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Not All Heroes Wear Capes. Here's Why CMS Is Your 'Unsung Hero' in 2025

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Just as <a href="/how-magnolia-cms-responds-to-the-evolving-call-of-multi-channel-content-management/#.UzWeNvl_vvU"> Magnolia CMS responds to the ever-changing call of multi-channel content management</a>, so too has it adapted to the mobile revolution.
With mobile devices becoming such a crucial part of everyday life and business, managing content and staying connected when out and about is now absolutely necessary.
Magnolia ensures that their users can create, manage and publish content for multiple channels on tablet devices, just as easily as they can on a desktop.
<h2>Moving with the Mobile Revolution</h2>
Mobile devices have become increasingly vital to the workings of all modern organizations. Because of this, the Magnolia team felt that they needed to react, as Boris Kraft, CTO of Magnolia, explains in his <a href="/interview-with-boris-kraft-cto-of-magnolia/#.UzVIVvl_vvX"> recent CMS Critic interview</a>:
<blockquote> “When the mobile revolution and the rise of tablets came to the equation, we knew we had to drop how user interfaces of enterprise software are usually done and take a radical new approach. 
 We started from scratch and did more than 3000 mock ups for Magnolia 5. The result is an enterprise software unlike any other, which fulfils all our wishes regarding usability and extensibility.” </blockquote>
The results of these efforts came in the form of Magnolia 5, released on June 20 th 2013. On that day, Magnolia became the first software to bring full CMS capabilities to tablet devices.
Since then, Magnolia users have benefited from touch-optimized usability along with some handy mobile-specific functions, which I will soon discuss.
<h2>More Than Responsive</h2>
Magnolia isn't just responsive to tablet screens. It also boasts specific functions and features which tablet users can exclusively enjoy.
First up, the Magnolia Apps launcher offers a touch-optimized navigation point between content management Apps like pages and assets. This interface is similar to that of most smartphones, making it easy to find your way around.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cmscritic1700x0.png" alt="Magnolia App Launcher" />
Apps are the centrepiece of Magnolia CMS. Each App allows you to focus on the task at hand, only offering the functionality you need to complete the task. Yet, multi-tasking on tablets is easy, with only a three-fingered swipe across the screen being needed to switch from one App to another.
All features and functions – like page creation and content editing for example – work in the same way as they do on the desktop version of Magnolia.
Further usability options include a simple and intuitive action bar displayed on the side of the tablet screen. The action bar automatically highlights available actions, depending on what you are working on. Optimized for mobile devices, you can easily expand and collapse the action bar with a swipe of your finger.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cmscritic3700x0.png" alt="Magnolia Tablet Interface" />
Furthermore, Magnolia's mobile-optimized Asset App enables you to manage assets like photos and videos. Within the Asset App, you can zoom in and out of assets to get a clearer view before making a selection.
Meanwhile, images can be resized, cropped, rotated, flipped and so forth, all via the on-screen action bar.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cmscritic4700x0.png" alt="Magnolia Tablet Image Editing" />
Additional image management features on tablets include the ability to capture, edit, manage and publish pictures and videos taken directly from the tablet camera.
This feature is unique to Magnolia's mobile-optimized CMS, and allows for increased freedom when it comes to tasks like news publishing on the move in ways which are unseen on other platforms.
<h2>Staying Connected, Staying Familiar</h2>
One of the main purposes of a mobile device is to help you stay connected and in control even when on the move, and Magnolia recognizes this.
The Pulse contains information items, warnings, error notifications or workflow items, and is easily accessible at the top of every page on tablet devices. This four-tiered notification system helps mobile professionals assess messages and take action quickly, maintaining control of their processes, even when travelling.
Another useful feature which is maintained on the mobile version of Magnolia, is the Favorites feature.
With it, users can easily create shortcuts for common tasks and group them into semantic “to-do” lists or “recipes”. Authors on mobile devices can work faster, thanks to the luxury of a two-click access route to these tasks, which may include creating a new page or adding a new special offer.
Favorites are also portable across multiple devices and browsers, so Favorites created on your desktop can also be accessed via your tablet.
Along with other features like page editing, the Pulse and Favourites features are just two more examples of how Magnolia has seamlessly introduced their platform for the mobile market by keeping features identical between desktop and tablet.
This means that users will find Magnolia on tablets extremely familiar, with no need to learn any drastically new controls.
To find out more about Magnolia CMS visit their <a href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/">official website</a>. Also, check out their informative white paper, “<a href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com/resources-directory/white-papers/the-tablet-publishing-revolution.html">The Tablet Publishing Revolution</a>”.
Additionally, you can explore more of <a href="/products/magnolia-cms/"> Magnolia via our CMS Directory</a>.

