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

janus-boye

Some updates from the Geeklog universe:
Geeklog 1.7.1sr1 addresses an XSS in the Configuration admin panel, reported by Aung Khant of the YGN Ethical Hacker Group. Due to the built-in CSRF protection this weakness is somewhat harder to exploit but we would nonetheless advise that you secure your site by installing this update ASAP.
In addition to the <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/filemgmt/index.php/1044">complete 1.7.1sr1 tarball</a>, there are also update files <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/filemgmt/index.php/1043">for Geeklog 1.7.1</a> and <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/filemgmt/index.php/1042">for Geeklog 1.6.1sr1</a> that contain only a fixed version of the affected file (see the included README file for installation instructions).
Users of older Geeklog releases should consider upgrading to Geeklog 1.7.1sr1 soon (use the complete 1.7.1sr1 tarball to upgrade from any older version).
A note for those who are still running on PHP 4: There's a <a href="http://project.geeklog.net/tracking/view.php?id=1239">known bug</a> in the Static Pages plugin in Geeklog 1.7.1 that makes it incompatible with PHP 4. We will address this issue in <a href="http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/end-of-php4-support#releases">a future bugfix</a> update. In the meantime, consider upgrading to Geeklog 1.6.1sr2 – or upgrade to PHP 5, if possible.

Geeklog 1.7.1sr1 is now available

mike-johnston

The fourth and (hopefully) final release candidate of Drupal 7 is now available for testing.
The Drupal team have announced a tentative release date of January 5th for final release of Drupal 7, so please get testing and make this final version the best it can be.
From the announcement:
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Since the last release candidate a week ago, we have fixed numerous bugs, including bugs with PostgreSQL and a critical issue with the password upgrade path which corrupts password hashes. Affected sites' users will need to reset passwords after their second log-in. Sorry about that!
For the full list of changes, see the <a href="http://drupal.org/node/1010382" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">release notes</a>.
</blockquote>
Grab your copy and start testing today: <a href="http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.0-rc4.tar.gz">http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-7.0-rc4.tar.gz</a>

Drupal 7.0 RC 4 Released

Tiki Spreadsheets (a wiki-based spreadsheet solution) have undergone dramatic improvements since first being introduced in Tiki Wik CMS Groupware 1.9 in 2004. Tiki 6.1 (released December 2010) introduced a host of improvements to the feature, including:
<ul>
<li>Ability to fully use Tiki's wiki syntax within sheets</li>
<li>Advanced math functions</li>
<li>Full cell and sheet formatting, including charts</li>
<li>Integrate the data from a spreadsheet with a wiki page (via the Sheet plugin)</li>
<li>Review/compare version history of sheets</li>
<li>Copy and paste from MS-Excel and OO-Calc</li>
</ul>
<img src="https://doc.tiki.org/display323" alt="Sample Tiki sheet" />
Tiki Sheets uses jQuery (jquery.sheet) for integration and Ajax for a smooth user interface. Look for additional improvements in Tiki 7 (scheduled for April, 2011) including a new calculation engine, tighter integration with Tiki trackers, and real-time collaborative features.
For complete information, see <a href="http://doc.tiki.org/Spreadsheet">http://doc.tiki.org/Spreadsheet</a>. To download Tiki 6 and use the Spreadsheet feature, see http://tiki.org/download.
About Tiki 
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, web-based, multilingual (35+ languages), tightly integrated, all-in-one Wiki+CMS+Groupware, Free Source Software (GNU/LGPL), using PHP, MySQL, Zend Framework, jQuery and Smarty. Actively developed by a very large international community, Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge bases, intranets, and extranets. Tiki is managed by the Tiki Software Community Association. For more information, visit [<a href="http://tiki.org">http://tiki.org</a>].

Tiki Sheets: Spreadsheets, the Wiki Way

Matt Mullenweg has written a new post declaring the latest update of WordPress critical and highly recommending everyone update immediately.
From the post:
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Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/">for download here</a>, is a very important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible because it fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation library, called KSES. I would rate this release as “critical.”
I realize an update during the holidays is no fun, but this one is worth putting down the eggnog for. In the spirit of the holidays, consider helping your friends as well.
If you are a security researcher, we’d appreciate you <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/17172/branches/3.0">taking a look over this changeset</a> as well to review our update.
</blockquote>

