Rhythmyx Web Content Management 5.7

With the release of Rhythmyx version 5.7, Percussion Software is pleased to provide a new, cross-platform rich-text editor:   EditLive! for Java 5.0 from Ephox.  Rhythmyx 5.7 also adds Content Lifecycle Analysis, a capability that allows Web site managers to use Microsoft Excel to track and analyze content as it proceeds through the production lifecycle.

New Rich-Text Editor for Multiple Platforms

The new rich-text editor, EditLive! for Java 5.0, is certified on all Rhythmyx-supported browsers and platforms, including Mac.  In addition to offering extensive content authoring capabilities, EditLive! includes international language support and provides accessibility features for Section 508 compliance.

EditLive! for Java will be the primary rich-text editor for Rhythmyx 5.7 and includes the following capabilities for creating and editing content:

• Intuitive, Easy-to-Use Interface
  The EditLive! interface provides a user-friendly environment for content contributors of all skill levels.  It requires little or no training for contributors to immediately be productive.
• Clean Copy-and-Paste from Word, Excel and PowerPoint
  Retain original formatting and layout while removing invalid or excess HTML with a range of filtering options.
• Full Screen Mode
  Full Screen Mode enables content contributors to temporarily "pop" out the EditLive! editor window from the browser to expand their available workspace.
• HTML Forms
  EditLive! offers the most comprehensive forms support of any browser-based XHTML editor, providing coverage for everything from text areas to check boxes.
• Source Editing Support
  An optional source editing mode enables advanced users to modify XHTML or XML source code as necessary.
• Superior Rhythmyx Integration
  The EditLive! interface includes embedded Rhythmyx functionality such as Insert Hyperlinks, Insert Images, Insert CMS Images, Insert In-Line Links and Insert Snippets (as well as the necessary search functionality for these options). 
• Additional Capabilities
  Other capabilities include spell checking, table editing, keyboard shortcuts and much more.

International Language Support

EditLive! supports all Latin and double-byte character sets. It also provides spell checking dictionaries for the following languages:

English – UK English – US Danish Dutch Finnish French

German Italian Norwegian Portuguese Spanish  Swedish

Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance

With full keyboard accessibility, EditLive! allows users to navigate its interface without a mouse. EditLive!, like Rhythmyx’s Content Explorer interface, is designed to comply with US Section 508 regulations regarding software accessibility.

EditLive! also includes an Accessibility Check feature, which allows contributors to validate the compliance of their XHTML content against the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and against Section 508 standards.

Ensure W3C Web Content Accessibility and Section 508 compliance with EditLive! Accessibility Check.

Platform Support

The EditLive! rich-text editor is certified on all platforms and browsers that Rhythmyx supports including:

• Netscape, Internet Explorer and Firefox on the Windows platform
• Safari on the Mac OS platform

Content Lifecycle Analysis

Content Lifecycle Analysis allows Web site managers to view Microsoft Excel reports on the status of content under Rhythmyx management. The reports provide a comprehensive view of the content lifecycle, including creation, approval, publishing and archiving.   Content Lifecycle Analysis offers Web site managers the necessary metrics to eliminate bottlenecks in the content lifecycle, to add efficiencies to the publishing process, and to make better decisions about optimizing their content production environments.

Content Lifecycle Analysis provides the following reports:

• Stale Content: A report of non-public content that has not been modified for at least 7 days
• Content Inventory by Community and Workflow: An inventory of how much content is in each community by workflow state
• Content Inventory by Content Type and Workflow: An inventory of  how much content is in each workflow state by type of content
• Publish Status Summary by Community and Content Type: A summary of how much content was published by type of content (provides publishing success/failure results)
• Publish Status Details: A detailed report on which content was successfully published

All of the above reports include hyperlinks to relevant content in Rhythmyx, allowing Web site managers to directly interact with the content through the Rhythmyx Action panel. The Rhythmyx Action Panel provides a quick way to correct problems or to simply view further details regarding a specific piece of content.

Web site managers can take advantage of the power of Excel by manipulating the data to produce other graphs, reports and calculations as necessary.  They can also export report data from Rhythmyx as XML for integration with alternate analysis tools.