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What I Mean to Say: A Practitioner Perspective on AI, Semantics, and Content Evolution

msalvatierra

A landing page. 
On the Internet, you've seen it countless times. And still, a good landing page is something of a rarity. A good landing page is something you fall in love with.
A landing page is something you've created specifically for your the people who you want to attract. It's like a date or an important speech. A good landing page conveys not only an idea of your service but also the feeling.
For it to work, you have to pay a lot of attention during the development of your landing page.
There are five important things you should look for. Those five things together make or break your landing page strategy. After all, in the modern Internet the interaction between you and your potential audience happens in a matter of seconds. You have to catch attention before the page finishes loading.
Are you interested to find out how your next landing page strategy should be shaping up? There <a href="http://blog.templatemonster.com/2013/08/08/how-to-optimize-landing-page/">a lot of different techniques</a> and tips. Today, we'll be talking about the five that are essential to every landing page.
<h2>1. A Call-to-Action</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/squarespace700x0.png" />
Your call-to-action is the most important part of your landing page. It informs the reader of what action to take.
Steer clear of going with the dull, overused “submit” text on your call-to-action button. Try something descriptive like:
<ul>
<li>
Give Me a Free 30 Day Trial
</li>
<li>
100% Money Back Guarantee
</li>
<li>
Show Me What I’m Missing
</li>
<li>
Yes! I Want To Be A Winner
</li>
<li>
Schedule A Meeting
</li>
<li>
Take the Tour
</li>
<li>
Yes! Place My Order
</li>
</ul>
The list goes on and on, but you see how all of these buttons are more engaging than “submit.” And, who wants to submit anyway? Empower the reader.
Additionally, make your call-to-action stand out. Most call-to-action buttons are red, yellow, or orange because these colors pop off the page.
Another key point — get to your call-to-action early. Readers shouldn’t need to scroll down your page to find it. In fact, <a href="http://www.nngroup.com/articles/scrolling-and-attention/">people spend 80% of their time</a> on your website above the fold.
Your call-to-action shouldn’t be an after-thought, it should be the main driver.
<h2>2. A UX Friendly Form</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/yourfirstcustomers700x0.png" />
There’s nothing worse than a needy form. If your form is asking for my phone number, my date of birth, the name of my first born children, and whether I believe in unicorns, it’s asking for too much information. In fact, I’m a big believer in asking for just name and email address — and maybe that’s too much.
With social logins, it’s not even necessary to ask a user to create a new account. Most people hate that anyway, and <a href="http://growthhackers.com/9-things-you-should-know-about-social-login-cro/">88% of people enter incorrect or incomplete information on registration</a> forms anyway. Instead, get them to sign up with their social login, if possible. That way, the information is likely correct, you get a huge amount of information about them, and you don’t annoy them by asking that they join yet another site.
If social logins won’t work for your application, just remember to only ask for the information you need, and most of the time, it’s a name and email address. When you ask for more (like a phone number), you’re entering the scary “I’m going to call you during dinner” telemarketer zone, and potential leads will just leave.
<h2>3. Social Proof</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/contatta700x0.png" />
People trust other people. That’s why it’s a good idea to add testimonials on your landing page. I prefer to do it below the fold for two reasons:
<ul>
<li>
To keep the main message uncluttered
</li>
<li>
To capitalize on the 20% of time that readers spend below the fold
</li>
</ul>
Don’t simply settle for word-only testimonials. They’re not as effectual as having an image of the person smiling next to the testimonial. Bonus points for linking to the actual website or social media profile for that person or company.
Videos are fun, engaging, and adds even more validity to social proof.
In lieu of actual testimonials, you can add the logos of well-known companies with whom you’ve worked.The type of endorsement validates your product in the eyes of your audience.
<h2>4. Make It Responsive</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/responsive9700x0.jpg" />
<a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/fact-sheets/mobile-technology-fact-sheet">According to mobile research study</a>, over 60% of smartphone users surf the Internet from their phone, and approximately 34% access the Internet from their phones alone. Is your landing page considering these visitors?
Responsive design means that your landing page adapts to any screen size, from desktops to tablets to smartphones. Instead of asking visitors to pinch-to-zoom, you can page adapts to be functional and readable on every format.
Your responsive landing page should be finger-friendly. Tiny call-to-action buttons won’t work well on a mobile device. Also, you don’t want to make the reader scroll too much on mobile devices.
If you’re using WordPress, <a href="http://www.templatemonster.com/wordpress-themes.php">a theme that supports responsive design</a> is the necessary way to go.
<h2>5. A/B Testing</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/testing10700x0.jpg" />
How do you know what’s working unless you test? A/B testing lets you study each variable on your landing page to determine what’s more successful.
For example, you can test which call-to-action text is more persuasive. Keep all other elements on the page the same. Route half of the visitors to page A, and the other half to page B. Once you determine which is more persuasive, keep that element, and go on to test another part of your page.
It’s continuous testing, and it’s all worth it. Very small changes can make a world of difference in conversion.
<h2>In Closing</h2>
Those five principles of landing page design will make your landing page into something truly special. 
Don't be afraid of talking to your potential audience. Fall in love with them instead.

