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matt-garrepy

Like many other hosted website builders, <a href="http://www.gutensite.com" target="_blank"> Gutensite </a>  allows you to easily create a simple and beautiful website in as little time as it takes you to figure out what you want to say. And because of its robust framework, advanced functionality, and ability to customize anything , Gutensite has become a refuge for non-profit and business websites that realize they need more than just a pretty online brochure and contact form.
If you want to stand out from the crowd and make sure your website brings you value, you need to optimize the design and functionality of your website to help you achieve your unique conversion goals . A good website should empower your clients/members and integrate with your existing business processes. On the Gutensite platform, you can work with directly their team or a third party designer/developer to customize your design and functionality. Or if you are ambitious you can customize the design the yourself and this tutorial will show you how.
Gutensite provides many <a href="http://www.gutensite.com/Free-Website-Designs" target="_blank"> beautiful, free design templates </a>  to get you started, so you can either tweak the template that is closest to what you want, or start completely from scratch. If you are a designer (or just adventurous), you can access the design files to work directly with the HTML, CSS and Javascript. Gutensite also uses the <a href="http://www.smarty.net/docsv2/en/" target="_blank"> Smarty templating engine </a>  to introduce logic and system variables into your HTML, so it’s very powerful.
<h2>Getting Started</h2>
From your Admin home page in the main “Content” tab, click on the “Design” icon and in the left sidebar, click on “ Design Files ”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/01_-_gutensite_design_files_folder_structure700x0.png" alt="Gutensite folder structure for editing your design files." />
On this page you will see the structure of your website, with folders related to whatever content types you have activated on your site. Gutensite has core system files that all websites use, but it will first look in your template to see if a “better” version of the file exists and use that instead. And if you customize a file personally for your website, the system will use that file instead of the template or core file. The folder view shows all these files as if they were “stacked” on top of each other so you can only see the “best” version. Colors are used to indicate which version your site is using:
<ul>
<li>
 black : the default core system files.
</li>
<li>
 red : files that have been customized for the template you are using.
</li>
<li>
 green : files that you have customized for yourself.
</li>
</ul>
Whenever you edit a file, the CMS makes a copy of the core or template version and puts it in your custom files. You can easily restore the original if you make a mistake.
<h2>Which Files to Edit</h2>
Gutensite uses common file extensions to help you figure out which file to edit:
<ul>
<li> HTML/Smarty (layout and elements): .tpl</li>
<li> CSS (styling): .css</li>
<li> Javascript (interactivity): .js</li>
</ul>
Each content type has it's own folder (e.g. /blog/), but all the generic website files are located in the /site/ folder. Below are some common files you may want to edit:
<ul>
<li>
<h3> Layout </h3>
<ul>
<li> Home Page: /site/site.home.tpl</li>
<li> Secondary Pages Shell: /site/site.shell.tpl
<ul>
<li>This is the shell that surrounds all the secondary pages content.</li>
<li>You can create custom shells for special landing pages or sections if you want, e.g. /site/site.shell_Store.tpl and then in the CMS you can assign a single page or an entire section of the site to use that alternative shell.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Header: /site/includes/site.header.tpl
<ul>
<li>Usually a reusable header file is included in the home page and shell.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Footer: /site/includes/site.footer.tpl
<ul>
<li>Usually a reusable footer file is included in the home page and shell.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Modules: /site/includes/site.module.*.tpl
<ul>
<li>These are the templates for various promo modules you may include on your home page or other pages.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Content Type Layouts: e.g. /blog/blog.home.tpl or /blog/blog.details.tpl
<ul>
<li>Any special content types will have their own folder and generally consist of a list page (multiple records on a page) and a details page (single record on a page).</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<h3> Style </h3>
<ul>
<li> Site Design Styles: /site/css/site.css
<ul>
<li>These styles will load on every page of the site.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Core Styles: /site/css/core.css
<ul>
<li>These styles will also load on every page of the site, and include some default styles that the CMS will use. It can be customized or completely gutted and replaced with your favorite CSS framework (e.g. Twitter Bootstrap). But be aware that you probably want to keep some of the default classes for errors and other system generated content.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li> Content Type Styles: e.g. /blog/css/blog.css and /blog/css/core.css
<ul>
<li>Any special content types (e.g. blog) has it’s own css that you can customize, which works just like the general /site/ content type.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Example 1 – Changing Font and Color</h2>
Let’s say we want to change the default font and theme color of our template. The first thing we should do is go to our website and use your browser’s developer tools to “inspect element” that has the color we want to change in order to find the CSS that is styling these elements. Every browser has a developer mode (which you need to enable) that will let you do this. If you use Chrome, <a href="https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/"> read this tutorial explaining how to inspect elements </a> (it will be similar for other browsers).
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/02_-_find_correct_element700x0.png" alt="Find the correct element on the page that has the style you want to change." />
Use the inspector to click through the DOM to find the element that has the styles. You can change the values directly in the inspector to test your new styles live.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/04_-_editing_the_color700x0.png" alt="Edit the background color of the element on the page." />
The inspector will also tell you the file where the css is located (e.g. site.css) and the class or id name controlling the style for that element.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/03_-_finding_the_class.png" alt="Find the relevant CSS class that controls the styles for the element." />
Once you know the file and class, you can find and edit the design file in the Admin and make the change. In this case, we’ll edit the .home_main_content class in / site/css/site.css and change the background-color from #FF7A4D to #E2D75A .
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/05_-_edit_the_site_css700x0.png" alt="Edit the site CSS and change the background color." />
You may want to search the rest of the CSS for the original value and swap out your new value so that the new color is used everywhere the old color was used.
To change the font, repeat the process to find the font for a specific element. Or if you want to change the font for the entire site, edit the same /site/css/site.css file and at the top you’ll see the body element styles, i.e. change: “font-family” to some acceptable font style. We recommend using <a href="http://www.google.com/fonts/"> Google Fonts </a> for free and easy fonts to include beyond the basic web fonts. You can use @import method to add the font to the top of your CSS and <a href="https://developers.google.com/fonts/docs/getting_started?hl=en"> follow their tutorial for more instructions </a> .
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/06_-_edit_font_family700x0.png" alt="Edit the site CSS and change the font family to a font included with @import." />
<h2>Example 2 – Add Variables or Logic to your Templates</h2>
Let’s say you want to add a custom button to the Shell that goes back to the last page the user was on, but if they visited the page directly you want the button to go back to a default page.
So first you want to edit the template file, e.g. /site/site.shell.tpl and add the element to the html. You can find a list of available variables by looking at the <a href="http://gutensite.com/gutensite/v/2.0/docs/1.0/installs/Standard-Variables"> Gutensite 1.0 docs variable page </a> . You can also add {debug} to the template and then view your page in report mode (http://www.domain.com?report=gutensite) which will make Smarty show you all the variables that are available (in a popup window).
The variable we want is {$PAGE_TRACKING.last} (which shows the url for the last visited page). After we know the variable, we just just use Smarty to add some logic around a link to go back to the previous page. Something like this:
<pre>{* Add Button to Go to Last Page *}{if !empty($PAGE_TRACKING.last)} &lt;a href="{$PAGE_TRACKING.last}"&gt;Go Back&lt;/a&gt;{else} &lt;a	href="/"&gt;Go Home&lt;/a&gt;{/if}</pre>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/07_-_add_logic_button_to_go_back700x0.png" alt="Add Smarty Logic to the HTML template to make a button that goes to the last page." />
This is just a very basic introduction, but Gutensite's open framework allows you to literally customize anything within your skill level. To learn more, read through <a href="http://www.gutensite.com/How-To-Customize-The-Website-Design-Files"> Gutensite's advanced design editing documentation </a> or call their customer service and ask for help. Happy coding!

