Customisation¶
Customise your platform with a variety of commonly requested options, without the need for risky custom development and lengthy time lines.
Overview¶
CNXION is designed to be highly customisable. We did not start with the goal of selling products at all. We started with a focus on allowing the content of interest to be discovered. This is where the idea of 'matching' comes from, as distinct from 'searching', where a user types in a search term actively. In the case of matching the user may have simply specified their preferences on their Profile.
This unique approach to design has resulted in a system that is highly configurable, yes it's possible you could configure the 'things' to be found to be 'Products', that can be purchased and shipped. But its also possible that you could just allow notifications to be sent to users when a new thing/person/content item matches their profile.
Customisation is for anyone with an idea for a platform that wants to connect one or more types of users together, either directly to each other, or perhaps by intermediate offers and requests.
Topics¶
Topic | Description |
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Branding & Theme | Create a custom theme for your CNXION platform. |
Custom Domain | Setup your custom domain eg. https://myapp.com to run over a secure sever for enhanced security. |
Highly Customisable Content | Advanced ability to customise sections of standard templates. |
Search | There are a multitude of configuration options available for the CNXION search feature. |
Matching | Matching is a nuanced version of searching where results are expected based on an implicitly provided profile or request. |
E-commerce | Highly customisable E-commerce system built from the ground up. |
Object Removal Policies | Archive vs immediate delete content from your application. |
Ratings | Customise ratings and reviews requested from users. |
Action Framework | Customise actions throughout your application. |
Workflows | Customise workflows throughout your application. |
Dynamic Model Management | Dynamically manage models. |
Dynamic Profile Management | Dynamically manage profiles. |
Tenant Specific Tests | Create customised tests specific to your application. |
Notifications | Customise the notifications sent to the users of your application. |
Vanity URLs | Customise the urls users can use to access your profile or offer |
Use cases¶
CNXION was founded on the basis that it was too expensive and difficult to customise a marketplace, search or matching platform with the tools available. A common use case for customising CNXION is to make it fit in with your concept or business logic. For example as a platform creator you may want to customise branding, user profiles, the content that users create, and even the billing and payment logic.
Related documentation¶
Depending on what you are trying to do documentation for the feature is split into the following roles.
- As a developer (restricted)
- As a superuser (restricted)
- As a site administrator (this page)
- As an end user
Requirements¶
While much of your platform is customisable, it is possible that you may need to file a support request to action some elements of the customisation. We are working to make it more user friendly to make these changes yourself, however sometimes its just easier to leave it to the professionals.
Branding & Theme¶
To setup your custom themed CNXION platform we will request a few initial items from you including:
- Platform logo (two versions to be displayed on dark and light backgrounds as well as an icon only version of the logo without text)
- Platform feature colors (generally a default colour and a two feature colors that will be associated with primary and secondary actions (ie. button colors) on the site)
- Platform name (eg. Janes Toy Swapping Marketplace)
- Profile names (eg. Buyer, Seller)
- Fonts (a list of the font familys used in your branding, CNXION is currently set up to work with google fonts)
We will then generate your cnxion theme using the above data which will be used to skin the default cnxion demo. For some examples of the way the cnxion platform has been themed by other tenants please review our success stories.
Tip
If you need any assistance with the branding, colors and fonts associated with your platform the CNXION design team is available to help.
Note
The ability for administrators to set up their own theme through an administrator panel without developer assistance is currently under developement.
Custom Domain¶
Setup your custom domain eg. https://myapp.com to run over a secure sever for enhanced security.
For more information see secure domains.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Highly Customisable Content¶
Advanced ability to customise sections of standard templates.
For more information see content management systems.
Note
Documentation to be updated
Search¶
CNXION has a highly customisable search feature.
Search Result Interface¶
There are a multitude of configuration options available for the CNXION search feature including customisation of:
- Public or private search feature.
- Fields available in search banner including keywords, localisation and dates.
- Search results and filters based on keywords, categories, subcategories, ranges and dates.
- Default search results shown based on your custom criteria, for example we can hide past events from displaying in the search results.
For more information see search.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Search Result Tiles¶
Customise the data and configuration of your application search result tiles for different types of offers (eg. profiles, products, events, blog articles).
For more information see search.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Matching¶
Matching is a nuanced version of searching where results are expected based on an implicitly provided profile or request, for example.
Customise based on:
- Keywords
- Categories
- Subcategories
- Ranges
- Dates
For more information see matching.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
E-commerce¶
Highly customisable E-commerce system built from the ground up.
Stores¶
Create a shop name, add a logo and branding along with a bio, listing and reviews from customers.
For more information see e-commerce.
Note
Documentation to be updated
Products¶
For more information see e-commerce.
Note
Documentation to be updated
Object Removal Policies¶
Archive vs immediate delete.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Ratings¶
For more information see ratings, reviews and feedback.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Action Framework¶
For more information see actions.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Workflows¶
For more information see workflows.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Dynamic Model Management¶
For more information see dynamic model management.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Dynamic Profile Management¶
For more information see dynamic profile management.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Tenant Specific Tests¶
Tests minimise the chance of disruptions as we continuously add new features. If your application has specific functionality which is vital to your business we can construct tests to make sure the system is working as desired.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.
Notifications¶
Customise the notifications sent to the users of your application. All emails are sent using sendgrid and the content can be customised as you wish.
Note
Please contact support for assistance, documentation to be updated.