Introducing a Brand New Way to Upload Files

The WMS release on Thursday incudes several significant changes to the system. The most obvious to the user is a brand new file upload system in the libraries. The main focus was to provide simple and reliable way to upload files regardless the size.

You will find a new button "Click here to upload new files" underneath the file list. This will open up a new popup, where you will be able to select the files to upload.


The progress bar
You will notice a progress bar that will keep you updated on the progress of your upload, current speed and estimated time remining. This is particularly useful when dealing with larger or multiple files.

Say goodbye to the time-outs
The new file upload is designed to eliminate the time-outs. That means even if you don't have a fast internet connection, it will not cut you off.

Increasing the limits
Thanks to the upgrade, you will now be able to upload much larger files and so we have increased the limits for your files. The limit is based on your WMS subscription type and is currently set to:

WMS standard: 10MB per file
WMS professional: 15MB per file
WMS with library suite: 35 MB per file

Find out more about the Library Suite

Tackling the speed of the WMS

When the new WMS4 was initially released in November 2009, one of our key targets was the overall speed of the application. We realised very early on that were not happy how the WMS was performing and we were working hard to improve it ever since. Shaving few milliseconds here and there and seeing small improvements with every release (there were 15 releases in 2010 already !).

We knew WMS was performing very well in certain areas. If we take WMS3 as a benchmark, WMS4 is more than 3 times faster during Publish All and Publish Instructions! In page creation, site root load and page publish times WMS4 was a marginal winner. However, we realised it was slightly behind in page save and page edit loads.

Yesterday's release is a start of a major attack we launched on the speed of the editing interface. It should make a significant impact on the page and properties saves and multiple edits. However, this is not the end of our efforts - we still have loads of things in the pipeline.

In the next few weeks, you can look forward to further speed improvements, integrated invoicing in the WMS, brand new upload interface that will handle much larger files even at slow upload speeds, automated tree publish instructions and many more. Again, if you have your ideas of what would make your life with WMS better, share them with us !

Web page load speed matters

Google announces that site speed affects your search engine ranking - the faster your site the better you rank. It is clear that this is just one of the many factors that affect your search engine position. Their view is that a site's load time has a direct impact on a user's browsing experience and is therefore now included as a factor in search result position.

What you can do?
1. Webmaster tools by Google - great link as Google themselves will give a report on how you are doing. Click on Labs > Site Performance
2. YSlow - great tool from Yahoo that gives you information on how you can improve your sites performance
3. Page speed - useful Firefox plugin that give you tips on improving your sites performance
4. Webpagetest - site giving site performance info and optimization checklist

In addition to this the team at Ezone are ready to help you with advise on the changes that may help you improve your site.

We have listened: Bringing back the WMS Page and Component Tree-Select

Ezone is happy to announce the arrival of the Page / Component tree select. Based on the support feedback and our feature voting system, it was certainly one of the most requested features over the past few weeks. The quick implementation and release was therefore our priority.

A small icon is now shown next to all Component and Page select dropdowns. The icon opens a new window that lets user select a page or a component from the tree, rather than trying to find it in the dropdown. This feature is now available to all professional users for free.

We hope you will be satisfied with the tree-select and save time and effort during your site management. We allways seek to improve the WMS experience and we want to listen to what you have to say. You can use our feedback widget to submit your suggestions or vote on existing items.