Articles - Page 74

The Top 10 AI Tools for Small Business: From Automation to a Coordinated Team of AI Agents

matt-garrepy

<img style="max-width:150px" title="Xoops_logo" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/xoops_logo-150x150_cwvjnx.jpg" />The <a href="http://xoops.org/">XOOPS Project</a>, one of world’s leading Open Source CMS (Content Management System), has released recently the newest version of its award winning software – XOOPS 2.4.4, and continues to show its strong presence in the Open Source CMS market, as shown by the number of downloads of this releases.
In the first ten weeks after releasing of 2.4.4, it has been already downloaded more than 20,000 times.
Including versions of 2.4.4 that are released in local languages (e.g. French, German, Russian), the number is even much higher.
There will be soon a release of XOOPS 2.4.5 RC (see the <a href="http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5229" target="_blank">Beta release here)</a>, and XOOPS 2.5.0 Beta (see the<a href="http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=5249" target="_blank"> Alpha 2 release)</a>.

Over 20,000 downloads of XOOPS 2.4.4

mike-johnston

LightCMS, the winner of the <a href="/the-winner-of-the-2014-peoples-choice-cms-award-for-best-cloud-cms-for-smb/">2014 People's Choice Award for Best Cloud CMS for SMB</a>, is back with some new updates.<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/lightcms.jpg" />The powerful website builder was chosen for coverage on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.websitebuilderscritic.com/website_builders/reviews/lightcms/">Website Builders Critic</a>, and continues to improve on a regular basis.This time, it's in the form of global elements, secure sign in, and a brand new template.<h2>Global Elements</h2>Previously, sharing an element across different pages was a time consuming task. Users needed to set the shareable attribute on the element and then share it on each page individually. Not ideal for large websites.Now though, with global elements, LightCMS administrators now have the option of sharing an element across pages in a fraction of the time. Global elements are made possible by two new enhancements in this release:<ul><li>Global ID assigned to each element</li><li>Element token</li></ul>For example, you may want to display the calendar on every page on your site, instead of creating a calendar, setting the shareable attribute, and then manually adding the calendar to every page, all you need to do is create the calendar on one page, retrieve the element's global ID from the element’s settings, and then add the token to the template file.Much easier.<h2>Secure Sign In</h2>Secure sign in means that users sign in over an encrypted connection and that the website’s publishpath.com domain is displayed in the URL after sign in. When secure sign in is disabled, the connection is not encrypted and the publishpath.com domain is not displayed.Before this update, enabling or disabling secure sign in was controlled at the account level by the account owner. Consequently, secure sign in was either enabled or disabled for all sites under that account.With this release however, secure sign is now controlled at the site level.<h2>A New Responsive Template</h2>This latest LightCMS updated also brngs about a shiny new (and responsive) template.Given the title of “Theme Flight”, this new LightCMS theme is fully responsive and is available for use on any LightCMS website.<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Home Page</td><td>Inside Page</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></figure>You can use this design right out of the box, or download the source code to use as a starting point for your own theme.

