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

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ocProducts are please to announced the final release of ocPortal version 6. This is a major new version, incorporating many improvements that improve the usability of ocPortal in a number of areas, whilst keeping compatibility high.
Key usability changes in this version of ocPortal include new “install profiles” built into the Setup Wizard allow you to easily set up a new site with many of the elements pre-configured for your needs. Choose from: blog, community site, info site, portfolio and shopping site. We've gone to significant efforts to tune each profile (particularly the blog profile) to ensure clean operation and suitability for purpose.
We have made it easier than ever to strip back your installation of ocPortal, keeping your installation small and efficient. We have achieved this by reducing the number of ocPortal modules that are designated as “core” features. These modules are still bundled by default, but this simplifies ocPortal for small sites and blogs. These revisions to the core system now make it it easy to:
<ul>
<li>Disable RSS.</li>
<li>Cut back the Members system.</li>
<li>Cut back some of the forum features.</li>
<li>Remove more features, admin features or the whole collaboration zone.</li>
<li>We've added a new Comcode tag button to forms, which adds an easy form for adding Comcode tags to pages.</li>
<li>Rearranged the menus to make things simpler.</li>
<li>Content translation has been made more user friendly (we've added a new tutorial too). You can now export PO files from a local install to be able to share them through Launchpad.</li>
<li>Fixed width support is now built in to theming.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Helping users:</h3>
We have added two new features to help webmasters from within their own admin zone. The first is a new chat room for web masters, which enables them to talk with other ocPortal webmasters from their own admin zone. Secondly, we have made it very easy to file a usability report from within ocPortal. This feature is aimed at less experienced users, so they can let us know when something isn't as clear as it could be.
<h3>Performance testing</h3>
We have tested millions of entries to ensure huge ocPortal sites run smoother. We have improved speed performance meaning our speed is now similar to our competitors regardless of us being a much more flexible system. As part of the above, more things can be paginated in the system, such as comment topics or buddy lists.
Our new ‘Advanced admin cache' feature will blow your mind. Once enabled, Google Chrome webmasters will have page's cache locally on their own machines, whilst the server generates the latest version of the page in the background and delivers it slightly later (e.g. 1 second later, whatever it would be if the AAC cache was not enabled). This means you can click around ocPortal at lightning speed as the server has to do zero work, yet nothing is actually cached in the annoying sense. Saving a few seconds does not seem like much, but it really makes things much more fun.
Other Notable Changes include:
<ul>
<li>We have a new WYSIWYG editor, we have Switched WYSIWYG editor to CKEditor: better editor, with added support for IE9, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera.</li>
<li>Gallery Improvements including galleries now support SWF files and now accepts direct Facebook and Youtube video links.</li>
<li>Our default theme now has Mobile support including better mobile theme detection and framework to meet modern hardware.</li>
<li>Added A new main_multi_content block has been added that allows you to embed sets of any kind of content, sorted in a number of ways.</li>
<li>Added webm and HTML5 video support.</li>
<li>New functionality for creating temporary usergroup memberships.</li>
<li>Improved Breadcrumb usability and flexibility.</li>
<li>New support for writing addons for associating to videos on external video sites, rather than it being limited to Facebook and Youtube via hard-coding.</li>
<li>Fixed issues with dark theme wizard themes.</li>
</ul>
There are many more changes which are too numerous to list in full here. You can find out more information and a full list of changes at <a href="http://ocportal.com/site/news/view/new_releases/ocportal-6-released.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://ocportal.com/site/news/view/new_releases/ocportal-6-released.htm</a>

