Why cctext?
Top 10 reasons why choose cctext
Choosing a product is about the whole package, not just one-off features.
- 10. A lot of businesses run cctext as their main collaborative platform or just another internal wiki. We use cctext for ourselves too.
- 9. The email support is fast, friendly, and professional. The user forum and help documents are growing everyday.
- 8. A professional developer team is behind you.
- 7. We run applications and store data on Amazon Web Services, which is fast, secure and scalable. So we provide unlimited file storage space, in order to fit your growing business. It's called "cloud computing".
- 6. The pricing is reasonable, no-strings-attached, and pay-as-you-go. Only one plan. And the first 10 UMs are free.
- 5. We make it a top priority to keep your data secure.
- 4. It’s a web-based product, which means that you can access it as long as you have a web browser and Internet connection.
- 3. It's easy to learn and easy to use. The interface is clean and simple.
- 2. It focuses on collaboration and communication, especially for remote teams.
- 1. We have not invented any new concepts or new tools. Instead, we use the whole concept of WIKI, which is proven as the best tool in both knowledge management and team collaboration. We believe that wiki is simple and powerful, and enough for all sizes of businesses.
- For Google Apps user, there is an 11. Use your Google Apps username/password to login.
Powerful Markup/Editor
Full Keyboard Editing
We use markup language, not wysiwyg. With cctext editor, you can format your text with simple and easy-to-write codes. So the topic can be edited only with keyboard, which improves editing speed, and enables you faster experience.
Toolbar Support
Word-like toolbar for beginners and users who don't like to use codes. The toolbar includes all functions. Writing with toolbar is just the same as keyboard operation.
Real-time Preview
Although cctext is not wysiwyg, it provides a real-time preview. You can see what the page looks like when you edit it.
Editing by Section
Each section can be edited separately. No need to edit the full page every time. It saves time and improves efficiency.
Complete Audit Trail
It keeps the records of any change made to your workspace. Who changed what can all be seen. All revision histories can be tracked and picked up for the further editing.
Tags & Templates
User-generated tags and templates help to organize topics. It is much easier and faster to find what you need, and edit other topics with the same format.
Rich Content Sharing
File Uploading
When editing a topic, if needed, you can upload a file into the topic as an attachment. Others can download it or just view the content in the page.
QuickLook
A quick look for uploaded files like Mac OS X. You can view the content and get the idea without downloading the files every time. It makes content sharing faster and easier.
Media Box
Upload a audio or video file, you will have a media box on your page, which you can play without downloading it or opening a new page.
Security & Privacy
Safe, Secure and Private
The data will be hosted in Amazon S3 and EC2, which is safe and unlimited. And SSL certificate ensures the data secure and confidential. It won't be seen by others from the Internet.
Access Control
Workspace-level access control enables workspace owner and admin to manage members for each workspace. It improves working efficiency to divide people into different workspace as needed. And it also certainly protects enterprise privacy.
Daily Backup
The data will be backed up nightly everyday in case of any emergency. We can perform full backup recovery in the event of a system-wide emergency.
Excellent Usability
Easy-to-Use
No installation required. You can use cctext just with your browser. Full keyboard operation and toolbar support help you to use it easily and quickly. No technical background or any special skills required. Everyone can use cctext.
Friendly to Google Apps Users
If you are Google Apps user, you don't to sign up. You can log in just with you Google Apps account. And other Google Apps users in your company will be automatically added to your cloud once he log in.
WYSIWYM v.s. WYSIWYG
The cctext uses WYSIWYM (what you see is what you mean), not WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). That's a very important difference from some other wikis, like CentralDesktop and PBWorks.
That is because cctext is designed for enterprise internal collaboration and communication. Unlike CentralDesktop and PBWorks, we focus on the content, rather than the format. And this markup editor responds faster than WYSIWYG, which enables users faster experience. Maybe you also find that without any markup, your topic goes fluently too.
Besides, cctext also provides a word-like toolbar and the real-time preview. You don't have to remember the markup symbols. All editing functions can be accomplished with the toolbar. It will help you to change part or whole format. While editing/formatting the whole page or a section, you can all see the real-time preview below the editor. If you are still accustomed to the WYSIWYG editors, you'll like it.
We believed that a WYSIWYG editor is not so necessary for a collaborative wiki. And a WYSIWYM editor is clean and enough, and more powerful on optimizing the collaboration and improving working efficiency, especially when comparing two revisions and searching them in hundreds of topics.
So we choose the WYSIWYM side.