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Does stSoftware's CMS allow the content of structured pages and e-newsletter to be copied to create a new structured page or e-newsletter.
29 Mar 2013

Content can be pasted in paste, "paste as plain text" and "paste from word" All articles are published via an enhanced RSS feed. The content of these articles is then reused in multiple locations using XLST throughout the site. The site designer can create template pages and then extend these pages to reuse the template page content.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include Form Creation tools?
29 Mar 2013

Every form in the system is created with the form painter and can be easily customized to suite the changing needs of the system.

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Does stSoftware's CMS should allow for multiple file uploads of PDFs or images?
29 Mar 2013

The document manager allows for multiple files to be dragged and dropped from your desktop.

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Does stSoftware's CMS allows placement of PDFs, Word Files, Video and Sound Files?
29 Mar 2013

All document types can be handled by the document manager. All files that are uploaded are automatically compressed, encrypted, check summed and stored redundantly on multiple file servers.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include draft content pages and notification system (email alerts) to administrators including mark up of changes made?
29 Mar 2013

Events and actions can be defined on any class in the system including Articles and Pages.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include page level restrictions allowing authors to publish select pages only?
29 Mar 2013

Articles can be published, publish scheduled or offline. Pages can be online, offline or hidden

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Does stSoftware's CMS provide accurate draft page previewing features?
29 Mar 2013

When designing a page (which is different to a user authoring an article) an edit button for each component appears as the designer mouses over the component. When the designer moves the mouse to the top right of the page the "page edit" icon appears

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Does stSoftware's CMS allow hyper link creation both to external and pages within the web site?
29 Mar 2013

The menu item page links are automatically updated when the page URL changes. The menu items for external URLs are not automatically changed.

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Does stSoftware's CMS include image resizing, compression, format conversion and placement tools?
29 Mar 2013

Images can be resized and style set from the page authoring user interface. All images can be compressed on the server side (reducing the size of the image downloaded to the client) by using the standard FORMAT URL parameter. The image will be converted on the server side and cached for performance reasons.

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Does stSoftware's CMS allow HTML editing including a find and replace tool?
29 Mar 2013

The standard article editor includes find/replace option.We use TinyMCE for the editor, any of the TinyMCE buttons can be enabled.

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Record changes are now displayed in a "difference" format
29 Mar 2013

The system automatically records each and every change to a record with who/when/what. The display of these changes was a side by side comparison of the previous & current value. When the field that is being changed is a large text field, it was quite hard to see what the actual change was. We have improved the viewing of the transaction details to display the changes in a difference format which is color coded for deletions and insertions. Transaction list Changes in the one transaction

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Ability to use custom post types and custom fields.
28 Mar 2013

Supported field types include :- Integer String Email URL Boolean Float/Double Text Cascading Style Sheet HTML JavaScript XML XPath Timestamp Date MultiLingual Long Custom

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How to work around DNS (Domain Name System) outages.
27 Mar 2013

On 28 of March 2013 the web's DNS was under attack by one of the largest DDoS attack in the web's history. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-28/huge-cyber-attack-slows-internet-globally/4598574 The DNS is used by a web browser to translate a host name to a IP address, which is a bit like using a phone book to look up a person's phone number. There are a number of ways of working around a DNS outage:- Change the DNS servers used This can be done on the Router setup This can be done on the browser...

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What software is used to build stSoftware systems?
27 Mar 2013

Web Frameworks used:- Twitter bootstrap jQuery GWT TinyMCE elFinder Code Mirror Server frameworks:- Apache ActiveMQ Apache Commons Apache Jackrabbit Apache JAMES Apache JSPWiki Apache log4j Apache Lucene Core Apache POI Apache Xalan for Java XSLT Processor Apache Xerces for Java XML Parser Jasper Reports Build control:- Source control: CVS & SVN Issue tracking: Integrated into base system. Build control: Ant/Mavin Automated testing: JUnit Languages Used: Java 7, HTML5, JavaScript Supported Database...

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stSoftware's Cloud CRM
26 Mar 2013

Customers today expect personalised and convenient service – such as customer self-service to initiate services and ordering, manage and analyse their accounts and pay bills. First generation customer self-service deployments improved customer service and have also "whetted" customer appetites for better access from multiple channels and devices. This coupled with increased competition, challenges organisations to be increasingly innovative to keep customers happy while keeping costs down. stSoftware...

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Release Notes for Job Track - September 2012
26 Mar 2013

Release Overview Enhancements: - MYOB Synchronisation is here for Contacts!This is the first of many MYOB V19 integration enhancements which will see manual exports replaced with automated synchronisation. - WebDAV performance has been improved, see how easy it is to transfer files between your local machine and your online database with DRAG & DROP useability! Bug Fixes: - Auto Completer field refined specifically for contacts which have titles; Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr... Enhancements - MYOB Synchronisation...

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Our Mission
25 Mar 2013

Our mission is to create inspiring technology that improves the world. These are big goals but they’re goals we believe are worth striving for. Each day, we apply passion, strategy and focus in our work and in doing so, we enjoy seeing the huge improvements in ease of functionality and system reliability that our solutions generate for our clients. We hope to have the opportunity to offer you these same advantages and we would be pleased to discuss your requirements in further detail with you. Contact...

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About us
25 Mar 2013

Our people are recognised as truly innovative experts in online applications. Our highly talented and dedicated ICT Teams deliver high value, exceptional performance systems for all businesses, from start-ups to highly complex multi-national systems. Our focus is to provide clients with flexible end-to-end integrated systems that optimise processes. This will empower your team enabling you to be responsive to changing demands and maximise emerging opportunities. We are dedicated to our clients and...

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Our Team
25 Mar 2013

The stSoftware leadership team has high-level technical skills and capability in all aspects of solution design and development, legacy system migration and project management. We can use our knowledge, our skills and passion to leverage technology to generate significant operational improvements for your organisation. We’re also very ‘hands-on’ in our approach, and aim to develop a strong collaborative partnership with each of our clients. Our clients comment that we’re responsive to their requirements...

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Values
25 Mar 2013

The team at stSoftware are driven by a series of values that underpin all we do. We strive to: We do this by: Be innovative Think about the essence of a problem to guide you to the best outcome Use a simple solution if it works as well as a complex one Invent a solution if one doesn’t exist Good procedures and backups allow you to be more creative You’re smart so show it in your work and try to be inspiring Build sustainable value Design code with the greatest longevity in mind Write documentation...

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