Magnolia: The World's First Mobile-optimized CMS

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PrestaShop Review

<a href="http://www.igloosoftware.com/" target="_blank">Igloo</a> pride themselves on being, “an Intranet you'll actually like”, and it's easy to see why.
With its headquarters in Ontario, Canada, Igloo is a widely successful web-based platform for collaborating at work. The platform powers over 4,000 global collaboration sites in over 80 countries around the world.
Igloo is all about improving productivity in the workspace. It allows you to communicate and collaborate faster and easier via built-in apps which include blogs, calendars, file sharing, forums, micro-blogs, and wikis.
The platform is fully cloud-based and can be easily customized, from branding options to interface arrangement.
<h2>Flexible Corporate Communication</h2>
Igloo enables you and your team to communicate in a number of ways, all from the same digital space.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/1700x0.png" alt="Igloo Interface" /> 
On top of sharing files and Built-in forums allow you to use familiar tools like up-voting, @replies and marking comments as answers. Additionally, traditional blogging and micro-blogging make up other examples where team members can communicate quickly and easily.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/2700x0.png" alt="Igloo Mircoblog" /> 
This engrained focus on communication builds working relationships, enhances productivity, and keeps all team members updated accordingly.
Not too long ago, <a href="/igloo-makes-their-cloud-intranet-software-mobile/#.U0KBIvldXvU" target="_blank"> Igloo also made their software available for mobile users</a>, further enhancing the flexibility of its Intranet for team members on the move.
<h2>All About the Apps</h2>
<a href="http://www.igloosoftware.com/apps" target="_blank">Igloo Apps</a> define the way in which you collaborate with other team members. Such Apps include blogs, calendars, file sharing, forums micro-blogs and more.
All of these Apps all come built-in to Igloo, and you can use them either selectively, or all at once. Whatever suits you and your team best.
Essentially, using the different Igloo Apps together allows you to create a fully functioning internal social network – which is also completely private.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/3700x0.png" alt="Igloo Apps" /> 
Blogging and micro-blogging – as previously mentioned – help team members give updates and spread news internally. Apps like calendars, file sharing, wikis and forums on the other hand, are brilliant tools for scheduling tasks, streamlining workflows, asking questions and learning.
Furthermore, you can completely change the look and configuration of your Igloo Intranet in order to meet different needs. Corporate Intranets, employee collaboration networks and customer portals can all be easily catered for.
To find out more about Igloo, check out their <a href="http://www.igloosoftware.com/" target="_blank">official website</a>.
Additionally, make sure you explore more of Igloo via our CMS Directory.