LightCMS Gets Global Elements, Secure Sign In & A New Responsive Template

Content management systems are wide and varied. There are tons of them on the market, some are proprietary but a very large amount are created under an open source license. The reason for this is simple; it allows a small team of developers to become a bigger team by opening up their code to a wider community of users who may wish to contribute or provide enhancements.This is one of the greatest strengths that open source products have; the often large pools of available developers. Of course, like anything, there can be downsides as well but lately, we've seen more and more open source products become viable options for companies in search of stable, regularly updated platforms on which to run their businesses. Today, I'm going to share with you my thoughts on how open source CMS' are taking over the world.<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/bigstock--123736220.jpg" />It'd be foolish of me not to tip my hat to the current king of open source CMS. WordPress has developed from a small but popular blogging platform to a widely used solution for websites of all sizes. Sadly, this also means it's very often used in situations where it isn't the right fit but there's no denying the incredible growth of WordPress, which <a target="_blank" href="https://trends.builtwith.com/cms">powers almost 50% of the websites worldwide</a>. Whether the stats are accurate or not, WordPress has some impressive staying power.There are several factors that makes WordPress so popular: ease of use, a wide variety of theme selections from seasoned developers such as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.studiopress.com/">StudioPress</a>, tons of third party plugins from successful online marketplaces like <a target="_blank" href="https://codecanyon.net/category/wordpress?ref=cmscritic">CodeCanyon</a> and a large (and growing) network of companies and individuals who can provide support for the platform. Furthering this; should you wish to use the platform for more serious purposes, there's always the option to consider the WordPress.com VIP platform as a potential candidate.The success of products like <a target="_blank" href="https://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a> hinges on the community of developers worldwide who've found success developing for the platform and making a living from it by offering services such as theme development, plugin development, <a href="/products/wp-engine">managed hosting</a> and more. Companies have literally made millions supporting WordPress and continue to do so thanks to the widespread adoption of the platform.It's not all about WordPress, however, although it's hard to write an article talking about the success of open source CMS without first point out one of the most successful ones. Companies like <a target="_blank" href="https://www.acquia.com/">Acquia</a>; formed by a desire to offer a more commercially supported Drupal; have had great success offering cloud based CMS offerings built on the success of their open source counterparts. Over the last few years, I've seen a number of companies take on this approach and begin offering not only cloud based solutions but other options like emergency support, migration assistance and even webmaster services. An example of this would be <a target="_blank" href="https://modx.com/services/">MODX</a>, which now offers a wide variety of these services to help their user based get the support they need when they need it.The most common means of monetizing open source CMS solutions is to offer support services. Popular platforms like Umbraco do this by offering <a target="_blank" href="https://umbraco.com/products-and-support">monthly support packages</a> that provide companies who choose to use their platform with the peace of mind of knowing someone is available should assistance be needed. Often times, this is a cheaper alternative to hiring in-house support staff for newly implemented open source CMS products.Sadly, there are still several widely used platforms that offer no premium support or cloud solution to their communities. In my personal opinion, those are the products that will begin to fade in usage over time (at least as far as businesses are concerned). An example of one such company that I'd like to see begin to offer these types of services would be <a target="_blank" href="https://www.joomla.org/">Joomla</a>. Currently, Joomla! does not offer any support contract options nor a viable cloud based offering (Yes I'm aware of Joomla.com which is powered by Siteground but this is hardly something I'd recommend to a serious business and it's not the same as a cloud solution offered by the development group). Joomla! has a good opportunity with its already large user base to really expand their reach if they choose to go this route, something I hope they do before long.Open Source CMS have been getting increasingly popular over the last few years with widespread adoption and growth thanks to companies realizing the value of having worldwide developer communities at their fingertips. As such, a lot of open source enterprise vendors have grown leaps and bounds thanks to this renewed interest. As we continue to see open source adoption sky rocket with these new cloud based offerings, the vendors who stay on top will be the ones that are agile enough to make the leap of faith required to get offerings like this in place sooner rather than later.

How Open Source CMS are Taking Over the World

<img title="logo_jahia_avec_cadre_medium" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/logo_jahia_avec_cadre_medium_ccvtcq.jpg" />Jahia, the premier provider of web content integration software – combining web content management, document management and portal features – today announced the release of Jahia Enterprise Edition v6.1, with a number of compelling new features. Key improvements include an optimized search mechanism, enhanced Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with new powerful URL mapping definition and new social modules to engage website visitors.
“Jahia 6.1 confirms the strength of our development model. Two of our major clients financed various generic enhancements in this new version. As ‘Pay or Contribute’ program members, they influenced the Jahia roadmap and guaranteed their investment by securing long term support and evolution within the ecosystem of Jahia users,” said Elie Auvray, CEO of Jahia Solutions Group. “Our customers experience immediate benefits, while contributing to the long-term project. This collaborative business relationship confirms the dynamic nature of the Jahia project, and validates our sustainable open source business model.”
Better-defined search results
Jahia EE v6.1 provides enhanced search speed and fine-targeted search results, delivering documents, multimedia and other web content. The embedded full-text, open source search engine from Lucene provides advanced search filters and tag library support. Users can define the scope of a search across a given site, sub-sites—or even 3rd party content repositories—to quickly obtain ranked search results with document previews. Jahia supports the OpenSearch standards, which allows end-users to easily access their preferred search engine directly from within their browser.
In addition to Web content, Jahia can search within documents, including Microsoft Office and PDF files. New faceted search capabilities provide dynamic drill-down navigation through the assignment of multiple classifications to any content objects.
“Did you mean…?” 
 