Critical WordPress update 3.0.4 available

The first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.1 is now available.
An RC comes after the beta period and before final release. There are currently no known issues or bugs to squash. But with tens of millions of users, a variety of configurations, and thousands of plugins, it’s possible something has been missed. So if you haven’t tested WordPress 3.1 yet, now is the time! Please though, not on your live site unless you’re extra adventurous.
Things to keep in mind:
<ul>
<li>With nearly 700 tickets closed, there are tons of changes. Plugin and theme authors, please test your plugins and themes now, so that if there is a compatibility issue, they can figure it out before the final release.</li>
<li>Users are also encouraged to test things out. If you find problems, let your plugin/theme authors know so they can figure out the cause.</li>
<li>If any known issues crop up, you’ll be able to <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">find them here</a>.</li>
</ul>
If you are testing the release candidate and think you’ve found a bug, there are a few ways to let us know:
<ul>
<li>Post it to the <a href="http://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alpha/Beta area in the support forums</a></li>
<li>Report it to the <a href="http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-testers" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wp-testers mailing list</a></li>
<li>Join the development IRC channel and tell us live at irc.freenode.net #wordpress-dev</li>
<li>File a bug ticket on the <a href="http://core.trac.wordpress.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WordPress Trac</a></li>
</ul>
To test WordPress 3.1, try the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WordPress Beta Tester plugin</a> (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can <a href="http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.1-RC1.zip" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">download the release candidate here</a> (zip).

WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate

It’s that time of the year when analysts, pundits, and vendors announce their bold predictions for the upcoming year. 2010 was a banner year for Web CMS, as companies realized the benefit of integrating Web CMS into critical business processes like marketing, sales, and customer support. Corporate websites took a giant leap forward, evolving from static to dynamic, and from generic to personal. The explosive growth of mobile devices in new form factors like the iPad caused CMOs to rethink their mobile strategies.
So let’s get started with my ten predictions for Web CMS in 2011:
1) WEM, the acronym, will remain vendor jargon. WEM, the concept, will transform the future of Web CMS.
WEM, or Web Engagement Management (or is it Web Experience Management?) has emerged as a potential challenger to replace CMS as the acronym that describes how companies use content to drive site visitor engagement and deliver business outcomes. Although WEM has been heavily discussed and debated among analysts and journalists, it remains a mystery to the only audience that matters- the users and buyers of Web CMS. While the capabilities described by WEM are paramount to the future of Web CMS, buyers will reject WEM the acronym but will come to expect that the existing acronyms WCM and CMS will include the capabilities of delivering and measuring site customer engagement.
2) Companies will evolve their mobile strategy beyond “mobile friendly”.
2010 was the year where mobile devices finally drove enough site traffic to compel companies to craft a mobile strategy. Yet most organizations stopped at mobile friendly, assuming the battle was over once the website and marketing campaigns rendered correctly on mobile devices. In 2011, we’ll see marketers take advantage of device capabilities and characteristics to deliver mobile experiences, not mobile friendly websites. Users are open to more immersive experiences on tablets but will look for more transactional experiences on smartphones. Mobile development will no longer be an afterthought, and innovative companies will develop for mobile first, and progressively enhance the experience based on the capabilities of the browser or device.
3) Web CMS vendors will differentiate through their decisions to build vs. integrate.
The decision to “build vs. integrate” has become a battleground for vendors trying to establish unique identities in the Web CMS space. Some vendors are focused on creating all-encompassing suites of capabilities, while others are more focused on integration with existing business applications. In 2011, vendor strategies will diverge even more strongly in this area, with vendors picking sides and aggressively committing to their strategy. For those vendors that choose to integrate, their success will be predicated on their ability to deliver deep technology integrations, not the fluffy “press release integrations” of the past.
4) Content is king. Context is queen. Together, they rule the fiefdom of web engagement.
It’s long been said the content is king, and as marketing shifts from outbound to inbound, content has evolved into a strategic corporate asset. While context is king, context is its queen. Context provides an understanding of the content consumer, and her unique set of circumstances. With context, you can match the right content, at the right moment of opportunity to encourage, support, or persuade the visitor to take action. In 2011, being able to understand the context of site visitors will transform how organizations view Web CMS and dynamic content delivery.
5) Web CMS acquisition fever will slow down, or maybe even stop.
The last five years have seen transformative acquisitions in the Web CMS vendor landscape. Oracle bought Stellent. Open Text acquired RedDot. Autonomy purchased Interwoven. Open Text bought Vignette. And most recently, Adobe acquired Day Software. In 2011, the acquisition fever will slow down as the remaining best-of-breed vendors focus on growth and differentiation in the next wave of Web CMS.
6) Multichannel publishing will drive a resurgence in structured content authoring
While newer authoring interfaces like in-context editing and drag+drop page creation have emerged as important tools for Web CMS users, the need for multichannel publishing will push users back towards more traditional, structured authoring interfaces. Publishing to multiple channels requires additional structure to ensure the right content is delivered to the right channel. Users will tag content for usage in specific channels, ranging from traditional long-form channels like the desktop web browser to short form channels like mobile devices and Twitter.
7) Platform will become less important in the Web CMS selection process
In the past, companies would have a strong preference for platform when selecting a Web CMS platform, typically Java or .NET in the enterprise. The platform requirement will become less of a decision point as the viral growth of Sharepoint created .NET expertise in even the most formidable Java strongholds like financial services and insurance. While some companies will still prefer a particular platform, it will become increasingly less important in 2011. Buyers will pick the products that best fit their business and technical requirements, regardless of platform.
8) Enterprise search is sexy again
Search and Web CMS have always enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, and the relationship will grow deeper in 2011. Enterprise search platforms provided by vendors like Microsoft, Endeca, and Autonomy do far more than just keyword searches. They power mission critical business processes like commerce and customer support, and play a significant role in the overall customer experience of a website. Search is an important part of a customer engagement strategy, and Web CMS vendors will use enterprise search platforms to provide new sets of capabilities focused on engagement and experience.
9) Social media will permeate the corporate website
The website of the future will be a seamless blend of corporate generated and user generated content. Social is no longer just a disconnected feature of a website, it's a fundamental shift in how companies embrace customer relationships, transparency, and authenticity. In 2011, we’ll finally start to see companies and brands adopt the principals outlined by Jeremiah Owyang in his 2007 blog how on How to Evolve Your Irrelevant Corporate Website (http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2007/05/29/web-strategy-how-to-evolve-your-irrelevant-corporate-website/).
10) Developers. Developers. Developers.
Web CMS vendors have spent the last few years catering to marketing departments and business users, addressing usability and innovating new ways to use Web CMS to run marketing campaigns. Web CMS vendors will place the same emphasis on transforming the developer experience, providing better tools, APIs, code samples, documentation, and more.
So those are my predictions for 2011. 2010 was a great year for Web CMS, and I think we’ll look back and identify 2010 as an inflection point in the market, driven by both the emergence of web engagement and the growth of new channels like mobile and social media. Please share your thoughts and predictions in the comments, or on Twitter using the hashtag #futurewcm.
About the Author Tom Wentworth is an experienced, versatile, and passionate technology executive with over 15 years experience selling, marketing, and designing enterprise software. In his current role, Tom is the VP of Web Solutions for Ektron, where he's responsible for corporate strategy.
For more about Ektron: <a href="http://www.ektron.com">http://www.ektron.com</a>

