Item: Magnolia
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Magnolia is our primary CMS platform, we use it for adding content, managing and building product pages for our website. The software is used by multiple departments like myself from Marketing; updating images, creating category pages, adding new/revising content. The interface is very user-friendly with an easy flow system.

Pros and Cons

User-friendly interface
Can build pages very quickly
An easy publishing and approving process
Flexible page building to suit requirements

Batch image upload would be ideal
Publishing assets in batches
A feature where you can just click on components to edit rather than clicking the headlines to get the main component section

Return on Investment

Scheduled publishing works well for us for promotional campaigns that are time sensitive
Great template system reduced creating time
Quick to publish updates

Usability

Although I am just rating on my experience of building pages, updating images etc, Magnolia has a very clean interface and it's really straightforward and easy to learn. The ability to duplicate pages and components helps reduce production time, meaning I can use other valuable time on other projects.

Performance

Pages do load quickly for me, no issues there. I love the fact that I can make quick edits, publish my changes, preview them and then approve for going live on the site is a great process and very quick.

Other Software Used

Adobe PhotoShop, Mailchimp

Likelihood to Recommend

From a marketing point of view and I am not too techy, I think this software is great for picking up the process really quickly. It's easy to understand, easy to edit pages, create new pages, add content, links, meta tags, upload images, publishing the pages live. You can also see a preview of the page before putting live.

Great interface, user friendly, quick to pick up and use.

Overall Satisfaction with Magnolia