Drag and drop communities

EPiServers recent acquisition of Netstar creates new opportunities for building communities on the CMS platform. But as you know, we like to take things to another level. Which is exactly what we are going to do by integrating Star Commnuity with X3. Compatibility updates have already been made, so in a few weeks you should get ready to build communities with drag and drop. 

         

Internet World

Here we are at the world’s best attended Internet event! Our first day in London went perfect. Visitors have shown a strong interest in X3 and it looks like we’ll soon be cooperating with several local EPiServer partners. And to top that off, we just signed with our first three UK customers. Pictures from the stand below.

 

Setting up X3 in the States

Last week our developers Fredrik and Tomas packed their bags and flew over to Aegons United States office located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Apart from spotting miles of corn fields and watching out for the tornado warnings, their mission was to help Aegon install EPiServer CMS 5 and X3. Everything went well, which means that X3 has now officially found its way over the Atlantic.

Release of XMAP for EPiServer CMS 5

XMAP is now available for creating image maps in EPiServer CMS 5. The plug-in allows EPiServer editors to place multiple links on a single image using hotspot drawing tools. No image editing or programming skills required. XMAP works exactly like Image Map for EPiServer 4. Order a demo account or license by sending an email to module@dropit.se

X3 at Internet World in London

We’re happy to announce that we will be joining EPiServers stand at Internet World in London – the largest Internet show in the UK. The event will be held during April 29^th – May 1^st. Considering the increasing number of overseas prospects, we can tell the word of X3 is already spreading throughout UK. It will be great to get some face-to-face meetings, conversation and reactions on the X3 demo from people looking for the latest evolution in content management. Photos from the exhibiting days will be posted once we are back from London.

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X3 Training in Oslo

Norwegian EPiServer partner Avenir will learn all there is to know about X3 in an all-day training session in a few weeks. Avenir has already introduced X3 to several of their customers and we are obviously excited to see the effect it will have on their upcoming projects.

Our friends at EPiServer also wanted to get acquainted with X3. So we spent the whole day today with their development team and got some great feedback.

As the queries about X3 trainings and seminars keep coming, it looks like our eminent education team will have a busy schedule ahead!

X3 for Aegon

Yesterday I made a presentation of two new sites for Aegon (www.aegon.com) based on EPiServer CMS 5 and X3. The presentation was held at their annual Communications conference in The Haag. Aegon representatives from all over the globe were present. Dropit will continue to build a multi-site, multi-language platform, for both external websites and for a global Intranet. The aim is to create one platform for all markets and divisions of the company. A tough mission for the central communications department, but with huge possibilities in terms of overall time & cost reduction. I believe that this is a very good example of where EPiServer CMS combined with X3 can make a huge difference.

X3 in the UK

The interest for our EPiServer module X3 has started to grow in many different markets. This week we went to the UK to make a presentation to a large potential customer. So far we’ve had several inquiries and we are planning to setup a seminar for the UK partner network in the nearest future.

Extension X3 for EPiServer CMS 5 released!

The first version of Extension X3 is now released. Thanks everybody who has been involved in the project so far. We are continously adding new features and making improvements to make the product even better. We will probably launch a hotfix in Q1, and a SP1 in Q2. If you still do not know what X3 is all about, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47dG-WJgv9w. Here´s a couple of pictures from the releaseparty that took place on December 19th:

    

Release party

Are you an EPiServer partner? EPiServer customer? Or just interested in content management in general? Then you are welcome to join the Extension X3 release. The party will take place December 19:th at Porslinsfabriken, Rörstrandsgatan 33. The gates open at 20.30, and the bar will be open from 20.29. Go there to talk to the developers, to try the X3 drinks or just to have some fun togheter with us from Dropit. Visit www.cmsapps.net to sign-up for the event!