Jahia EE v6.1 delivers a new “Did You Mean…?” feature with search spelling suggestions to improve search results.
 Semantic Search 
 
As information overload is rapidly becoming an important issue due to ever-increasing adoption of Content Management techniques, Jahia is a member of the IKS project, working on new set of semantic features based on the Interactive Knowledge Stack (http://www.iks-project.eu/). This project is in parts funded by the European Commission. New dynamic ways of accessing information are emerging
Tag Clouds are now completed by Semantically-driven Related Content areas, Breadcrumb path by facetted and taxonomy-driven navigations, keyword search by new Social and Semantic-powered Search.These new features aim to provide a better way to contextually filter and surface the most relevant content items for a given user. While the Commission’s project is still a work in progress, Jahia customers will be among the first to enjoy its benefits. 
SEO enhancements 
 
Jahia EE v6.1 also enhances its “friendly URL” capabilities through implementation of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) best practices. A new vanity URL feature allows the addition of any number of URL aliases to a page. This is a key tool that yields great results for website marketers.
To avoid being penalized by search engines, Jahia makes sure no links are outdated and that all internal and external links are up-to-date and up-and-running. The new Jahia Link Checker feature extends internal integrity checks to all external broken links that infuriate end-users and lead to poor search engine results.
New Social Modules improvements 
 
User generated content, Social Media, and other marketing campaigns are becoming must-have features in any CMS. Jahia EE v6.1 enhancements include: 
• A revamped blog template that runs either as a standalone blogging site, or as a plugin for existing Jahia projects. This module provides a solid and flexible platform for deploying user-generated blogs, with a complete set of features including direct content creation (no popup, no edit mode), user-generated comments, ratings, tag clouds and built-in faceted search. 
• A Newsletter module that helps marketers and other information workers create and customize Enterprise-grade newsletters to keep in touch with their communities via internal or external marketing campaigns 
• A form builder that allows editors to quickly design and deploy any type of form. Power knowledge workers with no technical expertise can now easily add a new form to any page of any virtual site.
Available for immediate download 
 
A 60-day trial version of Jahia EE v6.1 is available for download at <a href="http://www.jahia.com">www.jahia.com</a>.

Jahia EE v6.1 Launches with Enhanced Search and Maximized SEO

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.motocms.com/">MotoCMS</a> 3.0 was only <a href="/motocms-3-0-formally-launched/">released a few weeks ago</a>, but now there's a new update in town.<a target="_blank" href="http://www.motocms.com/"><img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/motocms-3-0-6-update-main_1.jpg" /></a>Capable of producing crisp-looking responsive Websites, MotoCMS is a platform that's fast, sleek and heading in an interesting direction. CMS Critic has a review of MotoCMS on the way, so do keep your eyes peeled.Here's what's new with MotoCMS.<h2>Support &amp; SEO Enhancements</h2>First up, users will notice a “Quick Help” button within their admin panels. New users will see a helpful pop-up whenever they enter a new area, explaining the area.<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/motocms-3-0-6-update-quick-help_1.jpg" />Experienced users though, can access the same help at any time by simply clicking the Quick Help icon.Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has also been enhanced, as users can now make use of “noindex”, “nofollow” and “canonical” link elements.Another notable feature lets users add custom html-code to Headers and Footers. This can be done via the Settings section to make the code valid for the entire website, or alternatively, the code can be injected into specific pages.More information on MotoCMS 3.0.6 can be found on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.motocms.com/blog/en/motocms-3-0-6-update-technical/">MotoCMS Blog</a>.You can find out more about <a href="/products/motocms">MotoCMS through our CMS Directory</a>.