How to Customize Your Own Website Design on Gutensite

mike-johnston

<a href="https://www.shopify.com/" target="_blank"> Shopify</a> has partnered up with Pinterest and Coinbase to bring their users Rich Pins and a new way to accept Bitcoins as payment.
As one of the world's leading eCommerce solutions, Shopify has a wealth of features ranging from a user-friendly interface to physical store Point of Sale (POS) systems.
These two new features have been announced just days apart, making it a pretty good week for Shopify users who make use of Pinterest and Bitcoin. Here's a deeper look at each update.
<h2>Snazzy Pinterest Rich Pins</h2>
<a href="/shopify" target="_blank"> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/feature_f0825095-06fc-4ccc-8d2b-8220bfe8bf29700x0.jpg" alt="Shopify" /> </a> 
<a href="http://business.pinterest.com/en/rich-pins" target="_blank"> Pinterest Rich Pins</a> are enhanced Pinterest Pins that contain additional information within the Pin. There are five types of Rich Pins – Movie, Place, Recipe, Article, and Product. Online retailers can benefit from Product Pins which include real-time pricing and stock availability.
Before this update, Shopify users needed to add meta tag data to their site's code in order to set up Rich Pins. We’ve partnered with Pinterest to make the process much easier for our merchants. As of today, any images Pinned from Shopify product pages (by the merchant or their visitors) will be automatically published as Rich Pins.
Here's how Pinterest Rich Pins can help Shopify merchants:
<ul>
<li> Click-Through Rate: Improvement in CTR for many merchants. Target reported a  <a href="http://blog.ubervu.com/latest-pins-pinterest-brand-can-use-article-rich-place-pins.html" target="_blank"> 70% increase in traffic from Pinterest</a> when Rich Pins were enabled.</li>
<li> Discoverability:  Images become eligible for Pinterest’s own curated categories. The “ <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/gifts/" target="_blank"> Gifts </a> ” feed, for example, only considers Rich Pins for inclusion.</li>
<li> Price Notifications:  If you reduce the price of your product or run a sale, customers who repinned your products will receive an email from Pinterest notifying them of the price drop and prompting them to buy.</li>
</ul>
Here are some more details, along with how to <a href="http://docs.shopify.com/manual/settings/checkout-and-payment/payment-gateway#coinbase" target="_blank">get started with Rich Pins on Shopify</a>.
<h2>A Bit of Bitcoin</h2>
<a href="/shopify" target="_blank"> <img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/coinbase700x0.jpg" alt="Shopify" /> </a>
Also, following some beta testing from selected Shopify users, Coinbase's services have been drafted in to help Shopify users accept Bitcoin more easily.
Bitcoin is a digitl currency and a peer-to-peer online financial network that people use to send payments to eachother. The video below helps explain n a little more detail.
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Coinbase is an international bitcoin wallet and platform service already used by companies like Expedia and Google. Shopify's newly introduced Coinbase integration can be used alongside other payment services, like  <a href="https://www.shopify.com/payments" target="_blank"> Shopify Payments</a> and PayPal.
Coinbase offers a two-click checkout experience and simple refunds that make accepting bitcoin payments easy and convenient. All Shopify merchants can currently use Coinbase to accept bitcoin and anyone with a U.S. bank account can convert their bitcoin to USD.
Here's some more information, along with how to <a href="http://docs.shopify.com/manual/settings/checkout-and-payment/payment-gateway#coinbase" target="_blank">start accepting Bitcoin with Coinbase on Shopify</a>.
To get started with Shopify today, <a href="https://www.shopify.com/" target="_blank"> check out their website</a>.
Also, don't forget to check out  <a href="/products/shopify/" target="_blank"> Shopify via our CMS Directory</a>.