10 Predictions for Web CMS in 2011

Hannon Hill Corporation has released the most recent version of the company's content management system for beta testing in a <a href="http://sandbox.cascadeserver.com/login.act" target="_blank">sandbox</a> as well as for <a href="http://www.hannonhill.com/downloads/cascade/index.html" target="_blank">download</a>. The Cascade Server 6.8 Beta introduces several new features a sample of which includes a Google Analytics Connector, Parallel Publishing, and a built-in Image Editor.
Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that provides marketers and website stakeholders with insights into their website traffic and marketing effectiveness. While Google Analytics is a powerful tool, there has not been an easy way for CMS contributors to access site-wide analytics data or view specific data within the context of a particular page on their site. The Cascade Server Google Analytics Connector further enhances the use of this industry-standard tool by syncing with an organization’s Google Analytics account and providing a snapshot of basic analytics data for each asset and overall Site in Cascade. Having this information readily available within the CMS empowers content contributors to make informed decisions on ways to improve their content and easily edit the content within the same interface.
Another major improvement in 6.8 is Parallel Publishing.  With this feature, content contributors across an organization are now able to publish simultaneously without encountering the publishing bottlenecks that might occur in very large organizations. Prior to this release, Cascade Server would allow only one job to publish at a time across the entire system. With the addition of this feature, each Site now has its own publish queue allowing publishers more focused control with prioritizing jobs.
Also included in Cascade Server 6.8 is a new image editor.  Contributors often need to make small image changes but must frequently consult a graphic artist to perform them. Cascade Server’s simple, built-in image editor addresses the need for quick image edits and is easier than ever to use. Contributors may also utilize the system’s powerful version control system if the image changes do not meet approval criteria. Version control allows content contributors to restore the image to its previous state, offering flexibility and peace of mind during image edits.
The Cascade Server 6.8 beta also includes support for HTML5 and several end-user enhancements. HTML5 is growing in popularity partly because it allows incorporation of rich media content like videos into website without requiring visitors to use browser plug-ins like Flash, many of which are not supported on mobile devices. The end-user enhancements include a new context-menu, which allows users to navigate around the system faster and with fewer mouse clicks. To find out more in-depth information on all of the features included in this beta release, read the <a href="http://www.hannonhill.com/kb/Release-Notes/6.8b/index.html" target="_blank">release notes</a>.
About the Company
Hannon Hill creates web marketing solutions that give people and organizations the freedom to manage their Internet, Intranet, Extranet and Portal content with ease. Our primary software solution, Cascade Server, is ideal for organizations in industries such education, healthcare, technology, government, and publishing. Designed for any network environment, Cascade Server is as easy as e-mail and gives IT departments much needed deployment flexibility, a zero-footprint client and fast implementation. Since 2001, Hannon Hill solutions have been utilized and trusted by organizations including Duke University, Carnegie Mellon University, MCG Health Systems, PGP Corporation, Reed College and SCOREGolf magazine. For more information about Hannon Hill and all of our products, please visit www.HannonHill.com or contact us directly at 800-407-3540.

