BLOG: Web Content Management

Welcome to Oshyn’s Web Content Management Blog where our experts discuss the latest developments and ‘best practices’ in the Content Management industry with a focus on several leading platforms: Drupal, EPiServer, Jahia, Open Text and Sitecore.

Open Source WCM / CMS for the Wrong Reasons

Christian Burne... - Thursday, March 04, 2010

So you’ve heard about Open Source from your IT guys?  They love that they can see the code, they can “play with it”.  They love all the freely available blogs and wikis, the community has excitement and momentum.  So you want to know if you should consider an Open Source WCM for your new website redesign? More

Enterprise Drupal: PDF, Print & Email versions

Francisco Alvarez... - Thursday, March 04, 2010

Enterprise Drupal: PDF, Print & Email versions

Using: Printer, e-mail and PDF versions (Drupal community module)
Want to create PDF, Print or Email versions of your page on Drupal? Then read the following post that contains a simple guide for quick printing of your Webpage. More

Is Open Source CMS Safe?

Prasanth Nittala... - Wednesday, March 03, 2010

With the evolution of the web standards, features, the number of Open Source CMS packages available and their package cost advantages, there has been growing enthusiasm in the industry about the use of Open Source CMS packages. With this growing demand for Open Source CMS, there is an increasing demand for service providers such as Oshyn, who follow systematic comparative approach, evaluating their client requirements, the CMS feature set fit and the complexities in development using Open Source CMS, and guide their clients in making a knowledgable decision. To understand whether using an Open Source CMS is safe or not, we should first understand the advantages and disadvantages of using Open Source and then we can make a decision on when it is safe and when it might be risky. More

Drupal Flash Node Module (flashnode) and SWF Tools (swftools)

Santiago Valle... - Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Flash Node Module for Drupal
The Flash Node Module allows you to add Flash content to nodes without having to write any HTML or PHP code.
When you create Flash content you simply choose the swf, flv or mp3 file you want to upload and specify whether the content should be displayed Create a flash node, upload an swf file and hit submit, and you have flash on your site.
For more advanced use you can combine flash node with SWF Tools and flash node will accept flv and mp3 files for easy playback. You can use the flash node input filter to re-use your flash content in other nodes. Or use PHP to construct flashvars strings to let flash elements react to your site.
Assigning flashvars to node creation page is also possible.  More

Enterprise Drupal: Form Default values

Francisco Alvarez... - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Enterprise Drupal: Webforms, JQuery and Default field values

Almost every website has a Webform, these are used for searches, profile managing or sending emails... We are going to explain an easy way to place a help (default) text on the Form's input fields, using jquery, with a behavior that doesn't interfeer with the desired funcionality for that Webform. On my case I implemented this solution on a Drupal project I was working on, so I'll just add a few notes about this, but the solution can be used everywhere. More

Enterprise Drupal: Project Configuration Management and Release Management

Cesar Salazar... - Tuesday, March 02, 2010

All Drupal developers have experienced this nightmare. You have been creating a great project, now it’s time to deploy it. No one wants to deal with it. No one wants to be the responsible of doing it.  More

Enterprise Drupal: Ubercart eCommerce Addresses and Location Module

Eric Aguayo... - Monday, March 01, 2010

In Drupal, the Location module is used to handle everything related to locations or addresses whether it is to associate locations with users or nodes. Ubercart ecommerce module, is used to handle website payments, and is widely used due to its ease of usability. The biggest business benefit is to provide an integration of both of these modules for a seamless ecommerce/payment processing experience.  More

The Whitehouse.gov does Drupal!

Kimberly McCabe... - Friday, October 30, 2009
There is much debate in the webosphere about the White House’s switch to Drupal.  More

Advanced Google Maps in Drupal

Cesar Salazar... - Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Drupal is a great CMS and Google Maps is a great service, and there are some modules for Drupal that allow us to connect them in a simple and easy way. This is perfect if you just want for example create content related to a location and display it in a map. If you want to do more than just that, continue reading. More

Drupal 6 User Profile fields as Taxonomy Fields the Drupal 7 approach

Andres Torres... - Monday, July 06, 2009

When you are developing a website which is basically a social community site, the main target is the User. More

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