Association Management Software  (AMS)

Custom Web Design. A custom website design provides your HOA website with the flexibility you need to effectively brand the association. By having a professional graphic designer create your site from the ground up through wireframes and Photoshop designs, your HOA website will not only represent your brand, but will also set your design miles ahead of others in the industry. While a custom design is ideal if your budget allows for it, it is not always realistic when building association type websites. In these cases, a theme website design might be a more suitable option.

Theme website design. It is understandable that homeowner associations often do not have the budget to allow for a custom website design. In this case, we will use a theme website design, or a pre-designed site. With a theme website design, you are still able to achieve a lot of the requirements you believe necessary for the site. A theme may limit you in some aspects like layout and content areas, so it will be important to find a theme that fits these needs. Branding is always important, so we will pull in a designer to make the theme unique by adding your logo, creative images, and adjust the color scheme to match your brand.

Responsive web design. Residents need to be able to access the homeowner association website (and association related information/documents) anywhere, anytime, from any device. A responsive web design gives your website the ability to adapt to any device’s size screen. This removes the need for users to zoom in and out and scroll from each side to be able to read your content. Both custom and theme website designs can be made responsive.

Custom website development is essential for the online success of a homeowner association website. The great news is that association type websites typically do not need a lot of custom development. Here are the things that we have implemented in the past for these types of websites, but please keep in mind that each solution will need to be tailored to each association’s specific needs.

Easy Content Management.  The admin of a website needs to be able to easily manage and edit content on the site. This should include easy file uploads, page creation, image uploads, and content creation. Five Technology’s content 
management system (CMS) provides a user-friendly environment for even non-technical admins.

Secure Access/User Logins.  Secure access is an important feature for any homeowner association type website. Your admins should be able to easily add important documents (tax info, board meeting agendas, etc.) to pages behind a secure access gateway. They should also be able to easily create and manage user logins for residents accessing this information.

Blog/News Feed.  Keeping your residents up to date on the latest news in the association or even highlighting upcoming events in the area is very important. A blog can accomplish this news curation in an easy-to-use platform. In most cases, this could even replace an association newsletter; which will save time, paper, and hassle.

Agenda App.  Five Technology has developed and implemented a custom website application that makes creating, publishing, and sharing board meeting agendas and minutes easy. Create meeting agendas from a variety of templates based on the type of meeting, add items and subitems, then publish to the website for instant access. During the meeting, you can then access the agenda and add notes, comments, and amendments right from the app, then re-publish it for instant access to the meeting’s minutes by the residents. It even provides for video uploads, if the meetings were recorded. Save time, save paper, save money!

Five Technology’s content management system, the Site Management Console, is a great solution for any HOA website. Website admins need easy accessibility to the backend of the website, and have control over all of its content.

Your website admin can easily be trained to manage and edit your HOA website through this content management system. There is no programming experience needed to make various content changes.

The SMC adds interactive and advanced functionality to your HOA website. Above all, it puts you and your admins in control.
 

Lake Associations
Residents who reside on lakes need their own way of communicating formally to promote statewide advocacy to preserve and enhance lakes and rivers. Association Management Software will increase involvement and allow access to resources of communication between residents by creating association portals with access to all necessary information.

Condominium Associations
These associations determine community standards, sets budgets, and maintains and reserves common elements. Owners pay dues that take care of common elements, set rules and regulations and also are recommended to attend community meetings. All of which can be sorted and regulated through the association management software.

Homeowners Associations 
Homeowners associations use association management software to provide a secure information hub for the homeowners. Allows homeowners to arrange meetings through their HOA site. The management software also allows homeowners to make payments directly through the website. 

Being able to have full control over content that is published to your website is one of the many pros of using a secure website over a social network. On social network pages like Facebook, any facebook user is allowed to comment on the association's thread which can create confusion and deception. An open social media platform is also at risk of scammers and bots, leading to potential misinformation. Having a secure site increases credibility, and is not flooded with unwanted content and ads. The members can control who is allowed access to certain features of the website by using secure usernames and passwords. Association management software positions the association as professional and put together.

Five Technology uses support software that immediately becomes specific to you once you send in a support request. You will receive a task number and one of our team members will assist you when they become available.

Nope! We will cater the website to the best of our abilities to fit the exact needs of your association, regardless of how big or small.

The backup process consists of backing up all websites nightly. This backup includes a copy of all website files and the website database. Backups are retained for 14 days. Individual files can be restored from any of the backup snapshots. In the event the database needs to be restored, the entire website will be reverted to the state it was at the time of the database backup. Backups are stored offsite.

Yes! Surveys are a great way to gather information and receive feedback from the community and association. We can implement a survey feature to make it easy for the associations to collect process information. 
 

Five Technology uses responsive web design. Which equips all websites we develop to respond to different environments on different devices. This way you can access the information you need from anywhere.
 

Yes, the Five Technology team implements safety features into each of its sites to ensure all information is safe and secure.