Shopify Announces Pinterest Rich Pins and New Bitcoin Payment Option

The sad truth of the matter is that there are plenty of ways for intruders (and those with bad intentions) to cause website owners a ton of grief. This can range from attacking your website for the purpose of simply taking it down to attempting to hack it to spread malware. To combat this, it's important to be prepared. In this article, we'll share with you how to secure a website in 5 steps.
In fact, a <a href="http://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/wordpress-news/statistics-70-percent-wordpress-installations-vulnerable/">study conducted by WP White Security</a> found that 73% of all WordPress installations contained known vulnerabilities that would have quickly and easily been found through the utilization of automated tools.
It’s these types of security holes that have resulted in cyber criminals hacking into over 170,000 back in 2012 alone – a number that is probably even higher by now.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/how-to-secure-your-cms.jpeg" alt="how-to-secure-your-cms" />
<h2>What makes websites vulnerable to hacking?</h2>
Websites are appealing targets to hackers for a wide variety of reasons, mainly the number of weak entry points – such as the numerous plugins available for CMS like WordPress.
Many people assume that, because CMS like WordPress and Drupal are highly popular and recognized names, there must be some form of protection. They can’t just leave all of their users vulnerable, right?
Think again.
CMS are inherently open to attack because of the fact their foundation is an open source framework. These types of shared development environments have myriad benefits, but they also come with just as many issues.
Because of the popularity of the top CMS available out there, the security holes within these systems are actively being identified and targeted, both by the good guys (security research teams) and the bad guys (cyber criminals).
Once these holes have been found, they turn that particular CMS into treasure troves of data for cyber criminals, even to the point of creating an entry point for automated attacks on a massive scale.
To add salt to the wound, there are users who use the same passwords for all of their accounts, or even just use weak passwords. These leave their admin accounts open to attacks, even if they aren’t aware of it. This can result in their websites being injected with all sorts of malware and escalating the issue beyond the point of control.
These issues can even result in the websites becoming blacklisted by Google and other search engines, which adversely affects their business or brand as a whole.
<h2>How to get started securing a website</h2>
There are numerous things users can do to secure a website against vulnerabilities and fortify their systems from attack.
These include:
<h3>Using a strong password</h3>
To begin with, if your website is powered by a popular CMS such as WordPress, you want to makes sure that you secure it with a very strong password. Hackers and anyone using a WordPress website themselves are very familiar with how to access the administration interface and begin attempting to login.
Even if you are not using WordPress, it doesn't take much effort to scan a website for a login / admin interface so be sure that if someone DOES find this interface, they have no chance of logging in and taking over your website.
<h4>How to set up a strong password to secure a website</h4>
Always secure with a strong password to make this process harder for hackers and other cyber criminals. Additionally, you’re going to want to hash the password(s) you use by implementing a <a href="https://auth0.com/blog/hashing-passwords-one-way-road-to-security/">slow hashing algorithm</a>.
BONUS: Block the IP for at least one minute after x amount of password authentication failures. Three is the recommended amount of attempts before IP blocking.
Use a secure password generator to create something that is next to impossible to guess: <a href="https://www.lastpass.com/password-generator">LastPass Secure Password Generator</a>
<h3>Having a firewall in place is another important way to secure a website</h3>
Setting up a firewall will not only further secure your website / CMS, but it will also help you keep an eye on suspicious activity and track them by providing a related IP address for the source of that activity.
Once you’ve detected and found suspicious activity, you can then blacklist the IP the firewall provided.
Having said that, if you are not the type who wants to have to do these things manually, then it's a good idea to put in place a security service to do so for you. Most of the offerings out there are relatively reasonable in price and will save you a lot of headaches.
<h4>Our recommended website security company:</h4>
SiteGuarding.com
I recommend putting in place a website security service such as <a href="http://bit.ly/cc-siteguarding">SiteGuarding.com</a> to keep your website safe from hacking attempts. SiteGuarding is a security service that protects your website against malware and hacker exploits.
<h3>3 . ALWAYS Backup your CMS</h3>
This is one of the most essential aspects of CMS and website security and is actually just an overall good habit to have.
Have a backup system in place that will make it possible to recover your website in the event something happens. Always make sure your backups are updated as much as possible to avoid any security vulnerabilities or further problems down the road.
BONUS: Make sure your CMS and any extensions it may have are updated. These upgrades should be double-checked to ensure they are fully compatible with your system before you allow or make them. Of course, you’re always going to want to backup your CMS before conducting these updates.
If you currently don't have a means of backing up your website, we recommend going with a solid hosting company that offers this service for free.
Here are a few we recommend that have daily backups:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-7040701-10833186">GoDaddy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kinsta.com?kaid=QQMMZOGRMCQE">Kinsta – If you run WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bluehost.com/">BlueHost</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>4 . Protect against SQL-injections</h3>
An SQL-injection is a cyber attack that embeds malicious code within your CMS and its backend database. Once it’s in there, that malicious code then creates database query results and / or actions that you definitely do not want executed.
There are several types of SQL-injections and they enable the cyber criminal to do a whole variety of things. These include:
<ul>
<li>Editing, deleting, reading, or adding to the content of your CMS</li>
<li>Accessing and reading source code from the files on the CMS server</li>
<li>Write files to the server</li>
</ul>
While it is true that any one of those things relies heavily upon the capabilities of the cyber criminal, any SQL-injection can still lead to you losing control of your database and web server.
In order to prevent this from happening, <a href="https://www.netsparker.com/blog/web-security/understanding-sql-injection-protection/">use prepared statements</a>, as these separate the structure and data. This allows the SQL server to interpret them without being open and vulnerable to a hacker that is trying to alter the structure of the SQL query for their own malicious purposes.
The best way to protect against these is to implement a website security service that will keep your site protected against attacks. Here's an example of an excellent one: <a href="http://bit.ly/cc-siteguarding">Site Guarding</a>
<h3>5 . Get an SSL Certificate</h3>
An SSL certificate (secure sockets layer) is the standard security technology that is used to produce an encrypted link that goes between the web server and the browser. It is this link that will ensure that the data that goes between the server and the browser will stay private and secure.
Adding an SSL certificate to your domain will not only add an additional layer of security to your CMS, but will also help with SEO because it tends to get your website ranked higher in search engines.
If you don't yet have an SSL certificate, <a href="https://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=1188781&amp;u=407830&amp;m=46483&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=">get one here</a>.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/how-to-secure-your-cms-1.jpeg" alt="how-to-secure-your-cms-1" />
<h2>Final Thoughts</h2>
Website security is one of those things that can truly be considered a “Catch-22” type of situation.
The more cyber criminals are out there trying to gain access into people’s CMS, the more security researchers crack down on it and come with new methods of protection. The greater the security becomes, the harder the cyber criminals will work to gain access – and they do like challenges.
It’s really an ongoing battle that is seemingly without end.
But, where does that leave you and your CMS?
It’s hard to say for sure where your CMS lies within the cyber criminal-infested waters, but there are things you can do to ensure your CMS is as secure as you can possibly make it. These five methods of security will help reduce threats to your CMS and help keep your data out of jeopardy.

How to Secure a Website in 5 Steps

<a href="http://modx.com/" target="_blank"> MODX </a>  have announced the release of <a href="http://modx.com/blog/2014/07/15/revolution-2.3-brings-a-revamped-manager-user-experience-and-much-more/" target="_blank"> MODX Revolution 2.3 </a> . This long-awaited and “huge” release incorporates over a thousand commits by dozens of code contributors, translators, and bug reporters.
MODX offers customizable core to fit almost any project requirement or scale. It aims to be the go-to product for projects involving a multi-domain global presence, a mobile API, or anything in between.
Revolution 2.3 features a refined and updated MODX Manager, boasting a new and improved theme. In 2.3, the user friendly and less intimidating workspace enables you to build and manage your sites faster and easier.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/modx-2_3_1-manager-ui-search-2.png" alt="MODX Revolution 2.3" />
<h2>Faster, Sleeker, More Accessible &amp; More Secure</h2>
Here's what users can expect from MODX Revolution 2.3 in terms of the newly improved MODX Manager User Experience:
<ul>
<li>Noticeably faster page and screen loading / more performant ExtJS DOM</li>
<li>New überbar to find any Resource, Element or User by a variety of criteria</li>
<li>All new default Manager theme with Gravatar support</li>
<li>New Manager theme customization workflow using Sass</li>
<li>Open Manager Views in Tabs or New Windows</li>
</ul>
On top of these interface and usability enhancements, MODX Revolution 2.3 also brings about the following new features:
<ul>
<li>Custom Headers for Content Types</li>
<li>FontAwesome icons replace PNGs in the Manager UI</li>
<li>Open objects like Resources or Elements in new Tabs or Windows for a multi-tabbed workspace</li>
<li>Updated languages from our many translators and proofreaders thanks to moving to Crowdin for group translations</li>
<li>Five new manager translations added: Chinese, Finnish, Indonesian, Romanian, Danish and Belarusian</li>
<li>Full-screen Media Browser</li>
<li>Security patches from all 2.2.x releases</li>
<li>Hundreds of bugfixes, enhancements and more</li>
</ul>
The full list of improvements can be found via the <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/modxcms/revolution/v2.3.0-pl/core/docs/changelog.txt" target="_blank"> changelog </a> .
Here's the <a href="http://modx.com/blog/2014/07/15/revolution-2.3-brings-a-revamped-manager-user-experience-and-much-more/" target="_blank"> official blog announcement of MODX Revoluton 2.3 </a> , with further details.
<h2>MODX Cloud Updates</h2>
On top of the new MODX Revolution 2.3 release, updates have also been made to the MODX Cloud stack.
In addition to numerous behind the scenes improvements, here's an overview of what's new:
<ul>
<li>PHP updated to latest stable release version 5.4.30</li>
<li>Added the Libevent extension to PHP</li>
<li>Browser-based file upload limits increased from 8MB to 25MB</li>
<li>Updates to ensure Composer works from the command line</li>
<li>Convert database connections from Unix to TCP sockets to improve command line functionality with MySQL and MODX</li>
<li>Updated Sass and Compass to work for MODX Manager theme development</li>
</ul>
Here's the <a href="http://modx.com/blog/2014/07/15/modx-cloud-updates-jul-15/" target="_blank">official blog announcement</a>.
For more information on MODX, check out <a href="http://modx.com" target="_blank">their website</a>.
To see an introductory video and an overview of features, visit <a href="/products/modx/" target="_blank">MODX via our CMS Directory</a>.