ocPortal 6 released

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Enterprise level CMS provider pTools, today announced the opening of its new office in Toronto and the appointment of its new General Manager for Canada, Mr. Dee Allott.
The company has been working in the Canadian and North American marketplace for a number of years and has gained key customers and partners including Heenan Blaikie, Wolters Kluwer and WatServ ERP Cloud Computing.
Keith Wood, the new CEO of pTools who took over from Tom Skinner, pTools founder, in September last year and has driven the new Canada operation comments:
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“We have in the past made tentative steps in international markets without the commitment in terms of people and resources needed to grow business and gain long term partnerships and customers. This has changed and we are now a company working equally in Toronto and Dublin. I am excited to be working again with pTools at this important time and believe strongly in the future of our plans for Canada and other international markets.”
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Commenting further on the initiative, Dee Allott, the recently appointed pTools General Manager, Canada said:
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“pTools has been working quietly over the past two years to build a foothold in the Canadian marketplace. I am struck by the highly developed software the company can deliver to partners here and I believe there is a real opportunity to grow a strong Canadian business. pTools has already built a reputation for working with top level customers and this is something that is clearly appreciated here.”
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Dee Allott is former President at Lexmark Canada and General Manager of Lexmark Europe. He brings a wealth of experience to the pTools team and company plans for growth and development.
pTools has a highly advanced software and established partner development record. The company works with partners to exploit market opportunities and helps partners to successfully deliver high value projects. pTools focus is on high value content customers in Finance, Banking, Health, Government, Security, Utility and Energy Sectors.
In addition to industry standard, enterprise level CMS features pTools has deep functionality for Multi-Language Content, Accessibility Compliant Content, Digital Asset Content, and Learning Content Management.
pTools is an enterprise level CMS software vendor with European headquarters in Dublin Ireland. Customers include: AXA Insurance, Allianz Insurance, The Irish Stock Exchange, Enterprise Ireland, The Department of the Irish Prime Minister, The Irish Energy Authority, Strathclyde Police Force.
About pTools™ Software:
pTools is a leading provider of enterprise level web content management software and solutions with offices in Toronto, Canada and headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. pTools software is used to develop enterprise web content management solutions for Intranet, Extranet and Internet systems for customers in private and public sectors in Canada, UK, Ireland and internationally. pTools software combines powerful content management functionality with user-friendly interface and enterprise application architecture.
More information at <a href="http://www.ptools.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.ptools.com/</a>

pTools Content Management Expands into Canadian Market

<h3>What is PeecFW?</h3>
PeecFW is an Open Source CMS (Content Management System), CMF (Content Management Framework) and PHP Framework 
that is using PHP 5.3 + as the platform technology. PeecFW has been developed since august 2010 and has been heavily developed for a short period of time.
Check out this Youtube video to learn more and see how easy it is to install and use PeecFW:

What does PeecFW offer?
Forums, News/Blog posting, Picture gallery, static page and links, Admin panel, user system, rating systems, comment widget and more.
PeecFW is not yet another CMS system, it's a total rewrite for the technology that came when PHP 5.3 was released. PeecFW makes great use of technologies such as namespaces, closures, XHTML, CSS3, AJAX and jQuery. Since PeecFW is a framework, PeecFW is highly extensible and fits for businesses and for simple cms / blogs. It's architecture makes sure of: stability, modularization, easy theme modifications, taking advantage of caching features such as Memory caching, static html caching and query caching.
Easy installation: Installing PeecFW is easy, and it's done in a few clicks. Just download the latest version, unzip / untar and bowse to the install.php file in your browser. The rest is self explanatory.
No more frustration with upgrades. PeecFW will easily upgrade, and it really comes to overwriting the files and running update.php no matter how much the database was updated the in the next version.
Feel free to check out the default installation of PeecFW at their <a href="http://peecfw.org/demo">demo page</a> and register at their own <a href="http://peecfw.org/forum">community</a> for support requests and more.

