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

msalvatierra

The fifth alpha release of what will become Drupal 7 has been made available. You can read about the full list of incorporated changes between version 6 and 7 here: <a href="http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0-alpha1">http://drupal.org/drupal-7.0-alpha1</a>
From the announcement:
<blockquote>
This release includes many critical bug fixes, especially around the upgrade path, security issues, JavaScript, performance, and other areas.
Please see the <a href="http://drupal.org/node/806978">release notes</a> for more details.
</blockquote>
As always, you can download the release from <a href="http://www.drupal.org">http://www.drupal.org</a>

Fifth alpha release of Drupal 7 available

mike-johnston

An urgent security release of e107 has been made available. This is a mandatory update for those running the popular content management system. A full changelog identifying the fixes can be found here: <a href="http://e107.org/svn_changelog.php?version=0.7.21">http://e107.org/svn_changelog.php?version=0.7.21</a>
Please ensure you upgrade immediately. You can do so by downloading the latest version from: <a href="http://www.e107.org/news.php?item.865.1">http://www.e107.org/news.php?item.865.1</a>

Urgent security release of e107 CMS

Let's face it, there are plenty of blog platforms out there to choose from when you get that sudden urge to share your thoughts and feelings (or just opinions like us) with the rest of the world. There's WordPress, Typepad, Movable Type, LifeType, OpenBlog, Blogger and many more.. but what makes WordPress such a Goliath to these other Davids?
Let's start with the basics..
<h3>It's got ease of use.</h3>
I know, I know, this is the part where everyone jumps in to tell me that all of the other platforms I've mentioned above are easy too.. and that may be the case.. but they aren't famous for it.<a href="http://www.wordpress.org"> WordPress</a> has ALWAYS been easy.. it's a fast install, it's got a small file size and most of the time it just works.
Let me put it this way, WordPress is the car you can typically rely on to start no matter the weather.. and should you stray and try another car because it seems like it may have better features and you decide to come back, it'll start right up again without a seconds delay. Trust me, I know.. I've tried a lot of them.
Ok, so it's easy you say.. what else does it have going for it? How about this one.
<h3>It's got community.</h3>
WordPress has easily one of the most diverse and largest communities in the CMS world let alone the blogging world. Still not sure? Check out <a href="http://central.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp Central</a>. We aren't just talking major cities of the world either, there are WordCamp's in places I've never even heard of until I heard there was a WordCamp happening there. Take WordCamp Fukuoka for example (I know, I'm not well travelled).
WordCamp's aren't the only example of community, however. There are tons of forums and bloggers all over the net that make helping others with WordPress or spreading the word their goals. Can you say, Free Advertising?
Nothing beats word of mouth right?
<h3>It's got Matt.</h3>
I've been bit by this one before but I still stand by my belief that projects, just like companies, need a leader. They need someone that can act as the focal point to give them substance. People want to be able to put a face to the products they use and <a href="http://ma.tt">Matt</a> does just that. He makes himself known, he shows up at WordCamp's.. he lives and breathes his product. And he's damn good at it too.
I really would love examples of where this has been done better because I really don't think it has. WordPress and Matt are synonymous with one another and it makes for good reading.. and the press eat it up.
<h3>It's got stuff.</h3>
Stuff. It's a broad word isn't it?
Let's face it.. WordPress is currently riding high with the most plugins and themes of (dare i say it?) any other CMS project out there.
Take a look at their plugin registry for an example: 9,674 plugins.
And themes? Don't even ask.. there are way too many to count.
So how do other projects get a chance to enjoy similar successes that WordPress has achieved?  That's a question that remains to be answered?
Do you agree or disagree? Comment below..

Editorial: What makes WordPress the blogging platform to beat?

CC: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background and how you came to work for Sitecore?
MS: I was President of a successful multimillion dollar custom software development company and while there, I envisioned the need for a Microsoft-centric system for creating and managing websites that could take the online experience far beyond the then present technology. In 2002, with four fellow Internet zealots, I started Sitecore. We developed a product with functionality and appeal that was completely disruptive in the market at that time. All five of us continue to be key contributors to the company today.
CC: How would you define the term “Content Management System”?
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/024-michael1-150x150_pmrfv9.jpg" />
MS: I feel compelled to say that I sincerely dislike the term. CMS does a really good job of defocusing everyone on what is important, namely measurably driving your online success. Content doesn’t help you do that. Management of content doesn’t help you do that either. And system surely doesn’t.
 
