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We are excited to announce a new direction for Exponent CMS, and we are very interested to hear your feedback (see link at the end of this post).. We will quickly be transitioning Exponent into Microsoft's .NET Framework. The LAMP stack has served us ... [More] well over the years but we believe this decision will benefit Exponent in the long run. It was fun while it lasted, but let’s face it: Microsoft isn't going anywhere. We wholeheartedly believe that unless we join forces with such formidable opponent, Exponent may continue to be just another CMS in a sea of PHP code. The Competition When stepping back and objectively looking at the Open Source CMS landscape, its painfully obvious that the PHP market is oversaturated. With vastly fewer .NET Open Source CMS' to compete with, we anticipate Exponent’s adoption will quickly and drastically increase. The New Market It is an unfortunate truth that the mainstream often uses PHP for smaller sites and .NET for enterprise level applications. We, as well as many in the community, agree that Exponent has long been an enterprise level content management system. This transition to .NET will bring the non-technical businessman’s perception in line with the reality of Exponent’s enterprise level capabilities, allowing us to penetrate new business markets, increasing Exponent’s overall adoption. Next Steps The first step will be to utilize a feature of .NET called COM Interop. COM Interop lets you create a COM wrapper around your .NET components. The .NET component remains a .NET component, but it uses the CLR and is built using the .NET framework. However, it is built in such a way that Windows thinks it's a COM component and makes it available to all calling COM clients. In this way, you can make a .NET component available to PHP via the same COM features of PHP. You can read more about this technology at the Peachpit article PHP and .NET. Once Exponent is working in its existing from in the .NET framework we will begin to rewrite the Exponent’s framework in native .NET classes. The eventual result will be Exponent fully implemented in .NET natively. Thank You Contributors Thanks to all who have dedicated time and resources to the project. It's our hope that you'll continue to assist along the transition, potentially donating not only time, but money to help cover the increased cost of hosting and licensing. If you are interested in contributing, join the new cause and support the new Exponent.NET! Be sure to pop over to the forum and give us your feedback.     [Less]

We are excited to announce a new direction for Exponent CMS, and we are very interested to hear your feedback (see link at the end of this post).. We will quickly be transitioning Exponent into Microsoft's .NET Framework. The LAMP stack has served us ... [More] well over the years but we believe this decision will benefit Exponent in the long run. It was fun while it lasted, but let’s face it: Microsoft isn't going anywhere. We wholeheartedly believe that unless we join forces with such formidable opponent, Exponent may continue to be just another CMS in a sea of PHP code. The Competition When stepping back and objectively looking at the Open Source CMS landscape, its painfully obvious that the PHP market is oversaturated. With vastly fewer .NET Open Source CMS' to compete with, we anticipate Exponent’s adoption will quickly and drastically increase. The New Market It is an unfortunate truth that the mainstream often uses PHP for smaller sites and .NET for enterprise level applications. We, as well as many in the community, agree that Exponent has long been an enterprise level content management system. This transition to .NET will bring the non-technical businessman’s perception in line with the reality of Exponent’s enterprise level capabilities, allowing us to penetrate new business markets, increasing Exponent’s overall adoption. Next Steps The first step will be to utilize a feature of .NET called COM Interop. COM Interop lets you create a COM wrapper around your .NET components. The .NET component remains a .NET component, but it uses the CLR and is built using the .NET framework. However, it is built in such a way that Windows thinks it's a COM component and makes it available to all calling COM clients. In this way, you can make a .NET component available to PHP via the same COM features of PHP. You can read more about this technology at the Peachpit article PHP and .NET. Once Exponent is working in its existing from in the .NET framework we will begin to rewrite the Exponent’s framework in native .NET classes. The eventual result will be Exponent fully implemented in .NET natively. Thank You Contributors Thanks to all who have dedicated time and resources to the project. It's our hope that you'll continue to assist along the transition, potentially donating not only time, but money to help cover the increased cost of hosting and licensing. If you are interested in contributing, join the new cause and support the new Exponent.NET! Be sure to pop over to the forum and give us your feedback. April Fools      [Less]