5 Steps Towards a More Effective Landing Page

mike-johnston

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<a href="http://www.gutensite.com/?refcode=CMSCRITIC" target="_blank"> Gutensite</a> has now implemented Stripe, the popular payment gateway, its its eCommerce offering.
With features focused on elegant and professional presentation, Gutensite is a website builder which fits the corporate website mould perfectly. You can read more about it in our full <a href="/gutensite-review/" target="_blank">review of Gutensite</a>.
For existing Gutensite users making use of the platform's eCommerce features, will be please to know that Stripe is now integrated with the Gutensite Pro and Premium package.
<a href="http://www.gutensite.com/?refcode=CMSCRITIC"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/gutensite_logo-1.png" style="max-width:98px" /></a>
<h2>A More flexible &amp; Cost Effective Option</h2>
Gutensite eCommerce users were previously having to deal with other ways of accepting card payments.
But now, with Stripe, payment gateway setup is instant and free, and there are no monthly costs. The processing rate is a flat 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction, which happens to also be cheaper than most traditional bank merchant accounts.
Stripe also has web and mobile payment options for accepting credit cards as a mobile point of sale tool, and can power marketplaces to facilitate payment between buyers and sellers.
So if you want to sell your products, or accept donations for your non-profit using Gutensite, your life just became a lot easier. If you have a Gutensite Pro account, the store is already included for free, or you can add on the store to your existing site. Then create an account at Stripe, and copy/paste your secret key into your store settings.
For more information on this new Gutensite-Stripe integration, <a href="http://www.gutensite.com/Stripe-Integration-For-Instant-Affordable-Credit-Card-Processing-In-Store" target="_blank">check out the Gutensite announcement</a>.
Furthermore, be sure to check out <a href="/products/gutensite/" target="_blank">Gutensite via our CMS Directory</a>.

Gutensite Announces Stripe Integration

The <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Concrete5 </a>  team has been busy recently, releasing version 5.7, before updating it twice. They've also released some developer resources for anybody wanting to delve into the code.
Concrete5 is an open-source content management system with a reputation for flexibility and its strong community.
Version 5.7 brought about a myriad of updates, and Concrete5 has continued to add to it since. The result? A long, long list of new stuff for Concrete5 users to enjoy.
<h2>“Deep Changes” with Concrete5 5.7</h2>
Concrete5 5.7 has enhancements for a long list of areas. Users will find that content editing, theme customization, and so forth have all been optimized.
Regarding the release, Concrete5 CTO Andrew Embler had this to say:
<blockquote>“For the first time in 6 years, we’ve decided to not put backward compatibility first and foremost. We really wanted to have a clean slate, so we could embrace ideas that involved deep changes to the system.”</blockquote>
Here's a breakdown of what's new with Concrete5.
<h3>Editing</h3>
<ul>
<li>A completely new layout engine allows for inline editing of content, layouts and style customization. Blocks can be dragged into the page and easily rearranged.</li>
<li>Inline content editing uses the Redactor editor, a beautiful editor with deep integration to concrete5, and full bootstrap 3 interface integration.</li>
<li>The Dashboard user interface is completely updated. Navigating it is much easier, and the interface is much more attractive.</li>
<li>concrete5’s user interface is now powered by Bootstrap 3.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Themes and Blocks</h3>
<ul>
<li>Concrete5 now ships with the all-new and better looking Elemental theme.</li>
<li>The concrete5 Dashboard, main toolbar and Elemental theme are all fully responsive.</li>
<li>Themes can optionally refer to grid frameworks, and can have full grid support built-in. Layouts have been substantially updated to support these grid frameworks (as well as be fully responsive.)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pages and Architecture</h3>
<ul>
<li>Page types and page templates are now two separate concepts. Page types refer to pages as objects – Blog Entry, Empty Page, Project, Product – and page templates refer to templates that actually appear in themes. The same page type can be run in multiple themes.</li>
<li>concrete5’s Composer is now a very flexible form builder that can route attributes and blocks into different page templates. Each page type has its own custom instance of Composer.</li>
<li>A Feed Object is available in the Dashboard (and created through the Page List block), giving Page Lists the ability to create RSS feeds that are permalinked.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Files</h3>
<ul>
<li>A completely new image editor is now built-in. Resize and crop images, and add filters.</li>
<li>File manager thumbnails are now completely extensible. Multiple thumbnails at different breakpoints can power the picture tag in a theme that supports it.</li>
<li>File storage locations are now pluggable. An adapter for Amazon S3 is coming shortly.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Conversations</h3>
<ul>
<li>Conversations are now built-in, with the Conversations block replacing the Guestbook block. Conversations is a reusable, object-oriented way to build conversations throughout a site, and use the same system for powering a guestbook as ultimately powering a forum. Conversations features threading, asynchronous loading, file attachments, spam filtering, flagging, rating and more.</li>
</ul>
And that's not even half of it. To find out more about Concrete5 5.7, <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/background/version_history/5-7-0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> check out the release notes</a>.
<h2>Developer Resources, Versions 5.7.0.1 &amp; 5.7.0.3</h2>
Since the release of version 5.7, Concrete5 has rolled out some <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/about/blog/concrete5-sightings/5-7-developer-resources/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">developer resources</a>, along with two patches in the form of <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/background/version_history/5-7-0-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">versions 5.7.0.1</a> and <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/background/version_history/5-7-0-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> 5.7.0.3</a>.
That's a lot of activity to keep up with, so here are all the highlights, along with the download link to the very latest Concrete5 release.
<h3>Concrete 5.7 Architecture Video (Developer Resource)</h3>
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vcIIM5ZgzP8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>
<h3>Feature Updates</h3>
<ul>
<li>Broke out debug settings into two separate settings: Display errors and Error Detail level (message vs. stack trace.) Defaulting to show error messages in a nice way (not the detailed stack trace).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Behavioral Improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li>Helpful error notice for users attempting to use topics attribute without a topic tree created</li>
<li>Improved page list and page, users and file date filtering with time zone support</li>
<li>Help overlay in dashboard starts lower, doesn’t obscure default buttons.</li>
<li>Improved My Account Navigation</li>
<li>Page drafts no longer say “Warning, this is a system page” when you try and delete them.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Miscellaneous Improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li>Form submissions “today” now respects user’s local time zone</li>
<li>Fixed some untranslated strings and dates</li>
<li>Added detail error message when attempting to use grid methods on areas in themes that don’t support them.</li>
<li>Fallback to GD if Imagemagick is older than version 6.2.9 (which previously triggered errors)</li>
<li>Context menu on sitemap, file manager and more moves to the right if there isn’t enough room to display top or bottom</li>
</ul>
I told you it was a long list.
The Concrete5 blog has <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/about/blog" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">all of this information, and much more</a>. Yep, this long list isn't even complete, as the bug fixes are plentiful.
Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/concrete5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Concrete5 via our CMS Directory</a>.

