Liferay portal development and themes can benefit small, medium and large companies. With the right developer, even the smallest business can create a compelling, easy-to-use CMS system, employee self-service (ESS) portal or other corporate intranet or website. Liferay portlets development tools are flexible and robust and can satisfy a full range of portal configurations and implementations from the simplest CMS sites to the most complex business requirements for content management systems, document management, portal or web or intranet application.

The rich collaboration features of this technology includes web publishing, content management, collaboration and social networking and offers practical, functional tools innovatively designed to satisfy technical and usability concerns. The suite of Liferay portal development tools supports easy, affordable enterprise application integration, so the enterprise can integrate legacy system data, HR, accounting, CRM, ERP, or sales information or other critical sources of data. The framework and platform incorporates the open source technologies of many popular tool sets, suites and languages, and provides a rich environment in which the enterprise and an expert developer can work to create a flexible, compelling website, CMS system or other enterprise site.

Experienced developers can leverage Liferay themes to quickly design and develop a new site and support your work flow, products, market presence and sales channels. Consider all the ways in which your business can expand its web presence, improve its collaborative and team activities and increase market presence. The framework is helpful in designing and developing variety of websites, portals (listed below).

1. Professional, community, organization or association portals
2. Small business websites for auto mechanics, landscapers, dry cleaners, coffee shops and more
3. Medium sized business sites for IT consulting firms, discount furniture stores, regional hardware chains, car dealerships, community colleges
4. Large corporate sites for product and service sales, software sales and licensing, retail chains, grocery stores and more, medical centers
5. CMS sites to manage projects, content, file taxonomy, teams, calendars, time, billing, and inventory
6. News, media, event, ticketing, travel and other sites
7. Liferay e-commerce portals, shopping carts, product galleries, shipping and more

These are some of the opportunities your business can leverage with Liferay portal development with the help of an experienced developer. Skilled developers understand the tools and functionality within the framework and can use these tools and techniques to satisfy your requirements for mobile access, technical and usability needs and integration of enterprise applications to deliver accurate, up-to-date content to users and customers alike. This makes the framework flexible and useful for every size company from big and medium to small store owners.

The window for submitting comments on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) for Meaningful Use Stage 2 has officially closed. The deadline for submitting comments on the CMS NPRM for Meaningful Use Stage 2 was Monday, May 7, 2012. CMS now begins the arduous task of reviewing the multitude of comments submitted and face the challenge of how to best incorporate the feedback in the Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule. Based on the comments submitted by two key medical and industry associations alone, to say that CMS have their hands full is an understatement.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Association, the most influential EHR industry group with its membership comprised of the top forty-two EHR companies in the U.S., submitted their comments directly to CMS Acting Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, on May 3rd. The American Medical Association (AMA), the largest and most influential medical organization in the U.S. representing over two hundred and sixteen thousand physicians, followed by also submitting their comments directly to CMS Acting Administrator Tavenner on May 7th. It is important to note that the AMA collaborated with ninety-nine specialty and state level provider organizations and societies for the purpose of drafting their comments to CMS on the NPRM for Meaningful Use Stage 2.

Both organizations noted, on their respective submissions, that they support CMS’ proposed one-year extension of Stage 1 of Meaningful Use along with the recommendation to delay the start of Stage 2 for eligible providers (EPs) to January 2014. The comments both organizations submitted to CMS reveals that there is some common ground shared between providers and the EHR industry however, within the common ground different concerns are revealed.

The HIMSS EHR Association is urging CMS to expedite the release of the final rule for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use due to the development and operational implications associated with the proposed rule. The rationale for this ask is due to the immaturity of the proposed clinical quality measures (CQM), certification criteria, and that all providers will be required to upgrade to the 2014 edition of their EHR regardless of their stage of meaningful use. The HIMSS EHR Association concluded that the EHR upgrade requirement and the tight timeline would increase the number of upgrades required in a very short period of time for EP’s who attested in 2011 and those who will attest in 2012, 2013, and 2014. As a result of their conclusion, they are encouraging CMS to consider allowing eligible providers who are still in Stage 1 in 2014 to continue to use 2011 certified EHR technology at their discretion.

