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InfoCommerce 2008
November 10 - 12, 2008
Park Hyatt Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Visit us at the show!

What is Typo3?

Typo3: An enterprise content management system

overview:

Our content management solution is based on the enterprise-class content management framework called Typo3.

Although relatively unknown in the United States, Typo3 is actually one of the most widely-use Content Management Systems in the world, with an active development community of more than 25,000 and more than 290,000 sites currently in operation.

What makes Typo3 unique is a complete separation of template design and programming from the role of updating and producing content. Other Open Source systems are more developer-friendly, and in fact require a developer to add features like blogs, forums, video, RSS feeds and more. Typo3 is designed to separate the programmer from the content creation roles, making it possible for your editors or content producers to build new functionality into your site without calling in the development team.

Typo3 was developed in 1996 and development of the core product is currently over-seen by a Swiss association of more than 100 companies, which are chiefly developers and content providers.

Typo3 compared to other systems:

Here is how Typo3 stacks up to other popular open source content management systems according to the experts at cmsmatrix.org:

Features

Drupal

Joomla!

Typo3

Audit Trail

Y

N

Y

Granular Privileges

Y

N

Y

Automated Problem Alerts

N

N

Y

Sandbox for Testing Content

N

N

Y

SSL Pages/Logins

N

Y

Y

Versioning

Y

N

Y

Drag & Drop for Content

Y

N

Y

Undo

Limited

N

Y

Advanced Caching

Y

Y

Y

Database Replication

Limited

N

Y

Static Content Export

N

N

Y

Content Staging

Y

N

Y

Portal Personalization

Y

N

Y

E-commerce

Y

Y

Y

Matrix creation (like this chart!)

N

N

Y

To find out how Typo3 compares to the CMS you are considering, visit cmswatch.org here!

How to get started:

To learn how GCN can make Typo3 work for your organization, click here.

 

 

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

• Template-based content delivery
• Powerful, channel-independent content database
• WYSIWYG editors for creation and editing
• Full categorization and cross-indexing of content.
• Output options for RSS, e-newsletter, individualized alerts.
• Full image support.
• Multi-level security for data entry/access.
• Integrated user authentication system.
• Integrated personalization engine.
• Scalable scripting language
• Support for more than 40 languages

FAQS

Why choose GCN?
GCN provides initial site design, construction and implementation services, as well as ongoing support, development and maintenance as required by our customers. In addition to building sites and supporting our customers, we at GCN have developed several Typo3 extensions that extend the functionality of the core system specifically for the needs of magazine publishers.

Are you locked into a long-term contract?
No. We build your site and train your editorial and production teams how to update and manage the site. At GCN, we enable you to run and maintain your own site without constantly having to involve developers. You can even host your site on your owner servers if you wish.