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amilia is a content management system
Content management system
A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...

 developed by Ancedis GmbH, Senftenberg
Senftenberg
Senftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.-Geography:Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony...

 (Niederlausitz), Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It is built by a team of software engineers based in Germany and study at the University of Applied Sciences. amilia is based on the apache webserver or a Microsoft Windows Internet Information Server
Internet Information Services
Internet Information Services – formerly called Internet Information Server – is a web server application and set of feature extension modules created by Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows. It is the most used web server after Apache HTTP Server. IIS 7.5 supports HTTP, HTTPS,...

 with PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...

 Version 5. It works with a MySQL
MySQL
MySQL officially, but also commonly "My Sequel") is a relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. It is named after developer Michael Widenius' daughter, My...

 5 database in the backend. It is implementing progressive Web 2.0 AJAX
Ajax
- Mythology :* Ajax , son of Telamon, ruler of Salamis and a hero in the Trojan War, also known as "Ajax the Great"* Ajax the Lesser, son of Oileus, ruler of Locris and the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War.- People :...

 technology (Using the DHTMLX framework
Dhtmlx
DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses...

) and adhering to XML Web-Service technologies.

History

The first preview release was presented to the public at the 2010 S.I.T. tradeshow in Chemnitz, Germany.
The first official release, 1.0, was released in Mai 2010.
Version 1.2.0 was released in August 2010 and adding support for the Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 platform and a statistik app for iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 and android.

Features

Software as a Service (SaaS
Saas
SAAS is an abbreviation for* Social Accountability Accreditation Services* Software as a service * Student Awards Agency for Scotland* Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences* South Australian Ambulance Service...

) in the case of amilia that the amilia CMS will not be installed directly on the web server, but in the amilia data center. the requirements of the domain webserver are very low. amilia only requires php. amilia as SaaS brings with it many advantages, the most important are the following:
  • No special requirements for the web server
  • No complex installation and database setup required
  • All updates, including security updates can be centralized and automated
  • Always use the latest version of amilia CMS
  • Secure data transmission through HTTPS
    Https
    Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with SSL/TLS protocol to provide encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server...

     and 256-bit SSL certificate
  • Integrated backup function to back up the layout and the HTML code


amilias functionalities and user interface based on the JavaScript DHTMLX framework
Dhtmlx
DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses...

 and a sophisticated database management. With a special SQL storage system InnoDB
InnoDB
InnoDB is the default storage engine for MySQL as of MySQL 5.5. It provides the standard ACID-compliant transaction features, along with foreign key support...

 and the use of internal database triggers, amilia is safely and quickly. amilia in the backend, the website is managed and stored. with a publishing management, the generated html content is sFTP
SSH file transfer protocol
In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...

 transferred to the domain server. because of the websites is building very quickly, because there is no database access required.

The integrated amilia functions and technologies in an overview:
  • SaaS data connection width sFTP
    SSH file transfer protocol
    In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol that provides file access, file transfer, and file management functionality over any reliable data stream...

  • integrated step by step installation wizzard
  • client capable width additional domain names width 301 forwading
  • user administration width right management and user statistic
  • integrated width .htaccess
    .htaccess
    A .htaccess file is a directory-level configuration file supported by several web servers, that allows for decentralized management of web server configuration....

     mod rewrite
  • integrated layout management for different layouts per domain or per navigation point
  • integrated WYSIWYG
    WYSIWYG
    WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...

     Editor Tiny MCE width file management and syntax height lighting
  • drag & drop navigation menue administration

Browser based

The browser based repository access is a full AJAX application (built on the Dhtmlx
Dhtmlx
DHTMLX is a JavaScript GUI widget library for building dynamic web applications with desktop-like user experience and Ajax data loading. The library is released under both open-source GNU General Public License and commercial licenses...

 Framework).

Cross platform

amilias CMS is available for different platforms like for instance Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

, Solaris, Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 and Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

 and different browsers like Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. , Firefox is the second most widely used browser, with approximately 25% of worldwide usage share of web browsers...

, Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
amilia CMS works fine with all the web hosting companys like: Domainfactory, 1&1, Puretec, Telekom, Strato, etc.

Configurations

The package comes in two different configurations: On Demand and Enterprise.
The On Demand configuration is a Software as a Service (SaaS)
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

 model, can be accessed from anywhere, and includes feature and security upgrades through the life of the contract.
The Enterprise edition is deployed in the company network and can also be used with secure Internet access.

Available additional modules

  • management for real estate
    Real estate
    In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

  • management for seminars and courses
  • event management
  • legally newsletter management
  • internal area to manage an intranet
    Intranet
    An intranet is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization. The term is used in contrast to internet, a network between organizations, and instead refers to a network...

  • management for job vacances

External links

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