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

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Onxshop, a CMS and e-commerce package created for web developers, is now available for free download following its open source launch.
The newly released Onxshop CMS provides one of the simplest options currently available on the web for combining traditional content management and an eCommerce store.
It was made available for free download last month after almost a decade of use on the web projects of its creator Norbert Laposa, of Belfast-based Laposa Web Solutions.
The platform has been operating since 2002. In that time it has processed more than 50,000 e-commerce transactions worth £1.5 million.
Norbert explained: “The product is stable and has been functioning successfully for several years. It continues to be in active development and I will be providing regular updates.
“Onxshop uses state of the art web design principles, such as Fibonacci based layout, semantic HTML and CSS, and progressive enhancement.”
The platform aims to provide a framework that web professionals can put their own design stamp upon, but also a common-sense system for end users.
While experts can easily alter the CSS to create their own designs, at its simplest level the system offers a series of professional multi-column layouts and content building blocks for easy insertion of rich text, photo galleries, HTML and much more.
The Onxshop system is already in use on around 40 business websites and other sites, including the Waitrose HTML and CSS templates, were built using Onxshop.
JING Tea, another retailer currently using Onxshop, won Google’s Best of British Web competition last week for its use of the system.
Norbert is now eager for other developers who find Onxshop useful to contribute to the source code.
He added: “We are a small company, so it's a very good opportunity for others to jump on the wagon. We’re not a big corporation. People can deal directly with me, the main developer, and get support from me.
“We want to listen to what people think about the system and make any changes that are going to improve Onxshop as an open source CMS.”
Try Onxshop for yourself by downloading it from <a href="http://onxshop.com/download">http://onxshop.com/download</a> or try the online demo at <a href="http://onxshop.com/demo">http://onxshop.com/demo</a>.

Onxshop CMS goes fully open source

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Dries recently gave a presentation regarding the state of Drupal and has just made the video of this talk available for the public.
<blockquote>
My presentation was based on the results of the <a href="http://buytaert.net/state-of-drupal-2011-survey">State of Drupal survey</a>, which got over 3,000 responses from people all over the world. Because I didn't have time to talk about all the survey questions in my keynote, I've decided to make <a href="http://buytaert.net/files/state-of-drupal-survey-2011-summary.pdf">a summary of all the survey results</a> (PDF, 160 KB) available as well. It gives a more complete view on the survey results.
</blockquote>
Without further adieu:
[[state_drupal]]

