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Certified Ektron development Services

by admin July 13th, 2010 | Ektron CMS400.NEt, bespoke development | No Comments »

Nvisage is an Ektron certified partner at the highest level with more successful implementations of Ektron web projects than any other web development agency in Europe.

To guarantee the success of your Ektron project get in touch now.

What is the difference betwen NVisage and other Ektron developers?

Other web developers will blithely tell you how well they know Ektron and can implement any of the controls, features and functionality within Ektron. Well that’s the easy bit.

Like any complex piece of software the developer obviously has to know their way around it and how to use it. That is a given. But when working with Nvisage you get a lot more. We have probably been working with Ektron for longer than any other web agency in the UK and have certainly implemented more websites with Ektron than anyone in else in the UK. This means we know what works in the CMS400.net and more importantly what doesn’t.

The CMS400.NET comes with a list of features as long as your arm, and as long as you want that feature to work in that way, well you don’t really need us. But if you want something to work the way you need it because, well that’s the way you do business then we are the web development agency for you.

And in our experience, what comes out of the box just isn’t good enough. We have the experience to know what shines and what is tarnished. We understand how to get the best from the CMS400.NET.  We understand that its strengths lie in:

  • A robust and good quality WYSIWYG editor
  • A flexible approach to structured date
  • an intelligent way of working with taxonomy

As far as everything else goes, well some of it is good, some bad and some OK, and in that respect pretty much the same as most of content management systems. What makes the difference is having a web partner that knows how to leverage the most out of the software and how to integrate other systems into your web platform such as CRM systems, back office databases, SharePoint, ecommerce, etc.

Ektron CMS400.NET and SharePoint integration

As an example, Ektron claim to “integrate SharePoint” into Ektron. They can even show you a demo. Then I suggest you get your chosen Ektron “expert developer” to make it so.. Then come back to us, because we have made it so and what a lot of sweat and tears that took to make it from a possibility into something that actually works, saves the client time and adds value to their business. But that’s another story. If you’d like to hear it and also find out how we can make your website sing, please do get in touch with Clinton Porter on 07786 063781, call the office or drop us an enquiry.

I personally look forward to hearing from you .

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What sets the Ektron CMS400.net content management system apart?

by admin July 12th, 2010 | News | No Comments »

It is very difficult in trying to evaluate content management systems without direct expereince of the CMS’s under review. We are fortunate in having used the Ektron CMS400.net family since its launch and prior to that all the way back to the original CMS100 eight years ago.

In this article I wish to focus upon a particular piece of very useful functionality that Ektron have recently launched, the PageBuilder.

Ektron PageBuilder

As the name may suggest, PageBuilder is a tool that enables a CMS author to build effective Web pages via the Ektron CMS, it allows non-technical users a simple way to build rich and fully-featured Web pages. It additionally provides a simple way to reuse and share common content and functionality from one page to the other. The Pagebuilder paradigm provides the end user with a series of page layouts that have ‘Dropzones’ incorporated into them. These Dropzones are areas where cms content ‘Widgets’ maybe dropped into from a list of existing cms content. This creates the user experience on the page while maintaining a consistent ‘look and feel’ with targeted and effective content across the site.

screenshot of the Ektron CMS400.net vn8.0 page builder functionality

screenshot of the Ektron CMS400.net vn8.0 page builder functionality

Approvers can preview PageBuilder pages before they go live. Additionally, pages maybe cloned and then modified using Dropzones to maintain look and feel across campaigns.

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Ektron CMS400.net vs Episerver - comparison of content management systems

by admin July 12th, 2010 | News | No Comments »

This is a summary of our recent experience of comparing content management systems at the £10,000 price point. In this case we have compared the Ektron CMS400.net content management system with the Episerver 5 content management system.

Overview of features

Episerver 5

Ektron 8

Custom pages/page templates

Yes

Yes

Search page

Yes

No - but maybe added as a page template

Sitemap

Yes

No - but maybe added as a page template

RSS source

Yes

No

Subscription

Yes

No - but maybe added as a page template

Registration

Yes

No - but maybe added as a page template

Login

Yes

No - but maybe added as a page template

Configurable forms

Yes – by the addition of xform templates

Yes – configurable via cms workarea

File library

Yes – file manager without version history

Yes –with version history

Calendar

Yes

Yes

Calendar event

Yes

Yes

Slide show

No- but maybe added as a module or by adding Demo page templates to cms.

Video Player

No- but maybe added as a module or by adding Demo page templates to cms.

No

Blog

No- but maybe added as a module or by adding Demo page templates to cms.

Yes – complete with ability to disable/enable comments, moderation, and/or authentication. Also comes with blog roll/calendar.

Portal page / Web parts

Yes as a module

Yes as a template

Workroom

No- but maybe added as a module or by adding Demo page templates to cms.

No

RSS

Yes

Only on blog content

Document list

Multiple site navigations/menus

No – all pages need to make up part of the site’s taxonomy which then form part of the site’s navigation unless

Yes – multiple menus that maybe configured that links to content and/or pages built using pagebuilder

News item

Yes

Yes – via configurable smart form

Web alerts ( subscribing members are alerting when cms content is added or updated )

No

Yes

Workflow

Yes

Yes

Scheduled publishing of content

Yes

Yes

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Which CMS? Ektron CMS400.Net version 8.01 or Episerver

by admin July 12th, 2010 | News | No Comments »

We are starting from the position of being a long-time Ektron partner and developer for the past 8 years. In fact we’ve probably installed more quality versions of Ektron than anyone else in Europe and have a fantastically qualified Ektron developer team. However, that does not mean we rest on our laurels and blindly recommend the Ektron CMS for every project. In order for us to be fully confident about its abilities and whether it is the right product for any given project we need to constantly be aware of and evaluate other competitor content management systems in the marketplace.

For a recent pitch we undertook, the specified CMS in the original High Level Design Document was Episerver which they wanted  a deep integration with their CRM and box office system Tessitura.

In order to undertake a fair comparison of Ektron CMS400.net and Episerver, we installed a full version of Episerver and ran a full series of tests and evaluations. In this case we felt that the client would get a better integration with Tessitura and a more fully featured website that met their initial specification using Ektron CMS400.net rather than Episerver.

Click here to compare content management systems Ektron vs. Episerver.

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