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PlumJelly applications
PlumJelly applications are the building blocks used to make a seamless, interactive PlumJelly website; they can also be embedded into the page of an existing website.
This page lists current and future applications; click on an application name for more information.
See also the pages on PlumJelly modules and libraries.
1. Current applications
These applications are available for immediate use.
Contact
Contact is a simple PlumJelly application used to create highly configurable contact forms for websites. When the user submits the form an email containing the information from the form is sent to your nominated email address.
Core
The Core application is a simple PlumJelly application used by the Core module to create the login page, registration page, activation page, password reset page, etc. for websites that use user accounts to control access to pages, services and/or data.
FAQ
FAQ is a PlumJelly application that allows you to maintain a list of frequently asked questions. The questions can be presented as one list or divided up into categories. The layout and presentation can be configured to suit your requirements and the questions and answers are easily updated.
Folio
Folio is a PlumJelly application used to create easily updated HTML pages for websites built using the PlumJelly framework. It is used to create the information‐rich pages that link together the interactive pages created using other applications to build a complete website.
Portal
This PlumJelly application allows you to create a set of onscreen tiles with configurable size and appearance. Each tile can then launch another PlumJelly application or any arbitrary URL. Use it as the glue to unify some existing sites, as the front end for a PlumJelly website, or just as an alternative to a menu for navigation on a mobile device.
Resource
Resource is a PlumJelly application that allows you to control access to digital resources.
2. Under development
These applications are under development and the expected publication dates are shown.
Attend (September 2017)
This is a PlumJelly application that allows you to list events, take bookings, email attendees, etc. It is suitable for any event that does not use numbered seats. It can handle free and multi‐price events with or without registration codes or voucher codes.
Config (September 2017)
This is a support tool offering a GUI that allow customers to easily configure the PlumJelly applications that make up their website or service.
Payment (September 2017)
This PlumJelly application can accept online payments by debit or credit card and can work alongside other applications to purchase of tickets, of downloads, of documents, make donations, pay deposits, etc.
Forum (October 2017)
This PlumJelly application will act as a dedicated front end to the Comments module allowing it to act as a public or private forum.
Profile (October 2017)
Profile allows users of your website with an account to add and update account details such as username, email address, real name themselves. It can also be configured to keep any other user specific information you require. Anything from postal address or mobile number to membership status, key, dates, licence numbers, etc. This additional information can be read‐only or editable by the user.
FAQ 2 (November 2017)
The existing FAQ application will be enhanced with ratings and usage statistics. Users will be able to rate answers as, for example, helpful or not. The rating scale and format will be configurable. The usage statistics will show which questions have been viewed when.
3. Planned
These applications are planned for the future. Some have been specified in detail but development work has not yet started.
Donate
This application will work with the Payment application to create a donation service. This could be short term, free standing website, for example accepting donations for a community project, or incorporated into a larger website.
Gallery
This will be a PlumJelly application that allows you to display to your users a series of of images, with or without captions. Navigation between images can be automated (a slide show) or controlled by the user. See also the Banner module which will allow a subset of the Gallery features to be added as part of a page created by another application.
Licence
This will be a support tool allowing customers to view and renew their PlumJelly licences allowing for seamless operation of PlumJelly websites, allowing for the addition or removal of features as needs change.
Signup
An application to manage to process of building a legitimate email list; getting user consent, recording date, time and method of consent, verifying email addresses, etc. It will manage and record user preferences, allow users to modify their preferences, respond to unsubscribe requests, provide filtered list of email addresses for use by other applications, etc.
Template
This will be a support tool offering a GUI that allow customers to easily edit the templates that are used by some PlumJelly applications to control the content on a page.
4. Under consideration
These applications are under consideration. No firm decision has yet been made about when or if they will be developed. Contact us if you think one of these applications may be of use to you; we may then move it into the ‘planned’ or ‘under development’ categories.
Helpdesk
A ‘ticket’ based system allowing users to open support calls, report problems, request help, etc. Tracks issues through to resolution, providing feedback to end users as well as those running the system. Full reporting of current status, outstanding issues, etc.
Loan/Hire
An application offering for physical objects what a library system offers for books. Allows you to keep track of who has what. When combined with the payment application this could form the basis of a commercial hire system. See resource for a similar application for digital resources.
5. Proposing a new application
If the application you are looking for is not listed above you can propose it using our contact form. A new application needs to have a narrow, well defined purpose and produce output that can be displayed on a web page. See also the pages on PlumJelly modules and libraries.