Dries Buytaert on the State of Drupal in 2011

I was contacted recently by Increo, the makers of a new WCM called Wondercode to see if I could spend some time writing up a Wondercode Review, so here it is. (Keep in mind that all of my reviews are 100% unbiased and not influenced by the company). Wondercode is a product based out of Norway that offers a fully functional WCM with a number of modules such as eCommerce, newsletters, recruitment and more.
Let's dig into the review shall we?
<h2>The Good</h2>
The interface itself is clean, well designed and makes good use of tabs to switch between areas:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/modx-color_morv7n.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
They appear to be using Google Analytics for their statistics module, which you can't really go wrong with and it's good to see some integration with this popular tool.
The history tab shows you all of the pages on the site including the status of each (archived, draft, published, etc). This is handy for a quick overview of what's been happening on the site.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wondercode-cms-history-450x235.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
Looking to include a gallery of pictures in one of your pages? The Gallery module is excellent with a myriad of options and a live preview of how it will look once embedded.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/selz_orjupl.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
There is also a media rotator which allows you to build rotating slideshows of images for your pages. This works equally as well as the galleries module.
Wondercode offers a translations module as well which presents all of the words within the system and allows you to configure each available language and modify the wording as needed.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/selz-1_mrwrtq.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
It's not apparent whether you can use third party translations services and import/export files to/from the system somehow. This would be a great feature to see here that would quickly extend the value of the software on the market.
Security is defined by roles and the included module does a great job of allowing you to build a very granular set of permissions for users / groups.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wondercode-cms-permissions-450x390.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
Adding articles and media uses a couple of very nice interfaces. The first, the editor, is pure WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and includes tagging, scheduling of posts, categories and modification of the permalinks. The editor works as expected without issue.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow_nyqiae.jpg" alt="Wondercode Review" />
Adding media is done through a nice dropdown menu which offers both image embedding and video embedding. For the video component, there are plenty of available options for embedding:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow-1_tdruhs.jpg" alt="Wondercode Review" />
The Bad
One of the first things I noticed upon connecting to the system is that the English translated version is still missing a number of key translations. You can see this throughout the screenshots I've posted here and while one can still blunder through without too much issue, this is going to limit the amount of English adoption the product will see until it is corrected.
This is not unrecoverable and simply requires a bit of focus from the Wondercode team to ensure that the English translations are both correct and understandable. I expect that this will be corrected rather promptly.
The settings page is a bit barren with a number of editable strings that can be modified to adjust the system's configuration.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wondercode-cms-wondercode-settings-450x305.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
The problem here, however, is that the configuration strings don't all make sense and while there is an info option, clicking on it gives a half english popup that doesn't do much to clear up the confusion.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/awards-logo_ri1g3o.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
From the Dashboard tab, I decided to try to add a web page and see what this functionality looks like. Unfortunately, after adding it and then clicking on it to begin editing, I was greeted with the following error message:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/awards-logo-1_g6hwfj.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
Throughout my time testing out the system, these types of errors (above) came up every time I tried to edit a page, either in their current form or as below:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wondercode-cms-wondercode2-450x278.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
There is a recruitment module that works well for job postings as well. It allows you to add jobs and review applicants, it is also plagued with translation issues, however.. which make it difficult to understand.
I attempted to use the activities module as well but could not figure out what exactly it was for.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/votenow-1_nmklme.png" alt="Wondercode Review" />
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
Wondercode certainly looks like a promising system but until they are able to clear up the translations issues and ensure there are no server errors when attempting to edit pages, I cannot recommend this system for any kind of production use. It absolutely has tons of potential and they are on the right track with a number of features that we see in some of the more costly commercial offerings. It's also not clear what Wondercode costs at the moment.
There is mention on their website of an ecommerce component but it did not appear to be present in the version I was given for review. For those interested, there appears to be a video showcasing it here: http://wondercode.com/ecommerce
Items needing addressing before it can be recommended:
<ul>
<li>Corrected english language translations.</li>
<li>Improved english version of their website to make it more understandable and clear.</li>
<li>Correction of server errors that appear to crop up when editing pages.</li>
<li>Improved and understandable help system.</li>
</ul>
Certainly these are not issues that cannot be corrected and I'm excited to see what the system becomes once they are.
Interested in learning more about Wondercode? Visit their website: http://www.wondercode.com

