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<hr /> If there’s a song lyric that captures the ethos of Switzerland, this one comes to mind from <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozl3L9fhKtE">Fleetwood Mac</a>: “You can go your own way…”This classic was spinning on turntables and jukeboxes in the mid-1970s, but the Swiss have been rockin’ to the beat of their own drum for over 500 years – back when the country first established its venerated stance on neutrality. With a rich history of non-conformist geopolitical leanings, it’s not surprising that Switzerland is embracing open source software (OSS) with greater purpose and intention, while much of the West remains hesitant – particularly in government circles. Just how serious are the Swiss about OSS? Last year, the country passed what it calls the <a target="_blank" href="https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland">Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks</a> (EMBAG for short), a law requiring public sector entities to provide their software as open source. This applies to any code or applications they’ve developed (or had developed by a third party) provided it doesn’t compromise any rights or create security issues. While many of the tenets are still being implemented, the Swiss government and its contractors must release their software code under an OSS license, promising an entirely new level of transparency around government practices. A year after the law’s final adoption, EMBAG continues to challenge existing perceptions of OSS across the EU, and might just be the model for the future. That may sound wildly ambitious to some – foolhardy to others – but it also makes perfect sense. Like the Swiss, OSS is steeped in a deep legacy of democratic and social idealism, embodying the spirit of freedom and community.But in a world where trust can be easily exploited, is it a good idea for government agencies to be so open about their software?I recently caught up with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathias-bolt-lesniak/">Mathias Bolt Lesniak</a>, an open source evangelist at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.toujou.com/">toujou</a> (a SaaS website building platform based in Norway) and Project Ambassador at the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/typo3-association/">TYPO3 Association</a>. We’ve spoken previously about his involvement with the <a target="_blank" href="https://typo3.org/project/press/press-releases/open-website-alliance/english">Open Web Alliance</a>, a cabal of the world’s leading open source CMSs – <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/drupal">Drupal</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/joomla">Joomla</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/TYPO3">TYPO3</a>, and <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/products/wordpress">WordPress</a> – which assembled in the wake of the <a target="_blank" href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/cyber-resilience-act">EU’s Cyber Resilience Act</a>. The Alliance perceived this emerging policy as a threat to free and open source software like <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/what-is-a-content-management-system-cms">content management systems</a>, assigning responsibility for safety and security considerations regardless of how their CMS software is being utilized or customized. Their efforts culminated in an open letter to the EU about a myriad of issues – including the financial implications – and reinforced the benefits of open source. As an expert in OSS (or “FOSS” when it's free), Mathias had some thoughts on the evolution of Switzerland’s law and what it signals about the future. While other countries in the EU are also investing in the promise of open source, governments abroad are less bullish about the prospects. WordPress, the open source CMS goliath, continues to <a target="_blank" href="https://wordpress.org/about/features/">power over 43% of all websites</a> on the planet. Despite this staggering reach, there’s much work to be done to advance OSS principles in all corners of the globe, particularly in the public sector. But EMBAG just moved the ball further down the field – and if the Swiss don't miss, it could change the game. <h3 id="the-long-road-to-open-source">The long road to open source</h3>The adoption of EMBAG was certainly a legal milestone, and more than a decade in the making. Over that period, the Swiss government was embroiled in lengthy political and legal battles. There were numerous questions about existing agreements and the weight of international law. But in the end, the Swiss government achieved cooperation, applying radical changes to its e-government practices – specifically as it relates to the free reuse of its open source code.Unlike other legislation efforts, EMBAG also breaks new ground by mandating the release of broader government data. While this precludes personal or highly secure information, its Open Government Data (OGD) model goes beyond transparency – easing the friction around reusing data for other applications and encouraging greater innovation and collaboration between government agencies. <h3 id="an-alignment-of-democratic-ideals">An alignment of democratic ideals</h3>I asked Mathias about the promises and pitfalls of EMBAG, and where the potential of success – or failure – might exist. He had some strong observations on the role of governance in the equation, and how that could influence the overall trajectory. “My primary reaction, of course, is that this is great,” he said “I'm really looking forward to seeing the results of it, because this is a project that can go really well, or it can go not so well. I think it depends on the governance aspect of how it's actually implemented. Switzerland, of course, is one of these places that has a really strong democratic tradition – and democracy is what I usually point to when I talk about the positive things open source can bring into countries. It's a kind of ‘learning ground’ for democratic practices. And Switzerland, of course, has had this amazing, direct democracy for hundreds of years.”As Mathias codified, one might say that the Swiss were “culturally prepared” for a shift towards OSS, making it an ideal stage for employing such a groundbreaking piece of legislation. Other countries like France have professed a predilection towards open source, but none have gone this far with their public sector standards.  <hr /> <h4 style="text-align:center" id="“democracy-is-what-i-usually-point-to-when-i-talk-about-the-positive-things-open-source-can-bring-into-countries.”">“Democracy is what I usually point to when I talk about the positive things open source can bring into countries.”</h4> <hr /> The cards might be stacked against any country willing to dive this deep with open source. According to Mathias, there are several things that might help ensure positive outcomes as Switzerland looks to successfully execute this policy.“One of the things I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing is the Swiss building expertise around open source systems, as well as their small to medium supplier market,” he observed. “Open source has this ability, because it gives people the possibility to learn and use it outside of the originally intended use case.” Mathias also sees a runway for expanding the reuse of government software by other entities within Switzerland as well as outside the country. To his point, the Swiss have long cultivated a reputation for superior products and technologies (watches come to mind). As he sees it, there may be a heightened demand for Swiss OSS that far exceeds its current charter – perhaps even a “Swiss standard” for government software. To that end, Mathias sees the adoption of EMBAG as a clear signal that Switzerland recognizes the true potential of open source, widening the aperture well beyond its peers in the EU and abroad. <h3 id="the-struggle-with-security">The struggle with security</h3>Despite the palpable pros, open source has wrestled with the central challenge of trust. And it makes sense: you open your code to the world, and the question of security naturally follows. Accountability is also a major point of friction, as any issues with code or functionality often belong to a community, which can present barriers to solving critical problems.To be fair, all software is vulnerable – and we’re seeing just how vulnerable on a daily basis. Hacks and threats are becoming commonplace, and large open source systems like WordPress provide a much larger surface area for exploits. That said, proprietary software is target-rich and bountiful for likes of ransomware. Just take a quick peek at <a target="_blank" href="https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/acknowledgement">Microsoft’s security update guide</a> and you’ll get a long and troubling list of vulnerabilities that have cropped up over time.No software should ever be deemed completely secure. But relative to proprietary platforms, open source can hold its own – and in some instances, might even be considered a safer bet. One example: because OSS isn’t controlled by a single vendor, anyone can monitor, locate, and remediate vulnerabilities. This can be a force multiplier for security and governance.At the end of the day, does this build enough trust for public sector agencies to open their code? Do the rewards outweigh the risks?“I think it definitely builds trust,” Mathias said. “Any country that adopts open source so fully is really a sign that its government understands all of the good stuff that you can do with it.”<h3 id="why-is-the-u.s.-less-bullish-on-open-source?">Why is the U.S. less bullish on open source?</h3>The European market teetered on the brink of recession throughout 2023. There were certainly a few bright spots, but by in large, the entire continent struggled as the U.S. boomed, losing pace in the race for AI and suffering setbacks in areas like electric vehicles. According to a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/europe-regulates-its-way-to-last-place-2a03c21d">Wall Street Journal article</a> published in January, there is one field where the EU still leads the world – and that’s regulation. This has been a benefit in areas like controlling carbon emissions and advancing data privacy. But its penchant for draconian rulemaking has also stymied its economic agility when competing with China and the U.S.Of course, it’s not all about competition. There is this thing called humanity, and countries like Switzerland seem interested in policies that protect citizens and serve the public interest while promoting digital sovereignty and stoking innovation. Many would claim that doing good and driving economic growth aren’t mutually exclusive, but some EU companies are proving the opposite. <a target="_blank" href="https://cmscritic.com/umbraco-publishes-annual-impact-report-reinforcing-commitments-to-sustainability-and-community">A great example in the CMS world is Umbraco</a>, which is investing deeply in sustainability and DEI strategies while activating growth (it also happens to be an open source platform).We’ve already established that open source can overcome questions about its security and stability – and based on <a target="_blank" href="https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/open-source-software-the-nine-trillion-resource-companies-take-for-granted">research from Frank Nagle</a> at the Harvard Business School, 96% of commercial programs include some form of OSS in their mix – making it absolutely critical to the global economy. Now, the Swiss are advocating open source for government at the highest level.So why has it been slow to catch on in the U.S. public sector?Well, for starters, there’s certainly support for it. Just a few years ago, the <a target="_blank" href="https://thenewstack.io/how-the-u-s-air-force-deployed-kubernetes-and-istio-on-an-f-16-in-45-days">U.S. Air Force began deploying applications</a> on F-16s utilizing a hybrid cloud strategy via Kubernetes – an open source system for pushing, scaling, and managing containerized apps. The U.S. federal government also requires agencies to release a percentage of its custom code as OSS. That said, there are no mandates like the one Switzerland has introduced – and very little incentive for public sector agencies to invest heavily in open source. I asked Mathias about this marked difference between the U.S. and Europe, and what the underlying factors might be.