Igloo: an Intranet You & Your Team Will Actually Like

Weeding through the various CMS on the market to determine which ones are strongest for specific industries can be a challenge. In an effort to help make things a bit clearer, we present you with our take on which are the Top CMS for Healthcare.
Governments of industrialized nations all across the globe recognize how important it is that patients in their healthcare systems receive the best care possible. As a result, they have come to recognize the importance of legislating better record-keeping and information management across these systems.
Today, this means the careful use of technology to manage content responsibly and effectively. Security, of course, is a key component in this mission. Access across devices must also be seamless, and systems should be adaptable to the ever-merging world that healthcare seems to have become. A high level of customer service – accounting for varying levels of technical savvy among healthcare employees – is also a crucial point to consider. With these many important characteristics in mind, the following 6 CMS are the ones the healthcare industry has come to turn to today:
<h2>OpenText</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/small_opentext_logo.jpg" alt="CMS For Healthcare -- OpenText Logo" />
OpenText offers many helpful Web 2.0 features – for an online physician and patient experience that is both practical and engaging – as well as enterprise-wide paperless solutions. These paper-free options include digital storage of MRIs, X-rays, etc., as well as paperless billing, HR, and insurance records. What's more, OpenText provides auditing trails to ensure regulatory compliance as well.
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://www.opentext.com"> OpenText </a>
<h2>Lexmark</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped_lexmark_logo.jpg" alt="CMS For Healthcare" />
Like OpenText, Lexmark document management solutions for healthcare allow for fewer paper documents (including automated delivery of orders to pharmacy, radiology, and dietary service areas, among other departments), all with the goal of better patient care at lower costs. Through a simple pull printing and tracking solution, stronger compliance is also achieved, as patient information is thus better protected.
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://www.lexmark.com/en_US/solutions/software-services/content-management/"> Lexmark </a>
<h2>Meditech</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/small_meditech_logo.jpg" alt="CMS For Healthcare" />
Regardless of which software a healthcare organization has been using, Meditech's enterprise content management system aims to meet government requirements through its interoperable unified patient record, securely accessible from anywhere. This EHR (electronic health record) serves a wide range of facilities – from hospitals, ambulatory care centers, physicians' offices, long term care and behavioral health facilities, to home care organizations worldwide. The system also promises to make electronic submission of outpatient prescriptions a reliable reality that reduces medication errors. Furthermore, Meditech EHRs aim to make a difference in an era when organizations are increasingly merging, joining care networks, or adopting shared models.
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://home.meditech.com/en/d/home/"> MediTech </a>
<h2>OnBase by Hyland Software</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/small_onbase_logo.jpg" alt="CMS For Healthcare" />
Hyland Software's OnBase enterprise content management boasts of a 98% customer renewal each year and an exclusive endorsement by the American Hospital Association (AHA). Using customer input, as well as an in-house team including experienced nurses, therapists, and directors of HIM (health information management), OnBase's solutions facilitate audits and other compliance requirements, and automate not only patient care but other important organizational processes as well, including administrative and patient financial services. In doing so, OnBase aims to reduce operational costs and improve patient care by allowing practitioners to access information from disparate systems exactly when they need it – through secure, remote log-in as well as by assigning document expiration dates (at which time information deletes automatically).
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://www.onbase.com/en/solutions/healthcare"> OnBase </a>
<h2>MedTouch</h2>
<img style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/small_medtouch_logo.jpg" />
MedTouch for Sitecore is an award-winning CMS that powers everything from public-facing websites to employee oriented intranets (including mobile solutions) for health plans, physician groups, and hospitals. Client support includes CMS migration, infrastructure consulting, administrator training, and system audit and evaluation.
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://www.medtouch.com/what-we-do/content-management-solutions"> MedTouch </a>
<h2>Cascade Server by Hannon Hill</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cascade.jpg" />
Hannon Hill's Cascade Server CMS provides technical and non-technical users alike comprehensive toolkits that work with any database, operating system, or web server. Cascade Server also emphasizes a special type of open door policy, as it not only takes pride in its customer service but also prides itself on the way in which it enables clients to interact with one another through an online help forum. The company welcomes clients to contact their support team as often as they like, any time, and weekly Tuesday webinars focus on new tips for users. Hannon Hill even provides free access to web services projects and migration tools, with a large quantity of Cascade Server's code made available directly to clients.
Visit them on the web: <a href="http://www.hannonhill.com/"> Cascade Server </a>
In an age of automation, the use of online technology may seem like nothing more than a convenience for many businesses; however, high-quality CMS technology for the healthcare has become recognized as an absolute necessity when it comes to meeting not only privacy regulations but also government requirements to use systems in ways that meaningfully improve patient care. As more and more software companies step up to this challenge, healthcare organizations are coming to expect, as well, to be able to take advantage of technology that also works with existing systems, making all facets of managing a large organization run smoothly and seamlessly, from the billing department to payroll as well.

Top CMS for Healthcare

After many months of hard work from the <a href="http://www.impresspages.org/" target="_blank">ImpressPages</a> team, version 4.0 of the platform has been released.
ImpressPages is an open-source “drag-and-drop” and “in-line” editing based content management system which powers over 47,000 websites across the world.
Regarding the release of version 4.0, the ImpressPages team had this to say:
<blockquote>It’s been one hell of a party these past three months. But we are finally ready to say finito, ImpressPages 4.0 is ready! This release was an important checkpoint for us and we made it. Now we want YOU to rob us a bit of our excitement and happiness. As of today, you can download the new version, start exploring and build beautiful stable websites on it.</blockquote>
So, let's take a quick look at what's new with ImpressPages.
<h2>Simpler Coding &amp; A Sleeker Interface</h2>
ImpressPages 4.0 was designed to empower people to create beautiful websites and quality content with minimal hassle. One of the ways ImpressPages now does this is via easy coding processes.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/untitled_1_03_4700x0.png" alt="ImpressPages 4.0 Coding" />
With the new  <a href="http://www.impresspages.org/docs/model"> MVC engine </a>  and handy pre-built features (like multi-linguality, translations, grid etc.) developers can create powerful systems in no time, add their own themes and plugins. ImpressPages 4.0 is fully customizable to your and your clients’ needs.
Another core update to ImpressPages comes in the form of a new, beautiful interface which has usability in mind.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ip_interface_3700x0.png" alt="ImpressPages 4.0 Interface" />
Features like inline editing and drag-and-drop have been improved. For example, it takes only one drag-and-drop action to create a new field, which itself only requires one click to edit.
Publishers and website owners can add any content they wish, including text, pictures, videos to polls and menus which now take far less time and effort.
Further updates features brought about by ImpressPages 4.0 incude key-value storage, multi-language support, and much more.
To find out more about ImpressPages 4.0, migration instructions, check out their <a href="http://www.impresspages.org/impresspages-4-0-released" target="_blank">official blog announcement</a>. Alternatively, you can <a href="http://www.impresspages.org/download" target="_blank">download ImpressPages 4.0 right now</a>.
Also, be sure to also explore more of ImpressPages via our CMS Directory.