Concrete5 5.7 Released and Updated

During the much reported Sitecore Symposium in Las Vegas this month, I had a chance to sit down with Sitecore's Corporate VP of Commerce, Ryan Donovan to discuss the future of commerce in the upcoming Sitecore 8.
 Mike: Can you tell us a bit about the integration of Commerce into Sitecore 8 and talk a bit about the future plans for the product?
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/avatar.jpg" alt="Ryan Donovan" />Ryan: Sure, we just shipped <a href="http://www.sitecore.net/About/Press-and-Media/Press-Releases/2014/08/Sitecore-Commerce.aspx">Sitecore Commerce 7.2 (in August) powered by Commerce Server </a>and that is the fruit of the acquisition coming to bear. It is, I think, the industry's first fully integrated commerce and content platform in one because we've really tried to focus on making it a completely seemless experience in terms of adding commerce capabilities into Sitecore.
We have Sitecore Commerce 8 coming as part of Sitecore 8 and what that's going to add is a second product to the Sitecore Commerce family called <a href="http://www.sitecore.net/About/Press-and-Media/Press-Releases/2014/01/msft-ecommerce.aspx">Sitecore Commerce powered by Microsoft Dynamics AX</a>. This new product is the fruit of the partnership that was announced last January between Sitecore and the Dynamics AX organization of Microsoft. This new product will be focusing on providing a true omni-channel solution. In other words, you'll have the exact same pricing, tax, shipping and calculation logic between online and the store. You can then have a seemless buy online and pick up in the store or buy online, return to the store experience with instant order history the second you make the purchase. This will then bring us into the realm where we can really begin to personalize based on behaviors and store behaviors in the contact center in addition to just digital channels. The first product, Sitecore Commerce powered by Commerce Server is targeted at scenarios such as B to C and the Sitecore Commerce powered by Microsoft Dynamics AX is really aimed at omni-channel retailers.
 Mike:  What are your biggest success stories since <a href="/sitecore-buys-commerce-server-aims-to-bring-ecommerce-to-their-platform/">the merger?</a> Do you have any customers that are doing some impressive things with the product?
 Ryan: We started the early access program in the spring with Commerce Server 7.2 and we're seeing a lot of net-new interest but we are also seeing a lot of interest from the legacy Microsoft Commerce Server customer base because it's a very logical feature rich upgrade for them that can also help them preserve some investments they've made into their deployments. With the powered by Dynamics AX solution, we're seeing lots of interest from the Dynamics AX customers out there because it will give them a complete experience management and commerce solution.
 Mike: What's the next stage for your team at Sitecore? What is the next step in bringing together the perfect platform for commerce and content?
 Ryan: We are really aiming to focus on enabling end to end marketing experience management, so really putting the best practices into the product; for instance; what are the types of things you would want to do to optimize for conversion.The goal of course would be to help lower the barrier of entry and help build knowledge share. We also are aiming to enhance the product to offer more and deeper capabilities from a commerce perspective so we can address broader and broader customer scenarios. We are really focused on the enterprise space and so their requirements are more complex than mid market solutions. One of the areas we are looking to innovate in is pricing, I've heard comments from some people no commerce platform does pricing well for their business and those are the types of problems we are looking to solve. I think our value proposition is very simple in that we are a one technology platform so it's going to be a completely cohesive business user experience for the merchandiser, the market and ultimately, for customer service reps.
 Mike: Having come from Commerce Server before Sitecore, what have you seen change since the acquisition took place?
 Ryan: Customers of Commerce Server were always adding other products into their solutions, so they'd have a CMS, they'd have a search solution and a marketing automation solution but they were having to go to great lengths to actually integrate these things. There was a lot of developer cost and IT cost involved but the business user experience was also fragmented in terms of actually doing a marketing campaign. Since the merger, customers seem to be very excited about the one platform value proposition. It was really interesting because with the legacy customer base, we anticipated that people would be a lot more reserved about moving to a single platform but instead we're seeing the opposite. A surprising amount of customers are wanting to embrace the whole Sitecore platform and replace their old ones completely and do it quickly.
 Mike: Can you share with us what the commerce piece will look like in Sitecore 8?
 Ryan: Absolutely, here are some screenshots!
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/category_products200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" /><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/site_alltabs200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" /> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/category_products_iconview200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" /> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/customcatalogs_rules_itempicker200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" /> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/products_details200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" /> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/variants_inventory200x0.png" alt="sitecore 8 commerce" />
To learn more about Sitecore Commerce, visit <a href="http://www.sitecore.net/Platform/Channels/Commerce-Experience.aspx">http://www.sitecore.net/Platform/Channels/Commerce-Experience.aspx</a>

