Repository & Connectivity


Connect to external databases or applications, use standard available connectors to video systems or Microsoft Dynamics CRM and open up folder directories for external audiences in a secure way.

 

JCR Browser

The JCR browser is a module for exploring the Java Content Repository (JCR) on top of which GX WebManager is build natively. The module allows you to browse through the JCR tree by expanding and collapsing sub trees. You can create, move and delete nodes and properties in the JCR tree. The module manages constraints and the JCR browser enables you to create and perform queries for locating specific content. The JCR browser supports both the XPath and SQL syntaxes.

Media Repository

The Media Repository is a central storage for content of different formats ( images, articles, downloads, Flash files, multimedia objects, and web pages). This content is directly maintained in the Media Repository.

Media Repository content can be placed on a page using the overview elements media list and media overview. Using a media list element, individual objects from the Media Repository are selected and presented in an overview. Using a media overview element, a set of objects from the Media Repository will automatically appear in overviews, provided these objects meet certain criteria. Media overview elements are dynamic: If new content is added to the Media Repository, it will automatically be selected and presented by a media overview element if it meets the specified criteria.

Media Item API

The GX WebManager Media Repository is a central storage for different media formats (images, articles, downloads, Flash files, multimedia objects, and web pages). The media item and its meta data are directly maintained in the Media Repository. The Media Item API allows you to define new types for the Media Repository. In most cases, the new type will be based on a standard Media Repository format with added entry options for additional specific (meta) data.

ObjectManager

Using the ObjectManager, Flash, Image, and Download (documents, PDFs, etc.) object types can be saved and maintained centrally. Using the ObjectManager’s user interface, objects can be added, and generic meta data (e.g., keywords, status, and publication date) as well as specific meta data (e.g., the size of an image, the author of a file to be downloaded, etc) can be added. Also, images can be resized to adjustable default formats.

External Databases

To query an external database from GX WebManager, the database connection between the external database and GX WebManager has to be established and the data from the external database has to be subsequently unlocked. Using this component, the connection can be established and information can then be requested from the database with a query.

Best combined with: Queries

Advanced Forms

The advanced forms module makes it possible to put together forms to be used, for example, for surveys, registrations, or inquiries. The focus point of the forms module is maximum flexibility with minimal settings. It should be simple for editors, for example, to put surveys together while developers, with different authorizations, should be able to add more complex constructions – such as the use of XSL.

Forms are constructed from steps taken in a specific order. This order can depend on the values entered. Various validations are possible. There is a wide variety of options to handle the forms: sending data via e-mail and/or saving data in a database, formspecific handling of errors, Thank You acknowledgments, etc. Advanced forms can also be used for specific types of integration (often in combination with the Personalization Rules Toolkit), such as connections with authorization or payment systems and handlings through SOAP.

External Application Integration

Using the External Application Integration, any external web application can be integrated with GX WebManager. The design can be modified to fit in with the respective website design managed in GX WebManager. The application integration module consists of one or more servlet filters, applied one after the other. Servlet filters are a part of the J2EE specification. The result from this pipeline of filters is shown on the page.

Folder/Directory Access

Using the Folder/Directory Access component, the administrator can allow (authorized) website visitors to see which files reside on (a part of) a server. The files can also be offered to these visitors for downloading.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector

Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (MS Dynamics CRM) offers a wide variety of options for managing customer relationships using clear overviews. MS Dynamics CRM allows organizations to track and map the entire sales process.
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector integrates the website with your sales tools. The connector saves users time because there is no longer a need to transfer received data manually. By using the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector, interaction such as logging in, registering, modifying data, and ordering takes place on different levels between GX WebManager and MS Dynamics CRM.

Best combined with: Advanced Forms

Blue Billywig Connector

Blue Billywig is a software and implementation Company which has grown to be one of the largest suppliers in the area of integrated video solutions. With the Blue Billywig connector, GX WebTV offers an integrated solution for converting video.
Video can easily be uploaded, transcoded and published across various channels, as well as for different media players. By default the Blue Billywig player is already integrated.

Queries

Through the use of queries it is possible to display data from a database on a page. A query is a (parameterized) search question posed to a database in a uniquely defined language (SQL or Structured Query Language). The result can then be shown on the website. In GX WebManager, queries are maintained centrally and can be requested with a query element or from a database page.

Best combined with: External Databases