WDG Content Management System - News & Updates
Welcome to our new place to keep our Content Management System customers updated about the latest changes and additions. This page will be updated regularly. Each time you log into the Site Administration Tools for your site, the system will check to see if any updates are available for you. If the "What's New" link at the top turns red, that means this page has been updated since the last time you visited it. It's that simple to stay updated! As always, we welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions.
October, 2010
Updated Editor
We are pleased to announce that we have updated our integrated content editor to a new version. Most of the changes are under the hood, such as improved loading performance, so you will not have to re-learn how to use anything. However, you can now take advantage of the built-in spell checking in all browsers, as well as access to Firefox's own spell checking functionality. There are other subtle improvements throughout, including better formatted and color-coded source view, and improved property setting dialogs. We welcome your feedback.
New Editor Link Dialog
One new editor feature we are especially excited about is the new Link creation dialog. While similar to the old dialog, where you can enter any URL to link to, the new dialog lets you select other pages already in your site directly! Depending on your site's features, you can also link to other content, such as image gallery pages. This should be a great time saving feature and help keep all your internal links formatted properly.
August, 2010
New Menu in Site Administration Tools
The main menu, at the top of the Site Administration Tools screen, has been slightly re-arranged and a new menu bar has been added. A "What's New" link now links to this page. If the "What's New" link is red, a new version of this page is available since the last time you visited it.
For System Administrators, we have added a link to view the Web site traffic analysis report for your site. Previously, this required logging into a separate site, but is now available right from your Site Administration Tools screen, in the new menu area at the top right.
URL Shortening and Redirection - new feature!
We have added a powerful new feature which allows you to set up custom URL redirections for your site. URL redirection means that when a visitor tries to load a particular URL on your site, they will automatically be taken to a different location which you specify. The most common use for this is "URL shortening," whereby you can publish a URL which is easy to remember and/or type (such as on a business card, in print advertising, and so on). For example, you may want to publish a URL which would take visitors directly to a particular page on your site, say a product. You could set up a redirection so that when a visitor types in "yoursite.com/widget" they will be taken directly to your product page, which normally has a longer URL (e.g. "www.yoursite.com/index.cfm/page/products/widget.htm").
If you are moving from an old site, URL redirection can be very useful to ensure your old links will still work on your new site. There are also times when links can get published incorrectly for some reason, and are difficult or imposisble to change, and this is a good way to handle those situations. Other uses include offsite click tracking and URL aliases.
URL Shortening/Redirection setup is now available for all our CMS customers under the Site Content main menu item in your Site Administration Tools screen. For more information, please read the instructions available on the setup pages.
Built-in URL Shortening
If someone types in a URL to a page that is not currently on your site, the system will try to match that URL to an existing page or URL Redirection before showing the visitor a "Page Not Found" error message. For example, if you have a page on your site with the following URL: "www.yoursite.com/index.cfm/page/about.htm", this page will be shown automatically if a visitor requests any of the following URLs: "www.yoursite.com/about", "www.yoursite.com/about.htm", or "www.yoursite.com/about.html".