Wondercode Review - A new CMS from Norway

Percussion Software <a href="/percussion-launches-cm1-version-2-with-social-engagement-blogging-and-more/">announced</a> the release of version 2 of their popular Percussion CM1 WCM today and I thought I'd share my Percussion CMS Review, having recently had an opportunity to test it out.
One of the first things I noticed, having never had an opportunity to explore CM1 before, was the slick look and feel that their interface offers. CM1 is beautifully laid out with an attractive dashboard that features a number of modules that can be added with drag and drop functionality. This allows the user to quickly build a high level overview of their site(s) complete with analytics and more.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/nplogo_crtpy2.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Not only does it look good, it's snappy and responsive as well. Almost everything is drag and drop enabled and adding and modifying content, navigation and widgets is incredibly easy (and fun) to do.
There are a number of highly useful widgets that can be added to your dashboards. Once specific one I am fond of is the SEO audit module. As you can see in the screenshot below, it gives you a quick list of issues that should be corrected to attain maximum SEO value from your content.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/percussion-seo-audit-module-450x159.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Another great dashboard widget is the “What's Working” widget. This one allows you to set targets and goals for your various content (ie: number of visits, etc) and keep an eye on how well your content is performing with regards to those metrics. This is great for a quick high level overview of how well content from various editors is performing, for example.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dudalogo-sq_100x100_qk4prk.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Ok, so we've established that the dashboard is slick and offers a number of great options. What about the rest of the system? Well, let's say you are looking to add a new site. First off, you are prompted to select a template with an easy to use interface (shown below).
To modify or select a template for your page, you simply scroll through a list of available options and choose one:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/selecting-a-page-template-450x298.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
These templates can, of course, be modified at a later date or the code edited as well if you choose to add your own capabilities. Once you've got the template selected, there is a wide array of widgets available that you can add to your pages to allow extended functionality. Adding widgets and modifying the layout is as simple as drag and drop designing.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/socialengine-hosting_koyxad.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
To modify the widgets once you've added them, simply double click to activate the edit window and you're off.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/socialengine-hosting-1_jlzshd.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Looking to change the site's navigation?  It's just as easy. Take a look at how simple it is to modify. You select your site:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/percussion-nav-1-450x334_ilgr1t.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Then you drag and drop your pages wherever you wish them to appear within the navigation tree:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/percussion-nav2-450x279.png" alt="Percussion CMS Review" />
Simply using drag and drop, the site will rearrange the menus automatically and ensure that all links work as they should.
Percussion's system is without a doubt, one of the most attractive interfaces I have seen with a slick combination of speed, simplicity and beauty that makes it a pleasure to work with.
The system comes with plenty of other functionality such as unlimited content revisions (versioning), excellent media management and multi-site support.
So where does it falter?
Honestly, I've yet to find anything about the system that I didn't like. For the price point, Percussion is an excellent system.
The only caution I would throw out is to ensure that you understand the market that it is targeted towards. This is a WCM, and as such, it's designed to allow you to put your organization online. There is a distinct difference between a WCM and a CMS and it's important to understand what that difference is before you make your selection.  I've put together an article to assist: <a href="/cms-or-wcm-which-is-which/">CMS or WCM – Which is Which?</a>
You can learn more about Percussion from their website: <a href="http://www.percussion.com">http://www.percussion.com</a>

Percussion CMS Review

One of the more common errors made when evaluating products designed to enable an online presence is the misunderstanding of the difference between a WCM and a CMS.
In order to help alleviate this confusion, I thought I'd offer up how I view the two, so you can get a better understanding when trying to decide which solutions to explore as part of your short listing process.
<h2>WCM</h2>
A WCM is a Web Content Management system. These systems are designed to provide your organization with a means of putting your business online with relative ease. A WCM, on a basic level, will offer such features as: easy content editing, versioning (revisions of your content), media management, workflow management for content approvals and publishing, template modification and an easy to use dashboard of sorts to provide you with an overview of your site(s). Most CMS vendors offer WCM within their enterprise suites but they can also be offered as standalone packages for smaller organizations.
Examples of web content management systems include (but are not limited to):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://buildwithcraft.com/" target="_blank">Craft CMS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.wordpress.org" target="_blank">WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drupal.org" target="_blank">Drupal</a></li>
<li><a href="https://joomla.org" target="_blank">Joomla</a></li>
<li><a href="https://typo3.com" target="_blank">TYPO3</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>CMS</h2>
A CMS, on the other hand, is a system that provides a way for multiple users to collaborate, interact with and control access to data through a common interface. While some CMS vendors may bundle their content management systems with WCM components, this is not always the case, nor is it mandatory.
Examples of content management systems include (but are not limited to):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://jahia.com" target="_blank">Jahia</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.sitecore.net" target="_blank">Sitecore</a></li>
<li><a href="https://getmura.com" target="_blank">Mura CMS</a></li>
</ul>
You can see a full list of all platforms broken down into helpful categories within our directory here: https://www.cmscritic.com/dir/
The biggest issue nowadays is the misuse of the terms and this can often lead to a great deal of confusion as some WCM vendors may call their systems CMS, when in fact, they are not.
<h2>Website Builders</h2>
Further to CMS and WCM there are also products called Website Builders. These products are hosted in the cloud (meaning you don't have separate hosting costs to worry about) and are designed to help you quickly and efficiently build a website or online store with ease. Most of the time, they are extremely easy to use and packed with features.
Examples of content management systems include (but are not limited to):
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/weebly" target="_blank">Weebly</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/out/webydo" target="_blank">Webydo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/out/motocms" target="_blank">MotoCMS</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Portals</h2>
For those interested in learning about what a Portal is (so may terms, so little time!) you can read this excellent write up by Paul of Liferay: https://www.liferay.com/products/what-is-a-portal/web-platform which gives a great overview and explanation.
If you need further help or clarification, <a href="https://forum.www.cmscritic.com/" target="_blank">post in our forums</a> and we'll get right back to you!