MotoCMS 3.0.6 Brings About Support & SEO Improvements

Magnolia 5.3 has offiically been released and with it, introduced a new blend of CXM and CMS for this rapidly growing company.
With year over year growth exceeding 35% and a churn rate lower than 5%, Magnolia has seen some incredibly promising up ticks in sales and presence over the past few years.
To keep the ball rolling, they've introduced a new release that offers even more amazing refinements to their mobile first open source CMS. Magnolia 5.3 focuses on better positioning the product in a market of customer experience management driven suites by focusing on expanding capabilities such as personalization in order to improve customer interaction.
<blockquote>
“Creating better brand experiences is about taking the best tools and the data collected from them to quickly deliver new and personalized customer interactions” explains Boris Kraft, Magnolia Co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer. “The innovation in this release has been driven by our customers and their need to track, enhance and organize every online interaction through a simple-to-use content management system.”
</blockquote>
Let's take a look at some of the new capabilities and changes in this release.
<h3>Personalization</h3>
Magnolia's new personalization feature is based on page variants. Variants are alternative content that replace the original content in personalized delivery. You can target page variants to visitor according to traits such as country, date, or new vs. returning. Dedicated apps support creating segments and personas and impersonating visitors. Take the example below for instance, as you can see, you can personalize the experience based on the individual user or other traits as outlined above.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/magnolia-personalization953x0.png" alt="Magnolia 5.3" />
<h3>Tag Management</h3>
Another new feature in this release is the introduction of the Tags Manager app. This app lets you take those often used snippets of code for best-of-breed services such as <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/"> Google Analytics </a> , <a href="http://www.comscore.com/"> comScore </a> , <a href="http://www.turn.com"> Turn </a> , <a href="https://www.omniture.com/"> Omniture </a> , <a href="https://www.optimizely.com/"> Optimizely </a> , <a href="http://www.leadlander.com/"> Leadlander </a> and many others and integrate them quickly and easily into your platform with no developer support required.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/teaser-tags-manager_2014-06-24-12-15-05.png" alt="Magnolia 5.3" />
These tags can be used for a number of purposes and you aren't required to use any specific vendors, it's simply a way to quickly integrate code with minimal effort. What's nice is you can determine whether they show within your content and which platforms you'd like to display them on.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/diagram-tags-manager_2014-06-24-12-16-45.png" alt="Magnolia 5.3" />
Is it revolutionary? No of course not. This type of functionality already exists in a number of systems but the implementation here is what counts in my mind. There are similar solutions in products such as WordPress for specific themes (I'm thinking Genesis snippets here) and with the use of third party plugins but this being an app that is developed for Magnolia by Magnolia makes me more likely to consider it over an unvetted third party solution.
<h3>Tasks Inbox</h3>
This is one of the items I've been waiting to see the most since my  <a href="/my-visit-to-magnolias-offices-in-basel-switzerland/"> first visit to the Magnolia offices </a> last year. One of the features I saw missing was a workflow process that could be utilized to communicate between team members and Magnolia has done a great job in creating what I consider a solid implementation.
<blockquote>
The new Tasks Inbox provides instant visibility into open tasks, allowing administrators to easily check status and assign tasks to users. The Tasks Inbox is integrated with the Pulse, so assignees get instant notifications of new tasks…and of course, it all works seamlessly whether you're at work or on the move.
</blockquote>
In a demo by Andreas Weder and Mikael Geljic here at the 2014 Magnolia Conference, we saw a good example of how this Tasks inbox can be utilized when they demo'd the creation of an instagram based app that pulls photos and suggests them for future content to approvers.
Here's a great video that showcases a bit of what the Tasks inbox can do:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZrwbBBnGiKg?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<h3>Content at home or abroad</h3>
Perhaps you use third party cloud storage or web services in addition to databases to store your content.
<blockquote>
With Content Connectors, developers can now build Magnolia apps with the same great user experience as native apps, and quickly interact with any external data source while users manage the content in a familiar way. 
 All native Magnolia content apps in community and enterprise editions are updated to use the new content connector automatically. Magnolia 5.3 also introduces an improved DAM API making it possible to plug in external asset providers such as Flickr, YouTube or a file system, and integrate the DAM with WebDav and CMIS.
</blockquote>
With Magnolia 5.3, you can manage all of it using your favorite Apps. Content can be stored in a number of places as illustrated by the diagram below.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/teaser-content-connector_2014-06-24-12-16-12.png" alt="Magnolia 5.3" />
The obvious advantages here are that you don't need to create yet another repository just to make things work with Magnolia but rather, you can simply connect it to existing services and manage them from within.
In addition to these new features, Magnolia has also introduced their new App Finder, which is a centralized repository for Magnolia approved applications, modules, source code and partner contributions.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/appfinder887x0.png" alt="Magnolia 5.3" />
It is available to all customers and community contributors and can be found at <a href="http://apps.magnolia-cms.com"> http://apps.magnolia-cms.com </a>
To learn more about this new release from Magnolia, visit https://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/campaigns/magnolia-5-3  and be sure to  <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cmscritic"> follow us on Twitter </a> to get the latest updates.