ImpressPages 4.0 Released

Are you a fan of Umbraco? Then you'll be glad to know they've had a new release of the popular open-source CMS.
Umbraco 7.1.0 was just released and it comes with a score of new features.
Let's take a look at what's new in this release.
<h2>Image Cropping</h2>
Image cropping has been added to the core of the CMS but it's not just any cropping tool, it also doubles as an upload field, meaning you can replace any upload field with a cropper field and your previously uploaded file is still there but become croppable. Of course, without a file, you get the option of uploading one.
<img style="max-width:473px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/umbraco_image_scaling473x0.png" alt="Umbraco Image Cropping" />
<h2>Breadcrumbs and Warnings</h2>
New warnings have been added to the CMS to alert you when you are about to navigate away from a page without saving changes as well as breadcrumbs to let you know where you are within the CMS.
<img style="max-width:411px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/umbraco_breadcrumbs_and_warnings.png" alt="umbraco breadcrumbs and warnings" />
<h2>Changing Content / Document Types</h2>
In those instances where you start filling a page with content and then realize you are using the wrong content type, you can now switch the content types and remap the fields without losing your content.
<img style="max-width:469px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/umbraco_content_types_switching.png" alt="umbraco content types switching" />
<h2>Members</h2>
Last but not least, the members API has been reworked and MemberService is now available and completely in line with ContentService and Media Service.
In addition, they've attempted to make working with members easier by providing snippets for Register, Login, Login Status, and Edit Profile when you create a new Particle View.
<img style="max-width:479px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/umbraco_members.png" alt="umbraco members" />
And there you have it.
Would you like more information on Umbraco? Check them out in our <a href="/products/umbraco/">CMS Products Directory</a> or <a href="https://umbraco.com/">visit them on the web.</a>

Umbraco CMS 7.1.0 is out with lots of new features

Canadian <a href="https://www.shopify.com/" target="_blank"> Shopify</a> customers were in for a treat yesterday, as the Shopify Card Reader was made available in Canada for the first time.
Shopify is a world-renowned e-commerce solution powering over 90,000 stores and was the winner of our <a href="/2013-people-s-choice-winner-for-best-ecommerce-solution/#.Uz0_hfldXvU" target="_blank"> 2013 People's Choice for Best Ecommerce Solution</a> award.
The Shopify card reader is a free device that allows Shopify merchants to accept credit card payments on the go using the Shopify Mobile iPhone app, or in-store using  Shopify POS, Shopify's iPad-based point of sale system.
<h2>Sell Anywhere with the Shopify Mobile App</h2>
Using the Shopify Card Reader, merchants can accept all major credit cards from their offline stores. These cards include Visa, MasterCard and American Express all at one flat rate based on your Shopify plan, as shown below.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/chart_1c12954b-ec07-4fd2-9512-2096d6d9f98b700x0.jpg" alt="Shopify POS Plans" />
This means that Canadian Shopify merchants who also sell offline can now accept credit card payments using the Shopify Mobile iPhone app. You can sell your existing products or even create custom sales on the spot.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/shopify-mobile-payments_7b9f3468-1b0a-47e6-93c7-3f120e8296d3.png" alt="Shopify Mobile App" />
If you’re in Canada or the U.S., you can order your free Shopify mobile card reader by logging into the app, navigating to the ‘Accept Payments’ screen, and confirming your mailing address.
Shopify Mobile is free for all existing Shopify merchants and can be downloaded in the Apple App Store.
<h2>Sell From Your Physical Store</h2>
As well as mobile selling, Shopify enables you to sell easily and professionally from your physical retail store using Shopify POS.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/shopify_pos_online_and_in_store.jpg" alt="Shopify POS " /> 
Shopify POS is a fully integrated point of sale system that bridges the gap between your offline retail location  and your online store. Canadian merchants can now use the Shopify card reader to accept credit card payments with Shopify POS, which works seamlessly with the Apple iPad.
Furthermore, Shopify has also opened their Canadian <a href="http://hardware.shopify.ca/" target="_blank">hardware store</a> which means you can order Shopify POS hardware kits and other optional accessories like receipt printers and bar code scanners.
If you'd prefer to get a closer look before purchasing, you can head down to Shopify's Toronto pop-up store from April 1st to April 4th to get a free mobile card reader or buy Shopify POS hardware kits.
To find out more about the Canadian Shopify Card Reader release, check out the official blog announcement.
Also, don't forget to check out <a href="/products/shopify/" target="_blank">Shopify via our CMS Directory</a>.