Secondly, the term is ambiguous since it is used as a cover for both the area of ECM (Enterprise Content Management) and WCM (Web Content Management). From a business perspective nothing could be farther apart. ECM should help you be more efficient in your internal business processes. WCM should help you measurably driving your online success. A lot of businesses unfortunately still believe that it is a great strategy to centralize the management of all content in a CMS. There is a big difference between the processes of creating and managing a legal contract, to creating persona optimized content that will dynamically drive a personalized experience for the marketing department. The only thing in common here is that you can use a keyboard to author your text.
Even with this ambiguous term, Sitecore is selling CMS for a broad range of clients with great success. We will change the name when the customers, market and analysts are ready to suggest a new industry term.
CC: As the CEO, you have no doubt seen a shift in the way content management has advanced in the last few years, what do you feel can be expected in the near future and where will Sitecore fit into this picture?
MS: CMS, as a platform for driving your online success, is undergoing a radical change. Content is shifting to a measurable experience – crafted around personas. Delivery is no longer just Web pages but spanning all digital channels. Marketers need measurable results and ROI ,while sales departments and customer service departments need to tie together what is happening in the offline world with what is happening in the online world. Customer relationship management databases are becoming a focal point for realizing this. Real-time personalization is finally a manageable reality that doesn’t need to involve huge IT projects.
CC: If you were to compare Sitecore with similar CMS in the marketplace, what would you say distinguishes it?
MS: Sitecore is the iPhone of the Web content management industry. We are fusing many of the technologies that are integrations in other platforms. Our vision is to deliver a powerful, coherent, easy-to-use platform. A platform focused on measurably driving your online success through personalized experiences across all online marketing channels.
CC: How has Sitecore fared in the face of the current economic situation facing the global economy?
MS: Remarkably, Sitecore grew global revenue last year at over 40%. Our team and partners responded to the economic environment by working even more than the 40% reflects, so I think we are well positioned to have that same hard work reap even higher rewards as the economy recovers.
CC: What successes has Sitecore had this year? Any new, large customers? What do you attribute these successes to?
MS: Fueled by our 40%+ revenue growth, we have opened up a number of offices around the world, perhaps most notably in Japan. We have a very solid team in Japan with significant Microsoft enterprise experience.
We also opened up an office in Australia, expanded our presence across Canada with service and sales people, and our UK and European operations have really bubbled up new and exciting business.
We inaugurated two global in-person events called Dreamcore, with our customers and partners that include Interactive Agencies, Web Development firms and major Systems Integrators – literally filling these events to capacity.
This year has also been the year of the Enterprise customers for us. I wish I could mention all of the fantastic companies, but they include the likes of Costco in North America, Lloyds of London, and ISS in Europe. Our technology delivers answers for marketing automation, for eCommerce, social community – all the key business needs that now go through a website.
CC: You recently introduced a new product called the Sitecore Online Marketing Suite. What can you tell us about this product? What made you decide there was a need for this kind of solution in the marketplace?
MS: The Online Marketing Suite (OMS) has generated enormous excitement with prospects for us. When people see how it connects measurable campaign results, the personalized experience, and marketing across digital channels they discover immediate value. The OMS is essentially transforming the CMS into a next generation business platform.
CC: As you are aware, there have been a number of fairly high profile acquisitions in the last couple of years that have affected both the CMS community and the IT community as a whole.  Some of these acquisitions have caused nervousness and a sense of insecurity within the “acquired” client base about the future of their chosen platforms. What is Sitecore doing to ensure a stable and secure platform for it’s users?
MS: Sitecore is both financially and by license revenue one of the global top performing WCM vendors on the market today. And we love what we do and see a very bright future continuing ahead.
Sitecore’s clear focus, cutting edge technology, extensive partner channel and strong developer support community make us a vendor to count on.
CC: What plans does Sitecore have to ensure that new customers can choose the platform with a knowledge that it will continue to be supported for years to come?
MS: Sitecore is the only WCMS vendor where 95% of our revenues come from the sale of software licensing. That obviously means that Sitecore has a very large partner channel and development community. Sitecore customers aren’t dependant upon Sitecore to implement it – they have many choices. There are thousands of certified developers worldwide. And remember, we are built with Microsoft technology.
The fact that Sitecore’s business model is not based on revenues from Sitecore’s own services means our products are scalable and crafted to be best of breed, usable by anyone with familiarity with Microsoft technology.
CC: Can you provide a sneak peak of what we can expect from upcoming releases from the Sitecore product line?
MS: Full blown large scale personalized email marketing tightly integrated to the CRM, CMS and online marketing suite is up next. Providing site level measurable results and instant ROI out of the box.
CC: Do you have any parting comments?
MS: The Web industry as it exists today will undergo a dramatic change over the next decade. New online marketing platforms akin to business level CRM and ERP will arise.