Magnolia 5.3 Blends CXM with CMS to Deliver Best of Breed Software

We were recently contacted by FamousWhy.com to review their content management system script, Famous Questions CMS. Famous Questions is an option for those looking to create a site similar in concept to that of Yahoo! Answers for instance.
Some ideas for use may include: being used as a niche social network website for a specific country, business category, profession or job such as : Ask a Doctor, Ask a Lawyer, Ask a Teacher or Ask an Expert for a general community-driven Q&amp;A site.
At first visit to their demo (available online at http://www.famousquestions.com), you can see the default look of the site once installed:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/main-famous-questions-cms-580x382.png" alt="Main - Famous Questions CMS" />
As you can see, the software has been designed to encourage communication either through question / answer style or debate style. The options for both are available and can be used concurrently.
Taking a look at the back end (below) you will see that upon first login you are presented with a number of quick stats signifying the activity on your site:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-1-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 1" />
You are also shown the last admin activities that have been performed (useful if you have multiple administrators working on the site simultaneously). On the Q&amp;A tab, you are given the option to managed and edit the various questions which have been posed within the system.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-2-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 2" />
Should you wish to edit the questions, you are given a popup window where you can modify the text, category and topic.
The next tab is quite similar and pertains to the debates section:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-3-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 3" />
The debates system is an interesting setup. You create a statement or topic for debate, categorize it and publish. Your topic is then shown with a YES or NO button (see below). Clicking on either casts a vote for that choice and gives you an opportunity to state your case. The system works as intended but there are issues such as misspellings in the code which makes the CMS appear less than professional:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/driods-450x535_vg3pb0.png" alt="poll" />Moving on we come to the Users tab where you can suspend, reactivate or edit the individual users within the system:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-4-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 4" />
Everything works as expected on this tab. Next is the Buzz tab which is used for maintenance tasks. I'm not sure why the developers chose to call it Buzz and not maintenance as it's not particularly clear from the onset what this tab is for until you actually visit it. Personally, I would reword this to make it's purpose more clear.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-5-580x336.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 5" />
Unfortunately, when clicking through the various options on this tab, there is no status shown as to what was actually done. The script just shows a simple message (shown below) that is, once again, misspelled:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/buzz-famous-questions-cms-mozilla-firefox_2011-01-27_08-59-29.png" alt="Buzz - Famous Questions CMS - Mozilla Firefox_2011-01-27_08-59-29" />
Lastly we come to the settings tab:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/screen-shot-2011-09-01-at-5_20_30-pm-450x234_powzft.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 6" />
The settings tab is well put together with the option to quickly replace the site logo and favicon as well as enter Facebook API credentials (for integration into the CMS). One is given the ability to manage the basic typical tasks you would expect to find and in the Banner section there is space to add your applicable advertisement code.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-7-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 7" />
The Banner area appears to have been created strictly for Google Adsense or similar products and does not provide an area or means to add your own banner images.  Under the SEO settings, you are able to edit meta descriptions and keywords for each module and page:
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/dashboard-famous-questions-cms-8-580x440.png" alt="Dashboard - Famous Questions CMS - 8" />
That concludes our tour through the admin interface.
<h3>My final thoughts:</h3>
While the system works as intended and provides a good alternative for users who are looking to have their own forum for people to debate or pose questions to one another,  there are small quirks that need to be corrected in order to give this product a more professional feel. Unfortunately, misspellings and poor naming conventions do not give the end user a feeling of security or confidence in the quality of the code. If the developers are not able to catch misspelled words, it lends one to wonder whether they rushed to write the code as well, making mistakes along the way there too.
This is not to say that this is the case in this product, but rather that this is the impression that some users will get when seeing these mistakes. Should they be corrected and the naming conventions be changed to more accurately reflect their purposes, this product will be more likely to be successful.
As with all products, however, there is always room to improve and I am confident that the team at FamousWhy.com will make the necessary corrections with the next release.
From a price perspective this script is priced (as of this review) at $269.
Is you are interested in trying this product, you can do so here: <a href="http://www.famousquestions.com">http://www.famousquestions.com</a> or you may purchase it from <a href="http://ask.famouswhy.com/">http://ask.famouswhy.com/</a>

Famous Questions CMS (Questions and Answers Script) - Review

<img style="max-width:100px" title="sitefinity" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/sitefinity1_y0ruw2.jpg" />Telerik, a leading vendor of development tools and solutions for the Microsoft .NET platform, is happy to announce the first community preview of Sitefinity 4.0, introducing many technology improvements, performance optimizations, and exciting capabilities.
“The Sitefinity 4.0 CTP is a milestone release combining new and unique functionality with an intuitive User Interface” says Boyan Rabchev, Sitefinity Product Architect. “With this release, we would like to present our latest developments and progress and receive feedback from the Sitefinity community. Everyone is encouraged to experiment with this CTP release and provide feedback.”
The Sitefinity 4.0 CTP introduces many new features like content classification (taxonomy) which is critical for organizations with high data volumes. Other important highlights of the release are advanced security and granular permissions, integration with Google analytics, and complete personalization of the administrative interface. The Sitefinity 4.0 CTP offers new capabilities for business users who can freely experiment with various styling options provided by the powerful Page Layout Builder.
Beyond the new functionality, Sitefinity 4.0 CTP offers a highly intuitive and visually appealing interface, which is the result of continuous research and testing with numerous Sitefinity CMS users. The administrative interface of Sitefinity 4.0 is built according to usability best practices, and it follows Web 2.0 guiding principles. It also provides improved performance thanks to the ajaxified backend and personalized navigation.
The Sitefinity CTP release signifies the first major step in the development plans for the major release of Sitefinity 4.0,  which will include even more innovations and enhancements. The Sitefinity team would like to hear your feedback which will be instrumental for shaping the final version, expected to ship later in 2010. The Sitefinity CTP release is available for download <a href="http://www.sitefinity.com/account/free-trials.aspx">here</a>.
Read more about <a href="http://www.sitefinity.com/4.0/asp-net-features.aspx">Sitefinity CMS 4.0 CTP</a>.