The AMA’s comments to CMS also recognizes the importance to expedite the release of the final rule for Stage 2 citing that physicians need to be assured that their EHR systems will be able to support Stage 2 measures well in advance of 2014. However, the AMA does not share the same view with industry that physicians that are still in Stage 1 in 2014 be allowed to use 2011 certified EHR technology. The AMA recognizes that physicians and their support staff need adequate training and have to adjust workflows in order to meet Stage 2 measures prior to the 2014 date.

What the AMA is bringing to light is the proposed timeline in the NPRM for Stage 2 is so tight that there is very little confidence shared by physicians that industry will be ready for the start of Stage 2 despite the delay to January 2014. Furthermore, allowing physicians who are still in Stage 1 in 2014 to continue to use 2011 certified EHR technology is not the right answer.

The AMA was very articulate in their comments to CMS on the NPRM for Stage 2 that while they share the Administration’s goal of widespread EHR adoption, they are concerned that the proposed meaningful use criteria for Stage 2 will actually discourage physician participation in the EHR incentive program rather that encourage it. The AMA cites that physicians face significant barriers with adopting EHR technology and attesting to meaningful use Stage 1 measures. The AMA referenced an April 2012 Health Affairs survey that revealed that while about half of all eligible office-based physicians intended to apply for either the Medicare or Medicaid meaningful use incentives, only eleven percent of physicians surveyed intended to apply for incentives and had EHR systems capable of meeting two-thirds of the Stage 1 core meaningful use measures. The survey highlights that physicians are facing technological and other challenges in meeting all of the required Stage 1 meaningful use program measures and are not adequately prepared to take on Stage 2.

The AMA, in an effort to increase physician participation rates, recommends to CMS to survey physicians who elected to participate and those who elected not to participate during Stage 1 of the incentive program and identify barriers to and solutions for physician participation prior to finalizing Stage 2 requirements. In addition, the AMA recommends that prior to moving a measure from the Stage 1 menu set to the core set for Stage 2, or prior to adding new core measures for Stage 2, the expected impact, the expected value, the clinical and administrative risks, administrative burden, costs to physicians, and technological standards of the move should be thoroughly assessed.

CMS should seriously consider the AMA’s recommendation to survey physicians and perhaps take it one step further by including industry in the discussion and analysis of the findings. The key to attaining CMS’s goal of widespread meaningful use of EHR technology by physicians that will improve quality of care delivery, enhance patient safety, and support practice efficiencies is effective collaboration between providers and industry. Only through effective collaboration will CMS move closer to achieving the desired outcome for the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program which is to accelerate the adoption and meaningful use of EHR technology by physicians and other clinicians to improve the U.S. healthcare system and patient outcomes.

Running a search engine optimization campaign requires appropriate content. Content management systems (CMS) have been introduced in the market to take care of the labour put in creating a unique content every time. CMS is a software that provides website authoring and administration tools. These tools are specially designed for users with less knowledge of web programming languages or markup languages. CMS lets you create and manage the site content with ease.

But are they really effective at doing what they are created for, lets find out –

There are a few problems that Search Engine Optimization professionals at SEO firms have encountered while using CMS systems. These systems can take the campaign for a toss as many of the CMS systems were not designed as per the search engine marketing requirement.

Meta Tags –

Meta tags contain the information of the page. They are scanned by the search engine spider to evaluate the content of the page. However important this feature may be, many CMS systems do not allow the addition of relevant TITLE and DESCRIPTION Meta Tags to the content. This drawback of the CMS system can damage the SEO campaign seriously.

Dynamic URLs –

Search engines index a limited amount of dynamic pages. These dynamic pages are determined by the page URLs containing special characters like %or & or =. The search engine spider finds it difficult to handle dynamic URLs strings.

Hence a URL like http:// sample.com/page.asdc?iv=143&session=234234wrwresf&param=xzfdch will not get enough results, but the URL http:// sample.com/products.asdc can do a much better job.

The problem of indexibility and session ID are very common with the CMS system.