Interview with Sitecore CEO, Michael Seifert

After several months of research and engineering, Softeng Portal Builder™ has become Spain's first enterprise platform for web projects and content management operating on Microsoft Windows Azure. With the new developments made possible from the union of Softeng Portal Builder™ with Azure, customers and IT departments can have to the best technologies, providing them with security and a rapid return on their investment.
What is Microsoft Windows Azure
Microsoft Windows Azure is a state-of-the-art hosted operating system which allows you to develop, manage and run remote applications and services in the cloud, as well as offering computing power, storage and connectivity . Azure's main aim is to provide clients with a remote datacenter where they can host their Web applications in order to benefit from the following cloud-computing and. NET Framework advantages:
<ul>
<li>No need for investment in hardware / software.</li>
<li>The client does not need their own staff to manage the infraestructure.</li>
<li>Customised computing, storage and connection.</li>
<li>Unlimited scalability.</li>
<li>Reliability.</li>
<li>Information Security.</li>
<li>Interoperability. Tools with which developers are familiar.</li>
<li>Pay per use.</li>
</ul>
More options than ever
With Azure, SOFTENG has expanded its range of innovative SaaS Anywhere flexible hosts, which can host web projects together with the content management platform at Softeng Portal Builder™:
<ul>
<li>The client's own Datacenter : For large accounts who preffer to host their applications on their own infrastructure.</li>
<li>A trusted ISP : For clients with web applications with moderate availabiilty and scalability needs, who for various reasons prefer to manage and have at their disposal one or more dedicated servers servers.</li>
<li>Microsoft Windows Azure: This offers all of the benefits of the cloud and is ideal for those companies which have web applications with high availability and scalability needs.</li>
<li>Combined Solution: For companies which, for reasons of efficiency or security policy (e.g an intranet), require an on-premise application together with a public web in the cloud or an ISP to meet their availability, connectivity and scalability needs.</li>
<li>Microsoft and SOFTENG are working toguether to publicise the advantages of the combination of Softeng Portal Builder™ + Azure, as the solution offers businesses the opportunity to choose where to host their Web applications, whether it be on cloud-based services, on servers located in their own on-premise data centre, or through combining these options to meet their own specific needs.</li>
</ul>
About SOFTENG
Founded in 1997, Softeng is a Spanish software engineering company and creator of the first Web projects platform. Softeng Portal Builder™ helps individuals and businesses to build, manage and connect enterprise web business solutions. If you would like more information about Softeng, please visit the website at <a href="http://www.softeng.es ">http://www.softeng.es </a>

Softeng Portal Builder™, the first platform for Web projects operating in Microsoft Azure

The Joomla Project, a free, award-winning PHP-based content management system that enables users to build websites and powerful online applications, today announced the beta release of Joomla 1.6. Designed to offer enhanced site control and a more polished user experience, Joomla 1.6 will deliver a variety of new tools to improve website management and access, a more robust organizational structure for content control, and various other user-experience improvements throughout the software.
“The release of Joomla 1.6 will raise the bar of success for our community’s users, and enable our developer community to build even more exciting and compelling solutions,” said Ryan Ozimek, President of Open Source Matters, the not-for-profit organization that supports The Joomla Project. “New features and capabilities – such as the hierarchical design of the access control system, semantic XHTML layouts and one-click extension updates – usher in a new set of tools that open doors for more effective online engagements. Whether building a personal website or a next-generation Web application for an enterprise environment, Joomla 1.6 offers the most compelling solution for easily building and managing powerful online solutions.”
Joomla’s ease-of-use and extensibility has made it the most popular and downloaded open source website software in the industry today (it has been downloaded more than 16 million times). It is used for everything from small personal websites to the backend management for some of the largest enterprises and highest traffic sites on the Web, including sites operated by Citibank, IHOP, Harvard University, the Baltimore Police Department, Linux.com, Smart Car of America, The Guggenheim Museum, and <a href="http://community.joomla.org/showcase">many more</a>.
Key Features in Joomla 1.6: New Access Control System – Allows site administrators control over who can view and manage content. Unlimited Depth Organizational Model – Gives site administrators and content creators user-defined category levels that allow for the creation of a category tree with as many or as few levels for organizing articles and other content as needed. One-Click Extension Updates – Allows users to keep sites secure and controlled by simplifying the process of updating extensions. Semantic XHTML Layouts – Provides a better baseline for content presentation.
In addition, developers and implementers will enjoy the new ability Joomla 1.6 provides in allowing extensions to be built with granular control and permissions. This will make it easier to create more advanced, enterprise-focused applications and extensions for Joomla. Furthermore, there are numerous improvements in areas like code reuse, and considerable success in ensuring the stability of application programming interfaces via unit testing.
“With the release of 1.6, The Joomla Project is transitioning the development process to a more iterative, time-based release cycle,” said Louis Landry, a lead developer and community member of The Joomla Project. “This new approach will help streamline the production of new code and better ensure timely releases around product updates. I’m very excited about the beta release and look forward to working with the entire community as we continue to refine the system.”
Visit <a href="http://www.joomla.org/">www.joomla.org</a> and download Joomla 1.6 beta today!