News Sitefinity 4.0 CTP is Now Available

Call Tracking + AI 

Call Tracking + AI that Turns Calls into Leads

#ffffff

<img style="max-width:150px" title="seotoaster" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/seotoaster-150x150_krnx6t.jpg" />This localization release covers both accents support for websites URL's, spell checking and other fields &amp; components critical to help websites rank higher with search engines for their respective languages. In addition, the website builder tool's user interface itself is now available in German, Russian, and Italian.
SEOTOASTER is an amazingly easy-to-use, yet powerful website builder, and it is free and open source; Editing your website is a no-brainer thanks to its intuitive and stylish ‘edit as you browse' interface. It boasts brains too with a list  of impressive, yet easy-to-use built-in SEO software features that execute arcanes SEO techniques on par with what the best SEO services companies offer to their fortune customers. SEOTOASTER enables open souce PHP developers to enhance the software at will with smarties, widgets, plugins, and even improve the core of the application while delivering to the entrepreneur, e-tailer, or local small business owner or marketer a Web marketing presence built to perform with search engines, acquire top website rankings, generate leads and ultimately sales.
As a result, SEOTOASTER is considered a serious and free alternative to Yahoo Stores  for small e-commerce websites or WordPress when used by small businesses as a corporate CMS.
In addition, SEOTOASTER features an unique and breakthrough content management system or CMS architecture that grows with your business, and makes piloting, and automation of SEO execution and marketing for multiple websites from a central location possible. Web developers, and marketing agencies can private label the entire framework.
“I'm thrilled to announce the release of seotoaster in three important languages used by over 150 millions Internet users.” says Michel Leconte, the CEO of SEO Samba – the Internet Marketing Services Company behind open source seo cms's SEOTOASTER, and adds; “now, SEOTOASTER's unique abilities are available to entrepreneurs, web marketers, affiliates, and open source web developers in Germany, Russia, Italy, but also Ukraine, Austria, Belarus, Kazakhstan.”
“I'm very happy about the growing search marketing and open source developer community involvement with SEOTOASTER” Adds David Culot, SEO Samba's CTO. Indeed, Eric Kubitz, the highly regarded entrepreneur, SEO professional &amp; blogger localized the SEOTOASTER interface to German. Eric commented “Of course, many will keep blogging with WordPress. But SEOTOASTER satisfies your SEO needs without Plugins and other tweaks. For a small site SEOTOASTER is definitely easier to work with and provides much better out-of-the-box search engine optimization than WordPress.”  One of the most prominent Italian search engine marketing experts, Sante Achille, who've localized the SEOTOASTER interface to Italian added “SEOTOASTER is absolutely the most advanced SEO CMS in the market today, the level of attention to details from an SEO point of view and just throughout is impressive, and the user interface is amazingly fluid too. “
 About SEO Toaster
SEO ToasTer is the most advanced SEO CMS right out of the box, no plug-ins required; featuring automated 301 redirection creation, automated optimized on-site linking, automated link sculpting using JS, and even point and click link siloing. It is an open source CMS that is customizable at will and available for download free of charge at http://www.seotoaster.com.
SEO Toaster is easy-to-use featuring complete front-end ‘edit as you surf your website’ content edition and administration. It is also remarkably fast to design or import existing websites to SEO Toaster thanks to the use of standards. Only 4 HTML and 2 CSS templates are required to build a complete theme, and it ships with a set of pre-built themes ready to power your next project. Finally, SEO Toaster is a content management system (CMS) with an unique architecture that grows with your business, and makes piloting SEO execution and marketing for multiple websites from a central automated web marketing location possible with an optional paid-for subscription to SEO Samba.
For more information about SEO Toaster, visit <a href="http://www.seotoaster.com" target="_blank">http://www.seotoaster.com</a> or contact info@seotoaster.com

Open Source CMS SEO Toaster Released its SEO Website Builder in German, Russian and Italian