CMS or WCM - Which is Which?

Percussion Software, a leading provider of Web Content Management (WCM) products, today announced the general availability of Percussion CM1 Version 2, the industry’s first pure WCM product that provides users with full WCM functionality delivered as an easily upgradeable product in a cost-effective package. Percussion CM1 Version 2 features comprehensive new social engagement capabilities, including advanced blogging functionality, improved content reuse, sharing and commenting capabilities, new cloud deployment options, and new ways to deploy sites faster. With Percussion CM1 Version 2 organizations have unmatched power and control over their online content strategy, improving their ability to broaden reach, enrich social engagement with customers, and maximize revenue opportunities.
<h3>Productizing Web Content Management</h3>
Recently named a “2011 Trend Setting Product” by KM World Magazine, Percussion’s CM1 Version 2 represents a breakthrough in Web Content Management (WCM). Whereas all other WCM “products” are in fact technology platforms on which the customer or a third party services firm must build their own custom WCM application, Percussion CM1 Version 2 is different. Percussion productizes the actual WCM application itself, enabling rapid deployment of sites and web channels through pre-built Widgets and Gadgets.  This enables organizations to eliminate the reliance on costly third party consulting services firms to build these core features during the initial roll out, and for the ongoing deployment of new features and upgrades. Its significant advance in user-interface design makes it possible for users to take control of their WCM initiatives while maintaining the flexibility to address “What’s Next” on the web.
Through its unique drag-and-drop interface, CM1 Version 2 enables users to create, launch, and maintain sophisticated web sites with unmatched simplicity and at lower cost.  Users can easily make any kind of edit or change—such as creating new templates, modifying page layouts, integrating social content, or embedding third-party web applications.  By empowering the user, organizations can make the vast majority of required ongoing updates and changes to the site on their own, reducing their reliance on time-strapped internal technology teams or costly external services providers.
“In our research, we have found that many organizations continue to struggle with even the most basic components of web content management.  And yet the explosion of channels for customer interaction online is putting tremendous pressure on those same organizations to do more online, faster than ever before,” said Scott Liewehr, Lead Analyst, Web Content Management, Outsell’s Gilbane Services.  “Companies are demanding that WCM providers such as Percussion improve the content management experience by delivering advanced functionality, packaged in a simple, user-centric model, together with the freedom and flexibility to be ready to move at web speed.”
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-6_700x0_jn6ul8.png" alt="Percussion CM1 Version 2 Dashboard" />
<h3>New in Percussion CM1 Version 2</h3>
Percussion CM1 Version 2 is built upon the same server architecture as Percussion’s CM System and features numerous advancements that enable the product to scale to meet the requirements of larger sites with more users.  In addition, key new social engagement features include:
<ul>
<li>Integrated Blogging Functionality Blogs have become a central component of content marketing strategies because of their ability to draw new social traffic into existing site content. Stand-alone blog platforms, however, are disconnected from the organization’s overall content platform limiting the ability of marketers to wrap blog posts with site content and cross links, which ultimately undermines the effectiveness of the blog as a marketing tool. Percussion CM1 Version 2 provides advanced blogging functionality from within the WCM to enable wider re-use of site content and rich cross linking with the blog, as well as more complete analytics from the CM1 Dashboard. Users no longer need to access different systems and can easily incorporate site content into the blog, and blog content into the site or other online channels to maximize content engagement.