Hannon Hill Releases Cascade Server 6.8 Beta

There has been a new ExpressionEngine version released to fix some critical bugs in ExpressionEngine 2.1.2. This includes fixes for the Discussion Forum module.
Here is a full list of the changes:
<ul>
<li>Added a special hidden fieldtype to allow modules to dynamically define tab fields without breaking layouts.</li>
<li>Pages Module Updated to version 2.2 to fix an error with publish page layouts.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug where a PHP error could be triggered if the publish_form_entry_data hook was used.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug (#14792) where the Forum version was incorrectly identified.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug (#14723) where category and status dropdowns on the Edit page were not populated in Internet Explorer.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug (#14786) on the Publish page where field formatting options would not show nor would they respect default settings.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug (#14794) where publishing an entry with a live view template resulted in a PHP error.</li>
<li>Fixed a bug (#14785) where you could not successfully save an entry with a required image field.</li>
<li>Documentation: Updated to use __construct in development examples; fixes #14787.</li>
<li>Documentation: Developer Guidelines Checklist still referenced PHP 4.3; fixes #14789.</li>
</ul>
Grab the latest release from your download center on <a href="http://ExpressionEngine.com">ExpressionEngine.com</a>

New ExpressionEngine security update released

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APICMS is a CMS which provides for the integration of content within a website only a RESTful API for the web designer. You can program your own website completely independent of the CMS as usual with HTML / CSS and then bind the content with a few lines of PHP code in exactly the area in which you want to give your customers the option to change text and graphics.
The CMS provides only the most important functions
The application was kept small and focuses only on the really important things that a CMS should offer as follows: deliver content for the website that is easily editable for the end user!
<ul>
<li> Any number of content can be created with a WYSIWYG editor. Graphics / photo upload to content with Gears, HTML5, Flash, Silverlight or BrowserPlus</li>
<li>Categories to summarize the content (eg news page, blog, etc)</li>
<li>Very simple REST API to access content and categories from the outside.</li>
<li>Small Client library for the webdesigner with all necessary functions for accessing the API.</li>
<li>Very simple User Management There are only administrators and ordinary users</li>
<li>Administrators can define and modify exactly what content the user may edit / delete.</li>
<li>The end user can not destroyed the design by accidental deletion of certain content</li>
</ul>
Visit <a href="http://www.apicms.com">http://www.apicms.com</a> to download a free version!

APICMS - CMS without templates, with REST API

The latest version of Drupal 6 has been made available. From the release announcement:
<blockquote>
Highlights of changes in this release include settings form inheritance for subthemes, syslog identity configuration support, better update support from Drupal 5, support for the tel: protocol, several fixes to the node translation system, fixes for CSS aggregation with non UTF-8 characters, support for specifying database collation, more complete coverage of HTML entities in entity decoding and various documentation fixes and other smaller bugfixes. In total almost 50 patches were committed to improve Drupal 6. For more information about the Drupal 6.x release series, consult the <a href="http://drupal.org/drupal-6.0">Drupal 6.0 release announcement</a>
</blockquote>
Grab your copy from the Drupal website: <a href="http://drupal.org">http://drupal.org</a>

