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		<title>Enter PaperThin&#8217;s new Giveaway Contest to Win a Free SaaS, Cloud Based CMS!</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/enter-paperthins-new-giveaway-contest-to-win-a-free-saas-cloud-based-cms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WCM Vendor, PaperThin and web design firm, Fig Leaf Software have announced an amazing new giveaway contest. PaperThin plans to give away a package that includes two free years of its SaaS, cloud-based Web content management solution CommonSpot Cloud, plus a $10,000 web design from Fig Leaf Software, and a $10,000 PaperThin professional services allowance towards [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WCM Vendor, PaperThin and web design firm, Fig Leaf Software have announced an amazing new giveaway contest. <a href="http://www.paperthin.com" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">PaperThin</a> plans to give away a package that includes two free years of its SaaS, cloud-based Web content management solution CommonSpot Cloud, plus a $10,000 web design from Fig Leaf Software, and a $10,000 PaperThin professional services allowance towards the implementation of the winner’s new site.</p>
<p>For those looking to take their business online, this is a great opportunity to possibly win a complete presence. CommonSpot is an excellent WCM and with a free design / development package to accompany it, you can&#8217;t lose.</p>
<p>According to the contest rules, entrants simply upload a 2,500 word (or less) essay or video describing why their organization should be considered to win two free years of CommonSpot Cloud to manage their website. Three finalists will be chosen by PaperThin, and the 1<sup>st</sup>place winner will be determined by the entry with the most votes. Two 2<sup>nd</sup> place winners will receive 50% off one year of CommonSpot Cloud, plus a $5,000 PaperThin Services allowance. Complete details and contest rules can be found on the contest website at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winfreecms.com&amp;esheet=6837673&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.winfreecms.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=a2df28bd5e63944234814c86a4988984" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">www.winfreecms.com</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;We’re extremely excited about this contest because it will give three very lucky organizations—whether start-ups, not-for-profits, or more established companies—the chance to create sophisticated websites using our SaaS CMS—CommonSpot Cloud. We’re very excited to see what types of firms enter,” said Todd Peters, founder and president of PaperThin, Inc.</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;CommonSpot Cloud will enable our designers to continue to create professional Web sites and integrate our customer’s brands online. We’ll also be able to have tight integrations with social media, like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ as well as online video” said Bret Peters, a partner at Fig Leaf Software, Inc.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>About CommonSpot:</strong></p>
<p>CommonSpot is a secure Web platform that includes a powerful content management solution, a suite of marketing solutions, Web 2.0 and social media apps, and an open-source application development framework that allow organizations to create world-class Web experiences. CommonSpot features a marketing suite that helps organizations increase site traffic, brand loyalty, and conversion rates. Its intuitive user interface allows everyday users to easily publish Web content via any delivery channel (social media, streaming media, video, mobile, etc.). And results from customers indicate that CommonSpot gives IT the ability to create and deploy tailored functionality 50% faster than the norm, and at half the cost—whether deploying out-of-the-box apps, designing new ones, or importing and exporting apps. Available on premises or in the cloud, CommonSpot serves as a Web foundation that puts power into the hands of marketers for amazing digital results.</p>
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		<title>Agility CMS August 2011 Release is Live</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/agility-cms-august-2011-release-is-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agility CMS Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another month goes by and BOOM. Just like that, the summer is halfway gone. During this time our developers have been busy working in the latest Agility Release. We&#8217;ve got a killer feature lined up for you, and a few other things designed to spice up your summer publishing experience. The latest release includes several [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another month goes by and BOOM. Just like that, the summer is halfway gone. During this time our developers have been busy working in the latest Agility Release. We&#8217;ve got a killer feature lined up for you, and a few other things designed to spice up your summer publishing experience.</p>
<p>The latest release includes several highly requested items from both clients and partners, Digital Channels, New Development Bar, and new Dialogs and Structures for future features.</p>
<p>Within the items that were added or fixed are:</p>
<p>• 5 different kinds of channels: Website, Mobile Website, Mobile App, Facebook Page and Content API.<br />
• Login page now prepopulated the email address when opened directly from a sample site welcome email.<br />
• Style rules from the &#8220;Other Editor Style Sheets&#8221; are now readded to the CSS.<br />
• The preview bar now refreshes the page and switches out of preview mode, without forcing the window closed.<br />
• Fixed the Dynamic Page Friendly URLs to handle special characters with accents.<br />
• Pagination missing from the moderation view in UGC<br />
• Fixed issues when a UGC definition has more than 20 fields.<br />
• Fixed Javascript errors when adding a custom section to a UGC definition<br />
• The spacing and timestamps in the UGC Alert emails have been corrected.<br />
• Image size restriction validation is corrected in a few select scenarios.<br />
• Language Dropdown binding issues in Dynamic Page Content listing dialog.<br />
• Language dropdown was not being populated and was not visible properly in the Shared Content and Dynamic Page Content tabs in the Digital Content area.<br />
• Agility.Web upgrades can no longer be triggered when the site is in Development Mode.<br />
• Redesigned the upgrade in progress dialog UI.<br />
• Site updating message has been cleaned up.<br />
• Updated the developer bar to be more streamlined as well as resize to mobile browser sizes for both tablets and phones.<br />
