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

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SubHub.com today launched its new Drupal 7-based Content Monetization Platform (CMP), featuring the world’s first Drupal-powered app store.
SubHub's new CMP enables anyone to design and launch a content website in under five minutes, and make money from their content by incorporating optional apps such as paid membership.
The app store — the first of its kind for Drupal modules — enables website owners to add functionality simply by selecting an app and adding it to their SubHub website. Initial apps include MailChimp, Google Analytics, content feeds and YouTube. Some of the apps are free (e.g. Google Analytics) and some of them will carry a small recurring charge (e.g. paid membership functionality).
Any developer can submit an app to the SubHub app store to be made available to SubHub’s growing network of website owners. New apps will be added regularly. SubHub will share revenues with the app developer.
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We have two core objectives. First we want to give non-technical people the opportunity to build an outstanding website using Drupal, one of the leading open-source content management solutions,” said Evan Rudowski, co-founder of SubHub. “Second, we want to give Drupal developers the opportunity to make money from the modules they have spent hundreds of hours building.
“Our customers gain great functionality, and developers make money — it's a win all around,” Rudowski said.
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About SubHub
SubHub (<a href="http://www.subhub.com">www.subhub.com</a>) provides the world's first Content Monetization Platform — a managed website platform that enables individuals and businesses to design, build and launch their own website and make money from the content they publish. Over the past six years the company has managed thousands of websites on behalf of clients around the world.

SubHub Launches World's First Drupal-Powered App Store

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This video shows the WYSIWYG editor, blogs, forums, user management, site update system and more other features of the free <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/aspnet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">.NET forge CMS from Bitrix</a>.

Bitrix .NET Forge CMS Feature Overview

Hippo, a leading vendor of commercial java open source content management is proud to announce that the company has been recently honored with two awards. Hippo, the company setting new standards for how Java Open Source Web Content Management empowers audiences and changes the way organizations manage Web content, announced today that they have been recently honored with two awards. At the recent Erik Hartman event “Tools No Fools”, Hippo was proud to win the prize of “Content Tool Idol 2011”. A jury of analysts and content management professionals served as critics, and the audience ultimately awarded the prize to Hippo. The jury consisted of analysts Tony Byrne of Real Story Group, Janus Boye of J.Boye, and Martin White – Managing Director of Intranet Focus. Hippo CTO Arje Cahn, who gave the award-winning demonstration, said
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it’s a special honor to be in front of the extremely talented and critical eye of this jury, and to ultimately be recognized by the audience. This particular award speaks to our continued focus on constant innovation and our ability to set the standard for successful Web content management.
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In addition to the Hippo product winning awards, Hippo is also proud to announce that work with an important client is also a nominee for another award. Hippo is a nominee for the Computable Awards 2011 for its work with the Dutch Libraries. The Computable Awards are awarded by a five-person jury and are awarded to companies, projects and individuals where the work with technology has clearly been distinguished. You can read more about the awards here.
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“We’re extremely proud to be nominated for our work with the Dutch Libraries,” said Jeroen Verberg, CEO of Hippo. “To be recognized by the jury for helping the Dutch Library to empower their audience to get faster, easier and more efficient access to content is a testament to our mission.”
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The Dutch Libraries project is particularly innovative as the new WCMS provides unprecedented access to Library content. All of the approximately 160 base public libraries representing the 1,000 branches can now access the entire, centralized repository for a single CMS instance. Using completely open standards, each library can utilize any authoring system they choose. Standard integrations for Drupal and Joomla are provided – but anything is supported because the entire repository is available via a REST API interface. It’s truly an “open content” strategy. You can read more about the Dutch Libraries case study here. About Hippo <a href="http://www.onehippo.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Hippo</a> sets the standard for how organizations can empower their audience to engage with content. Hippo CMS powers some of the largest and most visited Web properties in the world and is the first Web Content Management solution to deliver context-aware content for its customers. Hippo’s broad capabilities enable both marketers and technology teams to build world-class content delivery platforms. Featuring an enterprise-class development environment and powerful, yet intuitive editing capabilities, Hippo CMS enables a true, open and context-aware content strategy. Hundreds of both public and private organizations use Hippo’s content platform to manage and deliver thousands of web properties including Hewlett Packard, Thomson/Reuters, Dolce &amp; Gabbana, The University of Southern California, Incisive Media &amp; The Government of the Netherlands.