“I think there's a difference in tradition,” he said. “The U.S. and Europe have different ways of funding for open source projects, to be very black and white. Europe has much more of a government-centric funding model, where the public sector supports projects. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/">German Sovereign Tech Fund</a>, for example, is a government construct for capitalizing open source projects. And in the U.S., it seems that it's much more reliant on private capital. I think both of those can work as funding solutions, but governments are going to be motivated by public service to a much larger degree than private funding.”That said, the EU's well might be running dry on public funding for OSS. In July, the European Commission <a target="_blank" href="https://fossforce.com/2024/07/is-the-european-commission-dropping-support-for-important-open-source-funding/">neglected to include</a> any Next Generation Internet (NGI) programs in its budget for 2025. NGI has been fiercely committed to building a trustworthy internet by funding over a thousand open source projects through its NGI Zero Commons Fund. If this disappears, many OSS projects may come to a halt.<h3 id="opening-up-the-open-source-promise-">Opening up the open source promise </h3>While EMBAG is providing a template for other EU nations – and the world – it’s still early days. There are aspects of the policy that still need shaking out. But as Mathias observed, the news is sparking great interest around open source and its potential for continued growth.There are clear benefits for the Swiss as they embark on this journey. Aside from the foundation of greater openness and transparency, OSS eliminates inhibitors like vendor lock-in and other compromises that come with selecting proprietary software. More importantly, it drives efficiency by enabling the reuse of code and improving productivity through collaboration. As Mathias sees it, open source can provide governments with greater choice and control –  the essential ingredients for accelerating time to mission and supporting the needs of citizens and communities. Being able to share and reuse OSS code can help activate the potential. “Selecting open source doesn't have to mean you select a single model or one open source piece of software to rule them all,” he explained. “You can also create and fund a collaboration between different projects so that they can reuse the same kind of code. And I think that's an opportunity that is much more relevant when the government is participating. We share information openly, and that’s something that can benefit existing platforms and the development of new platforms for things like government ID.”Mathias is also predicting unexpected ways that open source might deliver greater impact and value.“Governments have an opportunity to support some of areas that are often forgotten, or that receive little focus from open source developers, and one of those is UX,” he said. “For example, many open source systems have been built by developers who build them in a ‘developer way.’ The first thing they think about is functionality and not UX, and governments have the possibility to fund that missing layer of making open source so usable that everyone will adopt it. If that happens, we might see open source platforms that are being compared beyond their feature sets.”We’ve had numerous discussions in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/">Boye &amp; Company CMS Experts Group</a> about Gartner’s persistent “overlooking” of open source platforms on its MQ reports. We know revenue is an obstacle (among other requirements), but there’s also a latent undercurrent of negative perception around OSS when it comes to enterprise software decisions.As the Swiss swing for the fences and once again “go their own way,” perhaps more OSS solutions will attain a new level of respect in the minds of market watchers. Of course, that shift will require a deeper understanding of the true nature of open source:It’s less about code – and more about culture.  <hr /><h3 id="upcoming-conferences">Upcoming conferences</h3> <img style="width:29.67%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2024/01/cms-connect-2024-logo.png" alt="CMS Connect 24 logo" /><h4 id="cms-connect-24---sold-out"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmsconnect24">CMS Connect 24</a> - SOLD OUT</h4>August 6-7, 2024 – Montreal, CanadaWe are delighted to present our first annual summer edition of our prestigious international conference dedicated to the global content management community. Join us this August in Montreal, Canada, for a vendor-neutral conference focused on CMS. Tired of impersonal and overwhelming gatherings? Picture this event as a unique blend of masterclasses, insightful talks, interactive discussions, impactful learning sessions, and authentic networking opportunities. <img style="width:29.58%" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2024/01/cms-kickoff-2025-logo.png" /><h4 id="cms-kickoff-25"><a target="_blank" href="https://www.boye-co.com/conferences/cmskickoff25/tickets">CMS Kickoff 25</a></h4>January 14-15, 2025 – Tampa Bay Area, FloridaJoin us next January in the Tampa Bay area of Florida for the third annual CMS Kickoff – the industry's premier global event. Similar to a traditional kickoff, we reflect on recent trends and share stories from the frontlines. Additionally, we will delve into the current happenings and shed light on the future. Prepare for an unparalleled in-person CMS conference experience that will equip you to move things forward. This is an exclusive event – space is limited, so secure your tickets today.