No Keywords in the URL –

CMS systems mostly do not let you create a URL with the keywords included. A keyword rich URL is highly important from the SEO point of view. It gets better page rankings.

Most of the CMS users are not aware of the SEO requirements while creating the content and SEO professionals require training to operate the CMS system. To help the content authors you can download the readily available online and desktop tools that will help to analyze content and report on how it is likely to perform in search engines. However, the use of SEO tools is time consuming and users need to keep switching between tools to create content and analyse it.

Approaching a Search Engine Optimization firm is a good idea to SEO the business as they take care of all the technical problems encountered using CMS. The SEO firm will gain complete understanding of the technical makeup of your site before launching the SEO campaign.

You know you want a website, you have performed your research on various solutions and have looked into a CMS solution. Now the question of SEO is rearing its head and you’re left stumped. With a number of CMS options out there how do you decide which is the best?. Working as a web design company in Yorkshire we have experience of a number of CMS implementations and the SEO benefits associated with them.

CMS or content management systems are increasingly becoming the most popular way of building a website. With the growing popularity of WordPress which has made the transition from blogging tool to CMS, the days of opening up your asp or html programming books are quickly disappearing. However WordPress is the new kid on the block. Older more established CMS solutions such as Joomla, Mambo and Drupal have been dominating the opensource CMS market for a few years now. But the question still remains which is best for SEO?. What your first need to consider is your sites purpose and your skill level.

For optimum Search engine optimisation you need to have a CMS that maps to your requirements in a website and your ability (and patience!) to implement the solution. For a small blog/site that is based on provision of information, WordPress wins hands down. The built in SEO add-ons within WordPress or simple to deploy and can be performed in a matter of minutes by a newbie following simple to follow forum tips. Joomla is a little more complex in it’s SEO implementation. Very often newcomers to Joomla (suing the built in SEO functionality) leave global meta tags and keywords on the configuration which are applied to all pages (and even components) that have not had individual meta data populated. Robust Joomla SEO solutions require a number of third party plug-ins in order to make it operate correctly.

So WordPress is the solution then? You would think so reading the above but i’m a great believer in have your cake and eat it. Joomla has a massive array of superior design features and components that not only make it look better than WordPress allow you to extend and grow your site more. You can also implement WordPress into Joomla as an integrated solution, so the best of both worlds. If you have the time and patience this is the best SEO solution. Because I believe good SEO extends beyond the search engine results pages.

It’s no good if your site ranks high within Google if your site doesn’t look the part or you can’t extend it as your business needs change or grow. Joomla allows you to add shopping cart functionality via the virtuemart component, which provides a decent ecommerce solution. Granted WordPress also has a shopping cart component but the current offerings are more for selling the odd item here and there as opposed to a full shopping cart.

So if you’re after a scalable extendable solution, Joomla and WordPress integration is the best option. If your a small site with limited time to learn then WordPress will meet your SEO needs.

Many hosting providers make use of a third party interface called CPanel that allows users to manage various aspects of their website.  CPanel is an easy-to-use dashboard that includes many of the tools and features that most webmasters want included with their web hosting packages.  These include support for PHP and MySQL, FrontPage extensions and one-click installation of a variety of scripts including WordPress, Mambo, Drupal and Joomla.

CMS

A content management system is a complex piece of software that relies on a database to contain the content of a website, and a method of extracting that data to provide content for webpages.  Most content management systems use MySQL as the database, and PHP as the method of extracting the data from it and both of these technologies can be accessed through the CPanel.  For many people new to web design these technologies can be overwhelming, but by using the simple interface provided by CPanel even totally inexperienced users can quickly get up to speed.

Fantastico

If any of these content management systems are installed through CPanel, it will probably be via Fantastico – a simple interface that provides installation of a script with just a couple of clicks.  Depending on the hosting provider, the version installed in this way may not be the most current, so it is worth checking before you install that you will be using the latest edition of the software.