Interview with Corporate VP of Commerce at Sitecore, Ryan Donovan

Telerik has just announced the release of Sitefinity 7.2. This new version of the popular content management system brings a number of new features to the platform. Let's take a look at what we can expect from this release.
Key features of Sitefinity 7.2 include:
<ul>
<li>Integrated marketing personas for optimized content marketing, which helps business users define and manage guidelines on keywords, messages and content relevant to customer profiles, and personalize the visitor experience based on persona profile</li>
<li>Project Feather, an open source mobile-first UI framework that enables the creation and deployment of Sitefinity websites</li>
<li>An introduction of Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud, to help marketing track, measure and optimize digital experiences delivered across channels, while accelerating marketing performance</li>
</ul>
Project Feather Puts Mobile First
Project Feather, the Sitefinity mobile-first UI framework better enables the creation and deployment of Sitefinity websites. Project Feather allows developers to build mobile-ready sites using their favorite frameworks and includes features such as MVC stock widgets, an AngularJS widget designer framework, Boostrap and Gumby support and more.
Project Feather is available on GitHub, for more details visit <a href="http://projectfeather.sitefinity.com/" target="_blank">http://projectfeather.sitefinity.com/</a>.
Introducing the Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud 
Telerik is also releasing a preview version of the Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud, a solution that enables marketers to track, measure and optimize digital experiences across channels. When released in early 2015, marketers will have access to the customer journey database, predictive analytics, dynamic segmentation and content management, all in a single platform. It is a completely new cloud-based solution that captures and analyzes the total customer journey.
“Big data and predictive analytics are rapidly-growing market segments that customers are demanding their WCM solutions address, but most vendors are far behind the curve,” said Martin Kirov, Executive Vice President, Sitefinity, Telerik. “Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud was built to help digital marketers measure, understand and optimize customer experiences across channels and deliver a guided customer journey.”
Details on the latest release of Telerik Sitefinity CMS, Project Feather and the Sitefinity Digital Experience Cloud can be found at <a href="http://www.sitefinity.com" target="_blank">www.sitefinity.com</a>.

Telerik Announces Sitefinity 7.2

LightCMS has released a number of new features, including password-protected pages and calendar enhancements.
These days, not a month goes by unless LightCMS reveal new updates. In recent months, they have <a href="/lightcms-launches-new-partner-platform/" target="_blank">released a new partner platform</a>, <a href="/lightcms-unveil-new-element-ui/" target="_blank">made improvements to their interface</a>, <a href="/lightcms-rolls-out-blogging-enhancements/" target="_blank">enhanced blogging features</a>, and much more. It's for this reason, amongst many others, that LightCMS has been <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/cms-critic-awards/" target="_blank">nominated in the Best Cloud CMS for SMB category for the CMS Awards 2014</a>.
Now, let's take a look at what the latest update brings to the table.
<h2>Password Protected Pages</h2>
Firstly, a new password protection feature allows you to restrict access to certain pages of your site, granting access to only those visitors who know the password. This was always possible via LightCMS' Users and Roles section, but there were many requests for a quick and easy way to restrict access without having to create a new user or user type.
To enable the feature, simply go to a page’s settings and select the “Advanced” tab. Enter a password in the Password field, and that page becomes password protected. It's really that easy. To unprotect a page, all you have to do is clear the password field.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/passwordprotectpage.png" alt="LightCMS" />
When a visitor attempts to access a protected page, the system displays the “Protected Page” message, prompting the visitor to enter the password before it will display the page.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/protectedpage.png" alt="LightCMS" />
Registered users assigned to an administrative role, or any role that grants editing privileges for the page, can access the page without having to enter the password, as long as they are logged in.
<h2>Manage Events &amp; (Better Manage) Posts</h2>
LightCMS users who publish a calendar of events on their websites will be excited about the new “Manage Events” feature.
Similar to “Manage Posts” for blogs, Manage Events gives you a listing of all of that calendar element’s events. To view the Manage Events page, go to the page with the calendar element and select Manage Events from the Calendar element’s drop-down menu.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/manageevents700x0.png" alt="LightCMS" />
Using the new grid interface, you can easily sort, filter and search for events. Plus, you can specify the number of events to display in the grid by selecting the number from the drop-down list in the upper left corner.
As for blog post management, this existing feature now includes the same features that were introduced on the Manage Events page detailed above. This includes sorting, filtering, and pagination.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/manageposts700x0.jpg" alt="LightCMS" />
<h2>Event Management Improved</h2>
And finally, LightCMS now allows you to specify an end time for an event. Previously, you could set only the event start time.
To set up start and end times for an event, enter them in the time section of the event settings page.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/calendarwitheventandtime.png" alt="LightCMS" />
Before this update, event times only displayed on the event's detail page. Now, both the start time and end time can be displayed in event summaries in list or calendar view.
To find out more about all of these LightCMS updates, check out the official blog announcement, which includes the full release notes.
Also, make sure you explore more of LightCMS via our CMS Directory.

