WMS Upgrade - Tomorrow (Thursday 5th January)

Hello and a Happy New Year!

The previously advertised WMS Upgrade will be launched tomorrow (Thursday 5th January 2012 - 6pm to 10pm) see the Feature List below for the upgrade features.


There are new Knowledge Base articles covering this library upgrade which can be found here: WMS Library Functionality

An online training session covering these library changes will take place at 11AM on Thursday 5th January. Please email support@thewms.net to book a place.

The upgrade will take place on the evening of the 5th January during which time (6pm to 10pm) the WMS will be unavailable. Your website will be unaffected by this and will remain online, however during these hours you will not be able to edit it through the WMS. If you have content that you need to add to your website during this time please contact support@thewms.net and we will look to add the content for you either before or after this WMS down period.

Feature List

- Brand New WMS Library Functionality

• Improved features – such as the ability to “cut” or “copy” folders and images from one place in the library to another (to enable you to manage your library files and folders more easily)


• All files can now be previewed in a browser window (you can preview PDF files as well)


• A great new image editor - allowing you to edit images within the WMS library (rather than having to edit images externally and then upload them to the WMS library)


• Clicking on the “select” button in an element that is linked to the library (such as an image element) now allows you to upload images at this point as well as selecting images in the element. So you don’t have to go to the library first, you can:

- Click on “select” in the element on you page in the WMS which links to the WMS library

- Upload the file from your local computer to the WMS library at this stage

- Select the image in the element – a much quicker process


• Plus more. In general the new WMS library is much easier to use with a new User Interface

- Support of IE9 and IE10 has been significantly improved when using the WMS

- As well as a number of general fixes and improvements

Best Regards

Ezone Software

WMS Library Upgrade due January 2012

Season’s Greetings to WMS users and all of Ezone Software’s Clients! A further update on January’s WMS Upgrade which is due early January 2012.

This update will include the following:

Brand New WMS Library Functionality

- Improved features – such as the ability to “cut” or “copy” folders and images from one place in the library to another (to enable you to manage you library files and folders more easily)

- All files can now be previewed in a browser window (you can preview PDF files as well)

- A great new image editor - allowing you to edit images within the WMS library (rather than having to edit images externally and then upload them to the WMS library)

- Clicking on the “select” button in an element that is linked to the library (such as an image element) now allows you to upload images at this point as well as selecting images in the element. So you don’t have to go to the library first, you can:

• Click on “select” in the element on you page in the WMS which links to the WMS library
• Upload the file from your local computer to the WMS library at this stage
• Select the image in the element – a much quicker process

- Plus more. In general the new WMS library is much easier to use with a new User Interface

Support if IE9 and IE10 has been significantly improved when using the WMS

As well as a number of general fixes and improvements

FAQs on the new WMS Library Functionality can be found here: WMS Library Functionality

Further training options on the new WMS library functionality will be available closer to and after the upgrade launch.

We will be emailing you and posting on the Ezone Software Blog with more information the day before the launch - so watch this space!

An online training session covering these library changes will take place at 11am on Thursday 5th January. Please email support@thewms.net to book a place (15 places maximum – A second session can be scheduled if numbers exceed this).

As usual we will be available to provide support for you on this and any other WMS matter at support@thewms.net

Wishing you a Happy New Year when it comes!

Ezone Software

WMS Support - Xmas Availability

To WMS Support Service Users and all of Ezone Software’s Clients!

I am happy to report that Ezone Software will be providing an improved Festive support package this year. The WMS Support calendar for the Festive period December 2011 to January 2012 is as follows:

- Up to and including 21st December
Normal WMS support

- 22nd and 23rd December
Full support capabilities but reduced hours and speed (morning and late afternoon covered)

- 24th to 27th December
No WMS support

- 28th to 30th December
Full support capabilities but reduced hours and speed (morning and late afternoon covered)

- 31st December to 2nd January
No WMS support

- 3rd January onwards
Normal WMS support

If you have content you need added WMS Unlimited will be available throughout the Festive period on the above dates. However turnaround times may be longer than usual and may need to be re-scheduled to January 2012.

Please email support@thewms.net if you have any questions on Ezone’s Festive WMS Support Package

Best Regards and Merry Xmas!!!

Stuart Ferguson – WMS Support

WMS Upgrade due January 2012

Season’s Greetings to WMS users and all of Ezone Software’s Clients!

We would like to announce the latest WMS Upgrade which will be launched early January 2012.










This update will include the following:

- Brand new WMS Library functionality

- Support of IE9 and IE10 has been significantly improved when using the WMS

- As well as a number of general fixes and improvements

FAQs and training options on the new WMS library Functionality will be available closer to and after the upgrade launch.










We will be emailing you and posting on the Ezone Software Blog with more information closer to the launch - so watch this space!

As usual we will be available to provide support for you on this and any other WMS matter at support@thewms.net

Wishing you a very Merry Xmas!

Ezone Software

WMS Unlimited (content editing service)

Please gather round! We would like to announce the arrival of "WMS Unlimited" our new WMS content editing Service! Available at no additional cost to the current WMS subscription.

As well as using the WMS to add content yourself you may want to get us to do it for you. You can then spend your work hours doing something else. Essentially you can send us any amount of content and we will add it to your website via the WMS for no additional cost. This includes image resizing and you can use the service as many times as you want.

We operate a fair usage policy on this service which means that your content is scheduled into an available time slot so it may not be possible to add the content immediately and the more content you send us the longer it will take.

To use this service (or for more information) please email support@thewms.net (or open a support ticket through the WMS) and attach the content you want added. Please include all the content you want us to add (including images, PDF, hyperlinks etc) and guidance information on any specific way it should be added.

If you have already purchased Edit Credits these can be converted into bankable WMS development hours.

Easy 301 redirect management plus making Template Editors lives easier!

The WMS was updated last week, this was mainly a maintenance update; but there are also two new features that we are excited about:

Making it easier to manage 301 redirects
A "301 redirect" is a permanent redirect from one URL to another (there are several different types of redirect hence the need to specify that this is a 301). This is a part of some companies SEO optimisations of a web site. It is especially useful when a site is moved, upgraded or significantly change (moving or removing lots of pages).

On large sites, or those that change regularly it can be a headache to manage these redirects and there are also several different ways to implement these redirects, depending on the site's hosting and technology. This is were the new WMS feature comes in! All you need to do is build a CSV list in excel and upload it; the WMS takes care of all the hard work and generates the correct code for that site!

It is worth noting here that, this should only be a part of your SEO work. So if you are not sure there are plenty of other SEO optimisations you should consider first; the most important of these is to keep you site content fresh and relevant!

Making the job of a WMS Template Editors even easier!
The second new feature is actually two! Firstly check out the new "Furniture FTP" feature under your sites "Templates" menu. And then take a look at the new "Compare" tool when you are editing a template.

As always, please contact WMS support if we can help you in any way!

New Charity site: challengesworldwide.org!

At Ezone we pride ourselves in our values; we firmly believe that the figure at the bottom of the financial accounts is just one aspect of our success. As one example of this we use our expertise and resources to help selected charities to gain the most from their web activities.

So, we are very excited about our newest charity site challengesworldwide.org!



Challenges Worldwide is a leading international development charity that recruits, trains and manages expert volunteers to carry out short assignments for social enterprise in developing countries. Challenges Worldwide uses its specially designed management tools to work with organisations to identify their operational strengths and weaknesses.

Other charities that we have helped include the Edinburgh Cyrenians and the Scottish arm of Music in Hospitals.

Check out this page for more details.