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Markus Giesen

Markus Giesen has written 66 posts for Unofficial RedDot CMS blog

Clear OpenText Web Site Management CMS Cache

Sometimes it is necessary to clear the CMS caches.
This can be done via the OpenText WSM interface or manually, folder by folder..
So here’s a quick list of folders describing their purpose.

OpenText Content World 2011 – Have you registered yet?

In less than three weeks the OpenText Content World Conference will be taking place in Orlando, Florida. A full week packed with training, technology and case study presentations, marketing fuzz and meeting the guys who are in the know about the latest products gathered under the OpenText umbrella.

OpenText WSM 11 – Is the “Swan” release going to fly?

Good news everyone! It looks like RedDot isn’t dead after all, the development didn’t stop and thankfully no one followed through with the mad plan of merging RedDot and Vignette. Instead hot fixes were released and groundwork conducted for version 11.

RQL development with OpenText Web Site Management Server 11

Today I’d just like to write a few lines about the changes regarding the RQL programming in version 11 of the OpenText Web Site Management Server (scheduled for the end of 2011).

Workaround – Placing red dots inside of OpenText CMS Render Tags

Have you recently tried adding a red dot inside of a render tag? Chances are (100% chance) the code below will stop the render tag code inside the template from working. This is currently a bug, but there’s a fix for it.

How to show CMS authors the page status

Use this code snippet below to include the status of pages inside the CMS pages and/or content blocks. It shows the CMS user straight away if the page has been released or is waiting for release. A huge time saver.

RedDot CMS Render Tags – The Ultimate List

On this page we will collect all documented and undocumented RedDot CMS RenderTags.
The idea is, that if you have a RenderTag you’d like to add, just post it as comment with a quick description of what it does and what…

Yo dawg! RedDot CMS pages within pages

Found this on the Google Groups and thought it’s too awesome to not share it with you.

Reddot CMS Yo dawg

Yo dawg I heard you like pages, so I put a page in yo page in yo page so you can publish while you publish…

RedDot CMS API – or – RQL in a nutshell – Part 2

There are several ways of accessing the RedDot CMS API. You can use RenderTags or use the RedDot Query Language, also known as “RQL”. This article explains how to use RQL for advanced requirements like event controlled RQL, remote RQL execution, binding RQL to workflows and much more.

Two RedDot API RenderTags for OpenText CMS developers

When using the RedDot Query Language (RQL) to customize and improve your RedDot
project usability you often need the Template Guid or Name for your scripts.

Two undocumented Render Tags to get template information

<%!! Context:CurrentPage.Template.Name !!%>
<%!! Context:CurrentPage.Template.Id !!%>

Keep in mind,…

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