The upgrade of BGSU’s Rhythmyx Content Management System (CMS) will provide many new features for those creating and manipulating web content.  Many of the skills you have already learned about creating content for the CMS, however, have not changed.  Here is an overview of what to expect:

What’s New?

• New 2-column Java-based interface called Content Explorer where you click on an item on the Navigation Tree (left) to bring it into view on the Display Pane (right).  You also have access to a menu bar with drop down menus. 
• Certified on all BGSU-supported browsers and platforms - including Internet Explorer 6.0 SP 2 for Windows and Safari 2.0.3 for Mac
• Right click (PC) or control click (Mac) to display menus
• Several methods used to access editors for creating new content  
• eWebEditPro editor replaced by Ephox rich text editor EditLive! which supports both PC and Mac
• Choose from several display formats for Views and Searches and perform sorts on various fields in the Display (right) Pane by clicking on field name (e.g. sort your Inbox by Content Title, Checkout Status, State, Content Type, Content ID, etc.)
• Move multiple content items from one state to another (e.g. group publishing)
• New search engine that can be customized to perform various types of searches and lets you determine if you want your searches to be case sensitive or not 
• Your account retains the state it was left in the last time you logged off (in the same Community, same display format selected, etc.)
• Can adjust the font size, modify colors and background of Content Explorer window
• Have only View access to items in the Public state; must transition item to Quick Edit state for editing. 
• Create new version is now Create ‘New Copy’
• Modify slots for Generic Home Page and Generic Article content items (Edit All) without opening the editor by selecting Active Assembly Table Editor 
• Copy URL to Clipboard puts the URL of a content item within the CMS on your clipboard so you copy it to another application (e.g. email); person clicking the URL must have authorization to view that content item on the CMS to access it
• Revisons and Audit Trail moved from Workflow submenu to View submenu
• No two content items can have the same CMS title
• Refresh should be done within Content Explorer window
• Use Extended display format to see who has content checked out instead of a roll over on the lock icon
• View Dependants replaced by Impact Analysis which displays ancestors and descendants of a content item
• Can create a promotable version when you want to change the content but are not ready to publish it yet
• Minimum System Requirement: Java Virtual Machine (JVM) 1.4.2 for Windows XP; Java Version 5, release 4 suggested for Mac OS X
• Reply to certificate verification messages ( Mac) or ( PC ) the first time you use certain features of the CMS
•  Make sure to allow popup windows from cms.bgsu.edu and cmstest.bgsu.edu ( PC) ( Mac)

What’s the Same?

• URLs of CMS servers (cms.bgsu.edu and cmstest.bgsu.edu)
• Your BGNet authentication userid and password used to access the servers
• Sites reside in a specific community
• Roles within the community are the same
• Method to switch from one community to another
• Types of Content Editors available (e.g. Generic Home Page, File, etc.)
• Most of the fields used in content editors to create new content
• Standards for creating the CMS title
• Workflows and states
• Previewing content on the CMS
• Individual item publishing
• Enter content on CMS server (e.g. put your web content in the CMS database)
• URLs generated from page location and content ID number
• Content published from CMS database to BGSU’s web server
• Logout by closing browser window