Statistics

CPanel also provides users with convenient statistics enabling users to see at a glance how much disk space or bandwidth their site is using.  Even more useful are the tools that allow users to see web statistics, including site traffic, entry and exit pages, the number of hits and the number of unique visits made to a website and displayed graphically using data directly from the server logs.  The server status can also be viewed from the CPanel.

E-mail

Every Webmaster needs to have control over the mailboxes for his or her website, and once again these can be accessed through the CPanel together with any subdomains and additional FTP (file transfer protocol) accounts set up.  It also gives access to documentation about the website and the web server, and allows users to find the correct paths to Perl, essential for utilising any Perl scripts, and sendmail – essential for sending e-mail directly from the website.

Security

CPanel is a relatively simple method of making complicated technology easily accessible in a graphical, user-friendly way.  It gives users total control over the files, images, scripts and databases used in a CMS and groups of these into convenient related sections to make it easy for people to find their way around.  Preferences can be changed to customise the interface to a user’s liking, and security levels individually set.

Conclusion

There are other similar interfaces available through different hosting suppliers but for a great number CPanel is the preferred choice and often the deciding factor when it comes to choosing a hosting provider.  Open source content management systems are the modern way to build websites, but there complicated architecture and server technologies mean that maintaining a CMS would be outside the capabilities of most users if it were not for the CPanel interface.

SilverStripe has been out for a couple years, but it is a much newer player than Joomla, Drupal or WordPress (the CMSs we normally put up for clients). This CMS, while not quite as extensible as the other 3, seems more simple to maintain, and as such could be a great option for clients that are more of computer newbies. We're thinking about adding this CMS to our base installation options for clients. Before we add it to the arsenal though, we need to install it and test it out. Let's jump into the installation and see how it goes …

Where to get it?

They've packaged the CMS into a.tar.gz compression file type. I run Linux so extracting this is normally no problem (it can be a problem on Windows if you don't have a good unzip tool). I figured that b / c I'm hosting my website on a Linux server, the server unzip tool would allow it … it doesn't. If I had shell access, I'm sure I could have gone into that and unzipped the file but I'm on cheap shared hosting (through 1and1 that requires me to use their cheap unzip tool). So, I spent a few minutes FTPing the compressed file to my server space and then realized I couldn't extract it there. So I went back to the original version on my PC, unzipped it and rezipped it as a.zip, re-FTPed it to the server, and then successfully uncompressed it there. While it only added 3-5 minutes to the installation process, it was pretty annoying that SilverStripe doesn't already come in a.zip flavor.

Read the system requirements

Like any real geek, I didn't read the server system requirements. I should have. Once I had the file unzipped and where it needed to be I directed my browser to the files to begin the installation and instead of seeing a pretty installation screen I got an error: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting ' ('in /homepages/2/d209799166/htdocs/comparedom/install.php on line 59 ". Again, because I'm using 1and1 (an affordable web host but one that has some quirks) I figured it was because my server is running an old version of PHP. Sure 'nough … the system requirements on the SilverStripe site say it needs PHP5, and 1and1 is for some crazy reason still pushing PHP4 as their standard. So, I went into the.htaccess file and added the line: "AddType x-mapp-php5.php". This effectively sets all the files and directories which sit underneath the site root folder to PHP version 5. Refresh browser page … voila, I've got the installation screen.

Wrapping up the installation

The rest of the installation went well. You put in your database information, and desired user login credentials and push go. It took less than 10 seconds for the installation scripts to complete. The installation confirmation page even has an option to delete the installation files by just clicking a link (I didn't test it … sounded too good to be true so I just went into the files via FTP and deleted them manually myself). The site is up, looks just like any empty site waiting for content. The backend seems to be working. Sweet!

Conclusion

Installation was quicker and more intuitive than I expected. Even with the ill planned file compression type, the installation was relatively painless. The process was far easier than installing drupal, and ever so slightly easier than Joomla or WordPress. I've only just started looking into the backend and customizability of SilverStripe, but I can already tell that it isn't as feature rich as D, J or W. The installation process, for one, didn't give as many options to extend the CMS from the beginning up. However, it is still FAR more extendable than something like BlogSpot … enough so that it would most likely work for our clients wanting more basic Utah web design plans.