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Improved Content Reuse Percussion CM1 Version 2 enables marketers to better structure and reuse information by extending the concept of content tags and categories across all pages on the site. Dynamic indexing capabilities ensure real-time updating of tag and category widgets, exposing new tagged or categorized content as it’s published automatically.  Advanced RSS functionality drives better connection to subscribers and social platforms such as Facebook, or Google+.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Enhanced Social Engagement via Comments and Likes Deepening engagement with site visitors throughout their time on the site is a critical goal of every web marketer. Percussion CM1 Version 2 adds commenting functionality to every page under site management. Further, a new “Like” capability allows visitors to rate content, giving visitors the ability to engage directly on the site without connecting to an external community.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Cloud Ready Percussion has launched Cloud-based evaluations of Percussion CM1 Version 2. These evaluations allow interested prospects to experience the products award-winning user experience and functionality to see for themselves how easy WCM should be.  Additionally, it is now even easier for clients to publish content to a Cloud-based delivery tier, or deploy Percussion CM1 Version 2 in the cloud.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Premium Support to Deploy Faster To help users deploy their site on Percussion CM1 Version 2 as quickly as possible, Percussion has introduced Administrator Training and Premium Support.  Included at no charge for the first 90 days after purchase, Premium Support provides users with unlimited access to Percussion experts who are available to answer questions ranging from best practices to situational training and how-to’s.  This ensures customers are able to deploy their site in a minimal amount of time, often in just a few weeks.</li>
</ul>
Because Percussion CM1 Version 2 is built as a product, customers will themselves have the ability to easily upgrade as new widgets and gadgets become available without fear of breaking complex customizations or custom code built at the time of deployment. New features will generally be made available every four to six weeks.
<blockquote>
“The promise of WCM has remained elusive for far too long. Percussion is on a mission to bring this promise to the market by productizing web content management and fundamentally transforming how organizations deploy and upgrade their WCM solutions,” said Joseph Wykes, president, Percussion Software.  “Percussion CM1 Version 2 is a key component of this strategy by delivering core WCM functionality as a cost-effective product out of the box, without requiring our customers to perform costly, un-upgradeable customizations to achieve their business objectives. Packaging WCM as a true product ensures that users have greater control over their web strategy while maintaining the flexibility to address whatever comes next on the web.”
</blockquote>
<h3>Pricing and Availability</h3>
Starting at just $20,000 for product license and a $5,000 annual subscription covering upgrades and maintenance, Percussion CM1 Version 2 provides substantial value for your WCM needs. Percussion CM1 Version 2 is available immediately for purchase by contacting Percussion directly.
Percussion will be demonstrating Percussion CM1 Version 2 at the Inbound Marketing Summit in Boston, September 14 and 15, 2011, and celebrating at a launch party on the evening of September 14th. To attend, register at <a href="http://www.percussion.com/tequilamoonrise">http://www.percussion.com/tequilamoonrise</a>.
To Learn more about how Percussion is productizing WCM visit <a href="http://www.percussion.com/freedom">http://www.percussion.com/freedom</a>

Percussion launches CM1 version 2 with Social Engagement, Blogging and More.

