Overview
What is Evoq Content?
Evoq Content is a content management system within the Evoq business suite. Evoq Content is extensible with many modules that add caching, advanced content approval workflow, granular permissions, document management, mobile accessibility of content, web farm support, and an ecommerce…
Content management is not a big deal with this software.
Evoq Content met expectations.
Best value CMS
What Wordpress always wanted to be
Very Satisfied Evoq Developer
DNN Review by T.Kruzik
More than DNN for Dummies, DNN for Professionals as well.
We use it for our own website, but we also host and use it to develop websites for our Clients. Our business model is a SaaS to the MLM / …
DotNetNuke - Great Content Management System
DNN Best Use Cases
Give DNN a GO: my review of DNN.
Making Content Management Simple
DNN a good package if you need more than just a content publishing system.
Popular Features
- Admin section (6)9.090%
- WYSIWYG editor (7)8.787%
- Publishing workflow (6)8.383%
- Page templates (6)8.282%
Pricing
What is Evoq Content?
Evoq Content is a content management system within the Evoq business suite. Evoq Content is extensible with many modules that add caching, advanced content approval workflow, granular permissions, document management, mobile accessibility of content, web farm support, and an ecommerce engine.
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Squarespace is a CMS platform that allows users to create a DIY blog, eCommerce store, and/or portfolio (visual art or music). Some Squarespace website and shop templates are industry or use case-specific, such as menu builders for restaurant sites.
Features
Security
This component helps a company minimize the security risks by controlling access to the software and its data, and encouraging best practices among users.
- 9.7Role-based user permissions(5) Ratings
Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration.
Platform & Infrastructure
Features related to platform-wide settings and structure, such as permissions, languages, integrations, customizations, etc.
- 9API(4) Ratings
An API (application programming interface) provides a standard programming interface for connecting third-party systems to the software for data creation, access, updating and/or deletion.
- 9Internationalization / multi-language(4) Ratings
The software supports multiple languages, countries, currencies, etc.
Web Content Creation
Features that support the creation of website content.
- 8.7WYSIWYG editor(7) Ratings
What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get editing tool allows users to build pages without writing code.
- 8.7Code quality / cleanliness(5) Ratings
Code generated by WYSIWYG editor is clean and validates according to W3C standards.
- 9Admin section(6) Ratings
The admin page is easy to navigate and use.
- 8.2Page templates(6) Ratings
The CMS has standard webpage templates or types of web pages (e.g. homepage, article page, interior page, blog page, etc.); users can also build custom templates.
- 9Library of website themes(5) Ratings
A library of website frameworks or themes is available as a starting point for building a website.
- 10Mobile optimization / responsive design(4) Ratings
The CMS helps users build webpages that work well on mobile devices – whether m-dot pages or responsively designed pages.
- 8.3Publishing workflow(6) Ratings
The software allows users to set up a custom workflow for updating the website, including approval processes.
- 8.3Form generator(5) Ratings
Users can build website forms for visitors to fill out.
Web Content Management
Features for managing website content
- 8.8Content taxonomy(6) Ratings
Users can create multiple levels and types of content categories including tags.
- 8SEO support(6) Ratings
The CMS helps users create the right website infrastructure (pagination, page headers, titles, meta tags, url structure, etc.) to increase the site’s visibility in search engine results.
- 9Bulk management(4) Ratings
Users can change an attribute on a group of documents or sites all at once through features such as global search and replace, making bulk changes easier.
- 8Availability / breadth of extensions(6) Ratings
There is a broad library of extensions, plug-ins, modules or add-ons that allow users to easily customize their websites without building custom code.
- 8.5Community / comment management(6) Ratings
Users can put post/page comments through an approval process, auto-approve commenters based on their email addresses, block commenters by IP address, delete comments, etc.
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(28)Community Insights
- Business Problems Solved
The software has been widely used by users in the MLM/Network Marketing industry to develop websites for their clients. They appreciate the ability to have full control over the content and appearance of their websites while leaving the management of hardware, programs, SQL Server, and reporting to the software. This allows them to focus on providing a seamless user experience for their clients.
The versatility of the software has made it a popular choice for various use cases. It is commonly utilized as a CMS for clients, personal websites, and blog platforms. Users have also found it valuable as a code base for developing custom intranet CMS solutions with integration into the Microsoft infrastructure. The software excels at managing membership signup processes, activation of members, and overall membership management. Through incorporating modules into websites, users are able to create customized workflows for re-credentialing and document management.
In addition, the software has proven useful in replacing old static websites that required extensive maintenance. Users have leveraged it to build public-facing corporate websites as well as internal intranet sites. The ability for non-IT staff to make content changes without relying on programming resources has been highly appreciated.
