2010: the cascade adventure 2009 cascade server user’s conferencebradley wagner/david klanac
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2010: The Cascade Adventure
2009 Cascade Server User’s Conference Bradley Wagner/David Klanac
Introductions• David Klanac – formerly head of services,
still head of sales• Bradley Wagner – product manager for
Cascade and head of engineering
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What We’ve Been Up to in 2009
• Cascade 6.x Series!• 3 Features Releases
o Cascade 6.0o Cascade 6.2o Cascade 6.4 (beta)
• 6 patch releases
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Last Year’s Conference• New Roles• Sites
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Cascade 6.0• Sites
o To organize and segment content, support assets, and users
• New Roleso To give complete flexibility when granting abilities to users
• Basis for 6.x development
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Expanding Sites in 6.x We are silly for Sites:• Sites + New Roles => Site Roles (6.0)• Cross-Site Linking (6.2)• Shared Templates (6.2)
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Cascade 6.4
• Connectors
• User Experience (UX) enhancements
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Where do I get it?• Currently in Beta – download it today!
• Full 6.4 demo @ 11:15 with Mike Strauch
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Connectors
WordPress
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Twitter Connector• Of course a Twitter connector!
• Automate the process of tweeting links to new content
• Includes prefix, the link, hash tags, and the title of the asset for uniqueness
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Word Press Connector• WP widely used blogging tool
• Author, manage content within Cascade and publish it to WordPress
• Take advantage of WP features:o Commentso Categorieso Tons of plugins
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Why Connectors?• Customers want CMS to perform a
widening range of functions: blogging, personalization, analytics
• We want to focus on doing a few things very well
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Why Connectors?• Remember the Delivery Server? WP is a
delivery engine that provides personalization, comments
• Connector was the fastest
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Why Connectors?
Goal: To connect Cascade to other best-of-breed technologies already in use and let Cascade be the content hub
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Use Case for a New Connector
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UX Enhancements in 6.4• Drag n’ Drop form builder • Syntax highlighting code editor • Content comparison engine
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UX enhancements beyond 6.4• Have a reusable drag n’ drop framework
to improve cumbersome components
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Special Developer Projects• Projects not in the main roadmap• Already mentioned:
o Syntax highlighting code editor (6.4)o Improved content comparison (6.4)o Drag n’ Drop form builder
• Other projects:o Copy Folder with relative linkingo Broadcast messages/alerts (6.4)
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Release Schedule and Process
• Beta releases are here to stay
• Expect feature releases 1-2 months after betas
• We want your feedback!
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How You Can Contribute
• Success community Idea Exchange
• Forums
• Quarterly check-in calls with Chris Armistead, Client Advocate
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Speaking of which…
Quiz: What is the most frequently requested feature in Idea Exchange with +39 votes?
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Recycle Bin• In internal alpha
• Expect to see it in beta soon
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Takeaways: Themes for 2010
• Expand Connectors
• Improve the user experience
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Q & A
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