For Hippo – The Awards Just Keep Coming

CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook is a new book from Packt that will help readers build new modules and tags, and use the built-in capabilities of CMS Made Simple to their fullest. Written by Samuel Goldstein, the book is a practical guide with over 70 simple yet unbelievably effective recipes to extend CMS Made Simple.
CMS Made Simple, an open source content management system, allows for faster and easier management of website content. This CMS is scalable for small businesses to large corporations.
CMS Made Simple Development Cookbook starts off by showing the reader the basic differences between the various kinds of tags and modules in the CMS Made Simple environment, and to which purposes each is best fit. Readers will not only learn the basics of creating tags and modules, but will also explore the underlying APIs that they will use to solve real-world website problems . It offers developers an amazing wealth of knowledge in approachable, bite-sized recipes.
Further reading will help them create tags to achieve such varied tasks as filtering content and interacting with web services. A hands-on collection of recipes for extending CMS Made Simple, with detailed explanations – useful for beginners and experts alike. Overall, this book contains valuable tips and information that will help users create a richer CMS.
This book is ideal for programmers who want to develop for CMS Made Simple or CMS Made Simple users wanting to expand their skill set. The reader is expected to have working knowledge of PHP, HTML, and SQL. Some experience with CMS Made Simple is recommended. To learn more about the book, please visit <a href="http://www.packtpub.com/cms-made-simple-development-cookbook/book">http://www.packtpub.com/cms-made-simple-development-cookbook/book </a>

Now extend CMS Made Simple effortlessly with Packt's new book

Here's a great video from Erik Webb highlighting some of the best practices when deploying Drupal.

Drupal Deployment - Best Practices

The 2011 Plone Conference will be held at the San Francisco State University downtown campus November 3-6. The last day of the conference will be a half day of conference, including a brunch, and half day of sprint preparation. This will give those who aren't sprinting extra time to travel and sprinters extra time to coordinate and group up. Training will be November 1-2 and sprints will be November 6-8.
There are hundreds of hotels and hostels in the downtown San Francisco area. For those that need to plan right away, please see <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=sfsu+downtown&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this map to get an idea of the location</a>.  We recommend flying into SFO and staying downtown. It is not advised to rent a car. We are currently working with a travel agent who will help coordinate group flights and visas.
Tickets will be $250 for early bird rates and $300 for full ticket price. Speakers will get a discount at $225 and students will be able to snag a seat at $175. Unlike previous years, we will NOT be catering any food except for a brunch on Sunday. There is a full food court in the basement in addition to hundreds of restaurants and food stands within a 1 mile radius of the venue. Not catering allows us keep the price down and helps you keep your stomach happier. Don't worry! We will still have coffee, snacks, and plenty of water coolers for chatting around. That price includes a “celebration” on Saturday night in traditional Plone style.
In addition to the standard Plone tracks, we will also be having a “related technologies” track, with heavy emphasis on Pyramid and WSGI application development. There will be training available for this as well. A full track of open space talks will occur throughout the conference, and lightening talks to start and end each day.
On top of all that nerdy bang for your buck, there will be coordinated activities for family and friends of Ploners who will be travelling as well in the form of a “Better Half” track.  San Francisco is a great experience for the whole family, and we are doing what we can to make this years conference especially friendly for travelling partners.
Tickets will go on sale June 1st, and we will have a conference website and full details very soon. Please note that conference attendance will be limited to 400 people due to very strict city fire laws so start planning now.

2011 Plone Conference coming to San Francisco, CA - November 3-6

Shopify - The global commerce platform

Build your business with Shopify to sell online, offline, and everywhere in between.