Introducing PeecFW, an Open Source CMS

Kentico CMS is one of those content management systems that has continued to impress me with each new release. With version 5.5 R2, some of the additions made to the CMS include new document and project management, Microsoft Azure support, WebDAV, Workgroups and Sharepoint 2010 support.  Does it continue to impress? Read on to find out in today's Kentico Review.
In this review, I will be looking at the new features that have been added. If you are looking for a review of the back end functions and page editing, you can read my <a href="https://www.cmscritic.com/kentico-review-net-at-its-finest/">previous review</a>.
First on the list of new features is…
<h3>Project Management</h3>
To access the new Project Management features of Kentico 5.5 R2, you need to log into your CMS desk. Once inside, navigate to the tools tab and you will see the new section:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cms-desk-tools-project-management.jpg" alt="Kentico Review" />Click on the header to enter the new Project Management section.
Once inside, you will see a list of any existing projects as well as a number of tabs labelled: Projects, Tasks, Configuration.
On the main tab, Projects, the screen looks like this:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/piwik_newfeat_histreport-620x428_bz7kmt.png" alt="Kentico Review" />
As you can see, I already have a Test Project which I've added here. It shows the name of the project, the deadline, any progress that has been made and of course, action icons to edit or delete the project.
If you want to add a new project, you simply click on the link and will be taken to a page where you can enter the new project's details.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/cms-desk-tools-project-management-new-project_2011-03-14_09-43-19.jpg" alt="Kentico Review" />
As you can see in the screenshot above, you have a number of options to configure for the project. The name, code name, goals of the project as well as the start date and deadline. If you wish to assign an owner different then yourself, you can do so using the selection dialog and you will be given the option to choose another user from within the CMS.
There are a number of status options such as On track, At risk, Finished, etc. that can be changed as the project progresses. There is even an option to select a specific page from within the CMS to use as a project page. As an example, let's say you work for a large corporate entity who has a number of projects going on at any given time.
You have the ability to custom design a page that is not published to the the public facing side of the website and use it as a basis for your project. You could incorporate any of Kentico's many features into this page and assign page specific security if you like. This gives your project managers a great deal of flexibility.
To modify your project, click the Pencil icon beside the project name and you will see a screen similar to this:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/piwik-2-620x393_uycukc.jpg" alt="Kentico Review" />
Within the Tasks tab, you will see a list of each task within the project, including their assignee, progress and status. To get a description of the status, simply hover your mouse over the status icon.
On the General tab you can edit your project details and the Security tab gives you access to Kentico's powerful security options for the project.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/piwik-4-620x445_t0vjwq.jpg" alt="Kentico Review" />
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the Project Management component in a nutshell.
<h3>Document Management</h3>
Managing documents on your site can be done using a web part or component that you add to the site.
Once added, you gain full document management capabilities such as:
<ul>
<li>Direct editing using Microsoft Office or other applications via WebDAV</li>
<li>File management – Copy/Delete/Open/Edit/Upload</li>
<li>Permissions management per file and per document library</li>
<li>Check-in/check-out</li>
<li>Workflow</li>
<li>Document archiving</li>
<li>Version history</li>
</ul>
Within the module, you are able to manage the library, add new documents and manage existing ones directly on the page.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/piwik-7-620x114_hlmada.jpg" alt="Kentico Review" />
Clicking on the dropdown to the left of each of the individual documents brings up a context menu with a number of options:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/firefox-13-thumbnail-page-620x468_xjwijl.png" alt="Kentico Review" />
From within this menu, you can view everything from Version History to the properties of the document itself. You can even archive or modify the permissions directly from here.  The Document library allows you to upload translated versions of the document in other languages. This is great for a multilingual website.
Security Permissions are set with simply check boxes as shown below:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/document-properties-small_bmp_aspx_.png" alt="Kentico Review" />
This is a very welcome addition to the CMS and adds a new level of capabilities to an already capable system.
<h3>Webdav Support</h3>
For those who are unfamiliar with Webdav, it is a protocol that has been incorporated into this version of Kentico and allows you to edit documents within Microsoft Office and save directly back to the document repository on the CMS.  The Kentico website describes it as follows:
<blockquote>Kentico CMS comes with built-in WebDAV support which allows you to open, edit and save documents from Kentico CMS using Microsoft Office and some other applications. It means you do not have to save the document on the disk, make changes locally and then upload them. So it greatly simplifies the way you work with documents published on your website or intranet.</blockquote>
This is one of those handy additions that further enhances the user friendliness of the CMS and works exactly as one might expect. More details can be found here: <a href="http://www.kentico.com/cms-asp-net-features/Modules/WebDAV-Support.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.kentico.com/cms-asp-net-features/Modules/WebDAV-Support.aspx</a>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
The addition of these new features put Kentico a level above it's competitors. The development team continues to impress and add user friendly functionality that puts creativity into the hands of the end user with style and simplicity.
Learn more at <a href="http://www.kentico.com/home.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.kentico.com</a> or try their <a href="http://www.kentico.com/Demo.aspx">Demo</a>.