Joomla! 1.6 Beta Released – Download the World’s Leading PHP-based Content Management System and Easily Build Websites and Online Applications

Kontent.ai - Agentic CMS

Meet the world's first Agentic CMS

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Bitrix, Inc. (www.bitrixsoft.com), a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, announces the availability of Bitrix® Intranet Portal 9.0, the most ambitious release of the company’s Enterprise 2.0 solution for effective collaboration, communication, social networking, workflow and knowledge management for small and medium-sized businesses. The avalanche of new features reflects the increasing demand for the Enterprise 2.0 environment to reach a new level of sustainable business operations and bridge organizations with their customers, partners and employees.
SMBs sorely need cost-effective solutions to create productive internal workspaces and solid communications with external parties. Unfortunately, the market offers either over-priced, over-featured enterprise-level suites or lightweight or single-purpose products covering a limited number of tasks. “Our latest release carries a number of top-notch innovations and a perfectly balanced mix of features that offer customers a Swiss-army-knife solution with the industry leading “value-for-money” rate,” said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc.
Write, speak, watch
Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 now provides a full range of business-oriented communication opportunities. In the new version, the blogs &amp; forums and instant messaging (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/features/xmpp.php) features are reinforced with video conferencing and e-mail processing.
Customers can create a number of virtual video meeting rooms according to their license terms, make online room reservations with real-time status display in the public calendar and initiate either an instant peer-to-peer video call or a click-away video conference for up to six participants. This feature is available both for internal and external communications and requires a simple browser plug-in.
Thanks to the integrated Send&amp;Save™ technology, organizations can solve a major headache associated with the fact that email remains the main business communication tool. Correspondence is usually dispersed among user mailboxes without proper archiving and sharing, thus leaving no significant footprint after employee dismissal. The new feature duplicates email in the intranet, stores messages in dedicated discussions with shared user access rights and indexes it for the D.I.G. (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/in…earch.php) enterprise search engine.
The integrated SMTP server sorts incoming email to dedicated discussions in Bitrix Intranet Portal and delivers notifications about group announcements, replies and new topics back to user inboxes. This way, employees can leverage the workgroup collaboration even without logging into the intranet portal.
Security above all
Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 makes a huge step forward in security with the improvement of the integrated PRO+PRO™ security framework (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/security.php), which goes far beyond traditional intranet protection. Thanks to the new anti-virus module, the product prevents malicious code distribution to end users and provides both detection and disinfection capabilities for automatic purging of infected code. In combination with embedded backup and integrity control, the web anti-virus dramatically amplifies the overall product security, minimizes downtime, and ensures industry-leading business continuity and reputation protection.
The module performs real-time HTML code scanning, identifies and cuts suspicious iframe and javascript blocks, and informs the website administrator about the detected threat. It combines rule-based behavior blocking and signature-based anti-virus technologies to combat, with 90% efficiency, both known and unknown malware which other systems would simply pass along to site users.
Business process management
Confirming its status as a technological pioneer in Enterprise 2.0 business process management, Bitrix has added a number of important enhancements to this module (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/features/business_processes.php). Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 allows for more effective business process design and monitoring by leveraging new collaborative and fundamental features.
Now, a process can be initiated with regards to a document or a routine activity, owners can modify the process at any stage of its implementation, users can receive assignments directly to their calendars and tasks as well as receive notifications via instant messenger or e-mail. The business processes visual constructor received new functions like issue escalation and decision-making timeout, while the product is now equipped with additional templates for typical activity like business trips and vacation request handling.
Equipped with an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and extreme ease of use, the module provides businesses an opportunity for significant improvement of intranet ROI by boosting employee productivity, internal interoperability, and user satisfaction.
Last but not least
Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 experienced several other enhancements which are spearheading the evolving Enterprise 2.0 market and driven by user demand. The product enables automatic visual representation of organization’s structure with details received directly from Active Directory or entered manually. The user interface was endowed with extended tooltips when browsing employee profiles. The workgroups appearance has changed, offering more comprehensive control, monitoring, intuitive navigation and customization with full support of tags and tag-based search.
Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 supports the latest versions of the most popular browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and Opera for PC and Mac. The product contains the capability of smart connecting of huge data storages to make them available for intranet users in a matter of seconds. The photo gallery module underwent a major revamp, allowing better image uploading, adjusting and presentation.
Customers also receive extended customization options to craft their solution according to certain business needs. Organizations can create their own private and public grids to present a unified display of data scattered among multiple sources and reflecting heterogeneous information stores like partner lists, knowledge bases, etc.
“Wrapped in a highly-customizable mashup-style user interface, Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 offers a very attractive employee workspace which makes adoption of this intranet solution fast and painless, as described by users themselves. As a result, businesses can easily capitalize on the social dimension of work and leverage profound employee involvement,” said Dmitry Valyanov, President of Bitrix, Inc.
Pricing
Customers can purchase a 25-User Base Pack (starting from US$1799) and the necessary number of user licenses exceeding 25 (US$40 per user). Options for unlimited users and a special offer for Hosting Providers are also available.
Upgrade options
Users of previous versions of Bitrix Intranet Portal are entitled to a free upgrade to any edition of version 9.0 if they have purchased within the last 12 months or are subscribed. The upgrade is only one click away – it can be done in realtime and fully automatically using the SiteUpdate (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/siteupdate.php) module.
Availability
Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 is available immediately. The product can be purchased from Bitrix partners or online (http://www.bitrixsoft.com/buy/intranet.php).
Support
The price of Bitrix Intranet Portal 9.0 includes a one-year subscription for technical support and updates. Further yearly renewals can be purchased for 22% of the product price.
Additional Resources
What’s new in Bitrix® Intranet Portal 9.0: <a href="http://bitrixsoft.com/video/eng_guides/bip90highlights.flv">http://bitrixsoft.com/video/eng_guides/bip90highlights.flv</a> Features list: <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/features/index.php">http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/features/index.php</a> Instant online demo: <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/demo.php">http://www.bitrixsoft.com/products/intranet/demo.php</a> Free 30-day trial: <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/download/intranet/index.php">http://www.bitrixsoft.com/download/intranet/index.php</a> Screenshots: <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/mediagallery/screenshots.php">http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/mediagallery/screenshots.php</a> Virtual Press Office: <a href="http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/ ">http://www.bitrixsoft.com/pressoffice/ </a>