The global commerce platform

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<a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=crownpeak&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web">CrownPeak</a>, the market leader in <a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/solutions/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web">cloud Web Content Management and Optimization</a>, offers a software-as-a-service solution built to empower marketers to develop and deliver website content and optimize campaigns with speed, ease, and sophistication.
The product has zero learning curve and integrates with other platforms seamlessly through its innovative architecture. The interface is simple and easy to use, with control of SEO and metadata, multi-media files, mobile content management, social media, and multilingual content and multinational sites.
<a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/products/web-content-optimization.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=optimization&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web">Optimization</a> is achieved through targeting, testing, analytics, and customer data management based on browser and device, user behavior, and even location data. Content creation is made easy through form and landing page creation and conversion data that empowers marketers to measure and adjust the effectiveness of their campaigns.
CrownPeak is based on configuration over development in a click-and-go interface with a workflow that enables deployment in weeks, not months. Integration with most applications such as e-commerce, email marketing, CRM, collaboration, ECM, social media/community, identity management, and analytics is done easily and efficiently because of its delivery architecture that enables global availability and scalability through the use of the cloud.
Thousands of websites including Nissan, Skype, CoreLogic, and Alico achieve web content success through CrownPeak’s versatile cloud CMS solution. CrownPeak was recently nominated Finalist at the 2011 American Business Awards for Best Product Development team.
<a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/resources/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=resources&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web">Click here to download additional videos, whitepapers, and case studies or request a demo of CrownPeak’s SaaS Web Content Management and Cloud CMS.</a>

Introduction to CrownPeak SaaS WCM and Cloud CMS

Two new WordPress releases are now available. The first being a security update for the stable 3.1 series. The second is beta 2 of the upcoming WordPress 3.2 release. Details below.
<h2>WordPress 3.1.3</h2>
WordPress 3.1.3 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions. It contains the following security fixes and enhancements:
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<li>Various security hardening by Alexander Concha.</li>
<li>Taxonomy query hardening by John Lamansky.</li>
<li>Prevent sniffing out user names of non-authors by using canonical redirects. Props Verónica Valeros.</li>
<li>Media security fixes by Richard Lundeen of Microsoft, Jesse Ou of Microsoft, and Microsoft Vulnerability Research.</li>
<li>Improves file upload security on hosts with dangerous security settings.</li>
<li>Cleans up old WordPress import files if the import does not finish.</li>
<li>Introduce “clickjacking” protection in modern browsers on admin and login pages.</li>
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Consult the <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/3.1/?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=18023&amp;stop_rev=17805&amp;limit=100" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">change log</a> for more details.
<a href="http://wordpress.org/download/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download WordPress 3.1.3</a> or update automatically from the Dashboard → Updates menu in your site’s admin area.
<h2>WordPress 3.2 beta 2</h2>
Here are some of the things that changed since Beta 1:
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<li>Google Chrome Frame is now supported in the admin, if you have it installed. This is especially useful for IE 6 users (remember, IE 6 is otherwise deprecated for the admin).</li>
<li>The admin is less ugly in IE 7.</li>
<li>The blue admin color scheme has caught up to the grey one, and is ready for testing.</li>
<li>We are now bundling jQuery 1.6.1. You should test any JS that uses jQuery. WordPress JavaScript guru Andrew Ozz has a post with more info.</li>
</ul>
Download WordPress 3.2 Beta 2

WordPress 3.1.3 and WordPress 3.2 Beta 2 are out

There are two new versions of Drupal available for download today, 6.22 and 7.2.
<h2>Drupal 7.2</h2>
The second maintenance release of the Drupal 7 series. Only bugfixes have been committed. No security fixes are included in this release. New features are only being added to the forthcoming Drupal 8.0 release.
This release includes the security fixes from Drupal 7.1 which was released alongside Drupal 7.2. No additional security fixes are included.
Full changelog: <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1168946">http://drupal.org/node/1168946</a>
<h2>Drupal 6.22</h2>
The twentysecond maintenance release of the Drupal 6 series. Only bugfixes have been committed. No security fixes are included in this release. New features are only being added to the forthcoming Drupal 8.0 release.
This release includes the security fixes from Drupal 6.21 which was released alongside Drupal 6.22. No additional security fixes are included.
Full changelog: <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1168950">http://drupal.org/node/1168950</a>
You can download Drupal from the <a href="http://drupal.org">Drupal website.</a>

