March 2014

My CMS-Connected Review of Magnolia CMS

I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to put out a plug for my review of the Magnolia CMS on CMS-Connected last month. This was probably one of the easiest shows I've done in the sense that the Internet connection was good and the rest of the show seemed to complement my own segment well. My thanks to Boris Kraft, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer for Magnolia, for briefing me well about their product and spending some extra time with me during the demo.

Magento Extension: Set up an Easy Hotel Booking Version 2.0

Create an efficient hotel booking website using Hotel Booking Software. This Hotel booking module is designed with advantageous features for setting up a well proficient reservation system, featuring multiple payment methods, multiple languages, support and compatibility over multiple browsers. And also, this extension is accompanied by an appealing hotel booking theme which is designed especially for online hotel booking service with banner (with slideshow effect), customized blocks and options to place advanced search and display products.

Siteport Introduces New Connector to Move Sites off SharePoint

Los Angeles, CA – Mar. 18, 2014 – Siteport, a site migration software and services company based out of Long Beach, California, announces a new SharePoint connector to their suite of Content Management System (CMS) connectors.

“SharePoint was created primarily for internal use-cases,” said Diego Rebosio, Siteport CEO.  “However, many customers who also used it for their external-facing websites. They’re not finding it as flexible as the enterprise web content management systems on the market. For this and other reasons, many are deciding to move their sites and Siteport now gives them a quick and easy way to do so.”

White Paper: Managing Content in the Transactional Application with Movable Type

I'm very selective when it comes to promoting white papers. A white paper is a document often used as a marketing or sales tool in business. White papers are long-form content designed to promote a products or service which often use selected facts favorable to the company sponsoring the document. That use of "selected facts" bothers the natural-born scientist in me. However, every now and then you come across one of these papers that holds true, is well written, and by an author or analyst you respect.

Deep Linking and the World of Mobile Marketing

Whether you’re searching the web for the most updated news items, or you’re looking to shop on your favorite websites, deep linking has become an integral part of the internet experience. It’s a tool that allows for true convenience and fast navigation, but many people simply aren’t aware of it. Deep linking is only just starting to provide that same convenience and simplicity to mobile applications, and as the technology spreads, it is opening new avenues for mobile marketing.

Office 365 Review: Confessions of a Modern IT Guy

One of my responsibilities at Argenia is the office IT guy. More by necessity than by choice, but I don’t mind stringing cables and installing software as a break from the everyday.

Early on I saw a gap in how we handled email and managed shared files. Email was a POP service hosted by Bell Canada Business (trash) and file sharing was done on a rickety Windows XP machine with a death rattle. DropBox was being used to share files as well, but this proved costly when a virus swooped in and encrypted their files which then automatically updated their DropBox versions.

Put this one on your radar: Microweber CMS

Whenever a content management system first appears on my screen, I always look at whether the developers' initial claims are true. In this case, I'm looking at Microweber and its claim that their software offers a "new generation" CMS with "cool features and innovative concepts".  Given that most of the software development in Microweber CMS is recent, from 2012 to present, the goals and claims are ambitious. Impressively, the CMS has already been translated into seven languages so far by its contributors. As word about this CMS beings to spread globally, it's time to dig a little deeper into Microweber.