LightCMS Unveils Password Protected Pages & Calendar Enhancements

CMS Kickoff 26

Find out at CMS Kickoff 26, January 13 - 14, St. Pete FL

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The only thing better than a happy ending, is a promising beginning. 
 Unfortunately, <a href="http://www.injader.com/" target="_blank"> Injader CMS</a> didn't have a happy ending last time around. After <a href="/injader-cms-project-closes-doors/" target="_blank"> closing its doors over four years ago</a>, the platform had been lying lifeless ever since. Until now. 
 The Founder, Ben Barden, has just revived his project, giving it another, more promising start to look forward to. It's not quite on it's feet yet, but it's alive and kicking. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/injader-avatar.jpg" alt="Injader CMS" />
<h2>Injader CMS 2.5.0</h2>
Injader is an open source CMS for technical users. 
 Version 2.5.0 brings about a handful of new features and bug fixes. These include:
<ul>
<li>New: Simplified Control Panel layout</li>
<li>Guides: Created new install guide under /guides/</li>
<li>Guides: Created new upgrade guide under /guides/</li>
<li>Bug: Fixed an issue where the custom order field wasn't getting set, causing a database error</li>
<li>Bug: Fixed an issue with the default timezone not being set</li>
<li>Bug: Fixed several notices in the installer</li>
<li>Upgrades: Upgraded jQuery from 1.3.2 to 1.11.1</li>
<li>Upgrades: Upgraded TinyMCE from 3.0.1 to 3.5.11</li>
</ul>
You can <a href="https://github.com/benbarden/injader/releases/tag/v2.5.0" target="_blank">view the full list of features here</a>. Plus, there's a brand new Injader website on the way, and version 3.0 is in the works.  
 Ben Barden, Injader CMS' Founder, had this to say about the revival:
<blockquote>
Despite the neglected state of the project, it's still a surprisingly fast CMS that uses a very small amount of memory. So I thought it would be worth revisiting.
Although you can technically upgrade to 2.5.0 from either 2.4.4 or 2.4.5, the plan is to break backwards-compatibility with the next major release – 3.0.0. If all goes well, this will include a major overhaul of the theme system. So I wouldn't recommend you start building themes on the current version.
</blockquote>
So, although Injader CMS' revival is an ongoing one, you can <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/injader/"> download Injader at SourceForge</a>.
Or, you can  <a href="https://github.com/benbarden/injader"> fork Injader on GitHub</a>.