Kentico Review: A look at the new features in 5.5 R2

Edentity Web Systems Inc., a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that provides the technology and expertise to build, host and manage your website or web-based business application, announced today that it will be rebranded as Agility CMS. The company will begin operating under its new brand immediately. With the launch of a new website, the company will unify its product and services under a single brand identity.
Agility CMS CEO Michael Assad says: “We are very excited to rebrand Edentity under our flagship product, Agility CMS. This rebrand will better reflect our focus on building content management software for digital marketing applications”.
The company has experienced phenomenal growth since its founding in 2002 and hopes to become a market force in the US as it is in Canada. The rebrand comes along with the launch of a new website <a href="http://www.agilitycms.com/" target="_blank">www.agilitycms.com</a> during its sponsorship of South By South West.
The rebrand and new site are the culmination of months of effort to align the company’s identity with its purpose. Michael Assad stated, “The new Agility CMS website reflects our commitment to take the complexity out of content management for sophisticated digital marketing solutions”.
About Agility CMS
Agility is a cloud-based content management system.  It allows you to manage content across all digital channels including your website, mobile site, mobile apps, and social media pages from a single browser-based interface.  Agility integrates with best-of-breed solutions for video management, ad serving, search, analytics, email marketing and more.  Agility can be implemented with an internal development team, or by working with their implementation partners.  Agility is based in Toronto Canada and is running sites for Uncle Ben’s, Campbell’s, Subaru and Whiskas. <a href="http://www.agilitycms.com/" target="_blank">www.agilitycms.com</a>

Edentity Web Systems rebrand under their product Agility CMS

Magnolia, the open source content management vendor that delivers simplicity on an enterprise scale, today announced that the Dubai-based Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC), the largest media group in the Middle East, has turned to Magnolia’s Java-based Content Management System as their strategic platform for web and mobile content. Magnolia is to replace its Vignette/OpenText system.
Magnolia will support MBC in providing its 165 million viewers with easy access to current, attractively presented information, while simplifying the organization’s editorial processes. Magnolia’s cost-effective, commercial open source approach gives MBC the same features as proprietary alternatives, with the added flexibility to tailor the system to their needs.
“Given the fast pace at which MBC must cover the news, we are delighted that they have entrusted their websites to Magnolia CMS,” said Boris Kraft, President of Magnolia Americas. “We are especially proud that Magnolia was able to meet MBC’s stringent demands of flexibility, scalability, and speed, for quick turnaround of high quality, user-friendly sites.”
About MBC MBC Group, the first private free-to-air satellite broadcasting company in the Arab World, was launched in London in 1991, and moved to Dubai in 2002. MBC now includes 10 television channels, two radio stations, several online platforms, and a documentary production unit.
About Magnolia Americas Magnolia Americas, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnolia International Ltd, whose open source content management system delivers simplicity on an enterprise scale. Its outstanding combination of ease-of-use with a flexible, standards-based Java architecture has led to its adoption by enterprises and governments throughout the world, including ING, JBoss.org, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Lloyds TSB, Sony, Seat, Unilever, and the U.S. Department of Defense. To find out more about Magnolia, including service, support, implementation, consulting, training, and our international network of qualified partners, please visit <a href="http://www.magnolia-cms.com">www.magnolia-cms.com</a>.

MBC Chooses Magnolia CMS

A new version of CMS Made Simple 1.9.4 has been announced. This new release includes a number of important issues such as supporting newer versions of MySQL, and miscelaneous caching issues. They have also implemented a few performance improvements that should result in a minor performance boost for most websites.
The full release notes are available on their blog <a href="http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/2011/03/Announcing-CMSMS-1-9-4-Faanui/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cmsmadesimple%2Fblog+%28CMS+Made+Simple%29">here</a>.