• When editing users in the global security section, the Content Moderation tab now has checkboxes to select multiple items.<br />
• Cleanup of the UI on the publish list dialog.<br />
• The image manager now updates the thumbnail in the manager right after you upload your file, it doesn&#8217;t wait for a save action like previously.<br />
• Publish list dialog confirmation update.<br />
• Added a link to the tutorial for the URL Redirections beside the HTTP Code in the add URL Redirection dialog.<br />
• Added a double prompt to deleting Shared or Dynamic Content.<br />
• Constant across all Languages and Unique in Each Language are now separate values and can be used separately or at the same time.<br />
• BrightCove submissions that are submitted with &#8221; or ! in the name or description are now sent properly and processed by BrightCove.<br />
• Shared Content version history had errors opening in IE8.<br />
• js, css, and txt files are now gzipped and have the appropriate content-encoding set for Amazon S3.</p>
<blockquote><p>“We have considered our clients and partners feedback and have launched a release that touch Agility in many different areas and make development easy and faster”, said Jonathan Voigt, Agility CMS Co-Founder, CTO.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>About Agility</strong><br />
Agility is a cloud-based content management system for managing internally produced and user generated content across web, mobile and social media. Agility is designed to be easy for developers, editors, designers and marketers. It integrates with best-of-breed solutions for video management, ad serving, search, analytics, email marketing and more. Their Perfect Fit Guarantee ensures that you will be satisfied with your CMS implementation, or the license fees are free. You can implement Agility internally, or work with their implementation partners. Agility powers sites for Uncle Ben’s, Campbell’s, Subaru, Whiskas, Cineplex, CTV and Shoppers Drug Mart.</p>
<p>Website: <a href="http://www.agilitycms.com" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">www.agilitycms.com</a></p>
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		<title>PaperThin brings their WCM to the Cloud with CommonSpot Cloud</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As is the trend of late, a large number of WCM vendors are bring their WCM product lines to the cloud in one way or the other and PaperThin is no exception. Today, they have announced the release of CommonSpot Cloud, a SaaS based version of their popular, award winning WCM platform. &#8220;There is tremendous [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As is the trend of late, a large number of WCM vendors are bring their WCM product lines to the cloud in one way or the other and <a href="http://www.paperthin.com/" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">PaperThin</a> is no exception. Today, they have announced the release of CommonSpot Cloud, a SaaS based version of their popular, award winning WCM platform.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;There is tremendous pressure on marketers now more than ever to deliver on the promise of the Web. Organizations want better results, faster. CommonSpot Cloud removes IT from the Web management equation so marketers can easily combine their creativity with our powerful content management capabilities for better results without encountering bottlenecks. They can be up and running and quickly creating the digital initiatives they want, and optimizing those campaigns in real time. That&#8217;s a powerful combination that brings marketers real business agility,&#8221; said Todd Peters, founder and president of PaperThin.</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Key Benefits for Marketers:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>High Impact Results<br />
</strong>Marketers get the powerful capabilities they need to easily create well organized, SEO enabled, interactive, and community-focused websites that drive new business and strengthen online brands.</li>
<li><strong>Multi-channel Optimization<br />
</strong>Marketers can optimize digital content and campaigns across all Web channels, including social media, mobile, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Fast Time to Market<br />
</strong>Marketers can implement Web strategies in weeks not months with minimal effort using CommonSpot Cloud, and can start realizing marketing results immediately.</li>
</ul>
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<blockquote><p>&#8220;We offer significant IT benefits as well,&#8221; Peters added. &#8220;CommonSpot Cloud lowers Web operating costs and administrative burdens, frees up IT resources, and improves reliability and scalability. This offering is perfect for those seeking leaner, cloud-based Web infrastructures. While we remain committed to our on premises, ColdFusion-based solution, we&#8217;ve added this new cloud-based option to round out our offering with choices that meet any organization&#8217;s needs regardless of size, budget, platform, or resources.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Key Benefits for IT:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lower Costs and Fewer Resources<br />
</strong>CommonSpot Cloud offers affordable, tiered pricing so organizations only pay for the capabilities and infrastructure they need. Because it&#8217;s SaaS and in the cloud, capital expenses for software licenses and hardware are eliminated and ongoing maintenance, upgrade and support resources and associated costs are significantly reduced.</li>
<li><strong>Rapid Deployment and Greater Productivity<br />
</strong>CommonSpot Cloud sites can be implemented quickly by PaperThin experts and just as quickly handed off to business users greatly reducing your time to Web. By removing the time and resources associated with the initial build-out and ongoing maintenance, IT productivity greatly improves because time can be spent focusing on more strategic business initiatives.</li>
</ul>
<div>CommonSpot Cloud is available on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) at four basic price levels—Express, Standard, Professional, and Enterprise—but can be customized to each customer&#8217;s specific configuration. Customers will be able to leverage the benefits of cost, reliability, elasticity, and security for their Web infrastructure. PaperThin&#8217;s Professional Services team, along with its certified partners, will provide core implementation services for the initial site build out and training. All ongoing server and software maintenance tasks, upgrades, support, and performance monitoring will be handled by PaperThin, eliminating the need for specialized internal IT resources.</div>