Injader CMS Revived With Version 2.5.0

Data visualization, in the form of banner ads, digital presentations and infographics in particular, have gained popularity around the web in recent years.
Bloggers, marketers and some of the biggest companies in the world make use of such visual mediums in order to explain process, simplify information, and drive home facts and stats.  
 Take infographics as an example. The aim for marketers has always been to make relevant information more snazzy and approachable, and infographics have now become the world's chosen method of doing that. Just take a look at <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/trends/explore#q=infographic" target="_blank"> Google Trends' record for the word “infographic”</a>. The graph – rather ironically – speaks for itself. 
 Obviously though, not all of these data visualization mediums are equal. Some are rough, unprofessional and dreary to look at, whilst others are beautifully crafted, easy to read and yet extremely simple in nature. <a href="http://www.visme.co/" target="_blank">Visme.co</a> is a tool which aims to create the latter type. 
 Formerly known as EWC Presenter, Visme.co is a flexible, browser-based tool which makes it easy to create any of the following:
<ul>
<li>Infographics</li>
<li>Presentations</li>
<li>Banner Ads</li>
<li>Graphs &amp; Charts</li>
<li>Product Demos (Coming Soon)</li>
</ul>
Visme is free, and also offers premium features for those looking to go above and beyond.  
 During the course of this review, I'll get to grips with just how well Visme can fuel the world's thirst for visual material. Let's begin with a video.
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<h2>Initial Thoughts</h2>
Although Visme is technically still in beta, it gives users a warm welcome on its website. 
Right off the bat, Visme invited you to “Visualize your ideas”, and “Start Creating”. That's precisely the type of language you want to hear from such a tool. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-1700x0.png" alt="Visme" /> However, for a service which is pushing visual products, I kind of expected Visme's website to be a little more elegant. There's nothing particularly wrong with the website, but with bland backgrounds and unimpressive graphics mean that it doesn't exactly stand out.  
(Edit: Following publication of this review, Payman Taei, Visme Founder, has informed me that a brand new Visme website is set to go live in just a few days).
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-2.png" alt="Visme" /> Having said that, Visme's functions are explained well, and it's pretty easy to to sign up for the free service.  
 There's also a regularly updated Visme blog, which is always nice to see – no matter what kind of product or service is on offer. Active blogs indicate life and personality, I only wish that more software vendors understood that. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-3.png" alt="Visme" />
<h2>Getting Started</h2>
After signing up with Visme (which can be done with either an email address or Facebook account) and naming my first project, I was presented with the dashboard. 
 Here, I could choose between Visme's three core project types; Infographics, Presentations and Banner Ads. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-4700x0.png" alt="Visme" /> The dashboard is once again simple and functional, but once again, it lacked the zest that I was expecting to see from such a visually driven product. It all just looked a little flat, and not in a good way either. 
 In any case, I'll now take you through all three of these project types, how they work, and whether or not they work well.
<h3>Infographics</h3>
First up is infographic creating. 
 There are well over 50 different (and good looking) infographic templates, which is a healthy amount. After all, an infographic needs to look unique, so having a wide range of templates to begin from makes that easier to achieve, once you get to customizing.  
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-6700x0.png" alt="Visme" /> Speaking of customizing, simply clicking on any of the templates will get you started.  
 Inside the editor, I found a very responsive interface, which finally looks the part. It's sleek, simple, and professional. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-5700x0.png" alt="Visme" /> The editor presents a toolbar down the left hand side, shows you how many objects are currently on the infographics, and highlights each object as you hover over them.  
 Editing each element is extremely easy. You only need to click on them in order to edit text, move things around, and so forth. Many formatting and other general options pop up when you click on any object.  
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-8.png" alt="Visme" /> In addition, the toolbar located on the left hand side gives you a lot of customization options.  
 From amongst those features, is the following:
<ul>
<li>Background images/fill colour</li>
<li>Text boxes</li>
<li>Shapes</li>
<li>Images/Vector Icons</li>
<li>Charts/Graphs</li>
<li>Video</li>
<li>Audio</li>
</ul>
All of the above can be easily selected, and then dragged-and-dropped into place. All feature menus are easy to understand, fast and and look good too. 
 Visme's font offerings really impressed me too. There's a long list of all the most common fonts, along with some lesser used styles too.   
 Although, infographics are only as good as the visuals found within them. Thankfully, Visme has that are well and truly covered with thousands and thousands free images and a wide range of background types, shapes, vector icons, graphs and charts. Plus, they all look clean and professional. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-9.png" alt="Visme" /> YouTube videos can be embedded, and images can be uploaded in bulk if the free ones don't take your fancy. 
 So, not only is it easily to customize and lay out these objects, but all the building blocks you need to build an eye-catching infographic is there on the sidebar. I for one quite enjoyed building my very own infographic, and it only took me a couple of minutes too.
<h3>Presentations</h3>
Visme's presentation feature is a nice alternative to programs like PowerPoint. 
 The dashboard lets you choose from only seven templates, which is a little under-whelming. The templates themselves aren't much to look at either. 
(Edit: Following publication of this review, Payman Taei, Visme Founder, has informed me that new presentation templates are on their way).
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-4700x0.png" /> The customization features for presentations are the same as the ones found when creating an infographic, which I listed above. The same drag-and-drop interface is used, and everything runs just as smoothly. 
 The only major difference here, is that you're working on slides instead of a longer canvas. Naturally, this means you can add new slides too. 
 All you need to do is click “New Slide” on the right side bar this time, before selecting the type of slide template you wish to use.  
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-11.png" /> As with infographics, you can insert text, images, videos, icons and more.  
 Visme gives you a preview of your slides in the sidebar, and allows you to quickly delete slides, duplicate them and even hide them from view. Plus, you can configure settings to do with transitions between slides. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-13700x0.png" />
<h3>Banner Ads</h3>
Finally, Visme also enables you to create banners.  
 The dashboard allows you to select between a wide range of banner dimensions, which is handy if you're looking to create a banner which is of a standard size for websites to display, or for ad networks like Google Adsense. You can also configure a custom size. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-12700x0.png" /> Like with infographics, Visme once again offers a large selection of templates for each dimension, which is great if you're struggling for design ideas. What I noticed here, was that the banner ad templates were of a higher quality than the presentation templates, back on par with the infographics. 
 However, there was one snag. 
 The banner ads were giving me an option which I wasn't given with the infographics or presentation templates. Whenever I hovered over a banner ad template, I was given the option to “Preview” the banner, as well as the option to select it. Good news, or so I thought. 
 Each time I went to preview a banner, I was shown an error. 
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-14.png" /> Not a huge deal, but it doesn't exactly add to the experience, and it's definitely something the Visme team should fix.  
 Once you do select a template, it's back to using the same, trusty editor – which is now proving to as flexible as it is easy to use.  
 <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-17.png" /> As usual, you can drag-and-drop in images, text, icons and more. 
<h2>Notable Extras</h2>
On top of the three main project types, Visme has some other extras to offer. Here they all are.
<h3>Animations &amp; Previews</h3>
Throughout all three project types, Visme gives you the option to animate objects. So, after you place them on the canvas and customize them, you can liven them up a bit too.  
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-15.png" /> Using this feature, you can specify when objects appear, how they appear, transition times, and so forth. This all includes options like images sliding in from the left, icons slowly fading in, etc. It's all useful stuff, and it's easy to use too.  
 Another handy feature, is the preview option.  
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-16700x0.png" /> This option goes hand-in-hand with the animations feature, as it allows you to see the animation in real-time, as an end-user would see it. It's a great way to test things out.
<h3>Custom Dimensions, Layers &amp; Special Effects</h3>
Alongside presentations, infographics and banner, is the option to create a custom dimension project.  
 This simply allows you to work on a blank canvas of a size which you personally configure. You have all the same options available, so you can create whatever you like. Posters, flyers, banners, and everything in between. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-19700x0.png" /> Another notable extra, is the feature which allows you to insert layers into projects. This is particularly useful for when dealing with images and backgrounds. Designers will know exactly what a useful feature this can be. 
 Similarly, special effects can be added to images, such as opacity, reflection, blur, and so on.  
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-18.png" />
<h2>Getting Help</h2>
Visme gives its users a healthy range of support documentation via its support page. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-20700x0.png" /> You can search through the documents via the search bar, and find information regarding things like animations, working with text, and so on. 
 That's all great to see, but I would have liked to see a little more personality about the support procedure. Where is the support email, live chat or ticketing system? For anybody well and truly stuck on an issue, the documentation will only be able to help so much. Visme need to offer an alternative route to help and support.
<h2>Pricing</h2>
Visme offers a completely free plan, alongside two premium plans. Here they all are. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-21700x0.png" /> Now, those prices are very reasonable, and that's great to see. In fact, starting at $4,50 I don't think Visme has any major competitors currently beating it for price. Pikochart for example, starts from $29 a month, whilst Infogr.am starts from $18 + tax.  
 However, instead of having a problem with Visme's prices, I have a problem with the pricing structure. Piktochart and Infogr.am for example, offer non-profit organizations and educational institutions a different pricing route. This is something Visme will need to offer if it wishes to attract such organizations.  
 Similarly, a business package which extends Visme's services to multiple users under the same subscription would make a lot of sense for businesses.  
 However, if you're a marketer, blogger or somebody who wants to put a project together for their employer, Visme makes perfect sense when it comes to price. 
(Edit: Following publication of this review, Payman Taei, Visme Founder, has informed me that an educational license is due to be released soon).
<h2>The Verdict</h2>
Visme is a very handy weapon to have in your marketing arsenal. 
 It serves up a huge range of free images, icons, infographic visuals, fonts and so forth. You can sign up to Visme with no media assets to hand, and publish a professional looking piece of content just minutes later. It's all right there in the editor.  
 The design process is also extremely easy, and quite fun to use at times. You can drag-and-drop elements across the canvas before customizing colours, sizes, effects and even animations. There's so much to customize in fact, that producing unique content with Visme is almost guaranteed.  
 There are some drawbacks though. 
 Visme's biggest attraction is probably it's price though. Because it starts from just $4.50 a month, pretty much anybody who needs professional looking visual content can now afford it. And that's awesome.
Here are some pros and cons to help you weigh up what Visme has to offer.
<h3>Pros</h3>
<ul>
<li>Visme allows you to create beautiful presentations, infographics and banner ads quickly and easily.</li>
<li>Plenty of Infographic and Banner ad templates, all of which look highly professional.</li>
<li>The editor interface is sleek and very user friendly. At the same time, it's packed with features.</li>
<li>Simple drag-and-drop designing.</li>
<li>Huge range of free images, fonts, icons and infographic visuals.</li>
<li>Customization including editing, deleting and moving objects is easy.</li>
<li>Objects can be animated &amp; given special effects.</li>
<li>Slideshow slide transmissions can be given special effects. </li>
<li>Handy preview option.</li>
<li>Good range of support documentation.</li>
<li>Visme is extremely affordable, even for startups without many pennies to spare.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Cons</h3>
<ul>
<li>Presentation templates are bland and low in number.</li>
<li>The preview option is only offered on the Banner Ad page, and it doesn't even work.</li>
<li>Although there's lot of documentation, the support options begin and end there. No contact email in sight. </li>
<li>The dashboard and menus aren't quite as snazzy as those offered by competitors. As a result, it doesn't quite feel like a proper premium tool until you start editing. </li>
</ul>
<h2>Final Remarks</h2>
It didn't take me long to create some fairly good looking visuals with Visme.  
 Thanks to the tons of assets available and a simple drag-and-drop editor, you can quite easily start with none of your own assets or ideas, and still create something worth sharing. As previously mentioned, infographics are a booming content type at the moment, and Visme is a good way for you, your blog or company to jump on the bandwagon.  
 I don't think Visme is going to blow you away with its abilities, nor its general looks. There are more powerful tools other there. 
 Yet, <a href="http://www.visme.co/" target="_blank">Visme</a> works very well, and does an extremely good job of creating visual content as both a free and premium tool.