Drupal 7.2 and 6.22 released

I've never reviewed a wiki platform yet, so I thought I'd break new ground and do so starting with one of my personal favourites, DokuWiki. Here is my DokuWiki Review for your enjoyment.
DokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable outside the Wiki and eases the creation of structured texts.  What makes it so fast and easy is that all data is stored in plain text files – no database is required.
<h2>Installation</h2>
Installation of DokuWiki is incredibly simple with a single page installation:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/undiscuss-it-2-1_obqk6b.jpg" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
DokuWiki's primary focus is on the development of documentation wiki's, so it's nice to have multiple options for licenses if you choose to use one.  Given it's nature, it also provides you with the option to enable and initiate from a selection of access control lists (ACL).
<h2>First Steps</h2>
Once installed, you'll be taken to a basic start page with no entries from where you can begin the editing and creation process.  Here's what the initial page looks like:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/undiscuss-it-2_kfn0cg.jpg" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
To get started with editing, simply choose the Create this page option and you will enter the editor (shown below).
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dokuwiki-3-580x469.jpg" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
If you are already versed in <a href="http://www.dokuwiki.org/syntax" target="_blank">wiki Syntax</a>, you can go ahead and just proceed without using the editor buttons as this editor support both direct entry and/or using the helper buttons.  Editing is fast and easy and in the test above, I used bold and inserted an image.  Media management is done very well with this editor.  Here are some screenshots of the process for image insertion, for example.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/blingblocks_nnnaez.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
Once you've uploaded your image, simply click on the image thumbnail to insert and you will be given sizing and alignment options.
<img style="max-width:484px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dokuwiki-5.jpg" alt="DokuWiki Review" />Here is the final result of the test page I created:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/customer-view_wutlog.jpg" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
From an editing perspective, DokuWiki is excellent. It works and renders as expected and as you can see, it's very straight forward and easy to get started within seconds of your install.
<h2>Administration</h2>
Administering DokuWiki is just as easy. To access the admin area once logged in, simply click on the Admin button in the footer of the site. You will be taken to the admin screen:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2013-07-16_at_12_03_21_pm_aybakw.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
Here you will find the usual suspects such as User Management, ACL Management, Configuration and Plugins.
User Management allows for the modification of users, the adding of new users and modification of existing ones with ease.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2013-07-16_at_12_02_59_pm_lh48xs.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
Modifying access control lists is equally as simple.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2013-07-16_at_12_03_56_pm_tg0oyy.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
Installing plugins in DokuWiki is very well implemented. The developers have provided the ability to install via URL. Currently there are a whopping 770 plugins available for use with DokuWiki. You can search the repository to find the ones you need: <a href="http://www.dokuwiki.org/plugins" target="_blank">DokuWiki plugin repository</a>.
In the repository, most plugins will include an installation URL such as this:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2012-11-29_at_4_47_17_pm_ilcsyw.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
To install, simply navigate to the plugin manager in the admin page and paste the URL.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2012-11-29_at_4_48_08_pm_vxqp87.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
That's it. Simple and easy right?
Last but not least, the configuration page. In the admin page, under configuration, you are able to modify the extensive list of settings that DokuWiki has available such as Anti-Spam, Media, Display and Authentication settings to name a few. This is a huge page so we are only showing you a small section in the screenshot below.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/screen_shot_2012-11-29_at_4_50_36_pm_zwa0kr.png" alt="DokuWiki Review" />
Last but not least, there are a number of themes available that you can use to give your wiki a unique look for your team/project/organization. You can find available themes from the <a href="http://www.dokuwiki.org/Template" target="_blank">DokuWiki theme page</a>.
<h2>Conclusion</h2>
If you are in the market for a fast, powerful and easy to use Wiki with tons of options that requires minimal work to get up and running, look no further than DokuWiki. It's an incredibly fast and fun to use Wiki that's very easy to customize. In a world where we are exposed to so much software that is overly complicated and confusing, DokuWiki is a breath of fresh air and we strongly recommend checking it out.
Website: <a href="http://www.dokuwiki.org" target="_blank">DokuWiki</a>

DokuWiki Review

How <a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com">KnowledgeTree</a> helps teams of professionals manage their documents — on their desktop, on their Android Tablet or Phone, in the Cloud — from anywhere.