Furthermore, users have found this software instrumental in managing domain registration for various education services. It is recommended to customers who desire a CMS that allows them to independently manage website content. Integrating seamlessly with Microsoft Office, it enables easy review and editing of content. It has also been successfully employed as a global corporate web pages solution.
For more advanced functionalities, users have created custom modules such as displaying ad banners, capturing clicks, and providing statistics. The software's robust functionality has also allowed users to secure websites and manage customer support and software sales sites effectively.
Overall, this software has received positive reviews from customers who have successfully implemented it across different industries and domains. Its flexibility and ease of use make it an ideal choice for organizations looking for a reliable CMS solution that meets their unique requirements.
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(1-12 of 12)Content management is not a big deal with this software.
- Content scheduling feature is very helpful and works amazingly well.
- Its mobile access is quick and makes things easy.
- It is a highly flexible tool and allows multiple customizations.
- There should be more updates and updates should come frequently.
- It has multiple bugs that disturb its working now and then.
Evoq Content met expectations.
- Permissions
- Content organization
- Site speed
- The GUI user Interface was confusing
- On-site editing experience
- Sales process (at the time was long)
Best value CMS
- Out of box features
- Friendly UI
- Open source
- Workflow
- Module marketplace
- Publishing
What Wordpress always wanted to be
- Evoq is very extensible. As long as you can program in ASP.NET, you can customize it for any solution you may need.
- It has great user controls and granular permissions for users allowing you to control access not whole sections of the site, individual pages, or even parts of a page.
- Some of the modules you can purchase allow you to derive far more value than what you pay.
- It can be a bit heavy-handed when it comes to styling. It's sometimes necessary to spend a little extra time to overcome styling issues.
- Up until version 8 of the core DNN platform, implementing single page applications (SPAs) required extra efforts.
- It is very difficult to split a site across multiple servers for load balancing
Very Satisfied Evoq Developer
- Community building
- Membership management
- Authorization and authentication.
- No need for improvement in my opinion.
DNN Review by T.Kruzik
- From my side DNN makes it very easy to manage everything we need to publish for users
- Implementation of our custom modules is very simple
- On version 6 of DNN, there are problem using multi-language settings for the portal and switching between languages when we try to use iFinity Url Master. The problem is with querystringsparameters with diacritic values
We use it for our own website, but we also host and use it to develop websites for our Clients. Our business model is a SaaS to the MLM / Network Marketing industry.
We write a lot of our own modules in C# and also buy a few from other developers.
Clients like to control the content and look and feel of their website, with DNN they have the ability to do so but then leave all of the heavy lifting to us to manage the Hardware, Programs, SQL Server and provide the necessary Reporting to them.
- If a Client needs to add a page for a special Event, they can do so without having to contact us.
- If a Client needs to add or change content, text or images at any time day or night they have the ability to do so without having to contact us.
- Our Clients do not have to know anything about HTML, ASP.Net, C#, SQL Server etc. If they know how to use a Word Processor then they can do most anything they need from a Content standpoint by just using their favorite Browser.
- If they need a special Module to do accomplish a certain task and we don't have one then we can provide one of hundreds developed by another developer from the DNN Store. Most modules are less than $100.
- Because DNN uses Skins that are a layer on top of the platform architecture they can have different skins for different pages or departments etc. On the DNN Store there are literally thousands of Responsive Skins available that range in price from $40 - $200.
- The platform is scalable and of course SQL Server is as well. So no matter how large a company gets DNN can handle the task ahead.
- I really only have 2 complaints and they are minor with DNN. First I think that DNN might need to do a better job of certifying Developers that sell modules. Create a standard if you will, much like Apple does with Apps, as not all developers are created equally and support on some modules is lacking with some developers.
- The second thing is I would like to see DNN keeping Developers more informed about upcoming changes to the platform and better co-ordination with developers on time schedules of new releases. Many times it seems the Developers have to play catch up when a new version is released and all of a sudden you may have some Modules that don't play nice with the changes.
- Neither of these are really a major problem as DNN and the community has evolved tremendously over the years and it is fairly easy to find solutions from the community.
If you just need to implement a website that is dynamic but not real big in Data Processing almost anyone can do so with very limited knowledge as long as you know how to use a Word Processor and your Browser.
If you don't have experience with setting up a Server to run a website there are Companies like PowerDNN, Rackspace and WinHost that can help and I recommend them in that order if you are using DNN.