The Swiss Don’t Miss on Open Source: How Switzerland's EMBAG Law is Evolving the OSS Landscape

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Cloud CMS is proud to announce the availability of its subscription-based cloud platform and public content API for building real-time, cloud-connected mobile applications. Cloud CMS connects your native and HTML5 mobile applications to cloud services that make your application development faster, leaner and less expensive.
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Cloud CMS – Cloud Content Management for Mobile Apps

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After a few months of alpha and beta versions the first stable version of Elxis CMS 4.0, codename Nautilus, is here. This version includes a number of bug fixes, improvements, library updates, new interface languages as well as a few new features.
Along with the stable version an update patch for all beta versions was also released and you can download it from <a href="http://www.elxis-downloads.com/">EDC</a>. Since version 4.0 rev1358 Elxis has multilingual XML parameters and a new configuration option named SITELANGS. This new option allows you to limit the displayed languages in Elxis frontend only to specific ones (the default option is to use all available languages). With the release of the stable version we strongly encourage you to download and use Elxis 4.0 instead of the old series 2009.3.
For those currently running older versions of Elxis, you can see the differences in this comparison between the two editions.
More info: <a href="http://www.elxis.org/">http://www.elxis.org/</a>

Elxis CMS 4.0 (Nautilus) is available

This year's winner of the People's Choice Award for Best Free CMS goes to the ever popular open-source CMS, Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware!
<img style="max-width:235px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/tiki_wcg.png" />
Congratulations to Marc Laporte and the rest of the team for their awesome work. It was a hard fought battle with Xoops for first place but Tiki took over in the end and won this year with the most votes.
Tiki is a powerful all-in-one web-based application, offering collaboration, publishing, commerce, social networking, CRM, and office productivity tools.
Tiki is the ideal tool for you to build and maintain your Website / Wiki / Groupware / CMS / Forum / Blog / Bug Tracker / Online Office Suite or any other project you can imagine running in your browser window.
Tiki is free, both Free Software (as in “Free Speech”) and Free of Charge (as in “Free Beer”), and for everyone! It has all the features you need “out-of-the-box”:
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<li>Wikis (like Wikipedia)</li>
<li>Forums (like phpBB)</li>
<li>Blogs (like WordPress)</li>
<li>Articles (like Yahoo News)</li>
<li>Image Gallery (like Flickr)</li>
<li>Map Server (like Google Maps)</li>
<li>Link Directory (like DMOZ)</li>
<li>Multilingual (like Babel Fish)</li>
<li>Bug Tracker (like Bugzilla)</li>
<li>RSS Feeds (like Digg)</li>
<li>Payments (via PayPal)</li>
<li>Spreadsheet, Slideshow, Drawings, etc.</li>
<li>Free Open Source software (LGPL)</li>
</ul>
And much more… <a href="http://tiki.org">Check out this Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware today</a>
Our runner up for this year was Xoops, which fought a hard battle and did a commendable job of making Tiki work for their win.
This isn't the end of the awards, however, as the Critic's Choice portion of the awards which will be selected by CMS Critic will be announced soon.
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<li>Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware</li>
<li>XOOPS</li>
<li>Symphony CMS</li>
<li>ocPortal</li>
<li>Impress CMS</li>
</ol>
Thanks to all for really driving hard for the votes and don't forget to stay tuned to our site to find out which of our five shortlisted competitors below takes the <a href="/cms-critic-awards/">Critic's Choice Award</a>, to be announced soon.

People's Choice Winner for Best Free CMS is...

First off, I wanted to thank everyone for taking the time to participate in this years awards. As you may know, we have to distinct categories this year, People's Choice and Critic's Choice. For the People's Choice awards, the CMS with the most legitimate votes as of midnight last night will be the winner. I will be announcing these shortly. At the moment, I am going through the votes and removing duplicates, votes from fake accounts, etc.
For the Critic's Choice portion of the awards, CMS Critic will be choosing one system from each of the categories that will receive our recommendation from this site in their specific category. We will not be considering this winner based on the voting that occurred but will be selecting this winner separately. The Critic's Choice Award will be based on how we think the system handles the needs of the end user, how flexible it is, how innovative the product is, how responsive to the user the community is and more.
We will begin announcing the winners of the People's Choice portion of our awards at 4pm MST today. Stay tuned for updates and thank you for making this a successful and interactive year. We've been thrilled with the response from the community.
Next year, our plan is to institute cash prizes for our winners!
~Mike Johnston

Awards Update

<a href="http://www.sitecore.net/?sc_camp=EF5C1D3E55564722A8B1941BFFA91F6A" target="_blank">Sitecore</a> today announced availability of a new version of its Content Management System software.
Sitecore CMS 6.6 offers enhanced mobile support to build engaging mobile web interactions and applications, advanced targeting and segmentation of customers, and a premier development environment with native Model View Controller (MVC) support. These new features provide greater flexibility to quickly create personalized customer experiences.
“The latest version of our software provides the tools that developers and marketers require to consistently and continuously engage with customers through any interaction channel,” said Darren Guarnaccia, senior vice president, product marketing, Sitecore. “We have enabled our developer community to work with the latest development technologies while offering marketers enhanced ways to use customer behavior data to better segment and target marketing campaigns. The result for businesses is a consistent, engaging customer experience that helps create customers for life.”
Catering to the Small Screen
According to a February 2012 Forrester Research, Inc., blog entitled “Mobile Internet Users Will Soon Surpass PC Internet Users Globally,” more than half of the world’s population owns at least one mobile device and the global penetration of mobile Internet users will exceed that of PC-based Internet users in 2016.
Businesses need a way to understand how website and marketing campaign content and offers will appear on the multitude of devices in use including iPhone, Android and Windows smartphones. Sitecore’s device simulator shows marketers how content will appear on mobile devices and in different browsers. It provides an accurate view, via screenshots, on how the website will display using the browsers and devices selected.
In addition, Sitecore mobile software developer’s kit (SDK) facilitates the development of native mobile applications and supports Apple’s iOS platform. The embedded browser allows marketers to leverage their Sitecore powered content, while tapping the powerful user experience of native mobile applications.
Premier Development Approach
Sitecore now offers native support for ASP.NET MVC to complement its existing support for web forms based architectures. By natively supporting both in its platform and allowing use interchangeably, customers have the flexibility to use the right approach for any task while achieving all the modern development benefits of using MVC design patterns.
ASP.NET MVC includes many features that enable fast development for creating sophisticated applications that use the latest web standards and Sitecore customers can start to incorporate these new capabilities without extensive site redevelopment or migration.
Advanced Targeting for Multichannel Campaigns
Marketers are often challenged with targeting campaigns to segments of their audience for better engagement.  With CMS 6.6 marketers can create a list of visitors that match certain criteria by defining one or more conditions to define a segment. Segments allow for dynamic evaluation rather than having a static list of visitors, and can be built from both demographic and behavioral data. Segments can also be built from both demographic information as well as behavioral data. Marketers do not need to be CRM experts to target campaigns to specific audiences and segments can be built on any of the web, email or CRM details that have taken place.