MODX Revolution 2.3 Released With Enhanced Manager User Experience

Requests come in every day to me from people looking to find the perfect software to start a social network and today, it looks like I won't have to answer those questions anymore. Why? Because you, our readers, have chosen what you consider to be the best of the best in this category. Today, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2015 Award for Best Social Network Software.
The contenders this year were SocialEngine, MooSocial &amp; Boonex Dolphin but the winner, by a huge margin is…
<a href="/social-engine" target="_blank">SocialEngine</a>!
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/best-social-network-software300x0-is.png" />
SocialEngine is an excellent social networking solution with two different offerings including a cloud edition. For those of you looking for a great solution, it looks like our readers are unanimous in their selection of SocialEngine.
Congrats to the developers. Learn more about <a href="/social-engine" target="_blank">SocialEngine</a>.

Announcing the 2015 Winner for Best Social Network Software

—– Website Building with BlueHost &amp; WordPress
A web hosting provider should give you more than just web hosting.
Uptime, speed, and customer support are all important, but what about the tools you need to kick-start a new website? After all, your new website idea is precisely why you needed a web host in the first place.
Starting from just $4.95 per month, BlueHost – CMS Critic’s <a href="/bluehosts-4th-july-sale-professional-web-hosting-for-just-3.95-per-month/" target="_blank">web host of choice</a> – is a hosting provider which gives you those tools in the form of quality content management systems and website builders. Fifty-five of them in fact.
The best part? They can all be installed on your domain name within minutes. Maybe even seconds.
Here are some quick guides on how to do that with WordPress, <a href="https://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a>, and GoMobi Mobile, along with a look at the easy installation for the other fifty-two CMS that work so seamlessly with BlueHost. 
<img style="max-width:151px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/download.jpg" alt="BlueHost" />
<h2>Website Building with BlueHost &amp; WordPress</h2>
With BlueHost, your website can be up and running on the worlds most popular CMS/blogging platform – WordPress.
WordPress is used by over 60% of all the websites whose content management system we know. That's over 22% of all websites on the Internet. So, your website would be in good company if you decide to go with WordPress as your platform of choice.
After signing up with Bluehost, you'll have access to your hosting control panel. There, you’ll see WordPress listed under “Website Builders”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wp700x0.png" alt="Bluehost WordPress" />
Selecting WordPress will bring you to a new page, where you can click the “Install” button.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wp1700x0.png" alt="Bluehost WordPress" /> 
Then, it's time to select which domain name you want BlueHost to install WordPress on. You can choose from any domain name on your BlueHost account.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wp2700x0.png" alt="Bluehost WordPress" /> 
Finally, you will then have the chance to fill out some of the details of your new website, like the website name and tag line. These fields are all optional though, so if you like, you can go ahead and click “Install” straight away.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/w3.png" alt="Bluehost WordPress" />
After that, all you need to do is sit back and relax for a few seconds as BlueHost builds the WordPress website for you. Before long, you will be prompted to visit your website, which will now be running WordPress, enabling you to dive into the world's most popular website building platform.
Sign up with BlueHost
—– Website Building with BlueHost &amp; <a href="https://www.weebly.com/">Weebly</a>
Don't worry if WordPress doesn't float your boat, because <a href="https://www.weebly.com/" target="_blank"> Weebly</a> is one of many other website builders supported by BlueHost.
Weebly is renowned for its friendly user interface and drag-and-drop page builder. It powers millions of websites across the web.
Weebly is actually a hosted website builder, which means you can use Weebly as a web host when you sign up with them. However, if you're running multiple websites on BlueHost's shared hosting plan, or you simply want the added functionalists that BlueHost brings, you can opt for BlueHost instead of Weebly to host your Weebly website.
After signing up with Bluehost, you'll have access to your hosting control panel. There, you’ll see Weebly listed under “Website Builders”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/web1700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Weebly" /> 
This will take you to the Weebly plan selection page. You can choose between the free, professional and eCommerce plans. To get started with the free plan, you only need to assign it to one of your existing domain names.
Then, you simply click “Use Weebly”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/web2700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Weebly" />
You will then be presented with the Weebly user interface, which allows you to immediately start building pages for your website. It's that easy.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/web3700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Weebly" />
—– Website Building with BlueHost &amp; GoMobi
The last of the “big three” website building platforms which BlueHost displays to its users within their control panels, is GoMobi.
GoMobi is an easy-to-use mobile website platform that enables you to create premium mobile websites. Its friendly interface makes it easy to create feature-rich mobile websites that are quick to load and easy to use. Plus, you need no technical knowledge to make it work.
As with WordPress and Weebly, you'll be able to see GoMobi via your hosting control panel after signing up with Bluehost. You can find it listed under “Website Builders”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/mob1700x0.png" alt="BlueHost GoMobi" /> 
You will then be taken to a page asking you to agree to GoMobi's terms and conditions. GoMobi will set you back $2.99 per month. If you're happy with that, you can go ahead and click “Get Started”. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/mob2.png" alt="BlueHost GoMobi" /> 
This brings you to the checkout page, where you will need to follow the instructions in order to complete the purchase.
To cut a long story short, you'll end up with your GoMoi control panel as seen below, ready for you to start building a mobile website.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/mob4700x0.png" alt="BlueHost GoMobi" /> 
GoMobi is certainly not the fanciest platform on the market, but it's one that BlueHost pushed alongside WordPress and Weebly on the front page of its control panel. But there's plenty more where they came from, as I'm about to show you.
—– The Full List: 55 Integrated BlueHost Website Builders
WordPress, Weebly, and GoMobi are three platforms displayed on the front page of BlueHost's control panel, but there are actually fifty-two more – all just as easily accessible.
Here's the complete list of BlueHost integrated website builders:
<ol>
<li>WordPress </li>
<li>Weebly </li>
<li>GoMobi </li>
<li>Xoops </li>
<li>Joomla 2 </li>
<li>Joomla 3 </li>
<li>Drupal 7 </li>
<li>Drupal 6 </li>
<li>B2evolution </li>
<li>Croogo </li>
<li>OCPortal </li>
<li>MODx </li>
<li>Concrete5 </li>
<li>LiveSite </li>
<li>phpwcms </li>
<li>PHP-Nuke </li>
<li>Textpattern </li>
<li>PyroCMS </li>
<li>e107 </li>
<li>Geeklog </li>
<li>AnchorCMS </li>
<li>Chyrp CMS </li>
<li>Noah's Classified </li>
<li>Open Classifieds </li>
<li>ShopSite </li>
<li>PrestaShop </li>
<li>CubeCart </li>
<li>OSCommerce </li>
<li>Magento </li>
<li>OpenCart </li>
<li>TomatoCart </li>
<li>ZenCart </li>
<li>AgoraCart </li>
<li>Moodle </li>
<li>Chamilo 1 </li>
<li>Chamilo 3 </li>
<li>LimeSurvey </li>
<li>Simple Machines Forum </li>
<li>Vanilla Forums </li>
<li>My BB </li>
<li>phpBB </li>
<li>PunBB </li>
<li>Coppermine </li>
<li>Piwigo </li>
<li>Zenphoto </li>
<li>Gallery </li>
<li>4Images </li>
<li>Oxwall </li>
<li>Elgg </li>
<li>Pligg </li>
<li>MediaWiki </li>
<li>PmWiki </li>
<li>Tiki Wiki 9 LTS </li>
<li>Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware </li>
<li>DocuWiki </li>
</ol>
Every single one of the above website building tools can be installed just as easily as the previous demonstrations of WordPress, Weebly and GoMobi.
All you need to do is visit your control panel after signing up with Bluehost, and find Simple Scripts, which is listed under “Website Builders”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ss1700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Website Builders" /> 
Then, click “Install New Scripts”.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ss2700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Website Builders" /> 
You should now see all fifty-five website building platforms (along with an array of other useful applications), all ready to be installed with a few clicks each. Not too shabby, if you ask me.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ss3700x0.png" alt="BlueHost Website Builders" /> 
So there you have it. Fifty-five BlueHost website builders, all waiting to be installed in a matter of minutes.
This brilliant flexibility is what makes BlueHost the <a href="/bluehosts-4th-july-sale-professional-web-hosting-for-just-3.95-per-month/" target="_blank">web host of choice here at CMS Critic</a>. It's the perfect way for web experts and web newbies alike to get their hands on the best CMS for their projects. Fast.
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<a href="http://www.wix.com/" target="_blank">Wix</a>, the hugely popular website builder, has released <a href="http://www.wix.com/lphtml/shoutout" target="_blank">Wix ShoutOut</a>. Their first implementation using their recently announced <a href="http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/05/15/636828/10081896/en/Wix-Announces-New-WixHive-API-Mobile-Sonic-Technology.html" target="_blank">WixHive API</a>.
ShoutOut is an integrated newsletter app, allowing small to medium-sized businesses to reach out to their customer and client base without the need to include third-party services.
Using Wix ShoutOut, users can quickly piece together beautiful newsletters containing updates and promotions, before sending them to their email list.
As always, Wix are keeping things simple, by housing Wix ShoutOut inside the Wix backend, so users can manage their newsletter campaigns with ease.
<a href="http://www.wix.com/lphtml/shoutout" target="_blank"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wix_so700x0.png" alt="Wix ShoutOut" /></a> 
Users can choose from pre-designed newsletter styles, add their content, specify the email addresses they wish to include, and then hit send. Not only will that newsletter reach the recipients inbox, but it can also be shared on social media. Plus, each style maintains its beauty across all devices.
The release of ShoutOut will certainly make small to medium-sized businesses take notice. ShoutOut is precisely the kind of feature which businesses need to create, manage and grow their presence online.
Wix users can now access the ShoutOut app by going to “My Account“, “Manage and Edit Your Site” and then “Add Business Apps“. Wix ShoutOut can then be found and added quickly and easily.
To try Wix ShoutOut, sign up to create your <a href="http://www.wix.com/" target="_blank">free Wix website today</a>.
You can also explore more of <a href="/products/wix/" target="_blank">Wix via our CMS Directory</a>.