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		<title>Gartner: Building a Global Online Strategy with Cloud WCM</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/gartner-building-a-global-online-strategy-with-cloud-wcm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As VP of Research and Lead WCM Analyst at Gartner, Mick MacComascaigh knows more than a thing or two about enterprise web content management systems. In the recent podcast “The BIG Shift: Building a Global Online Strategy with Cloud WCM”, Mick talks about the challenges many organizations face in building a global web presence, in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As VP of Research and Lead WCM Analyst at Gartner, Mick MacComascaigh knows more than a thing or two about enterprise web content management systems. In the recent podcast “The BIG Shift: Building a Global Online Strategy with Cloud WCM”, Mick talks about the challenges many organizations face in building a global web presence, in most cases with very limited and outdated legacy installed content management systems. The frustration generated from these challenges is what has been driving the attention of global enterprises towards software-as-a-service (SaaS) web content management, also known as Cloud web content management. As a much-improved alternative solution, Cloud WCM delivers on the failed promises of speed, agility, and interoperability once expected from on-premise content management systems.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/lp/gartner-podcast-building-a-global-online-strategy-with-cloud-wcm.aspx?utm_source=cmswire&amp;utm_medium=article3&amp;utm_campaign=gartnerpodcast" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Watch “The BIG Shift: Building a Global Online Strategy with Cloud WCM”</a></p>
<p>As the podcast explains, Cloud WCM provides tangible and quantifiable benefits such as 80% faster deployments than on-premise CMS at 70% total cost of ownership (TCO), no hardware or software to purchase hence significantly reducing capital expenditure, global accessibility, no technical requirements resulting in better usability for business units, and much more.</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/lp/gartner-podcast-building-a-global-online-strategy-with-cloud-wcm.aspx?utm_source=cmswire&amp;utm_medium=article3&amp;utm_campaign=gartnerpodcast" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Click here to watch the podcast.</a></p>
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		<title>Latest SaaS WCM Products and Cloud CMS Features</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/latest-saas-wcm-products-and-cloud-cms-features/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CrownPeak, the market leader in cloud Web Content Management and Optimization, offers a software-as-a service solution built to empower marketers to develop and deliver website content and optimize campaigns with speed, ease and sophistication. Some of the features include mobile content management, social media integration, testing and targeting, and real-time analytics. The product provides connectors [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=crownpeak&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">CrownPeak</a>, the market leader in <a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/solutions/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">cloud Web Content Management and Optimization</a>, offers a software-as-a service solution built to empower marketers to develop and deliver website content and optimize campaigns with speed, ease and sophistication.</p>
<p>Some of the features include mobile content management, social media integration, testing and targeting, and real-time analytics. The product provides connectors for easily integration with other applications such as e-commerce, Sharepoint, CRM, email marketing, and others.</p>
<p>CrownPeak ships with the most powerful analytics available in any WCM product, has integration with 19 different social networks, and native mobile site management capabilities.  Every new feature is immediately available in the interface, keeping marketing way ahead of the curve at all times.</p>
<blockquote><p>“We did not have the time or resources to pull a content management solution together internally so CrownPeak was the perfect solution for us. They solved the content management piece of the puzzle for us,” &#8211; Dave Beckwith, Senior Director of Skype Global Web Stores.</p></blockquote>
<p>CrownPeak offers critical speed-to-market advantages.  The development environment enables template rollout over 80% faster than traditional products and has deployment architecture optimized for speed, interoperability and economics, enabling global organizations to deploy business-unit driven, regionally tailored sites worldwide in less than a calendar quarter.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/resources/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=resources&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Click here to download additional videos, whitepapers and case studies or request a demo of CrownPeak’s SaaS Web Content Management and Cloud CMS.</a></p>
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		<title>Introduction to CrownPeak SaaS WCM and Cloud CMS</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/introduction-to-crownpeak-saas-wcm-and-cloud-cms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CrownPeak, the market leader in cloud Web Content Management and Optimization, offers a software-as-a service solution built to empower marketers to develop and deliver website content and optimize campaigns with speed, ease and sophistication. The product has zero learning curve and integrates with other platforms seamlessly through its innovative architecture. The interface is simple and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=crownpeak&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">CrownPeak</a>, the market leader in <a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/solutions/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">cloud Web Content Management and Optimization</a>, offers a software-as-a service solution built to empower marketers to develop and deliver website content and optimize campaigns with speed, ease and sophistication.</p>
<p>The product has zero learning curve and integrates with other platforms seamlessly through its innovative architecture. The interface is simple and easy to use, with control of SEO and metadata, multi-media files, mobile content management, social media, and multilingual content and multinational sites.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/products/web-content-optimization.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=optimization&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Optimization</a> is achieved through targeting, testing, analytics, and customer data management based on browser and device, user behavior, and even location data. Content creation is made easy through form and landing page creation and conversion data that empowers marketers to measure and adjust their campaigns effectiveness.</p>