CMS Made Simple 1.9.4 announced

Hedgehog Development, a leading custom application development company and creators of the celebrated Team Development for Sitecore (TDS), today announced the software product’s 3.0 release. TDS is a plug-in for Visual Studio that simplifies the process of adding Sitecore items to your source control by allowing you to synchronize selected Sitecore items directly into your Visual Studio project, while also greatly simplifying the process of deployment. It streamlines the way individuals and teams develop Sitecore projects, work with each other, and with source code.
Generally, when a company releases a new version of its software, there is at least one major new feature. With Hedgehog Development’s 3.0 Version of TDS, there are four major new features that dramatically enhance the Sitecore development experience. The 3.0 Version also marks the longest span of development time between releases of TDS, and its release comes after extensive beta testing by some of Hedgehog’s largest customers.
Integration with Sitecore Rocks: For Faster Speed and a Browser-free Experience
The 3.0 Version of TDS automates the process of syncing updates to one’s source control system when using Sitecore Rocks (“Rocks”), which is a streamlined developer efficiency plug-in created by Sitecore for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. With TDS 3.0 installed as a plug-in, the need for time-consuming browser interfaces is eliminated. Sitecore developers can now create and edit Sitecore items inside Visual Studio with Rocks, and those changes are automatically synced to the Visual Studio Project. This creates a seamless experience for the developer.
“Hedgehog has truly brought the Sitecore experience to the ultimate level with this 3.0 Version of TDS,” said Lars Nielsen, Sitecore co-founder and senior vice president of technical marketing. “By combining TDS with Sitecore Rocks, developers can now experience all the power and flexibility that Sitecore provides in the comfort and familiarity of their preferred work environment,” added Nielsen.
“We’re always looking at ways to further enhance the Sitecore experience that will make a developer’s life easier, and the release of Version 3.0 marks several key milestones,” stated Peter Madsen, TDS Product Manager. “The 3.0 Version of TDS saves developers valuable time that can be spent more productively on other key aspects of their Sitecore projects, and shows our continued commitment to both TDS and our partnership with Sitecore” noted Madsen.
File Path Shortening: Ensures Nothing Gets Lost in Translation
For many developers, the file path length limitation inherent with the Windows operating system has been a challenge. Now, with TDS Version 3.0, the original file path name chosen by a developer is captured and safely
stored in the TDS project, and the developer can then create a shorter, more universal file path nickname for everyone on the team to use when storing the item on a file system – all without compromising the structure of the content within Sitecore and Visual Studio. The new shortened name only appears in the file system and source control system, while the original name is retained in Sitecore and Visual Studio.
Field-Level Syncing: Change Field Values Automatically Without Changing Entire Item
Sitecore development teams and content editors can now enjoy a more harmonious and productive relationship while eliminating the risk for error thanks to TDS 3.0’s new field-level synchronization feature. It extends the “Deploy Once” feature on previous versions of TDS and gives more flexibility to the development team without compromising the field values set by editors.
With field level syncing, the development team can change or set specific field values for content items like security workflow, and rendering values, even after a skeleton hierarchy has already been deployed. This is all done seamlessly, without overwriting field values set by content editors. A valuable time saver, TDS 3.0 ensures an error-free sync, letting you manage all the different types of items offered by Sitecore at any time.
Template Diagrammer Tool: Document Solutions Down To the Smallest Detail
Gone are the days of seeing only “the forest” and not the “trees” within the hierarchy of a solution architecture in Sitecore. With Version 3.0 of TDS, you can visualize the depth of every single relationship within a site’s entire architectural structure down to the smallest detail with our enhanced template diagrammer tool. Plus, now when you zoom in, you will see color-coded dotted lines that serve to more clearly distinguish between different relationships. Also adding to viewer clarity in Version 3.0 is the ability to move items around, filter down and isolate sections, and even print them. With the 3.0 Version of TDS, you can see the DNA of each template and document every solution on each Sitecore project.
Pricing
The per-seat cost for a TDS 3.0 license is $695.00 and includes one year of free upgrades (major and minor releases) and technical support. A client can also purchase a maintenance agreement for 40% of their purchase, entitling them to another year of technical support and upgrades.
About Hedgehog Development
Hedgehog Development is a recognized leader in Sitecore Web Content Management implementations, custom application development and integration services. The company is headquartered in Holbrook, Long Island, NY and serves clients around the world. Hedgehog’s specialties include .NET development and Visual Studio Team System, SQL Server, Cloud Services Development, and SharePoint 2007 development and implementations. A field-managed Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and three-time recipient of the Customer Satisfaction Award, Hedgehog was also recognized as a Partner of the Year in Microsoft’s New York/New Jersey Area Partner Awards Program for Excellence in Application Development. Hedgehog is also part of Microsoft’s Inner Circle program for Visual Studio Team System. These hard-earned distinctions represent a host of exclusive benefits for Hedgehog clients ranging from access to early adopter software to priority customer support services.
In 2010, Hedgehog Development's client The Knot, was awarded the North American Sitecore Site of the Year, and the North American Sitecore Media Site of the Year. Additionally, Hedgehog’s celebrated Team Development for Sitecore product recently earned it the coveted position of Technology Partner in the Sitecore Partner program, making it one of only three worldwide partners that are both Sitecore Implementation and Sitecore technology partners. Learn more about Hedgehog Development at <a href="http://www.hhogdev.com">www.hhogdev.com</a>.

