Upgrade www.GCSinvestments.com

We are looking to upgrade [[login to view URL]][1]. We would like the look and feel? of the site? to remain the same. The major additional features that we want to add to the site are the following: - real time index updates - the ability for clients to log on to view their portfolio - Online buy/sell orders - online form filling - the ability to access research (fee per report, subscription basis) - the ability to open accounts - the ability to communicate with? the company's? online platform with the Ghana Stock Exchange - the ability for our employees download data from the online forms easily and potentially in PDF format. We would also like an easy to use interface that our employees can use to update the site's content. ## Deliverables The CMS should provide a seamless and powerful environment for content creators. Ensures that authors have easy access to the full range of features provided by the CMS. ? Separation of content and presentation It should be possible to publish to multiple formats with a strict separation of content and presentation. Authoring is style-based, and all formatting is applied during publishing. ? Powerful linking Authors? should? create many cross-links between pages, and these will be stable against restructuring. ? Non-technical authoring for additional content Authors? should not be required to use HTML (or other technical knowledge) when creating pages. Basic knowledge of word processing is all that is required. ? Ease of use & efficiency It is very easy to create and maintain content. ? Content archiving Strict archiving control is necessary for content accountability, backup and disaster recovery. A simple but powerful interface is provided for this feature. ? Workflow Decentralized content creation relies heavily on the powerful workflow within the CMS, that can be easily customized, and is resilient against organizational change. ? Security Adequate security levels and audit trails will be in place to protect the integrity of the content. Stylesheets Final appearance is controlled through the use of stylesheets. This provides flexibility and expandability. ? Cross browser support The pages are viewable in all major web browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera, etc). ? Speed Page size has been limited to ensure that load times are acceptable for users. ? Metadata All pages provide sufficient metadata to allow effective indexing and searching. ? ? Document Upload and Retrieval ??" CMS should make it easy to upload promotional documents to the site all by ourselves, thus grow the research library quickly and organically. Visitors should easily find information they are looking for; including PDF documents with appropriate titles and not only within the body of the main site and subscribe/pay for them. Customers should easily pay online for transactions without walking visit to GCSL’s geographical locations. Search Facility ??" A custom built search facility for visitors to search our website with keywords. External Applications ??"Effectively Integrate existing applications into the new website application. Guaranteed search Engine (Internet) visibility - Provide us with excellent return on investment, with constant feedback and proactive recommendations for increasing our website audience (i.e. Internet Marketing). ? The future incorporation of any application module will just be a plug-in into the current framework.