<p>CrownPeak is based on configuration over development in a click-and-go interface with a workflow that enables deployment in weeks, not months. Integration with most applications such as e-commerce, email marketing, CRM, collaboration, ECM, social media/community, identity management and analytics is done easily and efficiently because of its delivery architecture that enables global availability and scalability through the use of the cloud.</p>
<p>Thousands of websites including Nissan, Skype, CoreLogic and Alico achieve web content success through CrownPeak’s versatile cloud CMS solution. CrownPeak was recently nominated Finalist at the 2011 American Business Awards for Best Product Development team.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/resources/index.aspx?utm_source=cmscritic&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_term=resources&amp;utm_content=intro_to_crownpeak&amp;utm_campaign=web" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Click here to download additional videos, whitepapers and case studies or request a demo of CrownPeak’s SaaS Web Content Management and Cloud CMS.</a></p>
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		<title>Introducing SubHub Lite &#8211; A new Drupal 7 based web CMS</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/introducing-subhub-lite-a-new-drupal-7-based-web-cms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SubHub Lite is a new SaaS web CMS which launched on November 1st. SubHub Lite is built on the latest release of Drupal 7, with a unique admin layer, site builder, design themes and apps (drag and drop functionality). As a hosted platform there&#8217;s nothing to download to upgrade. SubHub Lite has been built around [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SubHub Lite is a new SaaS web CMS which launched on November 1st.</p>
<p>SubHub Lite is built on the latest release of Drupal 7, with a unique admin layer, site builder, design themes and apps (drag and drop functionality). As a hosted platform there&#8217;s nothing to download to upgrade.</p>
<p>SubHub Lite has been built around the concept of outstanding ease of use.</p>
<p>So many content management systems / platforms have been built with the assumption that their users will have a certain level of technical expertise. This ignores a lot of people who would like to build and manage their own website, but are clueless about how to install plugins and modules, add design themes and generally customize things.</p>
<p>SubHub Lite embraces any kind of user and make it as easy to set up and manage a website, even if you&#8217;re not particularly technically minded.</p>
<p>From an easy to use site builder, to the use of drag and drop apps and simple design tools, the SubHub team have tried to make their Lite platform as intuitive to use as possible.</p>
<p>Currently, users can add apps to their pages for YouTube, Twitter, Disqus, Flickr and MailChimp. Over the coming weeks and months they&#8217;ll be adding new apps on a continuous basis. These will include store apps, subscription apps, ad-serving apps, video CDN apps and a lot more besides.</p>
<p>SubHub Lite is currently completely free. In the coming months however optional premium apps will be made available through the SubHub Lite app store. The opportunity will also be made available for developers and designers to build their own apps and design themes, which they can either make available to users for free or at a charge.</p>
<p>Check it out at <a href="http://www.subhublite.com" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">http://www.subhublite.com</a></p>
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		<title>cmScribe Review &#8211; a slick combination of .NET and Ajax</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/cmscribe-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a market that sometimes seems to be over saturated with vendors vying for your dollar, it&#8217;s always interesting to see how the various vendors are changing to stay competitive.  cmScribe has been around for a number of years but has recently &#8220;pulled the current software apart and rebuilt it on the latest versions of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In a market that sometimes seems to be over saturated with vendors vying for your dollar, it&#8217;s always interesting to see how the various vendors are changing to stay competitive.  cmScribe has been around for a number of years but has recently &#8220;pulled the current software apart and rebuilt it on the latest versions of .NET and Ajax to specifically address web developers workflow and UI expectations.&#8221;</p>
<p>I was offered an opportunity recently to take a look at the new product and here are my thoughts.</p>
<p>cmScribe is a SaaS based content management system with what I would consider a very reasonable price point. Currently, their product is not available for commercial purchase but the tentative numbers are as follows:</p>
<div id="attachment_3128" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Proposed-Pricing-Plans-cmScribe.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Proposed-Pricing-Plans-cmScribe-580x237.png' class='size-large wp-image-3128' width='460' height='187.965517241'/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Pricing subject to change. See http://www.cmscribe.com/about/pricing/ for current pricing.</p></div>
<p>There are quite a few options in the SaaS arena but not very many of them are priced as competitively as this one, in my opinion. I&#8217;m eager to see how widely adopted the system becomes once it&#8217;s officially released.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind that this review is based on an existing beta and, as such, there may be bugs or glitches that I identify. These may not necessarily still be present in the final product.</p>
<p>I was given a demo site to use for this review that was pre-populated with data. Once I logged in with the designer role, I was presented with the following screen:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-1.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-1-580x437.png' class='aligncenter size-large wp-image-3130' width='460' height='346.586206897'/></a></p>
<p>You can see in the picture above that in the top left beside the logo for cmScribe there are three icons that look like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-4.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3132" src="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-4.png" alt="" width="99" height="40" /></a></p>