Wix ShoutOut Goes Live

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<a href="http://www.uplandsoftware.com/" target="_blank"> Upland Software</a> have announced that its web content management system, <a href="http://www.clickability.com/" target="_blank"> Clickability</a>, has been issued patent <a href="http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;p=1&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;co1=AND&amp;d=PTXT&amp;s1=Chourey.INNM.&amp;OS=IN/Chourey&amp;RS=IN/Chourey" target="_blank">8,626,913</a> by the US Patent Office.
Founded in 1999, Clickability is a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) WCM that helps enterprises efficiently manage content globally for all web, mobile, and social initiatives.   
 The patent in question is for a feature set within Clickability’s website personalization and targeting solution, Website Marketing Acceleration (WMA). The feature allows marketers to configure and test web visitor segmentation and profiling rules, and then apply these rules in a test setting using pre-built target personas.
In other words – together with the broader features of WMA – the feature helps marketers to target the right content to the right person at the right time. 
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/click.png" alt="Clickability" />
<h2>Audience Segmentation &amp; Progressive Profiling</h2>
Here's an overview of what enhancements this new patented feature brings to WMA:
<ul>
<li>Audience Segmentation: Marketers can define any number of audience segments however they wish, including by geography, industry, job function, company size, etc. Users create segment rules so that only the correct, targeted questions are asked of a visitor in a specific segment. </li>
<li>Lead scoring: Marketers score leads based on visitor data and activity on the website.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Profile Level: Marketers establish profile levels defined by aspects such as a visitor’s lead score and how much information is known about a visitor. Visitor information can be gathered explicitly (gather data by requesting information as visitors download content) or implicitly.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Progressive Profiling: Marketers establish gates (questions via forms that visitors must complete) for accessing content based on profile level. For example, visitors in profile level one with a lead score of 10 will receive different gates, or questions, than visitors with a lead score of 30 in profile level two.</li>
<li>Marketers can create a Resource Portfolio where visitors can save content and where marketers can add additional content.</li>
<li>Marketers can import data into WMA from any source, and aggregate visitor information from WMA into marketing automation and CRM platforms.</li>
</ul>
Regarding the news, Noah Logan, General Manager of Clickability, made these comments:
<blockquote>
“Seventy percent of the B2B buyer’s journey is complete before even engaging with a vendor, and 87% of B2B buyers say that content has an impact on vendor selection.
 There’s no doubt that for B2B marketers, the most critical investment they’ll make is in providing an engaging, effective digital content experience. Leveraging Clickability’s powerful, flexible content management platform, our WMA solution provides marketers with the easiest, most effective way to target their website content and provide truly personalized experiences. 
As a result, they can accelerate the process of moving anonymous website visitors through the marketing funnel to become qualified sales leads.”
</blockquote>
To find out more about Clickability, check out their <a href="http://www.clickability.com/" target="_blank"> official website</a>.

