Extranet tools are deployed to fit your needs - but listed below are a sample of the sort of tools which could be utilised. But the main benefits with extranets come when you start linking your site into your back office systems. Clients can place and check their own orders, partners can check their commission. This takes your staff off the phones and onto building more value for your company. QEB are very experienced in this field and build custom tools which really build value in the solutions deployed.

	Text/Html Publish text, images and links and much more		Documents Publish and download a list of documents
	News Create features and news items for publication on the intranet		Workflow Setup and manage new content through publishing processes
	Media Publish an image, flash or video		Feedback Send messages to site administrator
	Links Get links to any page on your site or external URL		Contacts Manage and display contact information
	Info Maps Publish and display information e.g. Localised Directions		Testominials Add/display random quotes, testimonials and jokes
	Child Links Dropdown or static list of pages		Events Publish and subscribe to up-coming events

Collaboration is made easier by the provision of private commununal area (for projects, clubs, teams):

Template Wizard Quickly deploy community areas on your site according to templates

In each community you can use a mix of collaboration tools which were deployed by the template:

	Announcements Create a list of simple text announcements		Document Exchange Publish, check in/out, subscribe and organise groups of documents
	News & News Archive Create features and news items for publication on the intranet		Diaries Schedule meetings and attach your agenda's, presentations and minutes
	Message Marquee Post messages in a scrolling display		Discussions Raise and discuss issues
	Gallery Display albums of graphics/multimedia files		User Directory Find registered user contact details and view their photo