I decided to build my website just three months ago. I was so confused about what CMS I should use to build my site. Because it was my first time to build a website, I searched online and the internet told me WordPress, Joomla and Drupal are the three most popular free CMS, in other words, you can get support from official forum or internet easily if you use a popular CMS. Drupal can be built for any types of website, but it is really difficult for a newbie, so I did not choose Drupal. So Joomla and WordPress left, I had a plan that built website with Joomla and blog with WordPress, as the most people did.

Then I spent one month learning how to use Joomla, it is so complex to configure. If you want to publish a nice layout article, there are too many steps you need to configure correctly. You have to install extensions to implement some basic functional. You have to set font and font size every time for each article. And sometimes read more tag did not work at all because a bug of it. In this case, right side module was moved to left side, and left side module was moved to bottom, it made me crazy. Finally, I gave up Joomla and selected WordPress to build my site. Because my website is so simple, I do not need the complex function.

So I give you some basic tips on how to choose a suitable CMS for build a website:

1. Choose a free and popular CMS, you can get any support easily from official forum.

2. Choose a simple CMS if you are newbie. It is just a waste of time spending time on how to configure the CMS itself.

3. Choose a simple CMS if your site do not need complex function. Joomla has too many choices, but it is too complex, any wrong step will make you fail, sometimes we just want a good default set and no fail.

4. More action less talk. Practice is most important.

I find WordPress is really good for my site, save my time to do the most important things.

With Sitecore Content management System implementation it is easy to manage content updates, integration with other programs and platforms, and it provides the necessary ingredients for projects to be successful. However, without a concrete plan and strategic consulting, the CMS integration needs won't be met, and the project won't reach its business goals.

Sitecore CMS consultants collaborate with clients to plan out a comprehensive Sitecore CMS strategy-delivering a fully executable strategy and integration guidance that ensures a successful outcome. Application and implementation of a proven, structured methodology leverages Sitecore's strengths to achieve business goals and secure the investment's full potential. They help clients evaluate and select CMS and web technology solutions based on a discovery model. This compares specific requirements to each technology option, determines feature support, potential restrictions and the need for custom development. It is also sensitive to budget requirements and carefully weighs cost and benefit of specific solutions, including solution scalability and total cost of ownership. This results in a positive recommendation that fits perfectly into the project, and makes sound business sense.

Sitecore Professional Services and Success Services offerings help keep your Sitecore-powered web sites on-time, on-track, and performing at peak levels. It is aimed towards the success of your implementation and ensures you get your message out on time and on budget.

Success Services engagements are a series of well defined checkpoints, reviews, and assistance that are available to help make sure that an implementation is following best practices, configured correctly and is built for optimal performance.

The Sitecore content management solution can greatly simplify the maintenance of website or sites, and easily put publishing of content into the hands of those who create it. When capably integrated, the very best of these systems can improve usability, customer loyalty, and conversion by displaying organized, targeted content based on user behavior and taxonomy. Whether your business requires basic web content management integration, or an enterprise content management solution that can access data across your enterprise, Sitecore has integration services to meet your needs. Sitecore Consultants follow a strict best practice standard developed and refined over the years. Sitecore CMS Integration services pay careful attention to workflow, taxonomy, and user adoption. The emphasis is on efficiency, scalability, and sound design ensuring the Sitecore solution supports your needs now and well into the future.

Sitecore consulting and implementation services will ensure your solution has all the functionality you need. And the support & hosting services will keep your sites running smoothly now and in the future.

eDynamic is a digital solutions firm that enables customers to engage their audiences. eDynamic has delivered numerous Sitecore-based solutions globally using best practices developed by their Sitecore Center of Excellence (COE). They approach Sitecore solutions holistically and integrate complementary products such as Clay Tablet, Sharepoint, Eloqua, Telligent, Microsoft Dynamics and salesforce.com, providing customers with end-to-end services including implementation, managed services, maintenance and support and staff augmentation.

A site content should be editable by authorized users.

That is what it is all about when thinking about editing your site from anywhere in the world via a web browser.