Clickability Issued Fourth Patent for Website Personalization & Targeting Solution

Global social media <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19816709" target="_blank">finally hit the 1 Billion user mark</a> in 2012 – and there have been no signs of slowed growth since. As they compete, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and many others are slowly but surely bringing social networking to every corner of the earth.
As a result of such exponential growth, the number of content management systems dedicated to building social networking websites has greatly increased over the years. Thanks to their ever-growing number, some good old fashioned competition has spurred many social networking CMS into providing professional platforms of the highest quality. Yet at the same time, scores of poor CMS have also flooded through, hoping to nibble on a slice of the gigantic social networking pie.
To help un-blur the lines between the two groups, we have compiled 8 of the very best social networking CMS which allow you to build a well structured, professional social networking website.
As a bonus, we've also got a new post we published called “<a href="/how-to-create-a-social-network/">How to Create a Social Network</a>” that gives you full step by step instructions on the process.
<h2>1. Pligg</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/pligg.jpg" alt="pligg" /> 
The Pligg content management system was designed from the ground up to manage a website with an unlimited number of authors and contributors. In essence, all participating users are in control of the website’s content. This is in contrast to the standard website structure, where only a set few managerial or administrative members control core content.
Pligg's open-source CMS is incredibly easy to use and manage, and can easily help power social networks and other interactive communites. There are plenty of templates to choose from, along with a plethora of plugins and extensions. The software encourages visitors to register on your website so that they can submit their content and connect with other users.
The unique user driven CMS relies on independent author contributions and participation. Originally, Pligg began as a simple CMS which allowed registered users to submit, comment and vote on news stories – which, to this day, remains a key feature. Amongst other social interactions, users can vote on articles and publications that interest them, and those with most votes eventually appear on the homepage of the Pligg powered website.
<blockquote><a href="http://pligg.com/" target="_blank">Try Pligg</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>2. BuddyPress</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/buddy.jpg" alt="buddypress" /> 
As <a href="/which-cms-make-up-the-wordpress-competition/" target="_blank">WordPress continues to cruise past its competition</a> year on year, the team behind the CMS giant have also released BuddyPress, a social networking equivalent to their mainstream powerhouse platform.
BuddyPress carries the same high quality structure and presentation which WordPress is famous for. It's free, open-source and allows you to customize your social networking website to no end. Features such as comprehensive personal profiles, friend connections, discussion boards, private messaging and so on, are all implemented into the foundations of BuddyPress' comprehensive CMS. Powerful extensions and plugins are on hand to help you tweak even further.
If you're aiming to add your social networking platform on to an existing WordPress website, BuddyPress is of course the natural choice. Seamless integration with WordPress is easy to achieve, making it the ultimate social extension.
<blockquote><a href="http://buddypress.org/" target="_blank">Try BuddyPress</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>3. Elgg</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/elgg.jpg" alt="elgg" /> 
Elgg is a powerful social networking platform capable of building all kinds of social environments. The robust CMS is easy to use, comes packed with a multitude of features, and offers added functionality through various Elgg plugins.
Developing a powerful, yet simple social networking platform is easy with this CMS. Elgg uses and operates on LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) making it perfect for developers who know exactly what they're doing, and know exactly what they want. Definitely one for the web development experts to ponder over.
A strong, loyal fan base helps prop us Elgg's open-source CMS. It's not strictly for building social networking websites, as Elgg has other, less community based uses. The World Bank website for example, runs entirely on Elgg. <a href="/elgg-social-networking-cms-review-and-commentary/" target="_blank">Check out our comprehensive review of Elgg</a>.
<blockquote><a href="http://elgg.org" target="_blank">Try Elgg</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>4. Dolphin</h2>
<a href="http://www.boonex.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/unnamed_4.png" /></a> 
When it comes to comprehensiveness, Dolphin can't be faulted. With features like user video chat, membership, discussion forums, file sharing, user specific RSS feeds, and more, Dolphin is capable of building social networks with incredible depth.
Dolphin implements Durpal-esque “modules” which allow you to fully customize the way your social networking website will look, feel and function. Standard modules can be used, as well as the thousands of extra third-party variables found on the BoonEx market.
A wide variety of templates, paired with the ability to create your own, makes Dolphin extremely customizable. Facebook integration, built-in mass mailers and site statistics make Dolphin a pretty difficult social networking CMS to beat. <a href="/boonex-dolphin-review/" target="_blank">Check out our in-depth review of Dolphin</a>.
<blockquote><a href="https://www.boonex.com/features" target="_blank">Try Dolphin</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>5. Oxwall</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/oxwall.jpg" alt="oxwall" />
As the winner of our <a href="/peoples-choice-winner-for-best-social-networking-solution-is/" target="_blank">2012 Peoples Choice Award for Best Social Networking Solution</a>, Oxwall is a pretty impressive and appealing social networking CMS, and one that is difficult to ignore. It offers a clean, professional feel to both admins via the CMS, and to users via crisply presented templates.
Oxwall is an incredibly flexible and easy to use PHP/MySQL social networking software platform, capable of building fertile online communities. Various plugins available to Oxwall users help personalise and add social functionality to your website. The open-source CMS is great for both small-scale social networking, as well as larger, more executive style websites.
Photo and video sharing, user blogging, advertisement management and file sharing between friends, are just some of the features that make Oxwall a CMS which is to be seriously considered amongst its rivals.
<blockquote><a href="http://www.oxwall.org/" target="_blank">Try Oxwall</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>6. phpFox</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/phpfox.jpg" alt="phpfox" />
Much like Facebook and LinkedIn, phpFox is able to create an online community based on social profiles and content sharing. With built-in features such as pages and groups, discussion boards, Polls, Instant messaging and so, on, you can create your own, comprehensive social network with ease. It's no surprise then, that phpFox was the <a href="/critics-choice-for-best-social-network-software-is/" target="_blank">CMSCritic choice for best Social Networking Software for 2013</a>.
PhpFox offers a variety of themes, along with a WYSIWYG editor to make life simple when it comes to building and designing your social network. Monetization through advertisements is a prominent feature, along with the extensive branding and marketing options.
Numerous phpFox extensions allow you to fully personalise and refine your social networking site, meaning that achieving a unique, aesthetically appealing interface is never too difficult. <a href="/phpfox-review/" target="_blank">Check out our review of phpFox</a>.
<blockquote><a href="https://www.phpfox.com/" target="_blank">Try PHPFox</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>7. SocialEngine</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/socialengine.jpg" alt="socialengine" />
SocialEngine is the first choice for many people when it comes to constructing a professional social networking website. It integrates directly with major social media websites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Your members can sign up to your site with their social accounts, bringing their friends along with them. Additionally, content from your website can be shared by users via their social networks, increasing your site's public visibility.
You may even customize the way your users vote, like, comment and discuss content within your website. Such deeply customizable features are hard to find elsewhere.
Run on Amazon Cloud servers, SocialEngine is a powerful social network platform with a huge array of extensions, add-ons and features. Unlike other social platforms, SocialEngine gives you complete HTML &amp; CSS access with a convenient layout editor, so your website can look totally unique. <a href="/socialengine-review/" target="_blank">Check out our review of SocialEngine</a>.
<blockquote><a href="/social-engine" target="_blank">Try SocialEngine</a>.</blockquote>
<h2>8. Ning</h2>
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/ning.jpg" alt="ning" />
Using Ning, you will be able to engage and communicate with your users on a whole new level. Thanks to a built-in email broadcast functionality for HTML newsletters, paired with beautifully presented content and interfaces, Ning is all about building communities in style.
Ning’s Social Sign-In feature makes it easy for new members to sign-up to your social network using their accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, and others. Naturally, such integration can only do good for the publicity of your website.
Your users can easily set up profiles and blogs of their own, engaging with others via comments and discussion boards. All the while, core content published by you is also presented in a way which is compelling.
<blockquote><a href="http://www.ning.com/" target="_blank">Try Ning</a>.</blockquote>
So there you have it. The 8 social networking CMS listed above each offer their own unique features, plugins and community building extras. Some of them are tailored for seasoned web development experts, whilst others cater for the less code-savvy from amongst us.
Don't forget that when you go to set up your own social network, you'll need a reliable web hosting company. We recommend Arvixe. They are currently offering great discounts to our readers, so be sure to take advantage of the offer before it expires. <a href="/bluehost">Click here to get cheap, reliable hosting from Arvixe</a>.
Yet, all of them offer sound, proven social networking structures which are capable of real growth. If you're looking to build a social networking website, you need not look any further than this list of social networking CMS.