Shopify Card Reader Launches in Canada

This week, <a href="https://www.socialengine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SocialEngine PHP</a> received a number of updates and bug fixes, as version 4.8 was released.
SocialEngine is a social networking platform which lets you build a social website or online community. For a more detailed look at the platform, be sure to check out our <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/socialengine-review/#.Uzv47_ldXvU" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SocialEngine review</a>.
Separate from SocialEngine Cloud, SocialEngine PHP is the non-hosted version of SocialEngine, which gives you a simple, unbranded network that you can customize in any way. It allows you the freedom to maintain fine-grained control over all aspects of your site and content.
Version 4.8 brings about five core changes, which are:
<ul>
<li>Option to hide subscription plans for users after they sign up</li>
<li>Upgraded Zend Framework to v1.12.3</li>
<li>Improved the robustness of the email queue</li>
<li>Improved compatibility with older FFMpeg versions</li>
<li>Added bot sign-up mitigation</li>
</ul>
Furthermore, SocialEngine have also made a long list of bug fixes relating to poll searching, PayPal payment gateway testing, forum quote buttons, ReCaptcha for SSL and sign ins, along with much more.
SocialEngine users can grab the new version from the client area. Although, SocialEngine have made it a point to remind users that they should make a complete backup of their installation before performing an upgrade.
Also, significant custom changes which you may have made to your source code may pose problems during the upgrade process. If which case, SocialEngine also encourages users to enlist a developer to help you if you’re not comfortable with the process yourself.
For a full list of bug fixes, and the official 4.8 version release notes, visit the <a href="https://www.socialengine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SocialEngine website</a>.
Additionally, you can learn more about <a href="/products/social-engine/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SocialEngine via our CMS Directory</a>.

