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    SME Gateway adopted the JobTrack system from stSoftware

    SME Gateway adopted the JobTrack system from stSoftware in October 2012. Since then the SME Gateway staff has increased by 40%. There are usually 50 concurrent projects under management. A typical month would see more than 30 jobs priced and bid.

    JobTrack is used to coordinate the workflow to achieve these through puts.

    The iCAL interface provides an intuitive, real time interface to the status of all jobs and bids to available everyone, wherever they are. The Apple calendar, we use also allows us


    by:Tina Odling - 14 Aug 2013
    What to do when you get an email warning about "variable is deprecated"

    You may have seen email warnings about "variable is deprecated". The system has been updated to warn if an email variable or bit of code which is 'deprecated' or out of date. (I had to look up what that meant! - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deprecation).

    What do you do?

    You can click Continue to send the emails and it will be fine.

    To stop seeing the warning we just need you to update your email template to the new formats for email variables. For example $recipient.firstname,Sir/Madam$ it is


    by:Tina Odling - 9 Aug 2013
    Website content - why fresh is best

     Websites should be fresh - always up to date

    The key ingredient for making an engaging site is relevant content which gives answers & insights for your targeted audience.

    Business and society leaders recognise that an engaging website will generate sales or better service their members and are willing to invest time and resources in the creation of a new site. An engaging website generates new sales and great customer service. Business and society leaders recognize this, and invest time and resources into the creation


    by:Tina Odling - 30 Jul 2013
    stSoftware's Franchise Cloud Systems

    Cloud Systems Enhance Franchisee Management and Operations

    Looking for a cloud platform?

    So you can provide centralized franchise services, like call centres and stock ordering,


    by:Tina Odling - 23 Apr 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS include intuitive CMS authoring?

    1) When authoring a new article the user selects the type of article (specific article types can be customized as required).

    Create Article

     

    2) Edit the newly created article. 

     Edit Article

    3) Publish the article once ready

    Publish Article

     

     


    by:Tina Odling - 9 Apr 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS include the ability to move pages within the navigation structure?

    Pages and menu items are easily re-ordered, by changing the items sequence number.

    Menu Items


    by:Tina Odling - 9 Apr 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS allow for the creation of CMS managed e-newsletter campaigns?

    The system has a central Contact Relationship Management (CRM) module. The standard features include bulk emailing and email templates.

    Bulk Email Screen

    Email templates with "mail merge" substitutions is a standard feature.

    Email Template

    All reports can be exported. 

    Export of contact

    New contacts can be entered. Sections of the standard forms can be hidden as required or new forms can be created.

    Person form

    Easily import contacts using the import wizard, which includes a number of predefined templates. Custom layout can also be used.

    Import wizzard


    by:Tina Odling - 9 Apr 2013
    Release Notes: stSoftware's CMS Upgrade

    stSoftware's CMS Upgrade

    Includes new Page Controls which greatly advance the intuitiveness of page editing, a separate Article menu to easily set access priviledges for Article Authors, and a new icon on folders to quickly visualise when they are 'Public'.


    by:Tina Odling - 8 Apr 2013
    What databases are supported by Cloud Blocks.

    The system has been tested on the following databases 

    • PostgreSQL 9.1+
    • MySQL 5+
    • Sybase 12+
    • Oracle 12.5+
    • Microsoft SQL server 2007+

    The Cloud Blocks stores all the data in simple key/value pair tables, which are support by all major databases. All data access is done via the JDBC driver for the database. The main requirements of the database is that it's ACID compliant and has a JDBC driver for the current Java version.


    by:Tina Odling - 5 Apr 2013
    JobTrack for SME's

    Easy online access to the best CRM and management tools to quote and run jobs.

    View Job P&L's, invoice and record payments, create purchase orders for jobs or inventory.

     

    Running your business from the cloud is easy and affordable

    JobTrack Quick Start

    Work better as a team with Job summaries, user grouping and shared documents/files online.

    Keep up to date with calendar, auto email/sms alerts and day sheets.

    Talk to us about adding your website for a complete fully integrated, no hassle online business solution.

    Get connected and work on the go!

    JobTrack lets you run your business on a cloud or on your


    by:Tina Odling - 2 Apr 2013
    Data Model now supports XPath for text fields

    Support for XPath as a standard field type has been added. When a field is marked as XPath then the XPath syntax highlighter will be used by default and the field value will be validated to be a valid XPath expression.

    field xpath

    XPath syntax editor

    XPath editor

    HTML Editor 

    HTML Editor

    JavaScript Editor

    Java Script editor

    XML Editor

    XML Editor

    CSS Editor

    Cascading Style Sheet


    by:Tina Odling - 1 Apr 2013
    What are the network and server availability guarantees?

    We use Australian web Hosting with 99.99% up time guarantee for non scheduled downtimes

    The standard hosting package comes with a 2 hour hardware replacement.

    http://www.digitalpacific.com.au/hosting/dedicated-hosting/dedicated-servers/


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does Cloud CMS include a powerful search engine with the ability to prioritise results?

    Simple search form

    Simple search

    Sample Advanced search form

    Advanced form


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Is stSoftware's CMS responsive Design catering to both desktop and mobile screen sizing?

    The system will detect the different form factors and apply different Cascading Style Sheets accordingly. 

    Site CSS

    Each component in the site can be hidden or shown based on the browser's form factor. 

     Responsive based on form factor 


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS meet WCAG 2.0 standards?

    We check that our custom websites and content complies with http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG and checked with http://achecker.ca/checker 

    Accessibility checks are built right into the WYSIWYG text editors and validation messages are given when known issues are detected in the site. 

    Our custom sites comply with WCAG 2.0 AAA. There is no need for alternative "accessible" versions of the custom sites as we do not use or recommend the use of unfriendly technologies such as flash or Java applets.


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's site builder allow the use of frames?

    The site designer allows for any valid HTML/CSS to be used. 

    Dynamic HTML components can be edited in a HTML editor.

    HTML Editor

    Cascading Style Sheets can be edited in a CSS editor.

    CSS Editor

    Rich text components can be edited in a text editor.

    Text Editor


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS include an audit trail and full version control of pages including roll-back ability?

    A full audit trail is automatically recorded for every change in the system. Selecting records as they were at any point of time is standard functionality. 

    On each standard screen there is a log tab which shows the changes to this and related records.

    Log tab

    Each transaction record every change to every record within that transaction.

    Transaction

    The journal can be searched using a number of very suffocated commands.

    Journal Search

    Any transaction or set of transaction can be reversed by an administrator. 

    Reverse


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's site builder allow for the creation and management of micro-sites using the same CMS?

    The simplest way to create a new site is to clone an existing site. A site can be created for a specific host name or for "intranet only".

    Micro Site


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS allow consistent style sheet and link buttons across entire site?

    Style sheets can be specified at the site or page level and based on the browser filter.


    CSS


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
    Does stSoftware's CMS allow for mobile social media feeds?

    Social media feeds are seen here on on iPhone in the footer.

    Social media feeds on iPhone

     

    Social media feeds for mobile platforms and PC's are edited or added through the CMS Design function using simple mouse over Edit

    Mouseover edit of social media feeds

     

    Here the social media feed is designed as a footer element on all pages

    Social media feed as footer element


    by:Tina Odling - 29 Mar 2013
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