A CMS (content management system) should be easy to use and many users should be able

to add / delete or edit content on the site.

This is the main purpose of CMS system (You can call it Content management, Web Editor or content editor system as well).

You would be surprised to see how much you can save just by choosing the right CMS system.

A good CMS is not the most heavy in features. It actually very similar to a mobile phone

which has many features but we mainly use saving numbers and sending SMS, all the trendy features are hardly use

So when you choose a CMS don’t be tempted to choose the most fancy one.

When choosing a content management system it is important to ask how much do I pay?

Well, this is not always very clear since most of the CMS’s companies are using site license based system.

It means that if you have only one site than you pay a low sum of money, but any additional site will

result in extra money. If you have more then two then it might get very expensive…..be aware.

Conclusion: You should look for a CMS that you can install many times with no extra fee or that the extra

fee if very low. Note, make sure in addition that you have no annual yearly expenses.

Now, this is important to know!!!

The chipset Content Management system have the same abilities as the expensive one.

Surprised?

Why is that. Most of us use an WYSIWYG API (what you see is what you get) both in

mozila and explorer.
This features are built in the browser.

sooooooo, All the different cms’s are using the same API…..It means that no need to pay extra since the mechanism is the same.

Now, the last point which is very important to site owners, is the restriction!!!

Although some of you have only one site, the number will grow…believe me, once you opened a site you will add more in the future.

There for you will want that different users will be able to edit different part of a site or sites.

This feature is common in most CMS’s.

However,

all CMS’s are using a word like edit panel (the WYSIWYG feature) which gives a great

ability to edit and change the site in an easy and clean way just like you are editing a word document.

But, this gives sometime extra freedom for users that change the site to look ugly………..

The CMS system must have the ability to give a user limitation for only text editing and not graphical view.

If this ability exists in a CMS you probably are looking at a good one.

Now…….make sure you choose wisely and with care

Since changing a CMS is not always an easy task and it usually takes time to do so.

My personal view is not choosing a CMS that uses database since replacing a content management system can be a nightmare.

A CMS platform is a computer application which allows publishing, editing, deleting, modifying content, maintenance as well as organizing from a central interface. These systems of content management will provide procedures that manage work flow.

The CMS platforms have the following uses:

1. They are used to run websites containing news, blogs and shopping.

2. They also store and organize files, and provide version-controlled access to their data.

3. Some CMS platforms may serve as a central repository that contains documents, pictures,movies, phone numbers and scientific data.

4. They can be used for storing, revising, controlling, enriching and publishing documentation.

The CMS platforms have two elements:

1. The Content management application (CMA) which is the front-end interface for users and allows a user, even with lack of expertise or limited expertise, to change, add and remove content from a Web site without the Webmaster’s intervention.

2. The Content delivery application (CDA) which compiles information and updates the Web site.

The following are benefits of using CMS platforms:

1. They can facilitate the cost-effective development of business sites.

2. They make it easier to manage websites even without having the technical knowledge of web development.

3. They make it easy to add and manage content on sites like linking web pages to certain domains, editing pages, updating content, multimedia and uploading images.

4. They offer a choice of styles, colors, features and appealing built-in themes. They also offer plug-ins and templates that can help develop a site in lesser time and this greatly enhances the overall user experience.

5. The platforms can support a number of websites at the same time, as well as providing support to multiple users

Some examples of content management system platforms are:

1. WordPress – This is the most accessible and most commonly used, it can be quickly installed and has a massive user and developer community.

2. Joomla – This is very customizable and is suitable for any purpose. It is often used by small and medium businesses, by large organizations and individuals.

3. ModX – This is easy to use and can allow non-technical staff to create content.

4. Drupal – This is one of the first choices when building a new website. It has thousands of modules that can be added to increase functionality.

5. DotNetNuke – This is more suited to Windows servers and it is easy to customise a web application in DotNetNuke.

6. TinyCMS – This is a platform that is ideal for small sites and has no database so, once the pages are cached on the server they open very quickly.

Finally, in choosing a CMS platform you need to consider your own expectations, your aims and the purpose of the website.