Sitecore Gives Marketers and Developers Advanced Tools to Target Campaigns and Segment Audiences Across Digital and Mobile Channels

As part of a restructuring to the INZU account features and fees we are pleased to announce that the full INZU Cloud CMS is now available free to all registered users.
Previously only available in full to our paid subscribers, now anyone can sign up and start enjoying the benefits of a genuine cloud CMS.
Our paid subscribers haven't been left out though and Business users can now enjoy new, lower transaction fees for e-commerce. With an easy to understand 4.5% flat fee + 3.5% for download sales such as music downloads.
The overall account structure has also been made easier to understand:
Basic (FREE)
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<li>Cloud CMS</li>
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Starter (paid)
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<li>Cloud CMS</li>
<li>E-commerce</li>
<li>HTML-Newsletters</li>
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Business (paid)
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<li>Cloud CMS</li>
<li>E-commerce – Better transaction rates</li>
<li>HTML-Newsletters – Higher sending limits</li>
</ul>
A full comparison table is available at <a href="http://www.inzu.net/register/compare.html">http://www.inzu.net/register/compare.html</a>

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feindura has released version 2.0 of their CMS. feindura is a flat file based CMS, which is made for small websites and web-designers which want to give their clients a neat and simple interface to edit their web site.
This is a major update and brings a complete new interface and features like plugins and add-ons to feindura.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/img1-620x346.png" />
feindura is a pure content deliver CMS, which means it is not possible to edit the web sites layout in the feindura backend. This way the web-designer is able to determine the layout, give his clients as much freedom as they need (to add pages and categories), without overwhelming them with too much options. Often CMS add more and more options, which make them very flexible for the user but hard to grasp for non-tech beginners.
Implementation
The pages created in feindura are solely add to the web site through an PHP class, which makes it on the one hand very flexible in how the layout can look like, but on the other hand prevent feindura to mess with the layout itself.
This way its easy to convert any static HTML/CSS website with a few lines of code by adding for example:
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foreach($feindura-&gt;createMenu(‘cat',1,'ul') as $item) echo $item[‘item']
to create a &lt;ul&gt; menu or:
$content = $feindura-&gt;showPage(); echo ‘&lt;h1&gt;'.$content[”title].'&lt;/h1&gt;'; echo $content[‘content']; to show the content of any selected page.
</blockquote>
Plugins
The new feindura version comes also with a plugin feature which allows the user to add additional functionality like an image gallery or a contact form to its pages where ever he wants (using drag'n'drop to place it). And gives developers an easy way to extend functionality of their clients web sites.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/img2-620x370.png" />
Add-ons
The feature allows web developers to built complete applications which run inside the feindura backend. This could be a newsletter management system or other website related add-ons. Currently there are no public add-ons available, but you can download an example add-on to get started building your own.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/img3-620x239.png" />
Interested in checking it out or getting the latest release? Hit their website: <a href="http://feindura.org/">http://feindura.org/</a>

