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Recently I’ve been in Oldenburg (Germany) again and heard some news regarding version 11.2 of the Management Server. Next to lots of other cool features the Management Server 11.2 will provide a preview for mobile devices (phones/tablets). The reason why I find this very important is the likelihood of having more and more mobile web [...] » Read more

I hope the following blockmark usage examples would help clarify the many blockmarks and associated usages. <!-- do not need conditional, no output if empty --><%stf_teaser%><!IoRangeConditional><div class="orange" [...] » Read more

A few weeks ago I spent some time in Oldenburg with the colleagues from R&D and learned a lot of new stuff about some (mobility) features in upcoming versions, new ideas and the things the guys in the northern part of Germany work on. One thing that is really amazing are the custom elements or [...] » Read more

The documentation of the custom render tags API has been finished in the OpenText developer network community. You can have a look here: http://tinyurl.com/OTDN-WSMThe documentation now contains details step by step samples for Cus [...] » Read more

WhyRecently, I have had the great joy of working on some Facebook events integration. The issue was that the requests were sent one at a time. Facebook batch request was the answer. The existing code base is C#. I can use the popular C# Facebook SDK at  » Read more

This post is actually a very overdue thank-you to the user community of SolutionExchange. The Early Days Since first raising the idea of an online community platform back at the tail end of 2009, I was fortunate enough to be part of an organisation under Jens Rabe that actively supported the idea and that kick-started […] » Read more

Here is a simple checklist for Management Server 11 installation with MSSQL 2008. Note that this checklist prepares the system for Management Server installation using local MSSQL accounts. » Read more

Here is a simple checklist for Management Server 10.1 installation with MSSQL 2005/2008. Note that this checklist prepares the system for Management Server installation using local MSSQL accounts. » Read more

Just want to share a proof of concept project (proof that Management Server supports HTML5) I did based on Smashingmagzine's HTML5.I wrote this project a few years b [...] » Read more

The custom render tags API documentation now contains the first two getting started examples for implementing a custom render spot and a custom object loader. These two examples show how to build a simple syntax for accessing global constant values like the text resources in the Best Practices Proj [...] » Read more

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I’m going to assume you  have an understanding of traditional WCM Deployment Patterns and recognize that the core that all OpenText Web Site Management(RedDot) is a baking machine. When OpenText WSM publishes it renders the approved final version of the content out statically to a location. That doesn’t mean its WCM journey is done. I’m about to [...] » Read more

I just started writing additional Custom RenderTag documentation that will be part of the Web Site Management Community in the OpenText Knowledge Center. In addition to the documentation that is already part of the RQL docu [...] » Read more

Responsive Web Design (RWD) is a term bouncing around marketing and web teams. I’m going to assume you’ve read some articles or good books on the topic. Where it hasn’t been heard of yet I’ve injected it into the mind share of a few organizations. Why is this important? The ability to deliver to multiple [...] » Read more

I finished the documentation on our MediaElement repository integration in Web Site Management 11 SP1. It can be found in the Web Site Management Community within the OpenText Knowledge Center. It's a wiki and is [...] » Read more

Note: This is a personal perspective, not the official response from OpenText Corporation. Am I part of the Zombie Apocalypse? Tony is right he blogs about this product (OpenText Web Site Management, formerly RedDot CMS & LiveServer) at least once every few years (no news). He self-professed fell out of love in 2007 and has gone [...] » Read more

Over the last months/years I repeatedly read posts at SolutionExchange, Google Groups and other platforms about the OpenText Delivery Server and what the positive result can be when it’s used in projects/on websites. The headlines of most of the posts I read were pretty basic: “What can I do with OT Delivery Server?”  ”What is [...] » Read more

With this post I’d like to start a collection of articles about an custom module I always wanted to see in Delivery Server as a standard feature. A feature which should ease the development of web applications using XML (DynaMents) and XSL(T) for the presentation layer, Java (Open API and more) as implementation language for the [...] » Read more

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One of my favorite topics is to establish a standard structure in OT WSM Delivery Server (aka WSM DS) for modules. But what is a “module”? From a business point of view it is an piece of functionality which solves a certain requirement e.g. a basket for a shopping area or the “my profile” functionality [...] » Read more

In Management Server 11, after importing and activating Content Import Manager (CIM) and attempting to run it from the project node, one would get error 500.Is CIM broken in Management Server 11?  I thought so until support pointed me to "OpenText Web Site Management Content Imp [...] » Read more

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I have been enhancing RedDot projects using custom scripts for over 8 years now. A lot of RedDot CMS developers have a great understanding of Javascript and CSS. So here’s my nifty little gift for you. Download Fork the entire plugin including demo… » Read more

The last couple of years have been thrilling times for social software within the enterprise. Several case studies showed the positive impact social software had on businesses around the world. Most of these early adopters were sure that their first … Continue reading → » Read more

I spent some quality time by the sea this summer and found a great way to stay on a little longer: I was able to work at the Cloudster co-working space nearby. Cloudster aims at making a difference by combining … Continue reading → » Read more