<img style="max-width:150px" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/dotnetnuke-150x150_thb3fn.jpg" alt="DotNetNuke" />
DotNetNuke Corp., the company behind one of the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platforms for the Microsoft .NET Framework, today announced the release of the DotNetNuke Professional Edition 5.4. The release includes new document management capabilities that target the needs of organizations sharing documents within intranets or extranets at a fraction of the cost of existing Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solutions. DotNetNuke Corp. has partnered with Xepient (Murcia, Spain) to add the document management technology in Xepient Open-DocumentLibrary to the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions.
The 5.4 release of the DotNetNuke platform is fully compatible with Microsoft ASP.NET 4, which launched in April 2010. The DotNetNuke open source core in the 5.4 release is the heart of the DotNetNuke Community, Professional and Elite Editions.
News Highlights
<ul>
<li>Available today, the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions 5.4 exclusively feature a new document management capability that is perfect for organizations sharing document libraries across an intranet or extranet. The document management features include:</li>
<li>The ability to create hierarchical document folders based on multiple document characteristics with tight controls over user access and editing rights.</li>
<li>Document versioning and a powerful document moderation workflow engine.</li>
<li>Automated document library synchronization with existing document libraries.</li>
<li>Document usage reporting.</li>
<li>The 5.4 release of the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions are fully compatible with ASP.NET 4.</li>
<li>The open source core of the DotNetNuke Professional, Elite and Community Editions version 5.4 includes a new folksonomy feature that allows end users to enter free form tags for pages and modules. Attributes are stored in a common content store, which provides new ways to aggregate and publish content.</li>
</ul>
Navin Nagiah, CEO of DotNetNuke Corp.
“Organizations that need to share documents on their intranet or extranet will find the new document management capability in the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions 5.4 is a very cost-effective alternative to existing ECM solutions. Our solution is much more cost-effective for mid-size organizations or departments of large organizations and can be deployed much more quickly.”
Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Platform, Microsoft Corp.
“Microsoft is pleased that the DotNetNuke Community, Professional and Elite 5.4 Editions are fully compatible with ASP.NET 4 and are being released in unison with ASP.NET 4. The collaboration between the Microsoft Web Platform team and DotNetNuke has truly helped provide DotNetNuke users with a better Web content management experience.”
Andreas Di Palma, Founder of Xepient Solutions:
“We are very pleased to partner with DotNetNuke Corp. to bring our document management technology to the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions. Customer interest has always been strong in our DotNetNuke document management solution. I believe DotNetNuke Corp. can leverage its marketing capabilities to expand adoption of our solution by organizations running critical business applications on the DotNetNuke platform. We look forward to working closely with DotNetNuke Corp. as we collaboratively expand the capabilities of our document management technology.”
About DotNetNuke Corp.
DotNetNuke Corp. is the steward of the DotNetNuke open source project, the most widely adopted Web Content Management Platform for building web sites and web applications on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Organizations use DotNetNuke to quickly develop and deploy interactive and dynamic web sites, intranets, extranets and web applications. The DotNetNuke platform is available in a free Community and subscription-based Professional, Elite and Elite Premier Editions. DotNetNuke Corp. also operates Snowcovered.com where users purchase third party software add-ons. Founded in 2006 and funded by Sierra Ventures, August Capital and UV Partners, DotNetNuke Corp. is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For additional information, visit <a href="http://www.dotnetnuke.com">www.dotnetnuke.com</a>.

DotNetNuke Corp. Launches Version 5.4 of the DotNetNuke Professional and Elite Editions

<a href="http://www.elcomcms.com/" target="_blank"> ElcomCMS </a>  have unveiled version 9.5 of their platform, with a “focus on customer experience”.
Geared towards mid-large size enterprises, ElcomCMS comes with over 70 core features to enable users to manage multiple sites, intranets, micro-sites, and so forth.
ElcomCMS 9.5 is scheduled to go live on July 1st 2014.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/elcomcms9_5.jpg" alt="ElcomCMS 9.5" />
The Elcom team has identified some common challenges facing IT managers, marketing executives, and everybody in between.
Here are some of those common challenges ElcomCMS 9.5 is aiming to address:
<ul>
<li>Reducing the time it takes to transfer content from old sites to new sites with a migration toolkit.</li>
<li>Authorized staff will be able to update the website anywhere, anytime on a mobile-friendly admin interface.</li>
<li>Push important information out to your employees through a new intranet mobile app.</li>
<li>Segmentation-based delivery of content to website audiences.</li>
<li>Faster performance resulting in quicker page-loading and reduced bounce rates.</li>
</ul>
Elcom's Product Director Tim Kirkman made the following comments regarding the announcement:
<blockquote>“Increasingly, IT and marketing teams are working together to create websites and intranets that not only meet the basic corporate requirements but integrate the many elements of marketing technology that are now critical to sales strategies.
As technology advances, companies are able to build on their existing platforms rather than having to change products. At the same time most want to take more control over migration and administration, to cut out the middle man and reduce time delays.
In upgrading our CMS platform a core consideration has been enhancing both our customers’ experience behind the scenes as well as the experience of their own customers. We want to offer a foundation from which companies can manage all their communication tools with flexibility to grow in the future.
Our goal is to help businesses get the most from their websites, intranets and portals by integrating existing systems with new functions. By putting the focus on communication rather than technology or sales, we can ensure the needs of all departments are met – regardless of a company’s core business.”</blockquote>
For more information on ElcomCMS 9.5, check out <a href="http://www.elcomcms.com/Resources/Articles/elcomcms95-customer-experience" target="_blank"> Elcom's recent blog post</a> regarding the impending release.

