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Key differences between TERMINALFOUR & Omniupdate Fundamental differences: HTML Templates versus XML/XSLT templates When a web developer creates new web design templates they are typically created converted from Photoshop or PNG files into HTML/CSS. These HTML templates are then tested across browsers, platforms and for accessibility. In the case of TERMINALFOUR, you can drop these HTML/CSS templates right into the CMS, apply special tags and they will be up and running quite quickly. As the templates are always stored in HTML if you need to make changes you can quickly see the HTML, make the change and test it. In the case of Omniupdate, when you have your HTML templates, you need to convert these to a format called XML/XSLT. This is a format most web developers wouldn't be familiar with. While this format can be powerful it does mean that for standard websites you need to spend a lot of time converting your HTML to another format. There are also questions as to XSLT's future. It is currently at version 2.0 which was last released in 2009. TERMINALFOUR can support XML/XSLT templates but trend has been for web developers to use their standard skill sets rather than needing to convert templates into a different format. For example the following code is required in XSLT: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes" encoding="UTF-8"/> <xsl:template match="/persons"> <html> <head> <title>Testing XML Example</title> </head> <body> <h1>Persons</h1> <ul> <xsl:apply-templates select="person"> <xsl:sort select="family-name" /> </xsl:apply-templates> </ul> </body> </html> </xsl:template> <xsl:template match="person"> <li> <xsl:value-of select="family-name"/><xsl:text>, </xsl:text> <xsl:value-of select="name"/> </li> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet> to generate the following HTML: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Testing XML Example</title> </head> <body> <h1>Persons</h1> <ul> <li>Ismincius, Morka</li> <li>Smith, John</li> </ul> </body> </html> Single Page Templates versus a Page made up of one or more Templates There are two types of Pages in web content management systems. The first is like Wordpress where when you select a Page template you pick a layout and then your "fill in the boxes". In essence this means that each page is a content type. The second is used in many enterprise grade web content management systems, where you pick a page layout and in that page layout you have a number of editable zones. in each of those editable zones you can (if allowed) add in different content types. Although this might sounds like a complicated area it has a huge impact on a number of areas: • • The ability to move a piece of content from one area of a page to another area on another page To be able to reuse the content on the page independent to some other content on the page. The upside is that it's slightly easier to edit the content but the downside is that you're really restricted at reusing content in different formats around the websites. Other differences: TERMINALFOUR Omniupdate Built in eForms engine to allow users or administrators create simple or complex forms and automate processes online. Out-of-the-box data integration with third party systems such as SunGard, Datatel, Blackboard & the ability to synchronise, consolidate and workflow data from these systems for publishing on-line. Facility to connect to third party media libraries and reuse content from those sources (for example Sharepoint) Oracle Database Support Ability to use all major scripting languages with "Preview Support". While you can use all major scripting languages in Omniupdate you cannot view them until you publish them to the webserver. Intranet / Portal Modules Website Personalisation. Omniupdate support only very basic interactive elements on the server side and these components require database access. TERMINALFOUR provides very extensive interactivity including dynamic building of personalised pages based on audiences, geography and behaviour. US Patriot Act Friendly SaaS hosting in Canada (if required) iPhone & iPad content editing support Full Multilanguage support (not just supporting UTF8 output but multilanguage workflows, navigation and URLs) HTML Content Importer (as a feature rather than a set of scripts) - automatically import existing websites with some basic configuration Database Content Importer (Out-of-the-box) Related content feature where you can see documents relating to a particular page Integration with SunGard Mobile and Blackboard Mobile WebDav Support - Access the content repository or media library using a Network Drive Publish content to Mobile Apps using Web Services Search Engine Optimisation Advice feature Variants of Assets in the Media Library (but all attached to the main asset) Email marketing module 100% API Coverage
