prior to it being uploaded – no more trying to teach a marketing manager why and how to optimize an image. Menu Management Menu management allows the user to create contained navigation systems to be used by the site. Menus consist of items that can link in a variety of ways including: to an internal or site specific page, external or outbound page, a traditional mailto, an anchor in an internal page and to an asset such as an image or zip file. Creating a menu is as easy as adding a new menu group, and then adding menu items to it. One nice workflow feature is the ability to drag items located within the site such as pages or assets onto a menu to add it. One caveat is that a content owner can't just decide to add a menu anywhere at any time – the templates created by the designer dictates designated areas where a menu can be placed. FormManagement Form management is another robust feature of the application that takes the guesswork out of creating a complex form. Regions for forms must be designated by the designer in the template. Once a form region is identified, the content owner can easily create a fairly complex form by using the form builder. Users can determine if fields are required and dictate basic properties such as the max character input. The content owner is also given control over how the form is going to be handled in term of its submission. The user may also choose to save the submitted form information into a database to export to CSV at will, with no database setup required. Third Party Developers In terms of the Konductor platform, third party developers will have complete access to the services used by the application itself as the Konductor service includes a REST API, allowing them to create their own applications or widgets. Such as integration into Constant Contact, your favorite Blogging service or even Sharepoint documents. This could be an application exchange similar to the iPhone or Salesforce.com, but for websites. Future releases plan to have workflow improvements, advanced image optimization/ editing features along with better support of plugin media such as Flash and video. So whether you are a designer looking for a solid alternative to the current CMS options or an RIA developer looking to play with a great AIR application, go and check out Konductor . They have a couple of videos showing the application in use and demonstrating some of the features. http://www.konductor.net
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