<p>These are used to enter the various modes of page display. For instance, the left being edit mode, then manage mode and finally, live mode. The screenshot above shows edit mode. Clicking on any of the available green edit buttons brings up a simple ckEditor window for quick editing of content:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-3.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-3-580x597.png' class='aligncenter size-large wp-image-3133' width='460' height='473.482758621'/></a>Editing the content is pretty straight forward and I experienced no issues using the editor. cmScribe uses Ajax to load the various options and I found load time to be very quick. There is also the ability to create a new page which is equally as quick.</p>
<p>The next mode, manage mode.</p>
<p>Once active, the toolbar at the top becomes active with the following functions:</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-9.png"><img src="../wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-9.png" alt="" width="490" height="44" /></a></p>
<p>It also presents a screen that looks like this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-6.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-6-580x531.png' class='aligncenter size-large wp-image-3135' width='460' height='421.137931034'/></a></p>
<p>In this mode, you have the ability to add panels to the various active areas, edit the ones that have something to change, manage the styles and edit the template. One of the things that might potentially confuse new users are the icons on the various areas. For instance, the move icon on the left (pictured below) led me to believe I had the ability to drag and drop the basic content  within the various active regions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-10.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3138" src="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-10.png" alt="" width="242" height="37" /></a></p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the case, however. You have to actually click on the icon to get the option to move it. This obviously isn&#8217;t a major issue but could certainly lead to confusion for new users. Hovering over this icon should probably present an info pop-up advising users how to use it, currently it states that you use it to move the panel but it doesn&#8217;t make it obvious that you need to click on it.</p>
<p>Clicking on Page Settings on the top bar gives a variety of options to configure on a per page basis:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-7.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-7-580x403.png' class='aligncenter size-large wp-image-3140' width='460' height='319.620689655'/></a>You can also navigate to the various CMS settings using the drop down menu in the top right:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-2.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3142" src="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-2.png" alt="" width="305" height="232" /></a></p>
<p>The majority of the options and their respective pages are pretty straight forward to I won&#8217;t focus too much on the obvious ones other than to say they load fast, work as intended and are easy to understand.</p>
<p>One of the options I found the most interesting is the Content Prototypes option. Clicking this one presents a page such as this:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-8.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-8-580x431.png' class='aligncenter size-large wp-image-3144' width='460' height='341.827586207'/></a></p>
<p>This is a very easy to use way to build content templates which I found exceptionally well put together. Adding the various elements works with drag and drop and clicking on the names (when in blue) presents individual settings for said option. Example:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-11.png"><img src='http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/cmscribe-11.png' class='aligncenter size-full wp-image-3145' width='460' height='197.823834197'/></a></p>
<p>I have to say, this is one of the best setups I&#8217;ve seen for constructing content templates and it was pleasing and easy to use. I think cmScribe took one of the greatest frustrations new users have and made it simple.  I&#8217;m duly impressed.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for Manage mode.</p>
<p>Live mode is simply a preview of how the site looks once you&#8217;ve completed your edits.</p>
<p>For those unsure how to use the system or who require additional assistance, cmScribe has also provided a number of videos that demonstrate how to go from  html/css/javascript and graphical assets to a completed cmScribe website: <a href="http://www.cmscribe.com/support/Developer-Videos/97/" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">http://www.cmscribe.com/support/Developer-Videos/97/</a></p>
<h3><strong>Conclusion</strong></h3>
<p>cmScribe has put together an excellently valued SaaS based CMS here. They&#8217;ve taken the most difficult portions of web development and made them as easy as possible and they have done so successfully.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait to see how the final product looks but I have no problem recommending this system to anyone looking for an easy to use .NET system that is SaaS based (hosted).</p>
<p>Check them out at <a href="http://www.cmscribe.com" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">http://www.cmscribe.com</a></p>
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		<title>Webiva Launches SaaS Hosting Platform for Open Source Rails-based Content Management System</title>
		<link>http://www.cmscritic.com/webiva-launches-saas-hosting-platform-for-open-source-rails-based-content-management-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webiva, an open source Ruby on Rails content management system (CMS) designed to compete with the likes of Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, today launched a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosting platform. Webiva.com allows web professionals to build websites on a load-balanced, backed-up and replicated cloud without the hassle of installing and maintaining a Ruby on Rails [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Webiva, an open source Ruby on Rails content management system (CMS) designed to compete with the likes of Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress, today launched a new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosting platform. Webiva.com allows web professionals to build websites on a load-balanced, backed-up and replicated cloud without the hassle of installing and maintaining a Ruby on Rails installation.</p>
