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Onxshop, a CMS and e-commerce package created for web developers, is now available for free download following its open source launch. The newly released Onxshop CMS provides one of the simplest options currently available on the web for combining traditional content management and an eCommerce store. It was made available for free download last month [...]
Dries recently gave a presentation regarding the state of Drupal and has just made the video of this talk available for the public. My presentation was based on the results of the State of Drupal survey, which got over 3,000 responses from people all over the world. Because I didn’t have time to talk about all [...]
I was contacted recently by Increo, the makers of a new WCM called Wondercode to see if I could spend some time reviewing their product. Wondercode is a product based out of Norway that offers a fully functional WCM with a number of modules such as eCommerce, newsletters, recruitment and more. Let’s dig into the [...]
Percussion Software announced the release of version 2 of their popular Percussion CM1 WCM today and I thought I’d share my thoughts of the system, having recently had an opportunity to test it out. One of the first things I noticed, having never had an opportunity to explore CM1 before, was the slick look and [...]
One of the more common errors made when evaluating products designed to enable an online presence is the misunderstanding of the difference between a WCM and a CMS. In order to help alleviate this confusion, I thought I’d offer up how I view the two, so you can get a better understanding when trying to [...]
Percussion Software, a leading provider of Web Content Management (WCM) products, today announced the general availability of Percussion CM1 Version 2, the industry’s first pure WCM product that provides users with full WCM functionality delivered as an easily upgradeable product in a cost-effective package. Percussion CM1 Version 2 features comprehensive new social engagement capabilities, including [...]
SilverStripe Ltd. is due to release SilverStripe CMS 3.0 in alpha in October and beta before Christmas. The biggest change to the current content management system will be the separation of the SilverStripe Framework as it’s own entity. The framework as a stable basis, formerly known as ‘Sapphire’, enables the developer to build more than [...]
This is the last week to get your nominations in for the Packt Pub 2011 Open Source Awards. Head on over to their website to get your nominations in before the time expires. The Open Source Awards is a contest that aims to encourage, support, recognize and reward Open Source projects. Formerly the Open Source CMS [...]
WebRadar is an automated content reporting and analytics application designed by Ephox exclusively for IBM Web Content Manager. Version 3 was just recently announced and brings with it a number of new features. WebRadar 3 delivers new user-focused features, which include advanced reporting capabilities, charting, personalized dashboards, report sharing, and email notifications. WebRadar 3 also [...]
SquareSpace has released their first ever Android app which is now available in the Android Market. With an already very successful iOS app, this makes SquareSpace one of the few CMS to offer native apps for both iOS and Android (other than WordPress that is). Some of the features of this app include: Posting - Quickly [...]
As Autonomy considers HP’s multi-billion dollar buy-out offer, Laserfiche announces a trade-in program designed to help customers of acquired enterprise content management (ECM) vendors easily and cost-effectively upgrade to a full-featured—and fully supported—Laserfiche ECM system. “Due to mergers and acquisitions, a lot of ECM customers aren’t being looked after,” said Chris Wacker, Executive Vice President [...]
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