ElcomCMS 9.5 Set to Be Released

<a href="http://www.coremedia.com/" target="_blank">CoreMedia</a> have announced the release of CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0, an IBM WebSphere® Commerce integrated digital engagement application. The application empowers eCommerce and marketing professionals to transform their online stores with deeper, more visually appealing and immersive experiences. 
 Founded in 1996, CoreMedia – a leading WCM (Web Content Management) vendor – is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with offices in San Francisco, Washington, London and Singapore. Globally recognized brands are amongst CoreMedia' clients, including the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Deutsche Telekom and so forth.
Using CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0, clients have maximum control and flexibility in meeting the needs of their online shoppers. Let's take a look at exactly how that works.
<h2>Visual Engagement &amp; Immersive Content</h2>
CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0 allows businesses to leverage experiential commerce to connect customers with an engaging experience through the seamless blending of brand, content and community resulting in increased visitor traffic, brand awareness, sales and customer loyalty.
<img src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2023/08/sshot-1.png" alt="CoreMedia" />
The three foundational components CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0 are as follows:
<ul>
<li> Visual Engagement: Great design elements, exciting layouts and a mobile-first responsive and adaptive approach enable e-Commerce and marketing professionals to design experiences that attract and engage shoppers.</li>
<li> Immersive Content: Through product aligned storytelling e-Commerce professionals can deliver inspirational, content-driven stories that are seamlessly embedded with product information.</li>
<li> Incremental Innovation: A grow-as-you-go approach ensures that operations won’t be disrupted while evolving to experiential commerce. A fixed price rapid deployment offering, aligned with tangible business value and delivered within as little as 10 weeks, is provided.</li>
</ul>
Regarding the release of CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0, Jerry Lewis, VP of WebSphere Commerce Practice at SysIQ,had this to say:
<blockquote>
“The seamless integration between CoreMedia and WebSphere Commerce Management Center, minimizes the number of tools that business users need to build a visually compelling and effective e-commerce application. 
Many other commerce and content solutions are cobbled together making them complex and difficult to manage. With CoreMedia, merchandisers, marketers, and merchants can effectively combine content with commerce in a long-awaited, much needed tool set.”
</blockquote>
For further details on the release of CoreMedia LiveContent 2.0, check out the <a href="http://www.coremedia.com/web-content-management/news-events/press-releases/coremedia-live-context-2-0-launch-may-2014-en/-/1602/34776/-/_rkd57cz/-/Tweet%20This:%20CoreMedia%20LiveContext%202.0%20Helps%20Businesses%20Transform%20their%20Online%20Stores%20with%20Experiential%20Commerce:%20www.coremedia.com/livecontext" target="_blank"> official announcement </a> .
You can also find out more about CoreMedia <a href="http://www.coremedia.com/" target="_blank"> via their website </a> .

CoreMedia LiveContext 2.0 Released

<img title="jaws" src="https://cmscritic.com/ms-content/uploads/2021/07/jaws_hxnhmc.jpg" />Team Jaws announce the release of Jaws 0.8.12, changes since 0.8.11 are:
– Added new method hashing for storing password in database 
– Added two new security features to Jaws session 
– Fixed generation captcha in 64bit operation systems 
– Fixed some issue in Blog gadget feeds 
– Fixed sending message via Chatbox gadget 
– Fixed bug in VisitCounter when using SQLite as database driver 
– Fixed bug in PostgreSQL driver while trying to store blob field 
– Updated Finnish translation 
– and other minor bug fixes
for more information and download please visit: http://www.jaws-project.com/

Jaws 0.8.12 released

Best Video Experience

Give your audience the best video experience

#000000

Explore a wide range of informative articles, insights, and industry updates. Stay informed and ahead of the curve with our diverse collection of news and posts covering the latest trends and developments in the industry. Page - 74