We are excited to announce a new direction for Exponent CMS, and we are very interested to hear your feedback (see link at the end of this post).. We will quickly be transitioning Exponent into Microsoft's .NET Framework. The LAMP stack has served us ... [More] well over the years but we believe this decision will benefit Exponent in the long run. It was fun while it lasted, but let’s face it: Microsoft isn't going anywhere. We wholeheartedly believe that unless we join forces with such formidable opponent, Exponent may continue to be just another CMS in a sea of PHP code. The Competition When stepping back and objectively looking at the Open Source CMS landscape, its painfully obvious that the PHP market is oversaturated. With vastly fewer .NET Open Source CMS' to compete with, we anticipate Exponent’s adoption will quickly and drastically increase. The New Market It is an unfortunate truth that the mainstream often uses PHP for smaller sites and .NET for enterprise level applications. We, as well as many in the community, agree that Exponent has long been an enterprise level content management system. This transition to .NET will bring the non-technical businessman’s perception in line with the reality of Exponent’s enterprise level capabilities, allowing us to penetrate new business markets, increasing Exponent’s overall adoption. Next Steps The first step will be to utilize a feature of .NET called COM Interop. COM Interop lets you create a COM wrapper around your .NET components. The .NET component remains a .NET component, but it uses the CLR and is built using the .NET framework. However, it is built in such a way that Windows thinks it's a COM component and makes it available to all calling COM clients. In this way, you can make a .NET component available to PHP via the same COM features of PHP. You can read more about this technology at the Peachpit article PHP and .NET. Once Exponent is working in its existing from in the .NET framework we will begin to rewrite the Exponent’s framework in native .NET classes. The eventual result will be Exponent fully implemented in .NET natively. Thank You Contributors Thanks to all who have dedicated time and resources to the project. It's our hope that you'll continue to assist along the transition, potentially donating not only time, but money to help cover the increased cost of hosting and licensing. If you are interested in contributing, join the new cause and support the new Exponent.NET! Be sure to pop over to the forum and give us your feedback.     - Jonathan [Less]

We are excited to announce a new direction for Exponent CMS, and we are very interested to hear your feedback (see link at the end of this post).. We will quickly be transitioning Exponent into Microsoft's .NET Framework. The LAMP stack has served us ... [More] well over the years but we believe this decision will benefit Exponent in the long run. It was fun while it lasted, but let’s face it: Microsoft isn't going anywhere. We wholeheartedly believe that unless we join forces with such formidable opponent, Exponent may continue to be just another CMS in a sea of PHP code.The CompetitionWhen stepping back and objectively looking at the Open Source CMS landscape, its painfully obvious that the PHP market is oversaturated. With vastly fewer .NET Open Source CMS' to compete with, we anticipate Exponent’s adoption will quickly and drastically increase.The New MarketIt is an unfortunate truth that the mainstream often uses PHP for smaller sites and .NET for enterprise level applications. We, as well as many in the community, agree that Exponent has long been an enterprise level content management system. This transition to .NET will bring the non-technical businessman’s perception in line with the reality of Exponent’s enterprise level capabilities, allowing us to penetrate new business markets, increasing Exponent’s overall adoption.Next StepsThe first step will be to utilize a feature of .NET called COM Interop. COM Interop lets you create a COM wrapper around your .NET components. The .NET component remains a .NET component, but it uses the CLR and is built using the .NET framework. However, it is built in such a way that Windows thinks it's a COM component and makes it available to all calling COM clients. In this way, you can make a .NET component available to PHP via the same COM features of PHP. You can read more about this technology at the Peachpit article PHP and .NET. Once Exponent is working in its existing from in the .NET framework we will begin to rewrite the Exponent’s framework in native .NET classes. The eventual result will be Exponent fully implemented in .NET natively.Thank You ContributorsThanks to all who have dedicated time and resources to the project. It's our hope that you'll continue to assist along the transition, potentially donating not only time, but money to help cover the increased cost of hosting and licensing. If you are interested in contributing, join the new cause and support the new Exponent.NET!Be sure to pop over to the forum and give us your feedback.April Fools    [Less]

Exponent is now using Launchpad.net to help centralize development efforts. If you're looking to get involved in the project, you'll be able to join the Exponent CMS Community Team and sign up for the Exponent Mailing List, View Exponent Codelines ... [More] for both 1.0 and 2.0 version, and File Bug reports. Here's some useful Launchpad Links Exponent on Launchpad Project Homepage https://launchpad.net/exponent-cms Exponent CMS Community Team https://launchpad.net/~exponent-cms Become a member of this team and sign up for the mailing list In the coming weeks, we'll be informing the community how you can get more involved to help make your favorite cms the best it can be. So make sure you get yourself a Launchpad account and sign up for the mailing list to keep yourself informed of the latest Exponent developments. [Less]

