Features
The Web-Based Knowledge Base Software
100% Hosted & Web-Based
- No Installation & Zero Maintenance Comm100 Knowledge Base is fully hosted
and managed by Comm100. No software to download or install. We take care of all
the hardware, software, backup and maintenance work on the sever side to simplify
your IT infrastructure so that you can have more time to spend on running your business.
- High Availability & Reliability We completely understand the importance of
high reliability and security to your business. To ensure the highest possible availability,
we use high-end HP servers to run the application, world-class data center to host
our server farm, and RAID ADG to protect your data from hard disk failure. Rigorous
backup and disaster recovery plan are enforced.
- 100% Web Based You and your visitors only need a web browser to use Comm100
Knowledge Base. Comm100 Knowledge Base is fully cross browser compatible. Your visitors
can access the knowledge base with any standard web browser of their choice, such
as IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera & Safari, etc.
Integrated with Other Comm100 Applications
- Integration with Comm100 TicketThis enables you to quickly insert a knowledge
base article into your ticket response as well as submit a ticket as a knowledge
base article candidate.
- Integration with Comm100 ForumThis enables you to submit a forum topic as
a knowledge base article candidate and build your knowledge base articles quickly.
- Integration with Comm100 Help DeskThis enables your customers to access your
knowledge base in your help desk, which offers a centralized place for your customer
service channels.
- Integration with Comm100 UserWith the integration, you can have a 360 degree
view of a user's information, including chat transcripts, offline messages, tickets,
search history, etc.
Fully Customizable Knowledge Base Solution
- Having Your Own Logo You can put your own logo on your knowledge base to
maintain your brand identity.
- Selectable Page Style
(Screen Shot)You can choose one preferred page style for your knowledge
base that best fits your site feel and look.
- Fully Customizable Header & Footer (Screen Shot) You can fully customize the header and footer
of your knowledge base to make it fit with your website style.
- Having Your Own Domain Name You can use your own domain name for your knowledge
base after remapping our domain to yours.
- Display Settings (Screen
Shot)You can customize rules that define the layout and outlook of your
knowledge base.
User-Friendly Self-Help System
- Categorized Display & Auto Breadcrumbs Articles are categorized in your knowledge
base. All visited pages of your knowledge base, from the home page to the currently
viewed page, are recorded. This makes it easy for your visitors to find answers
and backwards navigation. An example for the breadcrumb is shown as follows:
Knowledge Base for Comm100 >> Comm100 Live Chat >> General Questions
- Easy Full-Text Search It's easy for your visitors to search for what they
need in your knowledge base. Both quick search and advanced search are supported.
The search result is displayed according to the degree of relativity.
- Featured Articles Sticky Featured articles are listed ahead of non-featured
articles, so that your visitors can easily notice them.
- Related Articles A list of related articles is displayed with every article,
which helps your visitors get more related information.
- Popular Articles & Latest Viewed Articles (Screen Shot)Popular Articles and Latest Viewed Articles
in your knowledge base are automatically recorded and displayed to your visitors.
- Article Information (Screen
Shot) Full information of an article, including Views, Attachment, Related
Articles, Feedbacks, etc. is recorded.
Easy-to-Use Management Portal
- Unlimited Categories & Articles
(Screen Shot) You can create unlimited categories and articles and categorize
your knowledge base information in the best possible way.
- What You See Is What You Get The build-in WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You
Get) HTML Editor of Comm100 Knowledge Base helps you quickly create an engaging
article or edit your existing articles.
- Draft Management & Recycle Bin Draft is a draft article which is not visible
to public visitors. After an article is saved as a draft, another operator can see
and edit the draft. Drafts can be made public when finished. Recycle bin protects
your information from being deleted by mistake. All categories and articles deleted
will be moved into the Recycle Bin first. But if you further remove them from the
Recycle Bin, they can no longer be restored.
- Article Attachment You can attach any file to an article in your knowledge
base. The maximum size of an attachment is 20MB.
- Article Template An article template is a template used for creating a knowledge
base article. You can create a new article template, edit and delete an existing
article template.
- Labels You can attach labels to your articles, which helps you categorize
and locate articles.
- Feedback Moderation You can moderate clients' feedback before they are published.
- Multilingual Article Non-Latin char sets including non-UTF-8 encodings and
special characters are supported.
- Article Rating & Comment Visitors can rate an article as helpful or not helpful
as well as leave a comment to an article. These feedback help you understand the
needs of your visitors, improve the quality of the articles and optimize your products
and services.
- Bookmark & Email to Friends Visitors can quickly bookmark an article they
like or share an article with their friends, customers or associates by email.
- Share Article on Social NetworkVisitors can easily share the articles onto their Facebook, Twitter,
Google or Yahoo accounts.
- Article Export You can allow visitors to export the articles they like to
Text or CSV format.
Permission Settings
- Visit Permission Setting (Screen Shot) You can define who can access your knowledge
base. Four options are provided: Public, User & Operators, Operators Only and Closed.
- Operator Permission Definition (Screen Shot)You can define the permissions of each operator,
including Manage Site Settings, Manage Categories, Manage Articles, Manage Feedback,
Manage Labels, Permanently Delete Articles and View Reports.
- Feedback Settings
(Screen Shot)You can define who can leave feedback in your knowledge base;
whether the feedback needs to be moderated by operators and who can view the feedback.
Report & Statistics
- Categories StatisticsCategories Statistics shows you how many categories
you have, which one is most popular, which one is least popular and your top ten
most popular categories.
- Article StatisticsArticle Statistics shows you how many articles you have,
which get the most views, the number of articles created during a specific month
and the number of the articles created or updated by one operator during a period
of time.
- Search StatisticsSearch Statistics shows you the successful searches, the
failed searches and the most popular search conducted by visitors in your knowledge
base.
- Author StatisticsAuthors Statistics shows you the top 10 authors who gain
the largest number of total views from all the articles created by them.
For more detailed features, please check out the
Feature List.