SocialEngine PHP 4.8 Released

Call Tracking + AI 

Call Tracking + AI that Turns Calls into Leads

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Jahia have released the latest edition of their open source, enterprise content management system, Jahia 7. Jahia 7 brings with it some significant improvements over previous version of the ECM including powerful Distributed Development features &amp; Private App Stores to re-use and distribute components securely with a new OSGi integration.
<blockquote>
“Having had the opportunity to see Jahia 7 during a walkthrough yesterday with Jahia CEO, Elie Auvray, I can confidently say this is going to be a game changer for the company that will likely propel them forward into a much stronger position in the ECM market. ” – Mike Johnston, CMS Critic
</blockquote>
 Major enhancements on its core content platform: 
<ul>
<li> Distributed development: Jahia Studio, the User Experience builder, is unique on the market and makes Jahia 7 far more powerful and productive than any other Java CMS.  
<ul>
<li> ​ Source repository integration :  Developers can work as a team, remotely and simultaneously, directly on the integration server or on their desktop. All sources modifications are pushed to a repository to which the Studio is linked. Changes are versioned in the source repository and all changes can be tested on a single server to validate compatibility and to develop with agile methodologies at blazing speed.</li>
<li> Simplified and controlled code editing : developers have direct access to the sources of their modules. They can edit sources through an online interface and code wherever they are, even without an IDE installed locally . Direct editing of sources (scripts, classes, resource bundles, xml or properties files) allows to test changes on the fly.</li>
<li>And many more tools to truly help IT and business teams work together –  </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Private App Store: this new Jahia software is installed by customers and/or partners on their enterprise environments and enables them to safely re-use developments delivered on one project to the next, from one environment to the next, either on premises or on the cloud. Jahia Private App store industrializes the distribution of developments with safe apps that will not put corporate assets and missions critical projects at risk. Jahia 7 secures the deployments by introducing a major technical improvement : leveraging OSGI, it is now possible to hot-deploy modules on servers without downtime or restart, even when they contain java classes –  </li>
</ul>
This new release really should be considered an open source User Experience Platform as it includes a comprehensive new product line up consisting of:
<ul>
<li> Jahia Digital Factory (formerly know as Jahia xCM): Leading open source CMS that gives power and autonomy to digital workers. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fproducts%2Fdigital-factory"> More info on Digital Factory </a>  </li>
<li> Jahia Workspace Factory (formerly know as Jahia Wise): the document sharing solution that delights marketing teams. Its a hybrid application featuring Document sharing, collaboration and social communities. <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fproducts%2Fworkspace-factory"> More info on Workspace Factory </a>  </li>
<li> Jahia Portal Factory : is the best way to unite content and business applications together – whether they are internal or external data and apps. Availability: in the next coming weeks <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fproducts%2Fportal-factory.html"> More info on Portal Factory </a>  </li>
<li> Jahia eCommerce Factory is the solution e-merchants were dreaming of. Tying together the content management and portal features from Digital Factory and Portal Factory, eCommerce Factory embeds Mogobiz the open source ecommerce framework from Jahia’s strategic partner eBizNext. Availability: in the next coming weeks <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fproducts%2Fecommerce-factory.html"> More info on eCommerce Factory</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Screenshots</h2>
Here are some screenshots for everyone so you can see some of the tools in action. 
Jahia 7  Digital Factory – Edit mode:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/jahia_7_-_digital_factory1633x0.png" alt="Jahia 7 Digital Factory - Edit mode:" />
Jahia 7 – Digital Factory – Edit mode with mobile in context rendering:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/jahia_7_-_digital_factory_edit_mode_with_mobile_in_context_rendering1633x0.png" alt="Jahia 7 Digital Factory - edit mode with mobile in context rendering:" />
Jahia Studio – Visual templates building:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/jahia_studio_-_visual_templates_building1633x0.png" alt="Jahia Studio - visual templates building:" />
Jahia Studio – Integrated browser based IDE:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/jahia_studio_-_integrated_browser_based_ide1633x0.png" alt="Jahia Studio - integrated browser based IDE:" />
Of significant important here is that Jahia will be providing guaranteed update support for customers. To quote their press release: 
<blockquote>
While developing Jahia 7, Jahia kept in mind that all its customers should be able to protect their existing investments on its technology. This is why all existing project based on Jahia 6.5+ will benefit from a guaranteed update policy: a secured Upgrade Tool will deliver the update in no time. Jahia guarantees the update and would actually do it at no charge for those of it customers experiencing issues.
</blockquote>
If you are looking to see what Jahia 7 is made of, there are a number of upcoming webinars that will showcase the product. Simply choose one that fits your schedule:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fcompany%2Fevents%2Fmedia-list%2Fwebinar-developers-getting-start.html">April 22nd –  Developers: Getting started on Jahia 7</a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fcompany%2Fevents%2Fmedia-list%2Fwebinar-jahia-version-7-a-functi.html">April 24th – Jahia 7: a Functional Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fcompany%2Fevents%2Fmedia-list%2Fwebinar-developers-discover-the.html">April 29th – Developers: Dive deeper into the new Jahia 7 Studio features </a></li>
<li><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=74469271&amp;msgid=339158&amp;act=8Y2D&amp;c=870976&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jahia.com%2Fhome%2Fcompany%2Fevents%2Fmedia-list%2Fwebinar-developers--system-admin.html">May 6th – Developers &amp; system administrators: Jahia 7 Studio and the Digital Industrialization</a></li>
</ul>