For the past few weeks, many Exponent websites have been under attack were successfully hacked. The type of hack and process for execution has been identified. With the combination of some cleaver SQL passed through via url to certain Exponent ... [More] Modules lacking proper request value sanitation, the hackers were able to pull up information from the user table. The password for Exponent users are converted to an MD5 hash before being saved to the database, but if the password isn't strong enough, the hackers were able to easily take the MD5 hash to any number of websites that will reverse the md5 hash, giving the hacker's the access they need to mess with an exponent site to their liking. Details about how this hack was accomplished, and how to protect your site against these attacks are explained in detailed on this thread. [Less]

A few helpful updates for everyone.  First, we have provided a security patch for you .96 installs.  Many of you are still running some really old Exponent code, so we want to make sure you guys have the latest patches to keep them running smooth.  ... [More] It is strongly recommended you download and install these patches immediately.  There are two files in this patch that are important: files/.htaccess modules/filemanagermodule/actions/picker.php Just upload them to those exact places on your website, in your current install of Exponent .96 and they will take care of some known security issues.  Make sure you don't miss the .htaccess file, it will be invisible on you system in some cases (if you are not familiar with web development). .96 will no longer formally be supported Second, we want to encourage everyone to move on from the .96 codeline into .97.  The .97 codeline is the current stable version, and we have a pre-beta release of the new 2.0 codeline available as well.  Both of these are currently the focus of attention, and we will not continue to support .96 or provide patches.  Thank you all for your continued support of Exponent CMS! [Less]

Peoria, Illinois based web design, web hosting and web application development company, OIC Group, Inc., undergoes re-branding as 'Online Innovative Creations Group'; Launches new website Nov. 3. PEORIA, IL, November 3, 2009 – Online Innovative ... [More] Creations (OIC Group, Inc.), a web design company, announces the launch of its newly-redesigned website. This is the first redesign of the Online Innovative Creations website since 2005. “We are excited and proud of our new website, as this achieves a significant milestone in our on-going marketing efforts,” said Fred Dirkse, president and co-founder of Online Innovative Creations. “2009 has seen OIC expand into two new markets [Atlanta, Georgia and San Diego, California], with Cedar Rapids, Iowa on the horizon for 2010. “Our new website showcases the quality of our work, as well as the power of our open source content management system, Exponent CMS, and will be a key tool in our continued success in the web design and web development market.” The Online Innovative Creations website features a portfolio of recently developed websites that feature a wide range of features and industries with everything from E-commerce to non-profit organizations. The new website also features an informational web marketing blog and a “Tools and Features” section for OIC's flagship product, the Exponent Content Management System. The “Tools and Features” section includes screen shots and descriptions of Exponent CMS content modules and E-commerce features. The new Online Innovative Creations website was developed using the Exponent Content Management System. Exponent CMS is an open source content management software system giving non-technical users the ability to update and administrate their website content using an easy in-line administration interface. Visit the new OIC website for more information and screen shots of Exponent CMS tools and features visit. For more information on the Exponent CMS open source project, visit the open source cms project online. Founded in 2001, Online Innovative Creations is a privately-held website design company headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. OIC specializes in developing highly-functional and easy to edit websites using its own Content Management System software. OIC is a full-service web marketing company offering Web and Email Hosting, Search Engine Optimization and Link Building services, Pay-Per-Click Advertising Management, Email Marketing services, Social Marketing services and custom PHP web application development. Online Innovative Creations has regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia, Carlsbad, California and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. For more information on Online Innovative Creations (OIC Group, Inc.), visit the web design company online or call (309) 680-5600. ### [Less]

Well we ran into a few technical difficulties getting the web conference software set up. It turns out that Adobe ConnectPro requires Flash 10 where as simply Adobe Connect that we had tested on only requires Flash 9. It took a bit to get all the ... [More] computers updated. If I remember correctly, we finally got started about 6:45 - 7 instead of 6:30. The good news is that we did get the presentation recorded. Head on over and check it out.  www.screencast.com/users/MarkDuBois/folders/WOW/media/d3327a36-adaa-4701-a448-ae8af56e2a8b Aftward, slide over to the forum to let us know what you thought our follow up questions. Regards, Jonathan Worent [Less]

Well we ran into a few technical difficulties getting the web confrence software set up. It turns out that Adobe ConnectPro requires Flash 10 where as simply Adobe Connect that we had tested on only requires Flash 9. It took a bit to get all the ... [More] computers updated. If I remember correctly, we finally got started about 6:45 - 7 instead of 6:30. The good news is that we did get the presentation recorded. Head on over and check it out.  www.screencast.com/users/MarkDuBois/folders/WOW/media/d3327a36-adaa-4701-a448-ae8af56e2a8b Aftward, slide over to the forum to let us know what you thought our follow up questions. Regards, Jonathan Worent [Less]