Welcome to the Web Solutions Champion Toolkit

As part of the Customer Care program at Open Text, a series of documents (white papers, reference guides, discussion papers, application notes, etc.) and multimedia presentations are published to supplement the standard Open Text product documentation. This collection of resources is called the Open Text Champion Toolkit.

New Web Solutions Group Virtual Folder added to the Champion Toolkit

A new virtual folder has been added to the Champion Toolkit which will encompass documentation and multimedia for products from the Web Solutions Group. The Web Solutions Group toolkit joins the existing Open Text Content Server (Enterprise Server) and Open Text eDOCS toolkits. All material in the new Web Solutions Group virtual folder will also be listed automatically in the Champion Toolkit – All Resources virtual folder as well.

The first of many documents have been added:

Web Solutions Management Server – Installing and Using the Workflow Trigger
This document outlines the installation and use of the Workflow Trigger service and its corresponding executable.

Delivery Server - BLOB Constraints Using the REF Variant
This document outlines the steps to create a Test Project and content constraints for BLOB content types using the REF variant.

Web Solution Delivery Server - URL Simplification
This Application Note outlines various ways to simplify the URLs to Web Solutions Delivery Server (LiveServer) content.

To view these and other Web Solutions Group Champion Toolkit documents, go here.

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Open Text recently released a new version of its leading enterprise portal solution acquired from Vignette - Vignette Portal version 8.0. The solution allows large organizations to provide customers, employees and partners with an integrated, rich internet interface where they can find relevant and personalized information aggregated from multiple business and consumer-based systems.

Vignette Portal 8.0 simplifies the administration and creation of dynamic, content-rich Web sites and enables the syndication of portal applications across Web properties powered by multiple systems. As the volume of enterprise content continues to grow, IT professionals and business users are faced with the ongoing challenge of controlling costs and reducing time-intensive administration while connecting with their constituents across multiple channels. With Vignette Portal, organizations can consolidate multiple Web sites into a single, convenient and personalized destination, resulting in productivity and cost savings.
Visit www.vignette.com/  for more information.

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HTML 5: Will your CMS ever be the same?

Although HTML 5 is still a draft specification, its impact is being felt across the technology landscape as this is written. In creating a new standard, the W3C was mindful of the latest developments in applied web application technologies, such as the growing popularity of media-rich Web sites over static brochure-ware, and innovations like AJAX. So how will this impact authors, administrators, contributors on the web? Let's dive into the features and see how it works.

Read the full blog entry here.

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Don’t miss the Web Solutions User Group meeting at the upcoming Content World in Orland, Florida.

Take the chance to meet the experts and join us the day of the Conference Kick-Off and Gala Dinner for a User Group Meeting focused on your Open Text Web solution. There is no extra cost to attend, but we do ask you to pre-register due to the limited number of seats available.

If you have questions about the content for this event, please contact Marci Maddox at mmaddox@opentext.com

Register also for the Web Solutions breakout sessions at Content World:

Open Text Web Solutions – Web Business Strategy Overview and Panel Discussion (Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 9:00AM)
In this session you will learn about Open Text's strategy for the Web Content Management family of solutions focusing on Open Text Web Solutions and Vignette Content Management and Vignette Portal products. The presentation will cover product strategy, high-level roadmap, support plans and customer case studies. In the session you will learn what the right Open Text solution for your business problem is and how these solutions will evolve over time advancing the state of the art in a new category of Web Business.

Open Text Web Solutions – Future Directions and Roadmap (Thursday, October 29, 2009, 10:05AM)
In this session, we will provide an overview of the last year's developments, talk about the strategic future direction, and deliver a feature review of the latest product roadmap for Open Text Web Solutions (formerly RedDot).

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Revolutionize Content Distribution with Dynamic Delivery

View our case study to hear how HarperCollins revolutionized the way they interact with customers and maximized the value of their content via an online application that provides the ability to:

• Create a competitive advantage by allowing customers to dynamically assemble customized content online in minutes based on their specific needs and the most up-to-date data available.
• Enhance the customer experience by delivering rich media content such as audio clips and promotional videos alongside standard online information.
• Reuse content assets to assemble highly targeted and products that drive new revenue streams.
• Develop a sustainable content management process that dramatically cuts content development costs and time-to-market for new products.

Watch the recorded webinar.

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RedDot Usergroup Welcomes a New Name

The Red Dot Usergroup e.V. (RDUG) was founded in February of 2002 on the initiative of former RedDot users to create an information forum independent of the vendor. Partners as well as end users have gotten together for an intensive exchange of their experiences in order to quickly extend their individual know-how. The group gets together 3 to 4 times per year in Germany and the UK. About 60 to 80 people join the event in different cities and locations. At each event, presentations around the topic of ‘Web Content Management’ will be offered by current customers, partners and also Open Text employees.

Following the One Voice One Vision strategy, the ‘RedDot Usergroup’ will be renamed. The board is currently thinking about the new naming that fits into the new Open Text strategy.

More information about the group and the events can be found at: http://www.reddotusergroup.org.

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Open Text Conversations
Open Text Conversations is a knowledge-sharing blog for the ECM community.

Open Text Conversations is a knowledge-sharing blog for the ECM community.   Experts from around the ECM space share the latest industry developments, news and thoughts on how to create value from content in an ever changing world.   This month, we posted an update on our strategy for Web Content Management and invite you to read up on our vision of the future in the Web arena.  

Visit us at  http://conversations.opentext.com/  and join in the conversation.

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