Gentics Content.Node

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name = Gentics Content.Node



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developer = Gentics Software GmbH
released = 2002-11-10
latest release version = 4.1
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genre = Content management system
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website = [http://www.gentics.com http://www.gentics.com]

Gentics Content.Node is a content management system developed by Gentics Software GmbH in Vienna, Austria. It offers a web-based interface and WYSIWYG-editor which allows editing directly within the webpage by clicking on icons near each content element. Additionally it provides a simplified editing interface (called CMS-WIKI-editor) for editors with few technical skills (this editor can be opened directly from within the webpage). All contents are saved in a database and can be published as static files (PHP, JSP, ASP, HTML, XML, TXT, CSS, JS, etc) and synchronized to a web-server (per rsync or FTP). Contents will be saved in a universal content repository which can be used for real-time-query on the content and personalization purposes. For this content repository there exist APIs (Java, Webservice, PHP, REST) for defining queries.
Gentics Content.Node provides other enterprise functionalities, such as
* web-based WYSIWYG editor
* content elements can be created by administrators in the interface
* multi-channel delivery
* workflows
* versioning
* media-asset-management (editing images, resizing, integration of media-asset-systems)
* tree-based structure
* group-based permissions
* multi-language-features
* Velocity-based template language
* import / export for projects, content elements
* Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL database support
Gentics Content.Node supports the following open standards
* XML
* Unicode (UTF-8)
* Java, PHP, ASP (.NET)
* SOAP, REST,
* HTTP
* WebDAV
* WAI accessibilityBeside the CMS the software producer Gentics is offering a Enterprise Portal Gentics Portal.Node which can be used with the CMS in combination (content portlets are available for personalization, etc).Bigger Clients (what is big? ;), mainly in DACH-Region, are using the CMS for their corporate Websites and Intranets, e.g. Federal Computing Centre of Austria, Swarovski, Canon CEE & Canon ME, Austrian Ministry of Finance, Telekom Austria, Silhouette, etc. Through the wide usage of this CMS in the federal area in Austria, also in a lot of e-Government services websites ( [http://www.help.gv.at www.help.gv.at] ), the CMS supports the Web accessibility standard WAI until level AAA.

Components and supported products

Criticisms

* not open source
* no distribution outside DACH-region (except Dubai ;)
* no specific .NET Framework APIs, one must use Web Services Description Language instead

ee also

* Comparison of content management systems

External links

* [http://www.gentics.com Gentics Software GmbH]
* [http://www.gentics.com/Content.Node/products/contentnode/produkte_cn_ueberblick.php Gentics Content.Node Content Management System]
* [http://www.gentics.com/Content.Node/products/portalnode/pn_ueberblick.php Gentics Portal.Node Enterprise Portal]