feindura CMS 2.0 has been Released

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EPiServer, an innovator in multichannel digital marketing and e-commerce software, announced today the availability of EPiServer 7 CMS, the first content management system to allow marketers and editors to create content that works seamlessly across channels. Businesses can ensure that their online presence is optimized for conversions and results by delivering a consistent customer experience across mobile, tablet and desktop screens from one platform. With support for driving relevant traffic from social channels and personalizing the communication based on the customer context, marketers can expect increased results and conversion rates.
<a href="http://episerver.com/Content/" target="_blank">EPiServer 7 CMS</a> comes at a time when cross-channel engagement is critical for achieving maximum impact with customers, but the technology to seamlessly do so is lacking.  According to the August, 2012 Forrester Research, Inc. report: “Unify The Digital Experience Across Touchpoints” by Stephen Powers, “Pulling content from multiple sources and contextually transforming it to support unified digital experiences will be one of the biggest challenges in this space in the next several years.”
EPiServer 7 CMS allows marketers, who are strategic about their online presence, to create, manage and optimize any number of sites for global or local markets. In addition to speeding up time-to-market through efficient content management, marketers can improve quality control, efficiency and security through an intuitive interface that automatically shows only relevant information for content creators.
Travel group Fritidsresor (TUI Nordic) recently upgraded to EPiServer 7 CMS and found great support for managing their website in an enterprise environment.  “We manage a multichannel enterprise environment, where information management and structure are critical. With EPiServer 7 CMS, it is easier for us to provide a consistent customer experience which ensures impact,” said Maria Alfredéen, IT System Manager TUI Nordic.  “Additionally, EPiServer 7 CMS allows our developers to work faster and more efficiently and reduce our time to market for new innovations, which allows us to stay competitive in the increasingly competitive travel industry.”
“Our customers tell us that it is difficult and time consuming to create great sites that are relevant to the customer and ensure maximum impact across mobile, tablet and desktop as well as the social channel. With EPiServer 7 CMS, your site will look great on any size screen,” says Bob Egner, VP of Product Management at EPiServer. “By giving marketers and content creators the option to update all screens at once and reuse content across the web and social channels, we’ve streamlined the process, making it even easier for companies to create consistent, responsive sites that are customized and optimized based on the customer context.”
With <a href="http://episerver.com/Content/" target="_blank">EPiServer 7 CMS</a>, marketers and content creators will also have the ability to:
<ul>
<li>Organize, manage and edit all multimedia files from one location.</li>
<li>Scale to enterprise needs and support large volumes of traffic and editors across many sites.</li>
<li>Manage all online activity and meet all security needs, to include protecting customers’ data or financial transactions online.</li>
<li>Easily test, measure and modify content to increase conversions, for a landing page, single campaign, multiple websites or all digital marketing assets.</li>
<li>Personalize website content for each visitor to create unique experiences and improve conversions.</li>
</ul>
EPiServer 7 CMS offers standard connections for leading systems such as Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SalesForce.com.  Beyond standard connectors, the integration platform offers an open and flexible interface that can easily integrate with other systems such as SAP, Oracle, Amadeus, and a variety of other data sources.
With an add-on store that allows site owners to install, upgrade and uninstall add-ons without the need for a developer, EPiServer 7 CMS creates efficiency across the board with unprecedented innovation. More information on EPiServer 7 CMS is <a href="http://episerver.com/Content/" target="_blank">available here</a>.

EPiServer 7 CMS allows marketers to achieve maximum impact by managing content seamlessly across screens and channels.

Content Management vendor Accrisoft has announced the release of Freedom CMS 8.2. Version 8.2 promises several powerful features, including an all-new lead nurturing module , site backup tool enabling simple site copying and migrations, form layouts, global tags and more.
<h2>Lead Nurturing</h2>
The Lead Nurturing module turns your Accrisoft Freedom website into an effective inbound marketing tool that generates leads, provides them with a personalized experience, and tracks them throughout the sales process until they become customers.
This module automatically interacts with leads via email messages, allowing you to scale the lead generation process and focus your sales efforts on high-value prospects.
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<h2 style="text-align:left">Global tags</h2>
The new Global Tagging feature in Accrisoft Freedom takes the categorization of information and makes it global, freeing it from the confines of a single module: It lets you tag items in a variety of modules, then share these tags across modules.
This makes creating lists of related items possible for modules other than the one you’re displaying an item from, which means, for example, that you could tag a blog entry, and, on the sidebar of that blog, show a list of news articles that are on the same topic.
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<h2>Site Backup Tool</h2>
The Site Backup Tool lets you quickly create complete backups of your website, and it keeps them within Freedom where they’re easy to restore. This tool also makes it possible to copy your site onto another Freedom website without any technical expertise. Best of all, the whole thing takes just a couple of minutes.
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<h2>New form layouts</h2>
With version 8.2, Accrisoft Freedom CMS gives you complete control over the output of your forms. This means that you can control exactly what HTML is used for each field. This also means that you can much more easily control the layout of the entire form itself via HTML layouts.
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To learn more about Freedom CMS 8.2, Visit their website: <a href="http://www.accrisoft.com/accrisoft/freedom-cms/">http://www.accrisoft.com/accrisoft/freedom-cms/</a>

