This is a beta site and work in progress. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to post your comments or use the contact page.

Portal Spy, a Vignette Portal companion

Vignette Portal Users,

I would like to ask for your feedback on Sutro Software's
Vignette Portal companion product, Portal Spy. An advanced beta of Portal Spy is now freely available at http://sutrosoftware.com, along with screenshots, demonstration videos, and other supporting collateral. Any impressions you might care to share with me would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

-JP
JP <at> sutrosoftware <dot> com

Approve all contents into VCM

If you need to publish the site, but there are many unapproved contents !!

You can approve these contents using DML into Database.

Run the following DML on Vignette system schema in Oracle or Vignette System database in DB2 or SQL Server:

UPDATE VgnAsMoMetaData set status='approved';

Blogs, wikis, forums and more with Vignette Community

Vignette releases Vignette Community, with communities on Public Web Sites, you can:

  • strengthen your brand
  • increase the loyalty of your key audiences
  • drive revenue

With communities on Internal Web Sites, you can:

Vignette Content Management 7.5

Vignette has announced new versions of Vignette Content Management (VCM) 7.5, Vignette Dynamic Site Module (DSM) 7.5, and Vignette Dynamic Portal Module (DPM) 7.5, which enable organizations to create, manage, and deliver content across multiple customer touch points.
The 7.5 release includes enhanced search, Friendly URLs, and skip-level upgrades.

Vignette Collaboration 7.2 released

Vignette releases Vignette Collaboration 7.2.

Vignette Collaboration 7.2 includes a number of new functionalities as well as enhancements to existing features:

Vignette launches "Web Experience Platform"

Vignette has announced their new Web Experience Platform, this solution gives organizations control over the three most important dimensions of the online experience:

Create your own blog!!

Now if you register you can create your own blog! Edit your blog entries and publish it, all the vignette community will read your entry.

We encourage you to post everything you want related to cms, portlets, java, etc.. the post will be promoted to the front page and you will have a blog with a url like this:

http://www.vgndeveloper.com/blog/"username" For instance: http://www.vgndeveloper.com/blog/vgnadmin

Will the new acquisitions of Sun and Oracle affect Vignette Products?

After the acquisition of mySql by Sun Microsystems and Bea by Oracle, I think this could change the strategy Vignette will take in the long term.

The first acquisition will provide access of MySql to larger corporations, like Vignette. So, Is it possible Vignette could change it's default database from Oracle to mySql? Could this reduce the final price of the platform?.

Vignette Awarded Several Patents for Web Experience Innovation

Vignette announced today it has received three U.S. patents to add to its portfolio around Web Experience.

"Each of these inventions, much like our products, were developed with an eye toward providing our customers with the most scalable, reliable and user-friendly Web platform in the industry" said Dr. Conleth O'Connell, Vignette CTO. "We are proud of our rich history of innovation and commitment to helping our customers deliver compelling Web experiences to their end-users."

VCM 7.4 interface revision

The cmswatch team have published a revision of the new release of the Vignette Content Management Product. The most expected feauture is the Ajax-based "control panel" interface. In this article you can watch a video with this expected interface in action.

Vignette Dashboard

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