Content Management

Yesterday, Packt Publishing announced the finalists for their 2011 Open Source Award. This announcement signals the start of the next stage where the finalists are now open to public vote, which lasts until October 31.

Not all the categories in the award are content management related, but if you have an interest in open source I think you'll find each one of the finalists have a great story to tell. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order across all the categories, are as follows:

Open Source CMS Award

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 after almost a decade of use on the web projects of its creator Norbert Laposa, of Belfast-based Laposa Web Solutions.

The platform has been operating since 2002. In that time it has processed more than 50,000 e-commerce transactions worth £1.5 million.

ALEXANDRIA, VA. – September 09, 2011 — Bitrix, Inc., a technology trendsetter in business communications solutions, has released a roadmap for the upcoming version of its flagship content management system, Bitrix Site Manager. For more than 8 years, Bitrix has turned out 2 new version releases annually and all, without exception, have dramatically improved the user and developer experience with the product.

Our CMS Focus page lists the top 30 content management systems that we want to discuss most here at CMS Report. It has been more than a year and a half since I made any changes to this list and so I decided it was time to make some significant changes. On this page you'll now find 10 new CMS that have been added to the list as well as ten previously listed CMS that were "retired" to the "Hall of Fame".

The applications listed under CMS Focus are not necessarily the biggest and most popular in content management, but instead are CMSs that for whatever reason have caught and kept my attention. If you find value in the CMS Focus page then that's great news and I'm glad I could help. If you find little value in lists such as these, that's fine too and I hope that you can find other content here at CMS Report that at least plays a role in your quest for a better CMS solution.

For those curious, the following ten web applications were added to CMS Focus:

• Accrisoft
• Contegro
• Hippo CMS
• Jahia
• Liferay Portal
• Magnolia
• Nuxeo
• Percussion CM1
• Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
• TERMINALFOUR
  

Accrisoft Corporation has announced the release of the newest version of Freedom CMS, a software package for building and managing database-driven, content-managed websites.

Newburyport, MA - Trunity, Inc. has released Trunity Connect, a robust content management system and customer support solution allowing organizations to establish a secure, two-way communication portal with customers and business partners.  Trunity Connect is a gateway to a social environment, increasing operational efficiencies, customer satisfaction, customer retention, business partner understanding and brand loyalty.

Companies generally seek a new WCMS when the handling of existing content has become inefficient, fragmented, or unmanageable.

Defining “CMS” is more complicated than it used to be as it now often encompasses a number of disciplines, some new and some old. Generally speaking, an effective WCMS brings a company and its web content together, and while most large organizations realized this years ago, small and mid-size organizations continue to reach the same conclusion.

Version 8.0.2 of Alkacon Software's successful open source website content management system OpenCms 8 is now ready and available for download from alkacon.com.

OpenCms 8 contains a greatly improved user interface for content managers and numerous other enhancements. The "Advanced Direct Edit" mode allows content managers to create page content by drag & drop. The new sitemap editor allows creating new pages and rearranging the navigation tree by drag & drop.

This month, Packt Publishing began accepting nominations for its 2011 Open Source Awards. Breaking tradition, I've declined the invitation this year to be a member of the judging panel of this award (I've been a judge for the past four years). Regardless of my lack of participation as a judge, I still think this a great award and merits mention here on my blog.

DotNetNuke Corp. today announced the availability of DotNetNuke 6 which they bill as "the world’s leading Web Content Management Platform (WCM) for Microsoft .NET".  Over the years, I've been quite impressed with what DotNetNuke has to offer and I've been equally impressed with the DotNetNuke leaders I've engaged with in recent months.