ExSite WebwareThe web has changed. It used to be a
place for browsing simple HTML documents, but increasingly it is being
used as a means of delivering Internet Applications. Web sites
that were once simple collections of "flat files" are increasingly
bring replaced by or augmented with complicated software systems. ExSite Webware manages your applications, content, users, databases,
input and output, and security. It does this in a way that allows
any number of domains, sites, applications, databases, and users to
share the same system without getting in each others' way.
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Announcements of new features, bug fixes, security alerts, and other updates.
posted on 7:01 PM, January 26, 2011
Version 3.7.2 of ExSite was placed into the downloads area today. New features in this release:
- updated admin stylesheets
- more configurable webtop categories
- variable-size control panels
- audit logs (track all database changes)
- Event Calendar improvements (recurring events, activities, event venues)
- Web Forms improvements (summary reports with charts, copying forms)
- Address Book improvements (generate and save custom contact lists, edit contacts)
- TinyMCE is now the default web editor
- new plug-ins:
- Backup - download a complete backup of your site
- Subscribe - invite people to sign up for a subscription list
- URLshortener - create abbreviated URLs with special security features
posted on 3:52 PM, September 16, 2010
Version 3.7.1 includes the alternate HTML editor, TinyMCE, which has been extended significantly for use with ExSite. New ExSite-only features in TinyMCE include:
- Inline element selector
- Font and CSS style selectors configurable from your ExSite config files
- ExSite hyperlink tools
- ExSite image/document tools
- ExSite plug-in tools
- embed tool
- three modes: standard, advanced (all functions enabled), and basic (suitable for non-admin users)
TinyMCE is an experimental feature in this release, and is not enabled by default. To enable it on your website, take the following steps:
- ensure that the new CGI program dlg.cgi is present in your CGI-BIN directory
- add the configuration setting form.editor = tinymce to your exsite.conf file
Otherwise the standard ExSite HTML editor will be used.
posted on 5:37 PM, September 15, 2010
Version 3.7.1 of ExSite was placed into the downloads area today. Included in this release:
New plug-ins
- Order Fulfillmment: track your e-commerce orders, items awaiting shipping, and back-orders
- New Membership Management framework can track multiple distinct groups/associations in one system
- Membership Directory: manage complicated directories of members in numerous categories
- Address Book and Contact List management, including vcards
Content Management
- HTML editor now optionally supports TinyMCE
- Archivable pages and libraries: these pages and libraries
can still be published and viewed, but once you no longer need to
manage them, they can be hidden from your admin screens to reduce
clutter.
- Internationalized the webtop and My Website for translation of admin screens into other languages.
- My Website now allows you to define default settings for new
pages, to reduce the amount of reconfiguration you must do after
creating a new page.
Security & IT
- URL shortening for easier emailing or printing of long, complicated URLs
- improved one-click login and captcha security
- more debugging features
- can offload bulk e-mail to alternate servers for better spam control
More detailed release notes on these features are forthcoming.
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