Visme Review

The final version of <a href="http://buddypress.org/2014/09/buddypress-2-1-patsy/" target="_blank">BuddyPress 2.1 has been unveiled</a>, just days after the Release Candidate went live.
Following the same trend as WordPress, BuddyPress also name their major releases. However, instead of famous musicians, they opt for eateries. BuddyPress 2.1, therefore, has been named after  <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy's_Pizzeria"> Patsy’s</a>, a classic pizzeria in East Harlem, NYC.
As mentioned in my <a href="/buddypress-2.1-release-candidate-now-available/" target="_blank">previous look at BuddyPress 2.1</a>, this new release brings about a new @mentions interface, better translations and much more. So, let's take a closer look at Patsy.
<h2>More Translatable, More @able</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/buddyp.png" alt="BuddyPress" /> 
Previously, you needed to know the username of the member you wanted to mention in the activity stream, but not anymore. In BuddyPress 2.1, typing the  <code> @ </code>  key will bring up the new suggestions panel, making it easy to @ the user you intend, by simply choosing them from a list.
Also, the BuddyPress team have worked alongside the WordPress team to get BuddyPress translation files downloading automatically to your WordPress installation. So, BuddyPress is now more translatable – and more readily translated – than ever before.
Another addition is the new URL field type, which allows your users to enter URLs in a number of formats, and ensures that they’re properly linked when displayed on member profiles.
<h2>Something for the Devs</h2>
BuddyPress 2.1 introduces dozens of improvements with developers in mind:
<ul>
<li>Access control in  <code> BP_Group_Extension </code>  has been completely overhauled, allowing plugins to manage access to their nav items on a fine-grained basis.</li>
<li>A new  <code> group_activity </code>  sort order has been added for Groups queries.</li>
<li>A  <code> no_access_url </code>  parameter has been added to  <code> bp_core_new_subnav_item() </code> . This allows you to set the URL that users are redirected to when they do not have permission to access a sub-navigation item.</li>
<li>Extra CSS classes have been added to Profile Field visibility field elements, allowing greater CSS customization.</li>
</ul>
For a detailed look at the hundreds of bug fixes and feature enhancements in BuddyPress 2.1, check out the <a href="https://codex.buddypress.org/releases/version-2-1/">official 2.1 changelog</a>.
Additionally, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/buddypress/" target="_blank">BuddyPress via our CMS Directory</a>.