Jahia announce the release of Jahia 7

DPCI, an interactive technology agency that helps organizations create, publish, enrich and deliver content to Web, print, mobile, and tablet devices, today announced the release of <a href="http://www.databasepublish.com/dpsbridge">DPSBridge</a>, a Drupal contributed module that allows customers of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (Enterprise Edition) to upload Web content from Drupal into Adobe DPS folios as HTML Articles. By connecting Drupal with DPS, organizations now have the option to create folios for Adobe DPS apps straight from source content within Drupal.
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The DPSBridge module, which is an open-source Drupal module maintained by DPCI, converts selected web articles into HTML stacks and then uploads the articles directly to the Folio Producer Service in DPS by utilizing the Folio Producer APIs. In addition, DPSBridge compares each selected Drupal article with the version in the folio and indicates when the content is out of sync. An authorized user can then update the contents of the folio to utilize the most current version of the Drupal article. This functionality can all be accessed directly from within Drupal’s admin interface without having to jump out to the desktop or another application interface.
<blockquote>
“The DPSBridge module extends the capabilities of Drupal and Adobe DPS by creating an easier process for publishing Web original content to tablet devices,” said Joe Bachana, President and Founder of DPCI. “As both a Drupal consulting firm and an implementer of the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite, we believe this to be a ground-breaking innovation in the integration of proprietary and open-source multi-channel technologies.”
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
“We are excited that DPS customers can use Adobe Experience Manager, the leading solution for Web and digital asset management, or software packages such as Drupal, to streamline the creation of app content by leveraging a central asset repository,” said Ben Choi, senior director of product management for Digital Publishing Suite, Adobe.  “Whether customers choose to use DPS with AEM, gaining access to an intuitive, template-driven HTML workflow for rapid app content creation or Drupal, organizations can deliver content-centric apps more quickly, resulting in significant time-savings and lower costs.”
</blockquote>
The DPSBridge module currently supports Drupal version 7.x. To find out more about DPSBridge, as well as to download a beta version of the module from the Drupal community site, please go to the  <a href="https://drupal.org/sandbox/jbachana/2192865" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> project page </a> on drupal.org . For consulting and implementation support, please contact DPCI at (800) 818-2905.

DPCI Announces the DPSBridge Module for Drupal

Kentico have released the latest version of their popular web content management solution.
Kentico 8 represents a significant improvement over previous releases with a completely redesigned and improved interface and a number of enhancements to their integrated marketing suite as well.
<blockquote>“Digital marketing today requires a unifying brand identity and faster level of responsiveness to the ever-changing needs of customers, wherever they might be,” said Kentico CEO and Founder Petr Palas. “With Kentico 8’s enhanced integrated marketing solution, our customers get a sophisticated but easy-to-use and affordable set of tools that allow them to quickly launch and manage highly personalized and integrated digital marketing activities across all digital mediums.”</blockquote>
Kentico has added quite a bit to this release and we'll go through them here to get you up to speed but first, here's a quick video showcasing the new version.
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<h2>The New Interface</h2>
The new interface of Kentico 8 has almost a Windows 8 Metro look and feel to it, as you can see below. Clean and clear buttons and typography make it very visually attractive.
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<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard.png" alt="Kentico 8 screenshot" />
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<h2>Reworked Help Section</h2>
Another very important change in this new release is the brand new help section. Completely reworked from previous versions, the new help provides special how-to instructions and tips &amp; tricks related to the application you are using. Take a look:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/help.png" alt="Kentico 8 Help" />
<h2>Marketing Suite Additions</h2>
The integrated marketing suite has also seen some cool new additions including:
<ul>
<li>Persona-based recommendations for boosted engagement and loyalty.<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/users.png" alt="Kentico 8 personas" /></li>
<li>A/B Testing Improvements 
Test variants of pages on particular audience segments, for deeper insight and more targeted results.</li>
<li>Social marketing 
Post content on and get analytics from Facebook and Twitter all from within the UI.</li>
</ul>
These are just a few of the changes and improvements in this new release. To get the full experience, check out their website <a href="http://www.kentico.com/kentico8">http://www.kentico.com/kentico8</a>