<p>“Webiva has been absolutely critical to the growth of our business. We reviewed dozens of platforms to adopt, and have found nothing that compares in quality to Webiva,” said Jonathan Karush, CEO of Liberty Concepts, the nation’s largest provider of campaign websites to U.S. congressional candidates. “It has powered some of the nation&#8217;s most recognizable advocacy campaigns over the past two years.”</p>
<p>Built from the ground up with a designer’s and a developer’s needs in mind, Webiva is a web 2.0 open-source website building system (WBS) that allows web professionals to build custom websites that look and operate the way they want them to. Based on a Ruby on Rails framework from a software perspective, Webiva does its best to build on the concepts and methodologies that Rails creates. It has an extensible module system that allows additional functionality to easily be dropped into the system. Webiva offers support for forums, e-commerce, social networking other mediums needed by web professionals building top-of-the-line websites.</p>
<p>“Until recently there were two CMS options: a blog engine that’s user-friendly but limited, or a full-stack CMS that’s powerful, but complex to manage,” said Webiva Partner and Developer Pascal Rettig. “Webiva offers the best of both, a Rails-based system with the accessibility of a blog engine and all the features of a big CMS on the back-end.”</p>
<p>With 18 years of combined web development experience, Pascal and Martha Rettig are the inventive developer-designer team behind Webiva’s creation. They have been using the system for more than four years. Every feature available on Webiva was added in response to a specific requirement that arose during its use. Key benefits to web professionals using Webiva include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Easy-to-Use &#8211; A user-friendly interface similar to a blog engine with all the features of a powerful open-source CMS</li>
<li>Non-CMS Aesthetic Appeal &#8211; Webiva is transparent from a site’s front end, giving designers full control and easy access to site HTML and CSS with built in editors.</li>
<li>Quick Click Site Creation &#8211; Build and deploy dozens of sites from a singe install- no need to FTP templates and assets.</li>
<li>Well documented, Open-source Platform &#8211; Built-on and extensible with Ruby on Rails, web professionals can use core modules (including e-commerce, social networking, forums, etc.) or write their own.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>About Webiva</strong></p>
<p>Webiva is the first and only web 2.0 open source Ruby on Rails content management system (CMS) built from the ground up with a designer’s and a developer’s needs in mind. Known as a website building system (WBS), Webiva allows web professionals to build custom websites that look and operate the way they want them to. Founded in 2006, Webiva is based in Boston. <a href="http://www.webiva.com/" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">http://www.webiva.com/</a></p>
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		<title>Interview with Daniel Chalef, CEO of KnowledgeTree</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 19:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KnowledgeTree has recently been making headlines here on CMS Critic with their recent shift to a SaaS based document management platform and we decided to take some time to find out the reasons for their move. In this interview with CEO, Daniel Chalef, we discuss the reasons behind the move to SaaS and his vision [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>KnowledgeTree has recently been making headlines here on CMS Critic with their recent shift to a SaaS based document management platform and we decided to take some time to find out the reasons for their move. In this interview with CEO, Daniel Chalef, we discuss the reasons behind the move to SaaS and his vision for the future of document management, among other topics of interest.</p>
<p>Enjoy&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Can you give our readers a bit of a basic rundown as to how you came to be with  KnowledgeTree and a bit about your background</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<div id="attachment_1956" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 110px"><strong><a href="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/KnowledgeTree-Daniel-Chalef.png"><img class="size-nail wp-image-1956" title="KnowledgeTree-Daniel-Chalef" src="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/KnowledgeTree-Daniel-Chalef-100x100.png" alt="" width="100" height="100" /></a></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">Daniel Chalef CEO of KnowledgeTree</p></div>
<p><strong>DC:</strong> Mike, the genesis of KnowledgeTree was a product developed for a South African  customer by a South African systems integrator. At the time I was CTO of the SI  and we decided to open source the results of the project.</p>
<p>We put the project up on to SourceForge.net and started  seeing many thousands of downloads per month and we figured there was a business model to be had.</p>
<p>We subsequently started up a company in the US, of which I  became the CEO, and redeveloped the software which is the incarnation of KnowledgeTree&#8217;s document  management solution that is available online today.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Interesting. Compared to competing DMS products, what do you think made KnowledgeTree peak  the interest of potential customers/users?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>To business users:</p>
<ul>
<li>simplicity</li>
<li>fast time to value (i.e. what equipment,  people, configuration and customization, and training is required to start  seeing value from the product)</li>
<li>affordability versus very expensive  enterprise content management suites.</li>
</ul>
<p>For technologists running KnowledgeTree on-premise:</p>
<ul>
<li> The  accessibility of KnowledgeTree&#8217;s code. Being written in PHP it is easy to modify  and extend</li>
<li>The fact that KnowledgeTree is delivered as a service, a  cloud offering, really assists both business users and technologists with seeing  value very quickly</li>
</ul>
<p>KnowledgeTree is designed to allow users to quickly start  managing documents online, and to go beyond other basic content management  services available today in in allowing users to manage their document lifecycle with  tools such as workflow and contracts management features.</p>
<p>KnowledgeTree also has pretty neat integration with  Microsoft Office applications, the desktop and even HTML5 drag and drop.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Can you explain a bit further how your customers see benefit from moving to your  platform now that it&#8217;s SaaS based? What is the primary difference to the end  user between a SaaS cloud offering and a locally managed install, in your  opinion?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Document management as a Service provides the following  benefits:</p>
