MotoCMS

MotoCMS
MotoCMS.com
Developer(s) Demetrio Fortman
Alex Timan
Dmitriy Kuriksha
Alexander Matienko
Stable release 1.0 / November 2009
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Website creation
Website MotoCMS.com

Moto CMS (formerly FlashMoto CMS) is an advanced Flash CMS (Flash content management system) that allows users to update text, images and SWFs directly on a live Flash website. Moto CMS enables users to update their websites with a friendly WYSIWYG environment and all of the changes can be applied at runtime. It provides a set of tools and built-in components for video and image galleries creation, video and MP3 player embedment and custom modules and widgets integration.[1]

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History

  • Founded in 2008 by Demetrio Fortman and originally named as FlashMoto, the project launched in open beta in August 2009.
  • In September 2009 FlashMoto signed an agreement with TemplateMonster according to which TemplateMonster is obliged to create a separate web templates category – Flash CMS templates. These Flash CMS templates meet the FlashMoto requirements and can be easily customized via FlashMoto control panel.
  • In April 2010 FlashMoto signed an agreement with FlashMint company. The main point is the teamwork on the new premium quality FlashMoto CMS Templates.[2]
  • In July 2010 FlashMoto released version 1.2 that includes a lot of new features and improvements, among which are: control panel rebranding, under construction mode, website favicon, XML sitemap generator, control panel interface updates, speed improvements, etc.[3]
  • On July 15, 2010 FlashMoto presented a new module - Flash Video Gallery that allows users to embed video files and sort them according to the galleries.[4]
  • In September 2010 FlashMoto presented a new invention - Page Flip Flash CMS Component that allows users to create a digital Flash Flip book with a WYSIWYG Editor and CMS integrated.[5]
  • On September 29, 2010 - Company rebranding. FlashMoto changed the company name to MotoCMS, domain name to MotoCMS.com, as well as the website design and logo.[6]
  • On September 30, 2010 MotoCMS released version 1.3 (a major release) that included the following innovations: Image Editor was added (that gives the ability to edit images directly within the control panel), as well as improvements to the Media Library were made (the abilities to sort media files and organize them using folders, to select multiple elements at once, to upload any types of files, to edit images directly within the control panel, to resize, rotate, mirror, crop images, etc.).[7]
  • On April 12, 2011 - MotoCMS released version 1.4 (a major release) that improved the system functionality and added some new tools to the system. MotoCMS version 1.4 included the following innovations: object manipulation in the control panel was improved, the new module News Widged was added, the Contact Form module was improved, content saving process was optimized, automatic content recovery on errors added, etc.[8]
  • On July 7, 2011 - MotoCMS released version 1.5 (a major release) that included the following innovations, tools and system improvements: an ability to create stretchable websites, Media Library Integration (YouTube) + Video Gallery, YouTube Quality option, Property dependencies, placement attributes, and others. Also, new modules HTML Widget and Social Network Sharing Slot were added to the system.[9]
  • On November 11, 2011 - MotoCMS released version 1.6 (a major release) that was 100% based on the users' feedback and added many new tools and features to the system, namely Search widget, Background widget, Buy Now Button widget, etc. The released delivered some significant changes to the existing features (RSS widget, Contact Form widget, Media Library, HTML widget, etc.).[10]

Features

Moto CMS is an advanced and feature-rich [11] content management system based on ActionScript 3 and realized as Rich Internet Application (RIA) on Flex. Its control panel allows users to incorporate modules without knowing Adobe Flash and to create the unlimited number of pages.[12][13]

Moto CMS has the XML-based templating system, which includes modules and widgets that can be rearranged without editing FLA file. There is a media library where users can upload images, video or SWF files & use them in any part of the website. It has a built-in gallery component for displaying a list of images and/or videos. The library supports all types of files (doc, pdf, txt, zip, etc.). The Image Editor integrated allows to edit images in the media library directly within the control panel.

The following functions are available within the control panel: Control Panel Rebranding, Under Construction Mode, Favicon Settings, Website Preview, Rasterize Object Function, Images Pre-load Function (MP3 FLV, SWF), XML Sitemap Generator, YouTube Player (works without JavaScript code), Effects Management Tools, Auto validation and correction of XML files, etc.

The following modules and widgets are available: Rich Content Module, Rich Content Block, Image Gallery, Info Module, Media Player, Music Player, Advanced Catalog Module, Contact Form, Photo Gallery Preview, Photo Gallery Thumbnail List, etc.

The following slots are available: Shape Slot, Read More Button, Menu Button, Close Button, Background Image, Image Slot, Photo Gallery Lightbox, Simple Button Slot, Effect Slot, etc.

Similar to HTML websites, websites created with Moto CMS are indexable by search engines and every page has their own URLs and Meta data. Deep linking and well built architecture stimulate search engine indexation. The following page and pop-up properties are available: keywords, meta description, “nofollow” and “noindex” attribute values, support for alt and title image attribute values. Moto CMS also allows users to define the Google Analytics details; and statistics of the website is tracked.[14]

Moto CMS supports multiple languages providing users an opportunity to upload custom fonts. There is the custom module Online Font Creator that allows users to upload any font on their Flash websites. Flash developers may develop their own modules as separate SWF applications and build them into website and control panel to improve Moto CMS functionality.[15]

Switching templates: Moto CMS allows the replacement of one template by another. Coding might be necessary and should only be done by an advanced coder. Data is saved in external files but future version of Moto CMS will store data in database.[16]

Criticism

Since it is built using a Flash platform, users have criticized that Moto CMS is not easily crawlable by search engines. However, MotoCMS is developing a range of search engine optimization options for better search engine indexation. While the application appears to be a neat solution, the big issue is some platforms do not support Flash plugin technology. For example it does not show up on the current crop of mobile smartphones; it does not play well with assistive technologies, e.g. screen readers for the blind, etc.[17]

References

  1. ^ http://www.crunchbase.com/company/flashmoto
  2. ^ http://www.flashmoto.com/blog/project-news/flashmoto-enters-partnership-with-flashmint-com/
  3. ^ http://www.flashmoto.com/blog/project-news/flash-cms-version-1-2-available/
  4. ^ http://www.flashmoto.com/blog/project-news/flip-book-flash-cms-template/
  5. ^ http://www.motocms.com/blog/project-news/important-news-flashmoto-is-changing-its-name-to-moto-cms/
  6. ^ http://cmsreport.com/content/2010/10/moto-cms-version-13/
  7. ^ http://www.motocms.com/blog/project-news/moto-flash-cms-version-1-4-released/
  8. ^ http://www.motocms.com/blog/project-news/moto-flash-cms-version-1-5/
  9. ^ http://cmsreport.com/content/2011/11/motocms-updated-version-16
  10. ^ http://cmsreport.com/content/2009/07/flashmoto-cms-revolutionary-tool-flash-website-management
  11. ^ http://www.pressabout.com/flashmoto-released-powerful-flash-27696/
  12. ^ http://www.1888pressrelease.com/flashmoto-released-a-powerful-flash-cms-pr-164947.html
  13. ^ http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/cms-for-flash-websites-flashmoto-cms/
  14. ^ http://10steps.sg/articles/inventions/brilliant-invention-flashmoto/
  15. ^ http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/1014/1/FlashMoto-CMS/Page1.html
  16. ^ http://www.flash99good.com/reviews/flashmoto-new-flash-cms/

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