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Does stSoftware's CMS allows placement of PDFs, Word Files, Video and Sound Files?
29 Mar 2013

All document types can be handled by the document manager. All files that are uploaded are automatically compressed, encrypted, check summed and stored redundantly on multiple file servers.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include draft content pages and notification system (email alerts) to administrators including mark up of changes made?
29 Mar 2013

Events and actions can be defined on any class in the system including Articles and Pages.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include page level restrictions allowing authors to publish select pages only?
29 Mar 2013

Articles can be published, publish scheduled or offline. Pages can be online, offline or hidden

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Does stSoftware's CMS provide accurate draft page previewing features?
29 Mar 2013

When designing a page (which is different to a user authoring an article) an edit button for each component appears as the designer mouses over the component. When the designer moves the mouse to the top right of the page the "page edit" icon appears

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Does stSoftware's CMS allow hyper link creation both to external and pages within the web site?
29 Mar 2013

The menu item page links are automatically updated when the page URL changes. The menu items for external URLs are not automatically changed.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include image resizing, compression, format conversion and placement tools?
29 Mar 2013

Images can be resized and style set from the page authoring user interface. All images can be compressed on the server side (reducing the size of the image downloaded to the client) by using the standard FORMAT URL parameter. The image will be converted on the server side and cached for performance reasons.

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Does stSoftware's CMS allow HTML editing including a find and replace tool?
29 Mar 2013

The standard article editor includes find/replace option.We use TinyMCE for the editor, any of the TinyMCE buttons can be enabled.

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Record changes are now displayed in a "difference" format
29 Mar 2013

The system automatically records each and every change to a record with who/when/what. The display of these changes was a side by side comparison of the previous & current value. When the field that is being changed is a large text field, it was quite hard to see what the actual change was. We have improved the viewing of the transaction details to display the changes in a difference format which is color coded for deletions and insertions. Transaction list Changes in the one transaction

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Ability to use custom post types and custom fields.
28 Mar 2013

Supported field types include :- Integer String Email URL Boolean Float/Double Text Cascading Style Sheet HTML JavaScript XML XPath Timestamp Date MultiLingual Long Custom

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stSoftware's Cloud CRM
26 Mar 2013

Customers today expect personalised and convenient service – such as customer self-service to initiate services and ordering, manage and analyse their accounts and pay bills. First generation customer self-service deployments improved customer service and have also "whetted" customer appetites for better access from multiple channels and devices. This coupled with increased competition, challenges organisations to be increasingly innovative to keep customers happy while keeping costs down. stSoftware...

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Are there multiple page status' to manage webpage development through to publishing?
11 Mar 2013

The CMS Site builder has multiple page statuses to enable you to control the publishing of webpages while they are being developed or changed. Page status is easy to use and gives website developers very effective control of the publishing process across the site. You can utilise different page status to manage the publishing of individual pages. For example by setting the status of a page which is under development, to 'Offline', this page will not be published (not visible on your public site) ...

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The Developer provides training support for its systems.
11 Mar 2013

stSoftware offers a number of training programs based on our RoBUST model which is a Roles Based User Training method, to achieve higher learning levels of functionality that is highly relevant to individual users and user groups. It is important to plan user training which is relevant to all users, can be reproduced with new staff and be scalable so it can accommodate organisational change. User Training Strategy The training strategy adopted will be influenced by the number of users, the complexity...

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Does the mobile platform allow for the completion of forms/online applications?
11 Mar 2013

Mobile platforms (mac and android) are compatible with system forms and online applications and integrated to automatically process the data into system work flows. Here is a form on an iPhone, this example shows the ability to have forms which have a further action (apply and also create a free online trial of software).

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Does the mobile design allow for easy navigation and task completion?
11 Mar 2013

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Does stSoftware offer guaranteed time-frames for new projects, modifications and enhancements?
11 Mar 2013

stSoftware can use the Waterfall project methodology which locks down business requirements and scope at the start of the project and enables set time frames with guarantees. We prefer to use the Agile project methodology as it is increasingly recognised as providing better outcomes with shorter project times and lower costs to client as overheads are reduced. With Agile projects the client and the vendor teams work closely together on smaller deliverables. This collaborative environment reduces...

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Does stSoftware make available the full source code under an escrow agreement?
11 Mar 2013

Every system release includes ALL the source code required to build the system. The libraries that the system is built on are all open source mostly Apache Licence, BSD or LGPL ( not GPL or Affero GPL) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_and_open-source_software_licenses

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How do you retrieve data out of the database?
20 Feb 2013

The standard JSON component will return the images for the banner.

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Does the site builder allow for pages to be viewed within the same screen or in a new window/tab?
20 Feb 2013

The design mode of the CMS is the standard page/URL with an additional parameter DESIGN_MODE. The system checks if the user has CMS access and then will show the site in design mode.

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What are the system password management options?
20 Feb 2013

Overview The system administrator can configure the system password management and storage options to find the correct balance between convenience, performance and security. The password and login options can be configured at the global level and at a per user level. System Password Options Password expires after X days. The user will be required to enter a new password after this period has expired. Passwords can not be re-used within X days The minimum period before the user may re-use their old...

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