<ul>
<li>Customers don&#8217;t need to make capital expenditure on  equipment and software;</li>
<li>The software can be implemented immediately, without  requiring IT&#8217;s assistance, reducing IT&#8217;s workload and streamlining the  purchasing process</li>
<li>their content is stored securely, with many vendors  servicing customers out of datacenters that have undergone stringent physical  and logical security certifications (such as SAS70 Type II certification) often this level of security is higher than their own  infrastructure</li>
<li>coupled with security, DM as a service provides for very  high availability and data integrity &#8211; again, the massive redundancy available  on cloud infrastructure often far exceeds what a customer can economically  implement themselves</li>
<li>In a mobile, or geographically dispersed  workforce, a customer can ensure that all knowledge workers can access content  from wherever they may be, without having to lay on additional network  connectivity into their own datacenters.</li>
</ul>
<p>Additionally, with software as a service, all upgrades and  improvements are managed by the vendor, and this further reduces the burden on  internal IT teams, and ensures that the customer is always running the latest,  most capable and most secure product.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Those are certainly compelling reasons. You mentioned the mobile workforce.. how  well does KT integrate with the increasing number of mobile platforms on the  market?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Our web interface can be used from Webkit based phones (Android, iOS) and we  have Android and iOS apps in the works.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>What is your vision for the next 5 years as to how people will be interacting  with and manipulating their data? Do you see a change with regards to how it is  being accessed? Do you anticipate more mobile applications coming into play? How  is KnowledgeTree preparing itself for these shifts in the way content is managed?</p>
<p><strong>DC:</strong> We will have greatly increased need to manage content. Currently, very few  organizations are managing all sources of content &#8211; IM, social streams (whether  generated internally, or on external social platforms), the majority of email  etc are not currently managed, with adverse effects on an organization&#8217;s ability  to manage risk.</p>
<p>This problem is only going to increase and often times, the burden of doing so is too large  (expensive) to manage centrally. As a result, line of business managers are often bearing  the costs, both in terms of risk and in terms of operating efficiency. The costs of managing this explosion of content have until  now been very significant, primarily due to two factors: available software, and  the model the software was taken to market.</p>
<p>The available software has been expensive, difficult to  implement and difficult for the line of business to maintain. It&#8217;s required  expensive consultants to configure, and often manage and the software was only available on-premise &#8211; with all  the associated capital investment required in physical infrastructure.</p>
<p>Alongside the explosion of content, we&#8217;ve also seen the  rise of cloud computing. Storage costs and computing costs have plummeted and software running on that cloud infrastructure has taken  cues from consumer software:</p>
<ul>
<li>It&#8217;s become accessible for business users, with easy to use  interfaces, the removal of &#8220;tech&#8221; or &#8220;ECM industry&#8221; geek-speak.</li>
<li>It&#8217;s also mobile and accessible</li>
</ul>
<p>So going forward, business users will grow ever more  empowered to manage their own content, drive efficiency within their line of  business, and manage risk.</p>
<p>Some very practical examples:</p>
<p>A CFO in a 200 person company no longer requires the  implementation of an expensive on-premise ECM and document capture solution to  manage the workflow around invoicing, purchase orders, and accounts  payable.</p>
<p>Document management as a service offerings, such as  KnowledgeTree, allows the CFO herself to build workflows, integrate on-premise  scanners etc that support the above uses, all from a very accessible (as in easy to use, free of  jargon) web UI.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve got me started, but I can go on if you&#8217;d like ;) It&#8217;s a topic I quite  enjoy.</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>You recently wrote an article on the KnowledgeTree blog entitled &#8220;<a href="http://www.knowledgetree.com/blog/idc-saas-momentum-skyrocketing" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">Is traditional software dead?</a>&#8221; in which you pointed to some numbers by IDC that showed a steady decline in the licensed software model that most corporations have been tied to for years.</p>
<p>What methods are being employed by KnowledgeTree to assist these users with large time and customization investments in place with their current software to move to your platform?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>We are building technology that assists customers with migrating their content, and broader taxonomy (metadata, workflows, etc) from on-premise to the cloud.</p>
<p>We positively want to make it as smooth as possible for a customer to get from their existing legacy ECM app to KnowledgeTree in the cloud.</p>
<p>Already in place, we have technologies that assist organizations with putting large volumes of content in the cloud, either as the bare documents themselves, or with some migration development of XML files, the documents and their metadata.</p>
<p>So we have some tech already in place, and are building more to ensure a smooth migration.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Has KnowledgeTree seen a growth in adoption due to this decline of late?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Yes, we have seen strong interest from customer organizations for a SaaS / cloud solution and from surprising places that have validated our belief that mid-market organizations are very ready to see the benefits of SaaS. The sizes and types of organizations we are seeing certainly indicate the coming of age of SaaS.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Do you feel that Knowledgetree has a leg up on it&#8217;s competitors when it comes to the migration to a SaaS based solution?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Our Hot Folders technology, which is specifically designed to assist with this process has certainly been well received by our user community.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Can you describe Hot Folders a bit for us?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>It monitors a folder for files or folders and releases them into the KnowledgeTree service. What&#8217;s cool about it is that it can work as simply as that, or you can train your scanner, fax server, or even other line of business apps such as accounting apps, to output an XML file alongside the document.</p>