Hedgehog Development Releases 3.0 Version of Team Development for Sitecore

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KnowledgeTree, a provider of cloud-based document management solutions, today announced the beta release of KnowledgeTree for Outlook, a new product that lets users securely store emails and attachments in KnowledgeTree’s online document vault and interact seamlessly with KnowledgeTree-hosted content directly from their Microsoft Outlook® email application.
KnowledgeTree for Outlook complements KnowledgeTree’s existing KnowledgeTree for Office product, released in December 2010, which allows collaborative editing of cloud-based documents from Microsoft Word®, Excel® and PowerPoint® applications.
Many business users view Microsoft Outlook as their primary productivity application, and using KnowledgeTree for Outlook means they no longer need to toggle between different applications. Now they can save email messages and attachments directly into KnowledgeTree’s online document vault, and easily attach documents from KnowledgeTree to outgoing email.
“KnowledgeTree for Outlook is a breakthrough for us! It streamlines the way we manage our documents,” said Elaine Fontejon, Senior Analyst at LibertadCard Inc.
Documents and emails saved into KnowledgeTree’s online vault can be entered into easy-to-use document workflow tools, allowing mid-market companies to go beyond online file-sharing with features that support business processes around approvals, contracts, HR, finance and compliance.
“When I’m at the office I live in Outlook, and the ability to save attachments directly into KnowledgeTree is a great time saver,” said Paul Chancellor, Principal of OceanLaw Group.
“KnowledgeTree for Outlook is another important way we provide growing companies with tools that allow them to compete with much larger organizations,” said Daniel Chalef, KnowledgeTree CEO. “Thanks to the cloud, we’re able to continue to rapidly and affordably provide customers with innovation.”
KnowledgeTree for Outlook is compatible with Microsoft’s Office 2010, 2007 and 2003 products, and will be available across all KnowledgeTree product pricing plans.
Click here to view KnowledgeTree’s document management best practices infographic that illustrates eight steps for success when selecting online document management.
About KnowledgeTree KnowledgeTree makes sharing content and controlling document processes simple with secure, affordable online document management solutions for growing SMBs and departments at larger companies. Designed for business professionals, KnowledgeTree is easy to use, does not require extensive training and enables content to be accessed and managed anytime, anywhere via cloud computing. Rich and open APIs allow for seamless integration of popular third party business applications.
KnowledgeTree accelerates return on investment by streamlining document-centric business processes and increasing collaboration with workflow, document alerts, version control and full transaction histories. KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, visit <a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com">www.knowledgetree.com</a>. Follow us on Twitter @knowledgetreesw.

