citybuzz site can now be added starting with domain name, graphics and unique color palette, followed by categories and subcategories, articles with full in-line WYSIWYG functionality and dynamic media management, video ads, and Streaming Flash Media.

To reduce costly per clip conversion and encoding fees, Binarian Studios created a system which allows a video editor to simply drop a video file into a folder then our transcoding server converts it to Flash Video, enters it into a list from which Citybuzz content managers can directly add the video into any category they want. At this point the video can be made "live" by a content editor.

The entire Citybuzz portal can be modified in-line, similar to a Wiki, without the need to learn a new interface. Administrators and content managers may browse the site just like the end user, but when logged in as an admin, they can edit and add information. An advanced permissions system also allows administrators to assign editors and content managers to specific domains.

Time to Design & Develop:

60 Days

Technologies Used:

ASP.NET, SQL, Flash Media Server, Flash AS2

Problem:
21st Insurance needed a quote estimator immediately for their new sites launch.
Binarian stepped in.

Solution:
With no lead time or prior knowledge of the system. Binarian's developers were able to analyze the 21st Century's quote system and integrate it with an online quote estimator in a timeline that no one else would touch.