Drupal 6.20 released

Oracle has announced a new release of MySQL. Version 5.5 has debuted and with it come some decent enhancements.
Some of the enhanced capabilities of this new release include:
<ul>
<li>Improved performance and scalability: MySQL Database and InnoDB storage engine have been enhanced to provide optimum performance and scalability when running on the latest multi-CPU and multi-core hardware and operating systems. In addition, with release 5.5, InnoDB is now the default storage engine for the MySQL Database, delivering ACID transactions, referential integrity and crash recovery.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Higher availability: New semi-synchronous replication and Replication Heart Beat improve failover speed and reliability.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Improved usability: Improved index and table partitioning, SIGNAL/RESIGNAL support and enhanced diagnostics, including a new PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA, improve the manageability of MySQL 5.5.</li>
</ul>
Oracle also claims that this release has some significant performance improvements such as:
<ul>
<li>On Windows: Up to 1,500 percent performance gains for Read/Write operations and up to 500 percent gain for Read Only.(1)</li>
<li>On Linux: Up to 360 percent performance gain in Read/Write operations and up to 200 percent improvement in Read Only.(2)</li>
</ul>
The full press release is available here: <a href="http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195726">http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/195726</a>

MySQL 5.5 Now Generally Available

A new release of ExpressionEngine has hit the shelves just in time for the holidays. Version 2.1.2 is now available from their website. Here's what Robin Sowell had to say in her release announcement:
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We’re very happy to get this release out the door in time for the holidays. We again give thanks to all the folks who have helped improve EE through their bug reports and feedback. This release delivers a number of new features and over 60 bug fixes.
We also took the opportunity to reduce and simplify a few settings that have repeatedly caused problems in the past. As a result, you will notice that both the “Honor Entry DST” and “Convert High ASCII” settings have been removed. These are superseded by our move to UTC and UTF-8, respectively.
As Brandon already let slip, our Control Panel themes are now <a href="http://expressionengine.com/blog/entry/expressionengine_2.1.2_leaner_and_meaner/">Leaner and Meaner</a> and MUCH easier to customize.  We also added a member group setting to disallow editing of HTML formatting buttons, enhanced the message on forwarded Private Messages, added an importer to the IP to Nation module, and….  Really, there’s too much to list in a blog post!  Check out the <a href="http://expressionengine.com/user_guide/changelog.html#v212">Change Log</a> and compare your favorite addition to those of the development team!
My personal favorite is the ability to include custom member fields in the Control Panel’s Member Registration form.  That’s something I had to custom code on a few sites back in the day, so I particularly appreciated the usefulness.
Pascal’s favorite was an easy guess- the complete revamp of autosave.  This version achieves everything we’d envisioned, including saving the data prior to entry creation and an unobtrusive manner of operating.  You don’t notice it until you need it.  But when you need it, you’re really grateful it’s there!
Greg’s pick was the removal of PHP4 support.  Yes, this seems an obscure choice at first, but it resulted in the removal of over 700 lines of code from the member module alone!
Brandon thinks the override.css is kinda cool.  Not being much of a designer myself (understatement) I poked him to elaborate on how this adds crunchy goodness to EE.
If you want to change the pink, just make a new theme with one file.  Not that there’s anything wrong with pink, of course!
Well, that does sound sexy!  Hrm….  I could make a goth theme, all in black and grey.  And bats could fly out of the menu when you mouse over the tabs!  Sorta like in the old Scooby Doo intro.  Perhaps it could trigger a midi of the Scooby Doo theme song!
Alas, our plates are full even without the challenge of a Scooby Doo theme.  Time for me to get back to work.  We wish you and yours a safe and happy holiday and hope you enjoy this new release!
</blockquote>
You can purchase your copy from their website: <a href="http://expressionengine.com">http://expressionengine.com</a>

ExpressionEngine 2.1.2 Released

Alkacon OAMP DocCenter Module 1.0.2 for OpenCms is now available from <a href="http://alkacon.com">alkacon.com</a>.
The OAMP DocCenter Module extends an OpenCms installation with the capability to easily create highly configurable download areas with directory listings. Based on the look and feel of your custom template, editors just have to upload documents to publish them online.
The latest OAMP DocCenter Module release version 1.0.2 comes with lots of new features and improvements:
<ul>
<li> Implements versioning of downloadable files</li>
<li>Allows free predefined sorting for selected categories or sub categories</li>
<li>Folders show number of contained documents</li>
<li>and many more</li>
</ul>
Get the latest version of this add-on for OpenCms now!
All Alkacon OAMP modules are released as full Open Source under the GNU GPL version 3.
The source code of the modules is freely available in the public CVS of cvs.opencms.org.

Version 1.0.2 of Alkacon OAMP DocCenter module available

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