CoreMedia is fast, flexible and (yup, I'll say it) fun!
CoreMedia is the content application for the marketing pieces of our sites. I've used this now on 2 installations. It is quick, flexible, …
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What is CoreMedia?
CoreMedia is a global provider of web content management software headquartered in San Francisco and Hamburg, Germany, with offices in Singapore and London. CoreMedia CMS, or CoreMedia 7, is a Java-based web content management and publishing system supporting high traffic,...
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What is CoreMedia?
CoreMedia is a global provider of web content management software headquartered in San Francisco and Hamburg, Germany, with offices in Singapore and London. CoreMedia CMS, or CoreMedia 7, is a Java-based web content management and publishing system supporting high traffic, multi-language, multi-channel publishing. As it is targeted at global-oriented businesses and enterprises, CoreMedia touts Multi-site management with regionalization / localization via centralized control and preservation of brand for maintaining a uniform global image. CoreMedia uses object-oriented content modeling and provides security and separation of editorial and delivery environments. That is, it possesses a decoupled architecture. It contains inbuilt integration with SAP and IBM e-commerce platforms.
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January 06, 2016
CoreMedia is fast, flexible and (yup, I'll say it) fun!
CoreMedia is the content application for the marketing pieces of our sites. I've used this now on 2 installations. It is quick, flexible, easily understood by my colleagues - and since I am responsible for training in the Americas, this is a huge plus. I've even successfully trained colleagues in Asia via screen sharing with great success.
- Shows what you're going to see immediately in a side-by-side screen.
- Allows for easy standardization of content look/feel.
- Permissions are easy to maintain.
- Early learning within the company was slow.
- We elected a customized version of CoreMedia - which in the end may not have been the best decision.
We use CoreMedia to manage our main website. We have approximately 200 contributors internally who use the system to build, manage, and maintain subsites.
- CoreMedia is a robust system that can manage large sites with multiple, well-organized subsites.
- CoreMedia has a built-in workflow system that functions well for a distributed contributor model.
- CoreMedia, although robust, is also complex. It is not easy to teach or learn, especially when a contributor is not in the system on a daily basis.
- The user interface is built with developers in mind, but not with contributors in mind. It is hard to navigate and not easy to learn or remember.
- Some of the terms are confusing. With the translation from German to English, not everything was translated well for an English-based American user base and it is easy to get confused whether one is, for example, marking something for deletion or actually deleting something.
August 31, 2014
Consistency is key
CoreMedia was used at my previous organization to update the website for the entire organization. I used it specifically for two departments and edited many subpages. It helped to streamline the web development process and helped keep formatting consistent across the board.
- Easy to use for beginners, because the software is straightforward and easy to learn.
- The input to output is consistent - when editing for a webpage, you know what to expect.
- The program helps streamline the web development process and works to achieve fast, consistent results.
- Every so often, there would be issues with HTML, that were occasionally difficult to troubleshoot.
- Suggest having a preview feature that would show exactly what the website will look like after changes are implemented.
- Add direct social media feature.
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User
CoreMedia is used across the organization. Governance is done centrally by the Communications Department while content creation is done by 100+ users across all departments. Product implementation is done by software engineers in IT and by web developers in Electronic Communications. CoreMedia is used to deliver our content-driven public website, a peer-reviewed publications site, and a career advising content application.
- Integrates well with existing infrastructure and software applications. We leveraged ActiveDirectory authentication, a Solr search engine, Java/Spring, Oracle, and other technologies.
- Allows for multiple workflows for content publishing based on user roles. Each of our sites has separate workflows and allow for managed and unmanaged content production.
- Templating system is extremely customizable without being unmanageable. This allows developers to custom tailor content and presentation without worry about performance.
- Some technical concepts require quite a bit of learning. There is very good training and documentation available, but you will need a strong team of developers to leverage all the features of CoreMedia.
April 19, 2014
Works for me!
Score 5 out of 10
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Verified User
I work for an advertising agency. We use Core Media to source traffic for our spots, input media buys, to update reports on our clients, to track our post logs in conjunction with Sigma, for addresses and plenty of other tasks for our clients. It is used by our media and media operations department. It helps keep things organized and to track our TV campaigns with our clients.
- Gives us a detailed report as to what has aired versus what was bought.
- Helps keep track of our buys.
- Able to source out traffic through Core which is helpful.
- It isn't as smart as it could be.
- Needs to pick up more mistakes.
April 11, 2014
Overall CMS
Score 4 out of 10
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Verified User
The product is to restricted when our team wants to make custom changes over layouts and content
- Good tool for collaboration
- Queries in Coremedia compared to other tools are more robust
- Responsive Design ready
- Content customization by type of user (i.e. facebook style)
April 11, 2014
Not the Biggest Fan of CoreMedia... At Times
Score 5 out of 10
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Verified User
CoreMedia is being used at our Association to manage content for our website. We have a central team within Communications that manages the publishing and day-to-day use or CoreMedia, but staff across all departments at our organization contribute content and work within CoreMedia. It allows individual content owners and contributors to submit their content as they would like it/or need it to appear on their program/initiative page.
- Allows many staff members to contribute content to various portions of our website, and allows our Electronic-Communications staff to delegate tasks to these various staff (diffusing the work-load).
- CoreMedia allows for easy creation of different types of content (like teasers, articles, download objects, links, etc). Permission levels can be set, so only certain staff can upload content such as photos, videos, or audio files.
- The CoreMedia workflow process is easy to understand and follow. Once a staff member has submitted content for publishing to the web, they can then see who it's been assigned to for review, and at what time. You're able to leave detailed notes and stay abreast of where the workflow is at any given time.
- Where content lives within CoreMedia can often be confusing (i.e. you have created an article, but are linking to content in another folder that might be completely unrelated). Navigating to and from different content folders can be frustrating and often confusing on where the content "lives" versus where it is posted on the website.
- Formatting is CoreMedia is less than desirable. You have minimal options for headings and other formatting options, resulting in a dull, or boring website. Several of the formatting functions don't work across different browsers, for example, bullet points.
- Because some users are granted different permissions levels, staff often have to wait in order for an admin user to assist with certain aspects of their workflow. There should be a button, or option to submit an urgent request on an item from within CoreMedia, rather than having to email colleagues via Outlook. Additionally, there could be an added level of permissions for basic users, more advanced users, and then the admins of the system who ultimately publish content.