SkyBlueCanvas

A lightweight CMS allows you, the site owner, to keep your site content fresh using the skills you already have.
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  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Scott Lewis
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.skybluecanvas.com/
  • Operating Systems:
  • Mac OS X or later
  • File Size:
  • 2.1 MB

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SkyBlueCanvas Description

A lightweight CMS allows you, the site owner, to keep your site content fresh using the skills you already have. SkyBlueCanvas is designed specifically for those instances when more robust systems like Joomla, WordPress and Drupal are too much horsepower.SkyBlueCanvas is not meant to be all things to all people. It is designed non-technical users and for small web sites. While it is extensible and fairly flexible, it is not meant to be very robust. There are plenty of great systems on the market that provide more robust and scalable features. SkyBlueCanvas lightweight cms allows you, the site owner, to keep your site content fresh using the skills you already have. If you can use a word processor, you can write your site's text. You can upload your photos and other art work directly from your browser with a few clicks of your mouse (4 clicks to be exact).SkyBlueCanvas uses easy-to-understand buttons, menus and forms to provide you with the power to change the text and artwork on your site. In most cases, it is just type, click, publish and the content is changed. Here are some key features of "SkyBlueCanvas":· Easy-to-use· Easy-to-install· XML Data Storage (no database required)· Extensible· Skinnable· Flexible Plugin API· Small in size (3.5MB)· Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict output· Search Engine Friendly URLs (requires mod_rewrite)· Customizable Meta Tags (globally or by page)· Built-in Portfolio Manager· Built-in Custom Form builder· Built-in RSS 2.0 Feeds of all pages, articles and news itemsPhoto Gallery Features:· Skinnable separately from page skins· Thumbnail, Title, ThickBox/LightBox Overlay or Numeric item navigation· Link items to external sites· Gallery Categories· Item groups (for alternate or multiple views) Complete List of Available Add-ons· Articles: Organize your site text in categorized articles.· Sales Associates: If you have regional sales associates, you can organize them by region.· Case Studies: Show case studies of your product or service with WYSIWYG text editing.· Multiple Contacts: Enable your contact form to show multiple contacts within your organization.· Events: Show a list of upcoming events on your web site.· FAQs: Add an FAQ page to your web site.· Form/Survey Builder: Build your own forms and surveys to use on your site. FormBuilder allows you to create custom forms, specify field types and validate the user input. The respnonses to your form can be emailed to one or multiple addresses or witten to a text file.· Links: List links to useful resources by category. You can even include a description for each link.· News: The news extension allows you to add news announcements to your site.· Strategic Partners: Does your organization have strategic alliances with other businesses? With this extension you can include a link to your partner's sites and include a blurb and image.· Staff Bios: People like to know with whom they are doing business. This extension allows you to include photos, bios and contact info for your staff.· Gallery/Portfolio: Photo galleries are one of the most popular features on any website. This extension allows you to include a categorized photo gallery. The gallery can be displayed with one of four navigation styles: thumbnails, numbered items, text links or a slide show.· Press: Has your organization been in the press? This extension allows you to include the full text and/or a link to the original item.· Teasers: Displaying a short intro on your home page that points to content on other pages is a great way to entice site visitors to go deeper into your site. This extension creates what we call teasers to draw site visitors into your site. What's New in This Release: · Several updates including better performance. · Improved Search Engine Optimization tools. · Support for the TinyMCE and FCKeditor WYSIWYG text editors.


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