SilverStripe Ltd. is due to release <a href="http://silverstripe.org/roadmap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SilverStripe CMS 3.0</a> in alpha in October and beta before Christmas. The biggest change to the current content management system will be the separation of the SilverStripe Framework as it’s own entity. The framework as a stable basis, formerly known as ‘Sapphire’, enables the developer to build more than just traditional websites but applications for any device and any purpose.
CMS 3.0 promises an improved user interface, a better technical platform and will embrace social media and mobile web applications
Product Marketing Manager Kerstin Schuman says that SilverStripe Ltd. is proud to give the framework a status of it’s own; it is a great tool to build anything a developer wants. The framework will now become a standalone member of the SilverStripe Suite, becoming downloadable as a separate development tool. The SilverStripe Suite comprises of the SilverStripe CMS, SilverStripe Framework, SilverStripe Site Monitor and supported SilverStripe modules.
Schuman says the release of the framework gives SilverStripe the opportunity to reach a new group of people who need more than just a CMS in order to build creative new web applications.
These changes mean that the SilverStripe site performance measuring tool, previously known as Dawn, will be renamed to SilverStripe Site Monitor.

SilverStripe separates their Framework from the CMS

Weglot - The easiest way to translate a website

The easiest way to translate a website

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This is the last week to get your nominations in for the Packt Pub 2011 Open Source Awards. Head on over to <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/open-source-awards-home">their website</a> to get your nominations in before the time expires.
The Open Source Awards is a contest that aims to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source projects.
Formerly the Open Source CMS Award, the contest has been running since 2006 and is regarded as one of the most established platforms for recognizing excellence amongst Open Source Software. Prize money given out since 2006 tops $100,000.
To identify the excellence among Open Source projects, public votes for the finalists in each category were combined with ratings from a panel of Judges.
Packt Publishing has no influence, input or say in the finalists or winners of any Award category.
Everyone who nominates is automatically entered to win an Amazon Kindle, so get your nominations in today.

Last Week of Nominations for the Packt Pub Open Source Awards

WebRadar is an automated content reporting and analytics application designed by Ephox exclusively for IBM Web Content Manager. Version 3 was just recently announced and brings with it a number of new features.
WebRadar 3 delivers new user-focused features, which include advanced reporting capabilities, charting, personalized dashboards, report sharing, and email notifications. WebRadar 3 also leverages new workflow and project features introduced in version 7.0 of IBM Web Content Manager.
<ul>
<li>Expanded Reporting Features Now you can now run thousands of different reports related to content in IBM Web Content Manager. Users have access to a report building engine that provides the power they need to run reports that matter to them.  WebRadar 3 also comes with custom pie and bar charts for each report created.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Project Reporting New reporting criteria is available to work with IBM Web Content Manager 7.0’s new project capabilities. Project reporting makes it easy to identify which content items might delay the publication of your project.  If you want to know how many times your home page has been updated, by which projects, and when, then WebRadar 3 delivers.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Advanced Multi-Edit Features With WebRadar 3, the number of fields available for editing has expanded. Now making changes to multiple pieces of content is simpler and more effective. You can easily move content between site areas and assign existing content to new workflows, reassign content authoring tasks, update content expiration dates, adjust permissions, or extend web campaigns.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Charting Analyze large, detailed result sets quickly with new charting capabilities.  View data according to any of the IBM Web Content Manager metadata fields.  You no longer need to wade through reams of data to get meaningful insights from your web content management system.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Designed for Multiple Departments WebRadar 3 introduces a wide array of enhancements that make content reporting and content analytics available to a broader user base. WebRadar 3 can now be used by IT, Marketing, HR, Content Managers, Content Authors, and other departments who publish web content.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Personalized Dashboards WebRadar 3 comes fully loaded with customizable dashboards. Now WebRadar users have easy access to the reports that help them manage, analyze, and modify content that they’re responsible for.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Create, Share, and Email Reports Users can create daily or weekly report subscriptions delivered directly to their inbox.  Reports can be saved as spreadsheets or PDFs and can be shared with anyone within the organization.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>New Permission Settings Gain a higher level of security with WebRadar 3’s new permission parameters. WebRadar’s varying levels of permissions allow you to grant or prevent access from creating and viewing reports to multi-edit functions.  </li>
</ul>
Here is a video demonstrating the capabilities of WebRadar version 3:

<div style="text-align:center">[[webradar]]
<div style="text-align:left">To learn more, visit <a href="http://webradarwcm.com">http://webradarwcm.com</a>


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Ephox announces version 3 of WebRadar for IBM Web Content Manager

A new maintenance release of Drupal has been made available. This version (7.8) offers only bug fixes with the primary fix being <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1164852">#1164852: (regression) Node bodies display as empty after upgrade to 7.7 from 6.x if the nodes have a language</a>.
For those who are currently running earlier versions, upgrading is highly recommended in order to take advantage of this and other fixes.
Unfamiliar with Drupal? Read our <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/drupal-review/">Drupal review</a>.