BuddyPress 2.1 Patsy Released

<a href="https://www.oxxy.com/" target="_blank"> Oxxy</a> has launched its public beta for the first time, having completed a closed beta phase. 
 As the new website builder on the block, Oxxy describes itself as being part of the new generation of HTML5 website building platforms. 
 The team behind Oxxy have been busy developing a technology with a focus on the web building experience that aims to be simpler and more intuitive than any other platform on the market. 
Here's an introduction video for Oxxy, followed by some highlights of its main features.
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<h2>Chrome Touch Support &amp; a Smoother Support System</h2>
Alongside standard website building capabilities, Oxxy has a few interesting features. 
 For example,  Oxxy currently has full touch support for Chrome, with all other browsers in the works too. Their focus for the future development in this direction is supporting all popular browsers and multi-touch support.
<a href="https://www.oxxy.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/oxxy.png" alt="Oxxy" /></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGysWMR_dYY" target="_blank"> The Oxxy style editor </a>  has been moulded and inspired by existing UI/UX experience like Phothoshop, Illustrator and Gimp, making it accessible for beginner and advanced users. The same goes for the workflow in working with elements while building your website pages. Interactivity like selecting multiple elements in the same manner you select and drag around the icons on your desktop, full control over the dimensions of your elements, free style editing with no template-type restrictions over the layout of your pages. 
 For the users who don't wish to arrange/style/design their website, Oxxy offers templates which are built using the very same Oxxy Website Builder. They also plan to introduce a feature for saving sites as templates, to be distributed and perhaps sold in a future template market. 
 In addition to the phone support, their live chat support is integrated directly in the editor. That means that you can chat with the support while building your website without switching browser tabs or windows. This naturally keeps the user focused on their website building experience. 
 Plus, Oxxy provides a free domain with all yearly subscriptions.  
 To find out more about Oxxy, and to take part in the public beta, <a href="https://www.oxxy.com/" target="_blank"> visit their website</a>.

New Website Builder Oxxy Launches Public Beta

The 2014 Sitecore Symposium has come and gone and I'd be remiss if I didn't call it a big success.<figure class="image"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sitecore3.jpg" /></figure>Held this year at the beautiful Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, the symposium kicked off with a <a href="/the-keynote-sitecore-north-american-symposium-symna/">keynote from Sitecore CEO, Michael Seifert </a> where he shared his thoughts on the importance of the customer experience and where the company is headed. (Check out <a href="/the-keynote-sitecore-north-american-symposium-symna/">this post </a> for a more detailed breakdown of the keynote).<figure class="image"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sitecore2.jpg" /></figure>Following the keynote, Sitecore's CSO, Darren Guarnaccia came on stage to help show off Sitecore's soon to be released, version 8. Currently this release is slated for a Christmas release but here's a sneak peak of the new launchpad (pardon the poor quality but it was taken from a screen during the demo).<figure class="image"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sitecore81036x0.jpg" /></figure>As you can see, there have been some significant changes to the look and feel that Sitecore is looking to achieve. They are going for a cleaner, more simple interface and personally, I like it!I took the opportunity following the demo during the keynote to touch base with some of Sitecore's customers to find out what they were thinking after the demo and let me tell you, there are a lot of customers that are eager to move from earlier version to 8 as soon as possible. Quite a bit of buzz was going around the room and there was definitely some excitement brewing.The symposium ran from September 8th to 10th and after all of the various sessions that were attended by the record 1,500+ attendees, Sitecore decided to kick things into fourth gear and host one of the hottest parties I've been to.Sitecore, with the help of some sponsors such as Coveo, took over the extremely tough to get into, Club Marquee where they offered an open bar and dinner buffet, together with one of Time Magazine’s top-rated resident Las Vegas DJs—DJ E-Rock. He’s the DJ of choice for A-list athletes, musicians, actors, and celebrities at nightclubs across the country.Here are some pics we snapped during the party:<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/20140909_1935401000x0.jpg" /><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/20140909_1949551000x0.jpg" /><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/20140909_1946031000x0.jpg" /><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/10684147_865328836811953_151724167_n-1.jpg" />In case you can't tell from the pictures, a good time was had by all.  It was incredible and was the most fun I've had in a long, long time. Of the many conference parties I've attended, I'd rate this one as the top so far by a mile. The venue was amazing, the music was fantastic and we had a blast. It takes quite a bit to get this guy out on the dance floor yet DJ ERock managed to make it happen (and thrill my wife at the same time). The party initially was intended to end at 10pm but ended up being extended since everyone was having such as great time.In closing, Sitecore has shown that rather than have a long, drawn out conference it's better to choose quality over quantity. I am looking forward to seeing how they one up themselves next year given the huge success they experienced with this one.

The Sitecore Symposium 2014

BuddyPress are now edging closer to the release of version 2.1, <a href="http://buddypress.org/2014/09/buddypress-2-1-release-candidate/" target="_blank">making the release candidate available</a> for the first (and last) time.
Built by the guys behind WordPress, BuddyPress allows you to create a fully featured social network inside your WordPress.org powered site.
This release candidate means that the final release of BuddyPress 2.1 should be announced any day now. So, now would be a good time to talk about what's new.
<img style="max-width:400px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/disc-1_400x0.png" alt="BuddyPress" />
<h2>New @mentions, Better Security &amp; Tons of Tweaks</h2>
We'll know more about BuddyPress 2.1 once it actually arrived, but for now, here's what we know is in the box:
<ul>
<li>@mentions: Type an “@” when leaving a status update or commenting on an activity item or blog post, and the new suggestions panel will open.</li>
<li>Password Upgrade: Set more secure passwords with the password strength meter on the registration and user settings pages</li>
<li>New Field Type: New “URL” XProfile field type</li>
<li>Performance: Continued performance enhancements, particularly on the Members and Groups directories.</li>
<li>Translations: Higher quality translations (automatically fetched by WordPress), courtesy of our translation volunteers; thanks!</li>
<li>Tweaks: Tons of under-the-hood tweaks</li>
</ul>
For more information on BuddyPress 2.1's features, <a href="http://buddypress.org/2014/08/buddypress-2-1-beta-1/" target="_blank">check out their blog announcement of the first beta</a>.
To grab a copy of the release candidate, <a href="http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.2.1-RC1.zip" target="_blank">click here</a>.
Also, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/buddypress/" target="_blank">BuddyPress via our CMS Directory</a>.

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