8 Great Social Networking CMS

<a href="https://www.blackmonk.com/" target="_blank">BlackMonk</a>, the CMS for online newspapers, magazine sites, business directories and community portals, has unveiled their “biggest release yet.”
<a href="https://www.blackmonk.com/" target="_blank"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/bm-1.png" /></a> 
A range of modules and features have been improved, including publishing processes, galleries, stock images, and more. Let's take a closer look.
<h2>Editor's Pick &amp; Improved Galleries</h2>
Authors now get their own profile pages with links to their posts, making it easier for readers to access more of their written content.
On top of article favoriting and author subscribing, an “Editor’s Pick” page has also been introduced, enabling readers to browse through a select few featured posts.

New visual tags like “Breaking news” and “Top ten stories” have also been unveiled, so editors can grab more attention.
Furthermore, videos, audio clips, Tweets, Instagram photos and Vine videos can now be embedded anywhere.

Readers can interact with embedded media right from your web portal, too. For instance, readers can like, favorite and retweet Tweets without leaving your website.
<h2>Galleries &amp; Stock Images:</h2>
Getty Images and Shutterstock now come integrated with BlackMonk, letting you browse through thousands of stock images for your articles and galleries.

You only need to configure your Shutterstock, Getty Images and Flickr API keys in the BlackMonk settings, and you are good to use millions of professionally snapped images on your web portal, without having to leave the BlackMonk dashboard.
<h2>Social Q&amp;A &amp; Design</h2>
BlackMonk's Q&amp;A feature is now more social.
BlackMonk has enabled sharing of Q&amp;A’s on social media, which will amplify the reach of the questions. In addition, admins can prune out the questions and answers just don’t cut the mustard.
Also, BlackMonk users can now configure custom themes, by swapping out fonts and colors.

<h2>Time to Talk Price?</h2>
This is indeed a massive update from BlackMonk CMS. It's great to see the platform progressing like this.
<a href="/blackmonk-cms-review/" target="_blank">I personally reviewed BlackMonk CMS</a>, and I know it's a capable platform. However, I always like to make a point about pricing when I can, especially when a CMS is <a href="/blackmonk-small-business-edition-released/" target="_blank">aiming to dabble with startups and small businesses</a>.
<a href="https://www.blackmonk.com/saas/plans/" target="_blank">BlackMonk's lowest plan</a> comes in at $80 per month. I can't help but feel the disgruntlement of those startups and small businesses that have to look elsewhere after deciding that $80 is simply too expensive for their project.
Perhaps a cheaper and further stripped-down plan can be offered, to give such potential users an access route into the platform. With features now flourishing, now might be a good time to explore such a move.
To find out more about this new BlackMonk release, <a href="https://www.blackmonk.com/blog/2015/12/announcing-blackmonk-version-40-_-theres-something-in-it-for-everyone" target="_blank">check out their blog announcement</a>.

BlackMonk 4.0 Released

Veolay is one of the most promising Light CMSs in the market today. Having released just 2 months ago Veolay is already loved by developers and mostly designers for its ease of use, simplicity and freedom to white label. Most importantly the fact that Veolay is powerful enough to bring any static website to an online content editable state within a few minutes stunned everybody.
What is new with Veolay 1.1?
 
• Supports Repeatable Regions: 
Yes, now any designer can use this tool to manage common content such as news, menus and much more by simply adding, thats it. No more code work.
• White Labeling Enhanced :
Veolay has a Branding section in admin to help any designer change admin interface colors, upload their clients company logo. Simply make the admin match your own branding within a few clicks and most importantly without any coding at all.
• Completely redesigned admin interface.
• Non JQuery solution for any user who has a JQuery conflict.
• Enhance Automated Backups System &amp; Version Controller
Screenshots:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/editmode-veolay-580x476.png" alt="editmode-veolay" />
<img title="veolay-admin1" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/veolay-admin1.jpg" alt="veolay-admin1" />
<img title="veolay-admin2" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/veolay-admin2.jpg" alt="veolay-admin2" />
<img title="veolay-admin3" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/veolay-admin3.jpg" alt="veolay-admin3" />
More information: <a href="http://www.veolay.com">http://www.veolay.com</a>

Veolay releases 1.1

If you use WordPress, you may be interested in testing out the first beta of next months upcoming WordPress 4.0 release.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/wordpress-logo-stacked-rgb.png" />
Beta 1 has been released today and the list of changes is rather impressive. Here's a breakdown of what you can expect from the upcoming release:
<ul>
<li>Previews of embedding via URLs in the visual editor and the “Insert from URL” tab in the media modal. Try pasting a URL (such as a WordPress.tv or YouTube video) onto its own line in the visual editor.</li>
<li>The Media Library now has a “grid” view in addition to the existing list view. Clicking on an item takes you into a modal where you can see a larger preview and edit information about that attachment, and you can navigate between items right from the modal without closing it.</li>
<li>We’re freshening up the plugin install experience. You’ll see some early visual changes as well as more information when searching for plugins and viewing details. (#28785, #27440)</li>
<li>Selecting a language when you run the installation process.</li>
<li>The editor intelligently resizes and its top and bottom bars pin when needed. Browsers don’t like to agree on where to put things like cursors, so if you find a bug here, please also let us know your browser and operating system.</li>
<li>We’ve made some improvements to how your keyboard and cursor interact with TinyMCE views such as the gallery preview. Much like the editor resizing and scrolling improvements, knowing about your setup is particularly important for bug reports here.</li>
<li>Widgets in the Customizer are now loaded in a separate panel.</li>
<li>We’ve also made some changes to some formatting functions, so if you see quotes curling in the wrong direction, please file a bug report.</li>
</ul>
To get more information on this release, read <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2014/07/wordpress-4-0-beta-1/">this post</a> on WordPress.org

