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WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT

– Percussion CM1 Review

Product Snapshot

Technology

CM1 is a platform agnostic web content management system and is based on technology standards such as Web services, Java, XML, Ajax, Velocity, and Eclipse. CM1 also leverages a loosely coupled architecture to reduce technology overhead and provide an easy transition to the cloud.

Customer Focus

Percussion CM1 is designed for small companies across the public and private sector including Internet and new media companies, media, entertainment, travel and hospitality, and high tech organizations as well as education institutions and Federal and State government agencies.

Select Customers

Hotwire.com, Virginia Tech University, Kohl’s, TiVo, AutoTrader.com, and the International Committee for the Red Cross

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About Percussion CM1

Percussion provides web content management software designed to increase web traffic, conversions, and social interactions. Percussion has been recognized as KMWorld’s “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management” and Econtent Magazine’s “100 Companies that Matter Most” in the digital content industry for five consecutive years. Percussion has also received a Codie Award for Best Content Management Solution and a Best of AIIM Award.

Percussion CM1 enables businesses to quickly and easily design, create, change, and publish Web pages and content. The latest version of CM1 has placed a greater emphasis on social engagement features, and enhanced Tags and Categories to enable users to easily manage content, improve engagement, and drive higher conversion rates.

Percussion CM1 Key Features

Social Engagement

Blogs
Tags and Categories
Comments and Likes

Site and Page Creation and Management

Easily add or edit content
Make changes directly on the page
Visual Navigation and Sitemap Editor

Site Design and Layouts

Create and upload themes with just CSS
Visual Template Layout Editor
WYSIWYG User Interface

Build Using Widgets

Drag and Drop Functionality onto web pages
Rich Media – Video, Flash and more
Content contributors can easily add or edit content and embed new applications

Manage Content Items

Apple-style finder allows for easy browsing of site folders, pages and content items, enabling you create,delete, move, and edit all content
Asset Library
Form-Based Editing

Workflow and Validation

Approval Workflow
Form Validation
Spell Check

Publishing

Staged Updates
Manual Publishing
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Pros

Slick and intuitive dashboard, Drag and drop functionality, easy to add and edit content, easy to use and very responsive system helps tog get your websites up quick and hassle free

Cons

Scalability issues

Overall

What truly makes Percussion CM1 great, is it’s ability to enable users to quickly build and deploy their web site without a lot of time and high consulting/design fees. Percussion CM1 will enable users to not only get the essentials in place, but to also leverage social features such as “likes”, blogs, commenting and more. Seriously though, they have one of nicest drag and drop interfaces, and I can’t talk enough about how easy it is to use.