DamianJ

I'd have a look at what the good CMS systems on the market do and then work out a way to make yours better than the competition, then bring it to market.

Here is the Elevated X list to give you an idea of what people expect nowadays.

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Elevated X Pay Site CMS Features

Easy to Use
User friendly admin panel with graphical, icon based navigation.
Manage as many sites as you like from 1 admin panel.
Update your sites remotely from anywhere using your PC, Mac or iPhone.
Easy to learn and operate even for inexperienced users.
Design templates can be edited by anyone who knows HTML.
Fully compatible with all major billing company and affiliate program software.
Fully compatible with popular affiliate scripts.
Works with member management and site security scripts like StrongBox and ProxyPass.
Professional Installation and Tech Support
We install your CMS on your server and deliver it 100% ready to use.
Searchable knowledge base with step by step "how-to" guides.
Prompt, professional US based technical support staff.
24/7 online support ticket system.
High Performance
Up to date technology using the latest versions of PHP and MySQL.
Smarty template code using CSS with HTML.
Support for FLV Tool and Wowza for streaming Flash video.
3 levels of caching for database performance, fast page loads and content delivery.
Work Smarter...and Faster
Create multiple site administrators with different permissions for each site.
Optional admin IP address restriction for additional security.
Schedule automated database backups to protect site data and settings.
Automated batching of photo resizing, watermarking, thumbnailing, Zip, compressing, video encoding and more.
Add new sites quickly and easily within minutes to grow your company faster.
18 U.S.C. Section 2257 Record Keeping
Store model releases and IDs online in a variety of file formats.
List URL's of where content is published for each model.
Add custom fields to records as needed.
Manage Your Content
Manage 3rd party feeds and plug-ins, photos, videos, audio files and erotic stories.
Organize and separate 3rd party content into bonus sites, video feeds, friends and more.
DVD download section with boxcovers, DVD info and a listing of scenes.
Give users the choice of downloading videos or viewing them on your site.
Organize and keyword tag your content using as many categories and sub-categories as you like.
A-Z list of models with individual bio pages showing each model's updates, bio, upsells and more.
Specify model gender as male, female or transsexual for the model index.
Automatically create thumbnails from video screen captures.
Automatically crop, watermark, sharpen, resize and compress photos.
Automatically crop thumbnails for galleries in portrait, landscape or uniform sizes.
Automatically generate photo galleries in multiple sizes such as 1600, 1280, 1024 or any size you like.
Built-in thumbnail cropper for full control over every image inside a site.
Create downloadable Zip files of photo sets with 1 click.
HTML5 Support for automatically embedding H.264 video for users who visit a site on an iPad.
Content Scheduling
Schedule updates by date or time release content based on the lifespan of every member.
Batch schedule updates and let the system calculate the dates automatically.
Rotate your updates using our custom automatic content scheduling system.
Enter and schedule text or HTML based news/journal/blog entries in advance.
Schedule highlighted "What's Hot" or "Weekly Feature" updates or rotate randomly with every page load.
Schedule tour updates in advance and/or in sync with member updates.
Schedule surveys/polls or rotate randomly with every visit.
Keep Your Members Coming Back
Search engine with autocomplete and results based on keyword, category and media type.
Advanced search that filters by keyword, categories, date and other user defined criteria.
Monthly calendar of past, present and future updates, events, cam shows and more.
Browse and sort updates by date added, model name, A-Z model listing and popularity.
Sort bonus sites, plug-ins, feeds, stories and audio files by category.
Members can add keyword tags to updates and view their list of tags.
Members can save their favorite updates for later viewing.
Comment system for members to comment on updates and news/blog entries.
Rating system for members to rate photo sets, videos and models.
Separate top lists to show top rated photo sets, videos and models.
Top lists to show most downloaded videos, most viewed models, most favorited updates and more.
Private messaging system for members to message you or talk to your models.
Automatic form generator for contact, support, feedback forms and more.
Slide show feature for a hands-free photo gallery viewing experience.
Show a list of suggested updates for each member based on their ratings.
Multi-question polls and sophisticated surveys.
Show a scrolling list of previews of what's coming soon to keep people coming back.
Tube-style animation previews when you mouseover a thumbnail.
Subscribe to a RSS feed of site updates.
Automatically post site updates on Twitter.
Make More Money From Your Members
Show a welcome screen with a full page ad offer when a member first logs into a site.
Create a rotation of offers to show different ads on page load.
Banner Manager serves text, banner or rich media ads (HTML, Flash, IFrame, etc.).
Ads can be weighted to control how often each ad shows up in rotation.
Set ads to show only on specific target zones, specific model pages, gallery pages and more.
See a list of ads and their total clicks in the admin panel.
Offer Your Site In Multiple Languages
Members can choose which language to view your site in.
Built-in support for manual human translation services for more accuracy and higher quality translations.
Make More Money With Free Trials and Limited Trials
Offer limited access or free trials to get more members to upgrade their membership.
Limit access to only certain pages of a gallery or certain video clips within each update.
Limit full content access to only the newest updates.
Block access to Zip files, bonus content or limit users to only viewing thumbnails.
Limit members to only view a certain number of videos within a specific timeframe.
Quickly and easily test setups to get you the best possible conversion rates.
Make More Sales From Your Tours
Manage multiple tours for every site including photos and video trailers.
Generate tour pages as static HTML for the fastest load times.
Auto-rotate different header images on every page load to make tours more dynamic and fresh.
Show a scrolling list of previews of what's coming soon for better conversions.
Choose which updates to show on a tour to only show the best updates.
Choose the order of updates shown on each tour for maximum click through rates.
Link updates to a full episode view or a separate embedded trailer page.
Show a toplist of most popular updates linked to the episode, trailer or join page.
Show an a-z index of models that can be sorted by name, date or popularity.
Limit tour visitors to only watching a certain number of video trailers within a specific timeframe.
Offer Multiple Versions of Tours Including Transparent and Tube Style Hybrids
Publish episode/update style tours
Publish transparent tours that look exactly the same as your member's area but don't allow access to content.
Publish tube style tours complete with preview animation on mouseover, search, categories and trailers. *
Increase the depth of your site by dozens, hundreds or thousands of pages for SEO and get more search engine traffic.