Simple solutions to common mistakes made when choosing a CMS

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The CMS selection process can often be a frustrating and overwhelming one to those with little to no experience in the field. For this reason, it should come as no surprise that there are often mistakes made during the process that lead to either incorrect selection or overspending for your organization. By outlining the most [...]

Ecommerce Web Design: Six Hot Trends

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Head-turning ecommerce web design is pivotal for the success of your online store as attention-grabbing pages publicise your brand. Just like any other creative sphere, web design is a fickle industry that constantly undergoes changes. With the development of new tools like HTML5 and CSS3, new design trends start to take off. Below there are [...]

Security Analysis updated to include MODx CMS and ExpressionEngine

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The recently posted “In Depth Analysis of Open Source Security” has been updated to include an additional open source CMS, MODx as well as one closed source system based on requests from the original post. Thanks to Philipp Krenn for taking on this additional work to his excellent first analysis. Check it out for the additional [...]

The Drupal Release Model and Why it Needs to be Revamped

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Drupal today released a total of four versions of the popular open source CMS. Yes, I said four. Drupal 6.23, 6.24, 7.11 and 7.12 releases were put on the servers today. On the release announcement, they are stating that they want to release version that include only security updates and versions that include security + bug [...]

In Depth Analysis of Open Source CMS Security

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Recently, I was contacted by the author of an incredibly detailed analysis of the security of a number of popular Open Source content management systems. As part of this breakdown, the analysis goes into detail about which systems have had the most vulnerabilities and the severity of them, coming up with a number of rather [...]

The Importance of Integrated CMS & CRM Systems

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In today’s world customer relationship management systems are used by millions of businesses, have many applications and can provide extremely valuable information to companies. A good CRM information system will cover a number of areas within an enterprise, ranging from tracking and analytics to streamlining all areas of the sales process and marketing. This in [...]

The Relationship between CRM and CMS

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In business, it is possible to use various types of software to help make processes more efficient. For instance, the majority of businesses collect data about what is going on in their company; this could be information relating to finance, sales and the type of customers who tend to use their services. Computer software can [...]

Using Relationship Management to Understand Efficiency

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Efficiency is something that is continuously cited by businesses as something they take very seriously. However, despite this prioritising of efficiency, relatively few businesses actually invest in infrastructure that could help them to become more efficient. This means that while many businesses are operating well, they aren’t necessarily achieving their full potential. Read on to [...]

Introduction to Apostrophe CMS

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One of my favorite places to go to discover new content management systems that I haven’t heard about before is Vimeo. I can almost always find something new there that’s been uploaded and today is no exception. Here’s a look at a slick looking CMS called Apostrophe: From their profile: Apostrophe™ is a content management [...]

My Take on PacktPub’s Open Source Awards

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This year I chose to sponsor PacktPub’s Open Source Awards by publishing and sharing the news of the various steps in the voting and nomination process. In return for the CMS Critic logo being posted on the awards page, I would publish their news releases as the process progressed. Unfortunately, I have grown to regret [...]

The 2012 CMS Expo Call For CMSs is now officially open

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With over 1,000 CMSs on the market today, it’s more important than ever for top-tier and upstart CMSs alike to break out from the crowd, reach new prospects, and get their message heard. The 2012 CMS Expo is the ideal venue to stand out from the rest, and be recognized as an industry leader. The [...]

Liferay’s West Coast Symposium – Day Two – #LRWCS2011

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Today was Day Two of Liferay’s West Coast Symposium 2011 here in Anaheim, California and it began with one of the most interesting talks I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to. The topic? “The History of Open Source” by freelance journalist, Dana Blankenhorn. This is one man who has a presence on stage and [...]