Bitrix Enriches Enterprise 2.0 with Cutting-Edge Communication and Collaboration Features

We have some exciting news to announce. Osmek is finally official, and now it's open to anyone. You can sign up instantly at <a href="http://osmek.com">osmek.com</a>.
What is Osmek &amp; What's so great about it?
When Kemso began building &amp; designing sites for people we realized that one of the biggest needs for our clients was content management. We wanted to provide this so we began building our own CMS. After a year or so we realized that drastic improvements to the CMS were happening drastically fast. The problem was that there was no good way to upgrade all the CMS's we had already installed without significant time and effort. Enter Osmek. Osmek is a cloud CMS. It exists independently of the sites it manages, allowing every customer to receive the benefits of upgrades and new features.
The best part about a cloud CMS is that you can access it from anywhere. Osmek can run 1 site or 100 sites, at 100 different urls on 100 different servers. That means that if you use Osmek to manage your site, you can also use it to manage content on another site, or server at the same time. 1 single update can push out to all your locations.
It's all in the API
Osmek's API is what makes it all happen. Most services release an API to give power users access to certain parts of their offering. With Osmek, the API is the core of the service. It's how your site interacts with Osmek. The coolest part about the API is that it's uber flexible. It will give you access to just about any piece of data in your account, in just about any format you could want. JSON, XML, HTML, Serialized PHP, it's all there.
But we think the most powerful part of the API is it's template processing ability. You post a template to Osmek, and it will return it filled with the content from your account. This makes integration and site development easier and faster than ever. Learn more about template parsing at the <a href="http://osmek.com/user_guide">user guide</a>.
Get started
We'll be posting more about Osmek's features and functionality over the next several months, but the best thing you can do if you're insterested is head over to <a href="http://osmek.com">osmek.com</a> and sign up for a free account. Give it a try! If you run into trouble, open a new discussion on our <a href="http://support.osmek.com">support</a> site and we'll help you out.