KnowledgeTree Introduces Microsoft Outlook Integration to Drive Greater Productivity for SMBs

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A new security release of the Joomla 1.6 series has been made available. Version 1.6.1 incorporates the following security updates:
<ul>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – SQL Injection / Interal Path Disclosure.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – Path Disclosure.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Low Priority – Core – Information Disclosure.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – Redirect Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – Information Disclosure.</li>
<li>Low Priority – Core – Unauthorised Access.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – CSRF Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – DOS Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – XSS Vulnerabilities.</li>
<li>Moderate Priority – Core – CSRF Vulnerabilities.</li>
</ul>
Full release notes can be found here:<a href="http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5350-joomla-161-released.html"> http://www.joomla.org/announcements/release-news/5350-joomla-161-released.html</a>

Joomla 1.6.1 available

The team at ImpressPages have announced a new version is available for download. Version 1.08 brings the following major features/changes:
<ul>
<li>Added table widget</li>
<li>Additional contact form fields: select box, checkbox, radio buttons</li>
<li>Saved or not saved status of the page</li>
<li>You can move ip_config.php in upper directory for safety (above public_html, htdocs, etc.)</li>
<li>Automatic check for a new version</li>
<li>MagicQuotes ON support</li>
<li>Autologin option in user module</li>
</ul>
Website: <a href="http://www.impresspages.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.impresspages.org/</a>

ImpressPages CMS 1.0.8 announced

I'm a big fan of minimalist themes with nice typography and Vigilance Pro by the Theme Foundry is one of my personal favorites. I wanted to take a minute to show everyone the features and look of this theme in this quick Vigilance Pro Review.
There are two different options available, Vigilance (free) and Vigilance Pro. While the free option may be a good option for some people, the Pro provides much better feature such as:
<ul>
<li>HTML 5</li>
<li>WordPress 3 menu support</li>
<li>Theme tutorials</li>
<li>Support forum access</li>
<li>Theme options panel</li>
<li>Alert Box</li>
<li>Twitter Feed integration</li>
<li>Custom Page Templates</li>
</ul>
With all of the options turned on, this is the default look of the site:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/vigilance-pro-1-580x308.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
Let's take a look at the theme options in the WordPress dashboard.
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Under the custom logo section, you can upload your own logo and add alt tags and tagline:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2011-03-06-at-8_14_14-am.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
Colors can be customized from the Color Options panel:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/email-screenshot-620x514_l4riid.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
You can also add a Top Banner image which will show in this location.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/vigliance-pro-banner-location-580x226.jpg" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
There are a number of options, such as rotating through a group of images in a directory, etc. This can be configured on this section of the option page:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2011-03-06-at-8_15_02-am.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
Next down is the configuration of the Alert box. This is a small, shaded box that appears above all of your posts and is a great location to pass on some info about a new contest, giveaways or general info that you need to pass to your readers.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2011-03-06-at-8_15_22-am.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
As you can see in the first screenshot in this post, there is also a sidebar image shown (this can be used for anything from banner ads to just pictures in general.
The configuration for this is similar to the top banner image. You can use static, rotating images and more:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2011-03-06-at-8_15_37-am.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
Last but not least, there is a box that goes on the sidebar and can be used for as an RSS sign up and contains a twitter link. This can be configured in the theme options as well.
Vigilance Pro also comes with a number of unique page templates such as the Archive Page, Sitemap Page and Page templates with or without sidebars.
Visually, Vigilance Pro is an excellent theme with very well done typography and styling. For example, block quotes are well done and attractive:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ez-odoscope-620x291_fh29aa.png" alt="Vigilance Pro Review" />
For those of you who are looking for a slick theme with nice typography for a reasonable price, Vigilance Pro is an excellent option and I highly recommend it. Clean code, HTML 5 functionality and an easy to use theme options page make this is a great choice for bloggers and business users alike.
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