Accrisoft Announces Freedom CMS 8.2

We have been fortunate enough to be first to receive a video preview of the features that will be available in Hannon Hill's upcoming Cascade Server 7.2 release. Yesterday, they released  Cascade Server 7.2 beta for those interested in testing.
One of the improvements to the user interface is the ability to drag and drop webpages within the website structure. A user with this ability activated will be able to drag and drop a webpage or other asset into a different folder on their site, and upon doing so, that user will be presented with additional options for renaming and republishing that webpage in its new location.
In addition to drag and drop moving, there are several other user interface features included in the beta release of Cascade Server 7.2, such as automatic saving of drafts in the background of the application, an updated format editing user interface, clickable labels enabling easier selection of options throughout different parts of the system, auto-complete site switching for navigating between sites in Cascade Server, an easy way for administrators to check which effective abilities a user has for a given site, and preview functionality to the format editing interface.
“Improving the user experience in Cascade Server has been our focus for quite some time now,” emphasized Hannon Hill Lead Software Engineer Mike Strauch. “There are few things more frustrating than a powerful piece of software that is difficult to use, which is why I love the improvements we've made to format editing and saving of drafts; things feel much more seamless.”
Check out the video preview to get a first look at the new features:
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If you are interested in learning more or testing their beta, visit <a href="http://www.hannonhill.com/">Hannon Hill.</a>

Preview of the Features in Hannon Hill's Upcoming Cascade Server 7.2

As I've worked with clients over the years, their involvement with their own website has changed. When I first started, they wanted very little to do with updating the website. More recently, they want to edit their content, change the design, add pages, and more. With this change, the use of a CMS that works for the individual client has become paramount.
The variety of CMS's available spans from content-only editing to the ability to edit the entire website – including content and design. It begs the questions, “What is the right CMS?” The better question may be, “what does the end user want to do?”
Some CMS's are ‘plugged in' after the fact. The website is already designed and the CMS gives ‘behind-the-scenes' access to edit content areas and sometimes, to edit design and manage pages. Other CMS's require you to start using their CMS from the beginning, designing the site and adding content within their CMS.
Let's take a look at some of the questions to ask when it comes to selecting a CMS from the end user perspective.
<h2>How much control does the end user want?</h2>
I think this may need to be balanced with the question “How much technical knowledge does the user have?” If the technical knowledge is ‘I know how to use Word' – you'll want to stick to a CMS that offers a similar editor with access to only the content areas. If they want to do more – change the design of the site, add pages, etc. – then those options, along with their level of expertise – will help define which CMS works best for them. I have also found that sometimes it's a matter of educating a client on what is involved in updating a website and what's involved in keeping consistency across the website.
<h2>Can the end-user manage the pages on their website?</h2>
Some CMS options are edit-only. Others, let you add pages, move pages, and delete pages. Although this has the potential of introducing more options than our client really understands, many CMS's let you add a page template that matches your current design. Be aware that along with this comes the need to also edit the menus. Again, many CMS's have a friendly intuitive interface to manage menus, as well as pages.
<h2>Can one easily add images, links, pdfs, etc?</h2>
Most CMS editors let you easily add assets to your website – whether it's images, videos, sound clips, pdfs, or other types of files. The issue becomes (especially from a developer's viewpoint) the organization of these assets. Some CMS's let you specify where to store the assets, others have a central repository where all assets are uploaded. So a second question might be how are the assets stored?
<h2>Can individuals be given different roles/permissions?</h2>
Will the client have multiple users accessing the CMS to update the website? If so, will they need access to only certain page/sections of the website? Or, maybe the client wants only designated users to add content, and other users only to be able to edit content already on the website. Many CMS's have options to assign roles and permissions for these types of scenarios.
<h2>Is it easy to use the editor?</h2>
Most people know Word, or a similar word processing program. I've found the editor within a CMS system needs to look pretty much like Word. Again, I have found that when a client wants to edit their content it includes educating the client on certain aspects of editing website content vs editing a Word document. The two main questions I get when it comes to a client updating their content is ‘why can't I place this picture where I want it?' and ‘how can I make this go down just one line instead of two?” There will be certain aspects we'll need to educate the client, but overall the editor should be very intuitive and be a similar as possible to a word processing program.
<h2>Can forms be easily added to my website?</h2>
Some CMS's include a form builder or a form wizard to easily add forms to a website. Additionally, some CMS's have the option to include storing the form information in a database or spreadsheet. Also, be aware that if a particular CMS doesn't have an option to build forms, there are online options for doing the same thing. One example of this is <a href="http://wufoo.com">Wufoo</a>. You an build a form on their interactive website and use it on your website.
<h2>Can I add social media?</h2>
Some CMS's lets one easily integrate with social media. They may have a widget or plugin that easily lets you add twitter feeds or facebook posts. Or, they may have icons you can easily add to link to your various social communities.
<h2>Is the admin interface easy to use?</h2>
This one can potentially easily overwhelm the end-user. If they see way too many options when accessing the admin interface, it can become difficult for them to see the easy options in the midst of the complexity. Not all CMS's have admin interfaces, but for those that do, it's best if it is a simple admin interface that shows only the options the end-user needs to use, or the admin interface can be customized to show the client only what they need to know. This can also be a protection to prevent them from doing things they really don't want to do.
This is not a complete list by all means. Other questions may include:
<ul>
<li>Will the CMS allow my website to grow with my business?</li>
<li>Does the CMS offer analytics or integrate easily with other analytic options?</li>
<li>Is there a good user community where one can go to find help?</li>
</ul>
Having posed all these questions, it's still sometimes difficult to know which CMS to use, or if it's even wise to give clients that much control. I'm happy to give some clients that kind of control and with other clients I cringe when they ask to be able to update their website. I love the idea of clients being able to update their website, but I'm not fond of the idea that clients could potentially really mess up their website. Maybe that's where selecting the right CMS comes in. I'm curious what steps you have found to help you define what CMS to use and how you decide how much control to give or not give your clients.

