CMS Insights

Wordpress has released its newest version, Wordpress 3.1.

This is the fourteenth version of the blogging platform. Wordpress 3.1 has been dubbed “Reinhardt,” reportedly after jazz musician Django Reinhardt.

New and improved features include a redesigned linking workflow, an admin bar, a streamlined writing interface and a redesigned blue admin scheme.

With the update, some are saying that a blog platform is no longer an accurate description, and that Wordpress...more

WordPress Named Top Open Source CMS
Packt Publishing, a publisher of books and other publications on technology solutions, recently named WordPress the overall best open source CMS of 2009. Tying for runner up were MODx and SilverStripe.

In the Most Promising Open Source CMS category, ImpressCMS took the top honor while ystems called Pixie and Pligg tied for the first runner up slot. For the second year in a...more

For the past few years, publishers have been using video content on their Web sites to increase and maintain audience engagement. But as video libraries continue to grow, companies have had to find different ways to organize and archive the content while maintaining its visibility.

The use of online video platforms via Brightcove, Magnify.net and others have become increasingly popular because they allow publishers to customize their video...more

By now, publishers know enough about online behavior to realize that if users can’t find the content they’re looking for immediately, they’ll turn elsewhere—which can be a major hit for both traffic and revenue numbers.

But when it comes to creating a navigable site, "We don't see hard and fast rules, but doing what maximizes usability for the user,” said Jeff Myers, vice president and general manager of Meredith...more

Migrating content to a new CMS is a tremendous pain in the rear, there’s no way around it. If a vendor or consultant tries to downplay the difficulty or time required in the process, take your business elsewhere. They aren’t being honest with you.  

A few years ago, migrating content to a new site wasn’t a huge deal. Most publishers had a limited amount of content on their site and it was primarily...more

Many larger publishers with multiple brands experience at least some crossover between the niche markets and audience they serve. Leveraging those areas where content and audience blend together online is accomplished by publishing the same stories to multiple sites within that publisher's network. Yet automating that process through a Web CMS is a difficult task that requires some deft work with metadata and context relevancy.

Alec Dann, general manager...more

Mark Logic Adds to Microsoft Office 2007 Compatibility
San Carlos, California-based CMS and infrastructure services provider Mark Logic Corp. recently debuted the MarkLogic Toolkit for PowerPoint, a service that allows users to more easily integrate Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 with the MarkLogic Server.

According to Mark Logic interoperability vendor alliance manager Jas Sandhu, the new service allows users to utilize the storage, search, analysis and delivery capabilities of...more

Over the past couple of years, magazine publishers have been looking for their digital asset management vendors to offer them even more value and convenience as the number of platforms they use to serve their audiences grows.

“Publishers now want a wider range of assets,” Xinet CEO Scott Seebass told FOLIO: “They want to be able to have print, video, audio, etc. in their systems and they want to...more

Most of us have cycled through our share of Web CMS platforms, usually encountering fatal flaws—scalability or integration issues—much faster than we'd like. Before you make the jump to your next CMS, consider adopting a proof of concept phase before moving to a more involved pilot test phase. This initial discovery stage will give you the opportunity to react to incompatibilities and move on to your next choice without a...more

The occasional technological glitch has become commonplace in many publishers' move to digital, and open source CMS platforms are certainly no exception to this rule. On one hand, publishers using open source solutions have access to a vibrant online community, which makes it easy to ask questions in a forum and receive help within a few business days. But for immediate open source gratification, it’s helpful to be armed with...more

Printers have offered digital services for several years, from Web site development to digital editions to digital asset management. Now they’re moving into content management services as well.

Last week, Worldcolor announced a partnership with Mark Logic to offer the Worldcolor Custom Publishing Engine, which allows publishers to repurpose existing content (text, photographs, video and audio) into new publications.

Meanwhile, Publishers Press is preparing to launch a...more

Most of us have cycled through our share of Web CMS platforms, usually encountering fatal flaws—scalability or integration issues—much faster than we'd like. Before you make the jump to your next CMS, consider adopting a proof of concept phase before moving to a more involved pilot test phase. This initial discovery stage will give you the opportunity to react to incompatibilities and move on to your next choice without a...more