<p>This file describes the document in more detail, perhaps providing a barcode, a customer number or similar. This metadata is then associated with the document in the KnowledgeTree repository. You can then report on documents added to the repsoitory, based on that metadata, using KnowledgeTree&#8217;s search engine or even kick off a workflow that manages the newly added documents through their lifecycle.</p>
<p>For example, newly scanned in invoices could go through an approval cycle before being paid.<br />
This very same technology can be leveraged when migrating from a legacy on-premise ECM application to KnowledgeTree in the cloud. That is, your existing metadata can be migrated alongside the documents themselves.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Thank you. Back in June, you mentioned an upcoming launch of Salesforce.com integration. When can users expect to see this and what other integrations are in the works, if any?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>We are able to right now provide it to customer organizations who&#8217;d like to try out the beta and will be publishing it on the AppExchange later this quarter.</p>
<p>We have a number of other line of business application integrations in our sights, and will be announcing these over the next few months. Our lightweight and easy to use REST interfaces do already provide a powerful mechanism for custom integration efforts that customers or partners would like to undertake.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>It sounds like KnowledgeTree is well positioned to be even more of a contender in the market. Where do you see the company in the next 5 years?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Continuing to deliver great, innovative software that our customers enjoy using, and see significant value from, and with that, healthy growth that we and our investors can be proud of ;)</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Can you share with us whom some of your largest or more recognizable customers are?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>We&#8217;re proud to have a number of very recognizable organizations using KnowledgeTree.<br />
These cover federal agencies, such as the US GSA, the FAA, DoJ, etc to companies including folks such as Virgin America, Papa John&#8217;s Pizza, and IBM. We also have a whole bunch of universities using our software.</p>
<p><strong>CC: </strong>Excellent. Thank you for your time, do you have any parting comments or remarks  you&#8217;d like to share with our readers?</p>
<p><strong>DC: </strong>Mike, thanks for the opportunity discuss content management today, and KnowledgeTree&#8217;s cloud solution for SMB document process management. I&#8217;d like to invite your readers to sign up for a free 30-day trial of KnowledgeTree to experience the contacts management, workflow and collaboration features themselves: <a href="https://www.knowledgetree.com/free-trial" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">https://www.knowledgetree.com/free-trial</a></p>
<p><strong>About KnowledgeTree</strong></p>
<p>KnowledgeTree makes sharing content and controlling document  processes simple with secure, affordable online document management  solutions for growing SMBs and departments at larger companies. Designed  for business professionals, KnowledgeTree is easy to use, does not  require extensive training and enables content to be accessed and  managed anytime, anywhere via cloud computing. Rich and open APIs allow  for seamless integration of popular third party business applications.</p>
<p>KnowledgeTree accelerates return on investment by streamlining  document-centric business processes and increasing collaboration with  workflow, document alerts, version control and full transaction  histories. KnowledgeTree is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.  For more information, visit <a title="www.knowledgetree.com" href="http://www.knowledgetree.com/" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">www.knowledgetree.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>CrownPeak adds WebKit support and goes mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Johnston</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CrownPeak, the SaaS CMS for online marketing has announced support for mobile browsers using WebKit technologies. This technology is used in browsers on both the iPhone and Android phones including the popular Motorola Droid. To coincide with the availability of CrownPeak CMS on mobile devices, CrownPeak has launched a series of mobile templates to be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-nail wp-image-890" title="crownpeak" src="http://www.cmscritic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/crownpeak-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />CrownPeak, the SaaS CMS for online marketing has announced support for mobile browsers using WebKit technologies. This technology is used in browsers on both the iPhone and Android phones including the popular Motorola Droid.</p>
<p>To coincide with the availability of CrownPeak CMS on mobile devices, CrownPeak has launched a series of mobile templates to be used by their customers to create mobile versions of their sites. These templates will be provided, managed and supported by CrownPeak to enable every one of CrownPeak&#8217;s customers a feature-rich mobile site.</p>
<p>“We live in a world where there are already 450 million mobile internet users, soon to be a billion.  Enabling our customers to use the CrownPeak products from their mobile devices has been a big project, and we’re thrilled to be the only CMS product on the market to have taken this step” said Jim Howard, CrownPeak’s CEO.  “At the same time, our customers need their web sites and web marketing efforts to work for the mobile web, so we are adding a suite of powerful tools to our product to enable that as well.”</p>
<p><em><strong>Google Chrome &amp; Apple Safari</strong></em></p>
<p>As part of the project to enable CrownPeak CMS for mobile devices, CrownPeak is also announcing support for Google Chrome on PC as well as Safari on Mac and PC.</p>
<p>To contact or learn more about CrownPeak go to <a href="http://www.crownpeak.com/" target="_blank" class="thisismyurl_external">http://www.CrownPeak.com</a>.</p>
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