Video showcasing KnowledgeTree's Mobile Document Management Functionality

KnowledgeTree, a provider of cloud-based document management solutions, today announced KnowledgeTree for Android Tablet and KnowledgeTree for Android Phone (http://landing.knowledgetree.com/knowledgetree-version-2-launch/). The new Android mobile applications, designed specifically for the mobile content and collaboration needs of mid-sized companies, help accountants, lawyers, and other business professionals organize, edit, synch and manage documents and processes from wherever they are.
KnowledgeTree today also announced FolderSync, a new tool that powers the two-way synchronization of documents between a user’s local desktop and the KnowledgeTree cloud-based vault. Now, business professionals can always access the latest versions of documents, whether they are in their main or home office, at a client meeting, a court hearing or on the road while disconnected from the Internet. The new functionality not only ensures compliance but also removes versioning chaos.
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“Mid-market organizations have specific document management needs not addressed by current tools,” said Jason Verge, Tier 1 Research analyst. “They want a cost-effective and easy-to-use product that goes beyond file sharing to address business requirements like mobile access and document lifecycle management, including workflows. We’re seeing increased popularity in newer software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings designed specifically for small-to-midsized businesses that provide an alternative to traditional content management systems.”
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“American Institutes for Research is one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. In particular, the Educational Assessment Division offers a full range of testing services, including test development, online and paper-based services, and scoring and reporting. Thus it yields a high volume of educational materials, software documents and reports. We need to ensure that this knowledge is readily accessible by our team – something that simple file sharing can't provide,” said Selina Tolosa, Director of Assessment Software and Services at American Institutes for Research. “KnowledgeTree makes document management easy and convenient. Its cloud-based model simplifies the process of organizing, storing, and retrieving these documents. And for an organization like ours, the ability to access documents securely from anywhere is advantageous.”
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KnowledgeTree’s new functionalities for the mid-market customer in finance, law, and other professions include:
•	Access Anywhere: With KnowledgeTree’s mobile apps, business users are instantly connected to documents stored in their secure KnowledgeTree vault. Advanced business process tools ensure documents stay controlled through document alerts, access controls, and a secure vault.
•	Always Current: Business documents are always changing and it’s critical to have the latest versions. KnowledgeTree allows users to select groups of documents to instantly synchronize with their cloud-based vault, and changes made offline can be easily synched with the cloud to avoid versioning issues.
•	Control Simplified: KnowledgeTree puts users back in control of their documents with the ability to easily add and edit descriptions, group documents, create alerts, and build approval processes. Now, managing business assets is streamlined – helping you better control thousands of documents.
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“With the addition of FolderSync and our mobile applications, version control headaches and document chaos are relegated to history,” said Daniel Chalef, KnowledgeTree CEO. “Now CFOs, legal counsels, attorneys, accountants, and other business professionals have a complete suite of document management tools, which means they always are on the same page wherever they are, ultimately making them more productive.”
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KnowledgeTree for Android devices are available free. Learn more here: <a href="http://landing.knowledgetree.com/knowledgetree-version-2-launch/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://landing.knowledgetree.com/knowledgetree-version-2-launch/ </a>
About KnowledgeTree KnowledgeTree (<a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.knowledgetree.com</a>) makes document management simple. With KnowledgeTree professionals like you regain control over document chaos. You can create, co-author, and coordinate business documents from anywhere.
With KnowledgeTree global teams can collaborate to build and edit documents within Microsoft Office or online tools. Managing the document lifecycle is easy with customizable workflows and document alert functions. You can securely store, organize, locate, and share documents with large global teams.
And with mobile access, you can access and stay in control of your latest documents without complex VPN networks or expensive hardware.
That’s why Orbitz, Alcatel / Genesys, Fuji Chemical, ShareCare, and many others like you have joined KnowledgeTree and doubled our client base in just nine months.
Funded by Hasso Platner Ventures, KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

KnowledgeTree Brings Mobility to Business Document Management

Jadu is an Enterprise Web Content Management System that allows you to fully control your website, empowering the people involved in its maintenance and development with our amazingly simple-to-use interface.
This video introduces Jadu MarketPlace, which enables users of the <a href="http://www.jadu.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jadu platform</a> to access and implement new functionality and integration much more easily through web widgets (apps), re-usable web parts and forms.

A look at Jadu Marketplace

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