Drupal 7.8 made available

SquareSpace has released their first ever Android app which is now available in the Android Market.
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With an already very successful <a href="/squarespace-ipad-app-review/">iOS app</a>, this makes SquareSpace one of the few CMS to offer native apps for both iOS and Android (other than WordPress that is).
Some of the features of this app include:
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<li>Posting – Quickly create new blog posts. All of your current tags and categories will be there. You can also post photos to your site. Snap a picture right from the app, or add one from your library.</li>
<li>Content Management – See all your blog posts right from the app. You can edit drafts, delete posts and preview posts with ease.</li>
<li>Comment Management – Approve new comments, reply back, or mark them as spam. You can also reecive push notifications for new comments and those awaiting moderation.</li>
<li>Multiple Account Management – Your “Accounts” setting allows you to manage content for multiple Squarespace sites. You can save a draft post for one site and then easily jump to another site to schedule a post for later in the day.</li>
<li>Real-Time Statistics – You can now view your Squarespace site statistics right from the application's statistics tab.  Unique visits, page views, popular search terms, RSS subscribers and top referrers are all included.</li>
<li>Live Site Preview – See your whole site in the flesh, not just single posts.</li>
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Grab it today from the <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.squarespace.android">Android Market</a> or learn more about <a href="http://www.squarespace.com">SquareSpace</a>.

SquareSpace releases Android App

As Autonomy considers HP’s multi-billion dollar buy-out offer, <a href="http://www.laserfiche.com">Laserfiche</a> announces a trade-in program designed to help customers of acquired enterprise content management (ECM) vendors easily and cost-effectively upgrade to a full-featured—and fully supported—Laserfiche ECM system.
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“Due to mergers and acquisitions, a lot of ECM customers aren’t being looked after,” said Chris Wacker, Executive Vice President at Laserfiche. “New releases aren’t being supported, so customers are stuck paying maintenance fees for outdated legacy systems that aren’t meeting their needs, but which they can’t afford to replace.”
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Laserfiche’s trade-in program allows new customers to receive credit for the value of their existing ECM systems when converting from a competitor’s product to Laserfiche.
Laserfiche is a profitable company with a long track record of success in the ECM market. In a 2010 IDC Vendor Profile titled, “Laserfiche: A Company on the Move,” IDC states, “Laserfiche, a private company, has had several opportunities to be purchased. Conversations with senior management suggest that this is not the intent of [CEO Nien-Ling] Wacker, who seems to have made the decision long ago to continue as a viable private entity with the appropriate succession plans in place to keep the company's vision and strategy alive.”
According to IDC, “IDC's assessment of Laserfiche is that it provides a robust ECM offering in a simple yet elegant way… Laserfiche provides a complete offering without being overly complicated. Both its end-user functionality and its administrative capabilities can help organizations address the majority of their document and records management issues effectively and within a shorter time frame than other large enterprise content management providers.”
About Laserfiche Since 1987, Laserfiche® has used its Run Smarter® philosophy to create simple and elegant enterprise content management (ECM) solutions. More than 30,000 organizations worldwide—including federal, state and local government agencies and Fortune 1000 companies—use Laserfiche software to streamline document, records and business process management.
Laserfiche distributes its software through a worldwide network of value-added resellers (VARs), who tailor solutions to clients’ individual needs. The Laserfiche VAR program has received the Five-Star Rating from Computer Reseller News/VARBusiness magazine.

Laserfiche Announces Upgrade Offer for Acquired ECM Companies

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