Sixth CMSc User Day

On the 24-th of June 2008, the sixth CMSc User Day (see program) was held at the office of the Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei. The upcoming 1.5 release was presented. The roadmap for 1.6 was discussed and votes were raised for new functionality and improvements. The absolute winner was improvement of list support in the CMSc (see CMSC-899), followed by improved asset management. Favorites also included: AJAX portlets, search logs + suggestions, video upload and the content hub. Only one vote was raised for JSR 170, Jetspeed and webshop integration. The end of the User Day was used for presentations on the lerenenwerken.nl portal implemented by Kennisnet and proposals to improve usability of the CMSc (see CMSC-982). The next CMSc user day will be held at September 30, 2008 at the KNMI office in De Bilt, NL.

Fifth CMSc User Day

On March 25, 2008 the fifth CMSc user day was held at the Finalist office in Rotterdam. The main reason of having the meeting at the Finalist office is the kick-start course given by Jurn to user that have planned to work on the templates and views themselves. In the afternoon the release planning was discussed including a demo of the community module by Jacobjob. Jon Paul Sistermans of the municipality of Almere presented http://www.ikbouwmijnhuisinalmere.nl/

Fourth CMSc User Day

On December 6-th 2007 the fourth CMSc user day took place at Kennisnet in Zoetermeer. The CMSc user day was combined with the annual MMBase Event. The main topics of the day were the release notes for version 1.3 and the upcoming 1.4 release which will contain: community-module, html-newsletter, forum, and myPage. See also the program of the meeting. In the afternoon the floor was to:

• Jacobjob Koster of Finalist with an introduction to the CMSc (see presentations)
• Rob de Bruin of Kennisnet on their plans with Copacobana (see presentation)
• Henk Hangyi on the architecture principles that have been designed for MMBase
• André van Toly with a presention of the new MMBase Component Framework
• Freek Punt of Finalist with presentation on the technical concepts behind the CMSc (see presentation)
• Emer Beamer of Butterfly Works on their experience with the CMS Container (see presentation)

Third CMSc user day

On September the 25-th 2007 the third CMSc user day took place at the community of Nijmegen. The main topics of the day were the new 1.3 release, the new drag-and-drop functionality for portlets, and the planning of the Web 2.0 functionality like community, html-newsletter, forum, and myPage. See also the program of the meeting. In the afternoon the floor was to Pepijn Lemmens of the NAi and Marc van Kollenburg of Nijmegen to present their experience with the CMSc. The next meeting is on December 6, 2007 at Kennisnet in Zoetermeer.

Second CMSc user day

On June the 26-th 2007 the second CMSc user day toke place at the community of Almere. The plans for the Web 2.0 functionality like community, html-newsletter, forum, and myPages were presented and the upcoming 1.3 release was discussed. See also the program of the meeting. After a city tour through the modern and impressive architecture of Almere, the floor was to Jules Janssen of the regional broadcasting company of L1 and Jon Paul Sistermans to present their experience with the CMSc. The main conclusion of Jules was that the CMSc works fine, but still has some rough edges which need to be adressed. E.g. in the present release it is not possible to show articles without their title. Download the presentation of L1.The next meeting is on September 25, 2007 in Nijmegen. It was decided that next meeting everybody is invited to join the entire meeting.

First CMSc user day

On April the 24-th 2007 the first CMS Container user day toke place at the NAi (Dutch Architecture Institute). User days give a platform to the users of the CMS Container to talk about their experiences, fix plans for upcoming releases, and discuss new functionality. The main topics were: release planning, the new online platform www.cmscontainer.org and the new logo for the CMS Container. See also the program of the meeting. Due to the sunny weather Coenen was a perfect place to finish the meeting and drink a toast on the future. The next meeting is on June 26, 2007 at Almere