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If you need to automate testing of a Web application, Selenium is a good option to consider. First it is an Open Source tool, it uses a friendly environment to record browser actions, it allows you to edit test cases in several programming languages and run test cases in different browsers. More

Jahia is an excellent open source java web content management system.  This post focuses on how to install the Enterprise version of the Jahia WCM on your server using the pre-package Jahia compressed file found here http://extranet.jahia.com/jahia/Jahia/site/net/download/binaries_v6 . It will be a simple ride for you. So let’s start. More

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

The easy way to start with EPiServer is check or even reuse the public templates on your project, but wait! What if you´re a Visual Basic .NET fan? More

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

The next Sitecore Southern California User Group meeting is on March 9th at 6pm. This month Prasanth Nittala will be talking about Sitecore and Social Media. That should be an interesting topic since comScore reported that in December 2009 nearly 4 out of 5 internet users found themselves on a social media website. More

The evolution of the WCM / CMS software industry in conjunction with the significant momentum we see and continuing evolution of the open source software industry are areas we watch very closely. Some of Oshyn’s clients are also watching closely to see where they might be able to insert an open source based solution in place of one of those ‘line items’ that found its way to the budget cutting room floor late last year.  Decision makers face internal clients who still have their needs and hold little compassion or understanding of those mega-tradeoffs that were a part of the bloody 2010 budgeting and planning process. Yes there many ear canals that automatically translate the phrase “open source” to “FREE”.  More

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

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: 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

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

It's been some time since my last post, I started in a Drupal project, so I have to learn a lot of things; one of the most interesting is its OOD/OOP - Object Oriented Design/Object Oriented Programming - approach wich states that "...Drupal code base and API does reflect some principles found in object-oriented programming and design".  More

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

Even though Live Server comes integrated with Verity as a search engine, it is possible to use Google Search Appliance (GSA) as a search engine on a Live Server site.

The Advantages we have for using GSA are: More

Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX: OTC) announced on Monday they have entered into an agreement to buy Canadian neighbor Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN).  This brings the total WCM acquisitions for Open Text to 5 (FIVE) over the past several years.  While I am sure Open Text has a solid strategy in mind for their shareholders we have concerns about the underlying roadmap for these products and the potential impact on existing customers of the now acquired WCM frameworks.   More

This topic has two different approaches based on the EPiServer CMS product version. The last CMS version R2 has already integrated the configuration provider, under EPiServer.Security, so in this version the Active Directory (AD) integration is really simple. In the other hand, for previous versions, we have to do a manual configuration, in this case we have to download the source code from the EPiServer community website.  More

2009 was an interesting year for marketers! Inbound marketing. Social Media. Debates over the term "Social Media". One thing that became very clear to me in 2009 was that your Content Management System (CMS) can be a great tool or a hindrance if you sadly have a crappy one. So I wanted to find out more about what my fellow marketers think about their CMS. This is just a short survey. Based on results I might create another survey to delve deeper into the likes and dislikes or needs/wants from a CMS. So please take a few minutes to complete my survey...it's very short and straightforward. More

Forrester recently published a report that predicts web content management (WCM) investments will repel the negative economic environment by continuing to grow this year. More

Learning a new CMS is always and adventure, sometimes we find functionalities we always wanted or were useful for old projects we worked on.  Typically we get a tutorial and go over a sample site and after that we are pretty much ready to build our first simple site.  However, sites are build by teams of people and what the tutorial never tell us is how to set up the CMS to share the content through all the developers.  More