Osmek a New Kind of CMS, Built in the Cloud

Team Jaws announce the release of Jaws 0.8.13, changes since 0.8.12 are:
Note: This release fixes some security issues, all users are encouraged to update.
<ul>
<li>Moved xss filter requests to Jaws core, for increase security</li>
<li>Storing edited language via Languages gadget into data directory</li>
<li>Improved Blog archive action to support Jalali calendar</li>
<li>Added set specific category as default action to Blog gadget</li>
<li>Added file template inclusion to Jaws template engine</li>
<li>Fixed upgrading method of Blog gadget</li>
<li>Updated Catalan translation</li>
<li>Added a new themes: oxidation</li>
<li>and other minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
for more information and download please visit: <a href="http://www.jaws-project.com">Jaws Project</a>

Jaws 0.8.13 released

SilverStripe 2.4 has been released and this release comes with a ton of new changes, highlighted below.
<h3>Hierarchical URLs</h3>
If your website contains a large number of pages, you may find SilverStripe's default way of handling URLs a little limiting. Until now, URLs could only be one level deep, for example:
<pre>http://website.com/new-york-staff-john-smith</pre>
With hierarchical URLs, the address for such a page might be:
<pre>http://website.com/offices/new-york/staff/john-smith</pre>
One of the principles of this feature is that it provides a logical “bread crumb” for a page. Each URL segment (as separated by a slash) is a page in itself that can be visited. Hierarchical URLs also reduce the problem of “running out” of URLs, where you might be forced to have URLs like http://website.com/staff-2.
SilverStripe 2.4 allows you to run the website in either simple or hierarchical URL mode.
Huge thanks go to Andrew Short, a member of our developer community based in Australia, who is responsible for writing most of this feature.
<h3>Microsoft SQL Server database support</h3>
We have seen strong demand for SilverStripe to run on the Microsoft platform—in recent months there have been tens of thousands of downloads via the Microsoft.com web application gallery alone. We have therefore worked hard to allow SilverStripe to natively run on a SQL Server 2008 database, eliminating the requirement to run SilverStripe on MySQL (though, of course, it still runs great on MySQL). We're really happy with the results, and we have government websites like www.gw.govt.nz already running on this platform.
Running SilverStripe on SQL Server requires the installation of the SilverStripe SQL Server module.
<h3>PostgreSQL database support</h3>
SilverStripe 2.4 can also run on a PostgreSQL 8.3 or later database. We are continuosly testing this feature; however, our testing has not been as extensive as it has been for Microsoft SQL Server. We'd love for you to install SilverStripe 2.4 with the PostgreSQL Database Support module and let us know how it goes.
<h3>Performance and memory use optimisations</h3>
Memory use optimisations mean that the CMS backend interface for the “Site Content” section easily scales to well over 10,000 pages. Changes include:
<ul>
<li>Performance improvements around Object and ViewableData property access.</li>
<li>Improved unit test execution speed.</li>
<li>Decreased memory usage in “Files &amp; Images” section.</li>
<li>Ability to cache parts of templates, providing a middle ground between the speed of fully cached pages and the richness of fully dynamic database-driven pages.</li>
<li>Batch action handling handles larger tree structures, provides better visual feedback, and respects permissions on individual pages.</li>
<li>Tests that SilverStripe is compatible with Microsoft's new WinCache PHP bytecode cache. Anecdotal tests show that WinCache provides a 50% speed improvement in generating SilverStripe webpages.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Introducing roles</h3>
SilverStripe has long had support for setting granular security permissions on pages. Users can be a member of one or more groups, and groups can be configured to have various system rights. We also allow various view and edit permissions on a page-by-page basis. This provides a great deal of flexibility, but in complex organisations the task of setting up the permission structures can mean spending a lot of time creating security groups.
With SilverStripe 2.4 we've made it easier to manage more complex security configurations with the introduction of roles. Roles allows you to create groupings of people who
<ul>
<li>Have the same system rights (e.g., access to create pages but not create users.)</li>
<li>Have those rights for different sections of a website (e.g., news section, product catalogue, corporate profile, etc.)</li>
</ul>
Roles are optional.
<h3>Other security features</h3>
<ul>
<li>A group can be limited to only edit a certain language in the CMS.</li>
<li>Team members can get permissions to see the draft version of a page in preview mode without requiring CMS access.</li>
<li>Pages of type “Virtual Page” have improved stability in regards to their permission control, translation, and publication.</li>
<li>More fine-grained permission control for translators.</li>
<li>Better XSS security of the autologin token by using HTTPOnly cookies.</li>
<li>More secure against brute force login attempts.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Other key improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li>Our new SiteConfig feature allows you to store site-wide settings including permissions and languages used on your site.</li>
<li>The CMS now searches for broken internal links to other pages and broken file references, and highlights them in the WYSIWYG editor. A report can be used to show broken links across the website.</li>
<li>Improved API to allow custom tags to be parsed within CMS content before being presented on webpages.</li>
<li>Improved reporting API to unify the CMS sidebar reports and full-page reports on their own section. It's easier to add custom filters to reports.</li>
<li>Added dropdown to choose from existing anchor links when inserting a link from the CMS sidebar.</li>
<li>Improved broken link detection.</li>
<li>Removed the jsparty/ toplevel folder, and moved all its dependencies into sapphire/thirdparty and cms/thirdparty.</li>
<li>More than 350 bugfix and enhancement commits, plus over 200 minor changes.</li>
</ul>
learn more: <a href="http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-4-release-a-significant-step-forward/">http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-4-release-a-significant-step-forward/</a>

