Website Functionality

Valice leverages its own custom WordPress plugin functionality and utilized reputable, licensed third-party plugin functionality to extend and optimize basic WordPress website capabilities. All Valice Website subscribers have access to all of this functionality — saving you hundreds of dollars each year on licensing. All supported functionality is housed in a code repository for update testing before production deployment.

Valice will configure your selected functionality as part of its website design and setup services. Contact us for assistance setting up, configuring and styling any this functionality on your existing Valice Website.

Core Functionality

This functionality is baked into all Valice Websites.

• Admin Page Protection
  Protects your WordPress login page from attacks.
• SMTP Email Routing
  Ensure all emails from your website are delivered by authenticating through a valid and verified email address.

Basic Functionality

This functionality is available to all Valice Webites. Contact us for assistance setting up, configuring and styling this functionality.

• Banner Alerts
  Call attention or action — Banner alerts are ideal for maintenance notices or time-sensitive promotions.

  Banner Alerts

  Call attention without annoyance, your alerts will show up at the top of every page but can be dismissed for good by the user. Banner alerts are configured just like a post or page with support for title, content and link to read more. You can run more than one alert at a time and activate or deactivate as needed.

  Ideal For:

  • Technical notices
  • Terms or agreement changes
  • Special offers or promotions
  • Service outage or maintenance message
  • Time-sensitive appeals for donation or action
• Calendar
  A User-centric display of events, meetings or classes with dedicated event pages for descriptions, images and more.

  Calendar

  The Events Calendar, by Modern Tribe is our go-to calendar plugin. With a sleek, mobile-responsive view by list, month, week, image or even mapped location — this plugin is sure to make it easy for users to find your events.

  Supports & Capabilities

  Basic Calendar Option

  • Categorized events
  • View by list, month, or week
  • Event importing and exporting for automation
  • Registration form linking (with Gravity Forms)

  Enhanced Calendar Option

  • View by list, month, week, map, or image
  • Recurring events by week, date, month, etc
  • Searchable and filterable events by date, category, price, or other field
  • Custom event fields
• Custom Content Types
  A must-have for staff, service or product listings with support for custom fields and categories.

  Custom Content Types

  Custom content (post types) will extend your website to include easy-to-update content and custom fields for specialty content.

  Common Uses

  • Board of Directors or staff listings with bios
  • Categorized product listings without cart or eCommerce
  • Categorized service listings and detail pages
  • Organized resources or documents
  • Sponsors with logos and links to websites
• Image Sliders or Rotators
  Display rotating graphics with images and messaging on any page in your website for visual appeal.
• Locator
  Location-aware, mapped locations. A great tool for businesses with multiple branches and locations.

  Locator

  The locator was developed by Valice to display listings and locations in order of proximity to the user. The locator includes support for custom fields (hours, phone number, featured image, etc) and locations can be viewed both on a Google map and as a list with proximity information (miles away).

  Setup Includes:

  • Setup of all fields (title, image, description, hours, etc)
  • Entry of up to 10 locations or csv/Excel import (if provided)
  • Design and layout of location detail pages
  • Design and layout of search fields
  • Design and layout of map results page
• MailChimp, Aweber and Constant Contact Subscribe
  Easily allow visitors to signup for your e-newsletters or email promotions through a reputable email marketing provider.
• Mega Menus
  Build large, dynamic navigation menus with support for images and text.
• Members Only Content
  Well suited for nonprofits or intranets to limit access to specific pages or an entire website.

  Members Only Content

  Members-only content includes workflows to support user registration and permission configurations to restrict content and pages to specific user groups.

  Ideal For:

  • Boards
  • Associations
  • Pay-for-content revenue models
• Secure Documents
  Post and manage documents and document categories with tracked revision histories.
• SEO-Ready Pack
  Must-have on-page optimization and analytics tools.

  SEO-Ready Pack

  The SEO-Ready Pack includes setup and configuration of search engine optimization, search engine marketing and tracking tools to get your website ready for optimization.

  Included Premium Tools:

  • Yoast SEO
  • Google Tag Manager Configuration
  • Broken Link Checker
  • Redirect Management
• Social Media Sharing
  Support Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, LinkedIn and Pinterest sharing for your pages, posts or products.
• Tables
  Easily create or import and embed sortable, searchable tables into your web pages and content.
• Web Forms
  Efficient communication and information gathering from basic contact forms to multi-step registration forms.

  Web Forms

  We utilize the Gravity Forms premium plugin for all web form creations. This plugin provides un-matched ease-of-use and security. Plus with several add-on capability options — your web form can play an integral role in your website effectiveness.

  Ideal For:

  • Donation forms with payment integration (requires SSL security and a supported merchant gateway or PayPal account)
  • Quote request form
  • Email newsletter subscriptions (requires Mail Chimp, Constant Contact, Awebber, or Emma)
  • Calculator
  • Poll or quiz
  • User/Member registrations
  • Event registrations

Advanced Functionality

This functionality is available to all Valice Webites but may require additional resources. Contact us for assistance setting up, configuring and styling this functionality.

• Advanced Search & Facets
  Extend the search capabilities of your website by allowing visitors to perform advanced searches and facet your products or content by custom fields.
• Forums
  Allow users to engage with one another through moderated web forums.

  Forums

  Allow users to engage with one another through moderated web forums.

• MLS IDX Property Search
  An iframe-free, fully integrated and custom styled MLS search and mapped listing results without any additional fees.

  MLS IDX Property Search

  Allow your clients and the general public to use your website to search the MLS. Search by map regions, price, rooms, area and other MLS fields. The results and search are mobile-responsive and support style customizations to match your real estate brand. Features Include:

  • Interactive Google map listings
  • Advanced search with multi-select for areas
  • Listing-specific contact form
  • Listing detail pages with all available data presented
  • Office, Agent and Neighborhood landing pages with filtered listings

eCommerce Functionality

This functionality is available to all Valice E2, E3 and E4 Websites.

• Authorize.net Payment Gateway
  Accept eCommerce payments through your authorize.net account.
• Custom Checkout Fields
  Configure additional required or optional fields beyond basic shipping and payment information at checkout.
• Custom Product Fields
  Create additional configuration or customization information when a customer adds specific products to their shopping cart.
• Custom Shipping Tables
  Customize your shipping rates by configurable variables including customer type, state, product type, quantities, and more.
• First Data Payment Gateway
  Integrate with your First Data payment gateway to accept credit card payments at checkout.
• Product Import/Export
  Import or Export products from another shopping cart (Magento, Zen Cart, Shopping, CS-Cart) or spreadsheet.
• UPS, FedEx, USPS Shipping Rates
  Integrate with your UPS, FedEx or USPS account for real-time shipping rate calculations.

Advanced eCommerce Functionality

This functionality is available to Valice E3 and E4 Websites.

• Affiliate System
  Enable users to create affiliate accounts on your website and earn commissions for referrals.
• Bundled Products
  Configure product bundles to offer discounts for larger purchases or combine recommended product accessories.
• Discounts by Customer Type
  Provide special pricing to groups of customers such as wholesalers or members.
• Followup Emails
  Send your customers scheduled followup emails for feedback or promotional purposes.
• Restricted Shipping or Payment Methods
  Restrict certain payment options or shipping options by customer type.
• Shipment Tracking
  Add shipment provider and tracking number information to your orders.