If you need a more sophisticated e-commerce website and don't have much experience with Servers, SQL Server etc. then you should find a consultant to help you install and setup not just the DNN Platform but also select the proper Modules to accomplish what you want to do.
If you need a highly customized website that is very data intensive and you are not experienced then be sure to save yourself the time and money by finding a qualified Consultant to help you. The beauty of DNN is that it can handle as simple or as complicated of an Application as you need depending on what your needs are and how far you want to take it.
DotNetNuke - Great Content Management System
- DNN is easy to install, configure and administer
- DNN is a full-scale content management system that offers many options for managing blogs, photo galleries, files and communication
- DNN is secure and offers flexible role-based security architecture
- DotNetNuke integration with Active Directory can be improved
- Ability for DNN modules to communicate (send-receive data) is missing and can be helpful if in place
- DNN could offer wizard-type tools for custom modules development
DNN Best Use Cases
- DNN is a feature-rich, open-source project with a flexible license. This let us use it without licensing costs for custom solutions or as-is with no custom code just plug-in modules.
- DNN is written in Microsoft .NET C#. This allows our developers and our customers to use their existing skill set to install and maintain the solution.
- DNN is made for Windows platform, allowing us and our customers to deploy solutions to existing Windows servers or in some cases hosted platforms.
- DNN integrates with Windows authentication allowing us to deploy intranet solutions and use single sign-on for improved user experience and security.
- DNN is developed with Microsoft Visual Studio, which is great if your developers already know and use it, but switching to it can be expensive in terms of licensing (for paid versions) and training costs.
- DNN module creation is powerful for custom solutions but more complex, time consuming, and error prone than some other open-source solutions based on open-source scripting languages that can be edited without needing to be compiled.
- DNN has a rich 3rd-party ecosystem of modules and themes but it pales in comparison to a CMS such as WordPress.
- DNN's foundation on Microsoft technologies is a strength if you need it but a potential limitation if your organization is not entrenched in the Microsoft ecosystem. For example, a quick search on some freelancer sites shows that WordPress developers outnumber DNN developers 10 to 1.
Give DNN a GO: my review of DNN.
- Modular capabilities in term of software development and solution. The use of .NET platform further enhanced its power.
- Skin development relatively easy to make, however, some specific knowledge of DNN platform is required.
- DNN store provides a fast amount of effective, value of money solution. Most of the time, purchasing from the store is more than enough.
- Skin customization has room to be improved.
- Mobile friendly platform, e.g.: make use of the Bootstrap as default skin
- DNN is more into software developer. It will nice to have some tools for web designers.
- Lacking of complete facilities for disabled people (see WCAG). In this case Sitecore is much more powerful.
Making Content Management Simple
- DotNetNuke makes it easy to edit content on a website. Clients can log in to the site, click on the "Edit Page" button in a convenient menu at the top of the page and then edit specific sections (or modules) on a page. They have the ability to upload images and other documents (PDF, Word, etc) and also can add links. The HTML editor provides options to paste from word and also the ability to edit the HTML directly for the more tech-savvy users.
- DotNetNuke makes it very easy to allow users to sign up as members on a website and also makes managing those users via site Administrators easy. It is also very easy to set up other ways for users to log in (via Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc).
- DotNetNuke is extremely extensible. There is an app store where you can find many free or low-cost modules that can be installed to utilize applications such as event calendars, news, blogs, and many other web application types. It is also quite easy to build your own custom modules if you have a little development experience.
- DotNetNuke is extremely easy to get started. There is a simple install screen that comes up the first time you visit your site that will allow a site up and running in seconds.
- Overall DNN is a great platform, but there is room for improvement. They could provide more tutorials and help for developers and designers to integrate with DNN. It is very easy to build basic skins and modules but if you need to do more advanced things, there really is no help for this at all. You pretty much have to just learn by trial and error.
- Some of the design standards built in to DNN are inconsistent and difficult to work with. Some core DNN modules use 1 way of styling the module while other modules use different styles. HTML tables are not properly used and overall there are times you have to jump through hoops to make some DNN components look the way you want.
- While there are a lot of apps on the DNN store, there is virtually no developer support. DNN developers seem to keep their secrets, well, secret. There are a large amount of WordPress tutorials out there, but not a lot (of free) DNN tutorials.
There were other modules that I have personally written while I worked on DNN when it first came out. They were all related to securing DNN while DNN was really new to the scene.
- Minimal code writing to create new basic modules.
- Good ASP.NET integrated user authentication and authorization
- Plenty of free and paid modules available to create DNN site.
- DNN should really create good tutorials for beginners. It takes a while before one can understand on how to get started in writing modules and their implementation