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Toolchain V.O.F. shifts Joomla! CMS template creation a gear with the launch of Template Builder, a online template editor.
Some features include online managing, storage and editing of templates. This feature allows users to edit their template online, anytime and anywhere.
What's more, Template Builder allows users to share their templates after creation, export them directly into Joomla! with URL export and create unique templates without programming skills.
All templates created are trademark free and can be distributed for free or sold. The Template Builder community can vote on the next features to be added into Template Builder.
Template Builder requires no installation and runs completely in the browser, allowing support for all operating systems such as Windows, Mac &amp; Linux.

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Day Software Holding AG (SIX: DAYN, OTCQX: DYIHY), an enterprise software provider of Web 2.0 content management and content infrastructure software, today announced the release of CRX 2.1, Day’s open, standards-based Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform. Day’s new CRX 2.1 release promotes rapid development, deployment and scalable hosting of composite content applications in either a public or private Cloud. Based on an open source core comprised of the Apache Jackrabbit, Felix and Sling projects, CRX 2.1 provides a core Java Content Repository (JCR) with OSGI-based application integration and RESTful web application development.
With a modern, open, standards-based architecture, CRX 2.1 enables IT to virtualize disparate content repositories and application services and consolidate development and hosting of mission-critical Web applications on a single unified platform for increased productivity and compliance. Purpose-built for Cloud-based deployments, CRX 2.1 also enables IT to leverage Cloud service providers like an Amazon Web Services (AWS) to dramatically reduce costs and accelerate new initiatives.
“As an ECM platform for composite content applications, CRX 2.1 is targeted to meet the needs of both CIOs and IT developers,” said David Nuescheler, Chief Technology Officer, Day Software. “For CIOs, we provide an open, standards-based infrastructure to consolidate development of new composite content applications and deliver radically low development and hosting costs through our native support of the Cloud. For IT developers, we add support for the latest content management standards, including both JSR-283 and CMIS. With a focus on promoting IT agility, we’ve also added an entire new suite of productivity tools for the IT developer, and support for sharing and leveraging community contributions to accelerate project timelines.”
Highlights of Day’s new CRX 2.1 release include:
Open Standards
CRX 2.1 adds support for both the JSR-283 and CMIS standards. JSR-283 support follows the December ratification of this successor standard to JSR-170, capping a multi-year effort led by CTO David Nuescheler in the Java Community Process (JCP) and Apache Jackrabbit project. Along with support for JCR 2.0, CRX 2.1 also adds support for the upcoming CMIS standard, which is scheduled for final voting and ratification 30 April 2010. CRX’s support for CMIS follows nearly one year after Day’s announcement of the Apache Chemistry project to provide a common, vendor-neutral reference implementation of the CMIS standard to promote development and adoption of the new standard. With major vendors like SAP and OpenText part of the Apache Chemistry project, CRX 2.1 provides standardized support for CMIS in addition to support for JCR.
Virtualization and IT Consolidation
Day extends CRX’s virtual repository to extend a JSR-283 and CMIS interface to leading enterprise content management repositories, including Microsoft SharePoint. Leveraging CRX 2.1, organizations can now federate any number of Microsoft SharePoint servers to provide a consolidated platform for composite content application development leveraging industry-standards.
Rapid Composite Content Application Development
CRX 2.1 introduces new tools for developer productivity. For web developers, CRX 2.1 introduces a new browser-based development environment, CRXDE Lite, that offers code-editing, packaging and deployment support for composite content applications, along with integration with leading source code management (SCM) systems like Subversion. For developers building and testing new CRX-based content applications in the Cloud, CRXDE Lite’s browser-based experience simplifies the development process and provides a fun-to-use developer experience.
On-Demand Scalability with the Cloud
CRX 2.1 adds new support for elastic storage capability with native support for Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3. Leveraging S3, enterprise customers can scale their Amazon-hosted content repositories on-demand. CRX 2.1 also now pioneers a new hybrid Cloud deployment model, enabling enterprise customers deploying on-premises software to rapidly add new CRX servers in the Cloud on-demand to accommodate increased site or application loads. With CRX 2.1, these new instances can be “hot-joined” to a running on-premises cluster with zero downtime, enabling organizations to build virtual clusters across both on-premises and off-premises servers to best leverage elastic scalability through the Cloud.
Cloud-hosted PackageShare Service
In addition to its native Cloud support, Day also introduces with CRX 2.1 its first Cloud-hosted service, PackageShare. PackageShare is Day’s online service for enabling CRX developers worldwide to package and share composite content applications, providing a global catalog of pre-built solutions and components. CRX developers can browse PackageShare directly from their CRX development environment, download, install and subscribe to updates for packages shared by other developers in the CRX community. CRX developers can easily post new packages to PackageShare, view community feedback and ratings on posted packages, and easily find new, useful packages leveraging integrated search and pre-set filters.
Chief Marketing Officer Kevin Cochrane commented on the new release, “CRX 2.1 is an exciting new release because it provides the IT department with greater agility. Our new capabilities are designed for rapid development of new composite content applications, native support of the Cloud and expanded standards support with JSR-283 and CMIS, including for the Microsoft Sharepoint platform. We are looking forward to engaging with the community of JCR developers on our free developer edition of CRX 2.1 and growing our online catalog of ECM solutions through our PackageShare service.”
Day Software’s CRX 2.1 Developer Edition is immediately available from Day’s website at http://www.day.com/downloadcrx. Online documentation for CRX 2.1, including for CRX 2.1’s new SharePoint Connector, can also be found on Day’s website at http://docs.day.com.
About Day 
 