What to Look for in a CMS from an End-User Perspective

The Tiki Software Community Association is proud to announce the immediate availability of the latest releases of the Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware Long Term Support (LTS) versions: Tiki 6.8 LTS and 9.2 LTS.
The 9.2 update includes more than 500 code changes, focusing on fixes and improvements such as:
<ul>
<li>Introduction of the Tiki Server Check, allowing users to test their server environment.</li>
<li>Automatic generation of site maps</li>
<li>Customized formatting for menu labels through wiki syntax and plugins</li>
<li>Improvements to the user registration process</li>
<li>Security fixes</li>
</ul>
See the Tiki Release Notes (<a href="http://tiki.org/ReleaseNotes92" target="_blank">http://tiki.org/ReleaseNotes92</a>) for complete information.
The 6.8 update includes the security patch only.
The Tiki 9.x series is a Long Term Support (LTS) version, and will be supported until November 2015 (or upon the release of Tiki 16). Tiki admins are highly encouraged to upgrade to this latest version as the 8.x series is now end-of-life (EOL) and is no longer supported. The Tiki 6.x series remains LTS through 2014. Refer to the Tiki Version Lifecycle (<a href="http://info.tiki.org/Version+Lifecycle" target="_blank">http://info.tiki.org/Version+Lifecycle</a>) for details.
Meanwhile, the Tiki Community continues to work on the next generation of Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware: Tiki 10, which will be available later this year.
To download Tiki 9.2 LTS, 6.8 LTS, or any Tiki release, visit the Tiki download page at<a href="http://tiki.org/Download" target="_blank">http://tiki.org/Download</a>.

Tiki 6.8 LTS and 9.2 LTS are now Available

Solodev has changed the CMS landscape by developing an all-in-one content management system that can be used to build and manage native smart phone apps, social media apps and enterprise websites at the same time. Solodev software also makes it possible for users to create and manage dedicated mobile sites, conduct online transactions with an integrated e-commerce engine and increase productivity with B2B tools.
“Our software puts more power in the hands of marketers and allows them to have full control of their organization’s online presence,” said Solodev founder and CTO Shawn Moore. “The addition of smart phone app functionality eliminates the need to learn a separate software system or rely on a developer to edit content after the app is built. There is no other product on the market that gives users control over all online channels the way Solodev does.”
Moore and his programming team recently closed the online channel loop to include all-in-one capability by developing an API layer that taps into the CMS and delivers content to native apps and also social media aware applications. The latter allows organizations to plan and manage their tweets and posts through the same software that powers their other online interactions. It also allows them to automatically customize website content according to a user’s social media footprint.
“Content is at the core of every business and we are continually in search of ways to help our clients deliver that content and engage customers across a growing ecosystem of online channels,” Moore said. “We have built our platform in such a way all channels have access to the same content so there is zero data redundancy. Another key benefit is the integration of our e-commerce platform that allows companies to take advantage of the growing trend of mobile consumerism.”
The all-in-one CMS from Solodev allows users to control an organization’s entire online presence:
<ul>
<li>Easily create and manage native apps, mobile sites and traditional websites</li>
<li>Develop social media aware applications and syndicate content to social streams</li>
<li>Build and manage e-commerce stores</li>
<li>Streamline data management</li>
</ul>
One of the first organizations to benefit from this breakthrough technology is Volusia County, Florida. The county recently released a native app dedicated to its world-class beaches that administrators can manage with the same back-end interface used to control the county’s main website. Lifeguards and other beach safety personnel can update conditions on Daytona Beach and other county beaches remotely with any Internet-enabled device.
About Solodev
Solodev is an enterprise-level content management platform for building smart phone applications, social media applications, interactive websites and other online portals designed to reach an ever-growing ecosystem of screens and devices. Solodev software allows users to seamlessly manage mobile, web, social and ecommerce content in one place with zero data redundancy so more time can be spent marketing data and less time maintaining it.
Solodev runs in the cloud or on premise to provide secure and scalable online solutions. Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, Solodev’s growing list of clients includes Fortune 500 companies and mid-to-large-sized organizations in the fields of healthcare, retail, transportation, non-profit, government, economic development and associations. For more information about Solodev, please visit <a href="http://go.pardot.com/e/13812/2012-10-24/3zg4d/80157692" target="_blank">www.solodev.com</a>.

Solodev Changes the CMS Landscape by Introducing All-In-One Functionality

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