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On July 21, the long awaited release of MODx Revolution was let loose on the public. For those who are unaware, Revolution is a ground up rebuild of the CMS based on the paradigms and principles of MODx but eliminating most of Evolution's limitations. Here is our MODx Review.
We were eager to test out this new system so we grabbed a copy and began the installation:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen1-580x345_wptvki.png" alt="MODx Review" />
The process of installing MODx is quite quick and easy, with most of the work performed by the system and minimal interaction required by the user.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen2-580x514_hbg06o.png" alt="MODx Review" />
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen3-580x491_jzegxk.png" alt="MODx Review" />
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Once installation has been completed, you get to log in to the manager (the back-end of the CMS):
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen5_chkapq.png" alt="MODx Review" />
After logging in, you'll be greeted with a slick welcome screen that provides you with some suggestions on next steps to take.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen6-580x349_tsc25t.png" alt="MODx Review" />
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As you can see from the above screenshot, the manager now sports a slick and responsive new GUI with nice descriptive drop down menus and and excellent use of screen real estate. Just from our first few times messing around with the system and exploring, we found it to be extremely responsive and snappy. We have been told that there may be issues with Firebug and Firefox causing the manager back end to slow down but from our tests, we didn't experience any of these issues.
Right click menus are abound in this release and can be used almost everywhere within the manager back end:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen11_oed2mf-1.png" alt="MODx Review" />
Before we start exploring some of the new features of the system, here's a quick breakdown of the key ones (pulled from the MODx release announcement):
<ul>
<li>MODx Revolution 2.0 can be used on much larger and expansive sites as it boasts  better site performance from an all new caching system with fine grained options to cache any Element (or not if you need it that way). In addition you can override the default caching and use large-scale caching methods like Memcached.</li>
<li>Extend or override any part of the MODx core including System Settings, Users, Language, Sessions and much more. This enables you to safely extend core features and integrate with other applications and maintain a clean upgrade path.</li>
<li>Developers can create redistributable add-ons, or an entire MODx Distributions using Transport Packages.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Assign different views of your site based on almost any criteria using Contexts.  Contexts provides a simple way to have native multi-sites, subdomains or even securely running the MODx core outside of webroot.</li>
<li>Developers now have access to better error tracking and debugging capabilities through Core Logging. It provides various error levels and output targets including ECHO, HTML, and FILE. You can also use it in add-ons for audit logs, error logs, debugging, or other logging needs.</li>
<li>Unified, simpler MODx Tags now support multi-line tag calls for better readability in development, calling of cached tags within other cached tags, and allows native and custom modifiers to be attached to any Element (Snippet, Chunk, TV, Etc.) similar to PHx did in Evolution but far more efficiently.</li>
<li>The Manager is MODx. The new Manager for MODx is built using the MODx API, ExtJS from Sencha, and Smarty templates, as a demonstration of the new core and API.</li>
<li>Web users and Manager users are now Users that can be grouped and assigned fine grained access and permissions. The User system can be extended to provide external authentication and handle additional user record information via the API. Completely new user system – all permissions are now handled via a robust, Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) security model.</li>
<li>Property Sets allow you to change all your the properties for Snippet calls in various locations across your entire site from a single location in the manager. Create a Property Set, assign it, and then manage all the calls in one  location.</li>
<li>Properties are available to all Element types including Chunks, TVs, Templates and Plugins.</li>
<li>Manage and customize your MODx Lexicons — the language records for things like labels, event notices and more for local, industrial or regional terminology, all from within the Lexicon Manager.</li>
<li>Install Add-ons and custom Transport Packages from MODx using the Package Manager. Open the Package Manager and search for available addons or your own private addon repository.</li>
<li>Manage files on the filesystem (even outside of webroot) within the Manager using Static Resources.</li>
<li>Create exact clones of other resources in your site tree in as many places as you'd like with Symlink Resources.</li>
</ul>
Pretty expansive list isn't it?  Let's take a look through the system at some of these new features.. starting with the caching system. Caching capabilities are controlled by a number of settings found under System -&gt; System Settings in the manager.
The Area: Caching settings can be found on the first page near the bottom and look like this:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-caching-1-580x457_t5qmw2.png" alt="MODx Review" />
Clicking on the plus signs beside any of the settings will present a description of that settings functionality. As you can see, there are plenty of options that you can play with to improve performance of your CMS.
Clearing the cache is as simple as selecting Site-&gt; Clear Cache from the manager menu.
The next area we're going to show you is the Contexts. Contexts allow MODx configuration settings to be overridden, extended, isolated, or shared across domains, sub-domains, sub-sites, multi-sites, cultural-specific sections, specific web applications, etc.
To access the contexts, navigate to System-&gt; Contexts in the manager.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-contexts-1-580x200_jtbigh.png" alt="MODx Review" />
To modify a context, simply right-click on the one you wish to modify and select Update Context.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-contexts-2-580x194_wefd70.png" alt="MODx Review" />
This will present you with the context editing screen where you can modify the settings:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-contexts-3-580x289_b3iwfs.png" alt="MODx Review" />
What I particularly found handy was the Help button in the top right that provides information and assistance for the various areas should you need it:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-contexts-4-580x338_lcdxjc.png" alt="MODx Review" />
For a system with such power and expandability, it's good to see the developers didn't lose sight of the help functions and provides some great built in assistance. This is a great addition.
The last addition we are going to show you is the new package management that was built into the CMS.
You can access the package management component from the System-&gt;Package Management dropdown:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen8-580x277_fbi7py.png" alt="MODx Review" />
Navigating the package browser is very easy and consists of simple dropdowns. Say for instance you wish to install a sample site, you can do so with a couple of clicks and be ready to go. Simply use the dropdowns to find the appropriate package, click the Details button for more info and click Download to add the package to your installation:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen9-580x326_t3pcfp-1.png" alt="MODx Review" />
Once the package is downloaded, you are given the option to install.. which is as simple as clicking the button:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/modx-screen10-580x231_nrxlyn-1.png" alt="MODx Review" />
And that's all there is to it.
There are obviously many more additions we can fit into this review as this new release comes chock full of goodies as you can see from the bullet list above.. but from what we've managed to ascertain so far, this is one incredible release.
The MODx team should pat themselves on the back for creating what we think is one of the most functional and slick looking content management systems on the market today.
From their responsive back end to the myriad of right click context menus and help functions, they've outdone themselves with this release.
Everything feels fast, fun to use and powerful as you navigate through the system. It really is astonishing that a product of this caliber is free and for that, we have to say a big thanks to the MODx team for bolstering the open source community with yet another quality product. Great work guys!
We know we are just touching the brink of what comes with this new release, what are your most/least favorite new features and additions? Join in the discussion in our comments below!
Interested in getting your hands on this excellent release? You can do so at <a href="http://modxcms.com" target="_blank">http://modxcms.com</a>

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