Day Software is the ECM pioneer that leading global enterprises rely on for their Web 2.0 content application and content infrastructure needs. Day’s Content Repository Extreme (CRX) is the industry’s leading Java Content Repository (JCR) that provides unique virtualization services to consolidate legacy repositories and unique cloud computing services to lower IT operational costs. Day’s CQ5 platform provides industry-leading Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management and Social Collaboration in a single, unified suite and won the 2009 InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award for “Best Web CMS”.
Day is an international company with headquarters in Basel, Switzerland and Boston, Massachusetts, traded since April 2000 on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and “Over the Counter” (OTC) as American Depositary Receipts (OTCQX:DYIHY). Day’s customers are worldwide leading global enterprises, including: Adobe, Audi, Volkswagen, Daimler, General Motors, Nissan, Newsweek, MTV Networks, Virgin Media, University of Phoenix, InterContinental Hotels Group and McDonald’s.
Day Software's website is <a href="http://www.day.com">http://www.day.com</a>

Day Software Advances Standards Support with New CMIS and JSR-283-compliant ECM Platform

<img title="joomla_logo" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/03/joomla-product-logo.jpg" style="max-width:150px" />Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM), the not-for-profit organization that supports the Joomla! Project, today announced that Microsoft ® has signed the Joomla! Contributor Agreement (JCA), the project’s new general public license (GPL). As a result, Joomla! users will experience improved Internet Information Services (IIS) compatibility and support in Joomla! 1.5.16. In addition, key Microsoft code contributions will be included in the trunk of the upcoming Joomla! 1.6, allowing the system to benefit from increased speed and efficiency by leveraging the Windows® Cache Extension for PHP.
“Microsoft signing the JCA is big news for the Joomla! community. Not only is this the largest organization to ever contribute code and to agree to the terms of our contributor agreement, but this means Joomla! users will get improved performance and usability of Joomla! on Microsoft’s IIS,” said Ryan Ozimek, President of Open Source Matters. “We’ve always had a portion of our community that has been IIS-based, yet we haven’t been able to offer the ideal level of IIS support and integration. With the new agreement in place, Joomla! will not only offer tighter ties with IIS, but our community can better work with Microsoft to make improvements or address future engineering issues. We're very happy to have Microsoft as part of our GPL development community.”
Joomla! community members have been working closely with the Microsoft team and have integrated the Joomla! package with Web Platform Installer. In addition, by utilizing Microsoft test environments, the team has been optimizing Joomla! to run better on IIS. With the release of Joomla! 1.5.16, the community has solved some long-standing compatibility issues that will allow the system to be supported on the same level as Apache. Furthermore, Joomla! 1.6 will include code for Windows Cache integration, further improving speed and code efficiency.
For those interested in trying Windows Cache integration now, you can get more information on how to run it with Joomla! 1.5 at <a href="http://blogs.iis.net/donraman/archive/2010/03/05/performance-improvement-in-joomla-using-wincache-user-cache.aspx" target="_blank">http://blogs.iis.net/donraman/archive/2010/03/05/performance-improvement-in-joomla-using-wincache-user-cache.aspx</a>
About Open Source Matters, Inc. and the Joomla! Project 
Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM) is a not-for-profit organization that helps to manage and support the Joomla! Project. Joomla! is the industry’s leading open source content management system (CMS). For more information visit <a href="http://www.opensourcematters.org/" target="_blank">www.OpenSourceMatters.org</a> or <a href="http://www.joomla.org/" target="_blank">www.joomla.org</a>.

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