Kentico 8 Introduces Slick new Interface and Improved Marketing Suite

Today, the world renowned <a href="http://www.liferay.com/" target="_blank">open source portal software</a> giants Liferay, Inc., is releasing a mobile software development kit.
Liferay, is a leading provider of enterprise open source portal and collaboration software products, servicing Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Their clients include Allianz, Carrefour, Danone, Rolex, Siemens, Toyota and the United Nations.
Their brand new Mobile SDK is part of their commitment to being a mobile-ready platform, which began with making responsive design work out of the box in Liferay Portal 6.2.
So, let's take a look at what Liferay customers can look forward to.
<h2>Bringing You into the Mobile Revolution</h2>
Liferay's new Mobile SDK takes the platform’s mobile capabilities a step further, making the unique benefits of Liferay Portal available to mobile app developers. According to <a href="http://www.liferay.com/about-us/leadership/bcheung" target="_blank"> Bryan Cheung</a>, Liferay's CEO, it's all about bringing customers into the mobile revolution:
<blockquote>“I’m excited that we’re thinking about how to bring our customers into the mobile revolution—and it really is a revolution, impacting every aspect of the way we do business and behave as a society. I think developers are going to love the Mobile SDK, because people are so hungry for the kind of immediacy that you only get from your smartphone. Anything that helps you make mobile apps more quickly with more relevant functionality is going to add a lot of value.”</blockquote>
The Liferay Mobile SDK has been designed to work seamlessly with <a href="http://www.liferay.com/products/liferay-portal/liferay-portal-6.2" target="_blank">Liferay Portal 6.2</a> along with other major mobile app platforms including iOS and Android.
Among Liferay Mobile SDK's many features include:
<ul>
<li>Authentication against your Liferay Portal instance</li>
<li>Exception handling</li>
<li>Remote services calls</li>
<li>JSON parsing</li>
<li>Batch calls</li>
<li>Async calls</li>
<li>Auto-generated SDK, which is template based</li>
<li>Integration with Developer Studio</li>
<li>Compatibility with custom portlets</li>
</ul>
There are three key reasons to use the SDK when building mobile apps. These are:
<ul>
<li>Common shared services such as log-in, handling errors, and getting content to and from the mobile app (using JSON)</li>
<li>Use of Liferay’s built-in content and collaboration features in the mobile app</li>
<li>Use of custom objects or integrations in the mobile app</li>
</ul>
For example, a company whose CRM is already integrated with Liferay will find it much easier with the Mobile SDK to create a mobile app that browses customer records, with each sales rep will have personalized access to their customers.
Mobile apps designed by retail companies for their customers for instance, could take advantage of shopping catalog integration to quickly develop a native mobile e-commerce app. The experience could also be further enhanced with the phone’s camera and location services.
For the long-term, Liferay is hoping that its portal can be used as a central hub that aggregates data and interactions from mobile devices to help companies understand the needs and preferences of their customers and employees. Although in facing privacy issues, Liferay will naturally need to consider how companies can give more control of personal information to the users of the mobile apps they create.
In light of their new Mobile SDK release, Liferay's CTO, Michael Young,had this to say:
<blockquote>“We’re making mobile a priority. Our customers want this for a lot of the same reasons they chose Liferay: they don’t want to keep re-writing the same code for several mobile apps, and they want to consolidate integration points behind a single system. The solutions we’ve come up with for making websites and portals easier to develop cross over well to mobile app development.”</blockquote>
The Liferay Mobile SDK is available as an Eclipse plugin that can be installed into Liferay Developer Studio, Liferay IDE, or a developer’s own Eclipse environment. The Mobile SDK is also now <a href="https://github.com/liferay/liferay-mobile-sdk/releases" target="_blank">available for download</a>.
To get your hands on a free demo of the Mobile SDK, signing up for the <a href="http://discover.liferay.com/liferay-live-11apr2014" target="_blank">official webinar</a>.
For more information about Liferay and their Mobile SDK, visit their <a href="http://www.liferay.com/community/liferay-projects/liferay-mobile-sdk/overview" target="_blank">website</a>.
Additionally, be sure to explore more of <a href="/products/liferay/" target="_blank"> Liferay via our CMS Directory</a>.

Liferay Releases SDK to Streamline Custom Mobile App Development

Squarespace, like most vendors, is constantly adding updates to improve the functionality of their product and bring new and useful features to their customers. Recently, they introduced a couple of new features that are now available for Squarespace customers to add to their websites.
The first new feature is the addition of a Mobile Information Bar. Here's how it works:
When the Mobile Information Bar is enabled, visitors accessing your site from mobile devices will see a simple shortcut bar that helps them quickly find your most important business information: your address, email, phone number, and business hours (see below).
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/static_squarespace_com.jpg" alt="squarespace mobile information bar" />
In addition to the mobile information bar is a new Announcement Bar. For those of you who are familiar with WordPress, this is similar to products such as Hello Bar and other similar plugins / addons.
The Announcement Bar can be used by site owners to announce major news on your site. The Announcement Bar has a range of potential use cases: everything from highlighting a major promotion in your store to announcing a major business deal. When enabled, the Announcement Bar shows up at the top of your website.
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So there you have it. Two handy new features for those of you running Squarespace. If you aren't running it yet and would like to try it out, they offer a 14 day free trial with no credit card so I strongly recommend you give it a shot (if only just to see how it works). <a href="http://www.squarespace.com">Click here to try Squarespace for free.</a>

Squarespace introduces new features: Mobile Info Bar and Announcement Bar.

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