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2011 was quite a year over here at Sitemason. It saw a number of changes for our little shop on West End. We launched our excellent commerce system, saw mobile apps explode, welcomed dozens of new customers, and watched revenues climb to new heights.
That's a lot of good news, we agree, but something got lost in all the hullabaloo. Our focus on our core product, the Sitemason platform and CMS. In 2012, we intend to put all of our creative energy into a re-imagination of the Sitemason product. The first step of which, you've probably already noticed; our new branding and website which we are extremely proud of thanks to partners extraordinaire Delevante Creative and Signal Hill. We look forward more than ever to hearing how our users work, and what improvements they'd like to see out of the Sitemason product.
So don't be a stranger, and get in touch any time at support@sitemason.com.At the tail end of last year, we also welcomed a new addition to our staff. Byron Fanning joined Sitemason as Chief Relationship Officer, where he'll lead business development and account management. We are thrilled Byron decided to bring his many talents to our little company, and look forward to the next step in our adventure together in this wild landscape known as the Internet.
Today we expanded our video support for web video outside of YouTube to include Vimeo & UStream. You've of course always been able to embed videos in Sitemason tools, but now you can use the native video support in Sitemason to display internet video for the big three services; YouTube, Vimeo & UStream for live streaming video.
Simply add the URL of the video you'd like to add to your Audio/Video tab of an item. Specific details for each below.
- YouTube: Use the link URL, embed URL, or the URL of the video's page on the YouTube website.
- Vimeo: Use the embed URL or the URL of the video's page on the Vimeo website.
- Ustream Channel: You must copy the URL from the embed code. The page or link URLs will not work.
- Ustream Recording: Use the embed URL or the URL of the recording's page on the Ustream site. The link URL will not work.
Posted by Billy White at 1:20 pm on 10/14/2011.
Tags: calendar, cms, commerce tool, new feature, news feed, photo gallery, sitemason, ustream, video, vimeo, youtubeToday we're announcing a small improvement, but one that our power users have been clamoring for. Until now, it hasn't been possible to assign tags in bulk to already-existing items. We've rolled out a simple Assign Tags option in your Articles menu that now makes this a breeze.
Simply select the articles you wish to tag, and select "Assign Tags to Article(s)" from your Article menu. A nifty little Assign Tags box will pop up. Enter the tags you wish to apply to all articles selected (one per line), and that's it!
The Custom Form is Sitemason's oldest tool, but it's also one of it's most powerful. It hasn't gotten a whole lot of attention in the past year, but today we're adding the option to include a Captcha to verify human entry of a form. Sitemason's form spam filtering continues to be top-notch, but for those who would like a little more control (or security especially on credit card processing forms), a Captcha is an ideal tool. For those who aren't familiar with Captcha, this Wikipedia article explains the ropes. We are opting to use the nearly ubiquitous captcha.net.
To add a Captcha to your form, simply select the "Captcha Verification" option from the "Insert a new…" drop down menu in your form's Edit Form Fields tab. Once present, the form can no longer be submitted without the captcha being filled in correctly. You can opt to use the default red theme, or choose from a handful of other colored themes that might fit your site.
Sitemason has integrated with FoxyCart to provide a PCI compliant enterprise-level online commerce solution so you don't have to compromise anymore. Take control of your online sales and say goodbye to those ridiculous fees. Get started today.Checkout our newsletter announcement or get in touch.
Posted by Billy White at 12:03 pm on 2/23/2011.Our February Newsletter is here. Have a look, or signup to our list on our home page to get them in your inbox every month.
Posted by Billy White at 12:06 pm on 2/9/2011.Taking advantage of a rare slow week at Sitemason HQ, we've launched new developer documentation for our Sitemason PHP Template Library.
http://developer.sitemason.com/library/
We think you'll agree that the documentation is much cleaner, easier to navigation, and a whole lot more informative. We've added tons of examples, screenshots & resulting output for every method in our library to make creating PHP templates that much easier.For those interested in developing websites on the Sitemason CMS platform, your starting off point just got a whole lot cooler.
Inspired by the work being done at html5boilerplate.com, Sitemason beefed up their own boilerplate adding lots of HTML5 goodness and bunches of new Sitemason PHP Library methods.
For more info, read up on the improvements that were made to the PHP Library in the Sitemason Developers Group.
Next week we are rolling out an upgraded webmail interface for all retail Sitemason users to increase usability and ease of use.You can log into Sitemason webmail at Sitemasonmail.com.
You'll see the changes sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central Time next Monday August 30, or Tuesday August 31. Below are the changes you'll see. The upgrade will happen automatically and won't require any action. Feel free to contact our Customer Care team if you have any questions. We are available at (615) 301-2600 ext. 3 or at support@sitemason.com.
No passwords will be changed. The webmail interface upgrade will not affect how your email functions when checking email with mobile devices or email programs such as Outlook or Mac Mail. The upgrade also doesn't affect anyone not using Sitemason mail, such as users from Vanderbilt University and other universities.
Sitemason's Upgraded Webmail Interface
Here are the changes that you will see.
1. Overview
- With the introduction of the Unified Toolbar, checkboxes now behave differently.
For instance, if you check 3 emails in a folder and then click on one of them. In the past, all 3 emails would remain checked. In the redesign, when the user clicks on one of the 3 checked emails, all of them become unchecked with the clicked email being displayed in the preview pane (if active). We now display the subjects of the checked emails in the preview pane, and those can be clicked to read an email and have the checkboxes remain checked.
- Icons in the message list have been strategically relocated.
- Pagination is in a new location and functions differently.
- The preview pane and read mail popup are fully scrollable (including the email header)
- Attachments are displayed differently
- The font has been changed for ease of use
2. Header Notes
Tabs have been replaced by links within the header of the application (see below).
3. Email Toolbar Notes
All actions within the Email section of Sitemason Wemail have been placed in a unified toolbar instead of 3-4 dispersed toolbars.
"More" dropdown has replaced the "Select Action" dropdown.
4. Read Mail Window
View Email Headers’ is found under the ‘More’ dropdown in the unified toolbar
5. Search Notes
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Search now searches all folders by default.
(If the user wants to search an individual folder, they can do so on the search results page (modify toolbar) or via advanced search.)
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Search will have similar functions, but will look slightly different.
- The drop down arrow now triggers the advanced panel.
6. Calendar / Tasks / Notes / Contacts
Major actions within these sections have been moved into toolbars.
If you have any questions about this upgrade, please contact our Customer Care team. We are available at (615) 301-2600 ext. 3 or at support@sitemason.com.
Posted by Sitemason Support at 4:41 pm on 8/20/2010.
If you are a designer or developer, do you have a scalable content management platform that specializes in dedicated client support in your toolbox?
The beauty of the Sitemason Content Management System is that it can be used with any third party web design. We partner with designers, developers, and marketing firms in a variety of ways.
If you prefer focusing on design, Sitemason can convert your design files into a Sitemason template.
If you want to program the site from scratch for Sitemason's platform, we want to help! The best place to start is at the Sitemason Developer's group.
Email us today and let's see what project we can work on next together. Let us show you why so many partners are working with us!110 30th Ave North, Suite 5 | Nashville, TN 37203 | 615-301-2600 | 888-349-5578