Magnolia, That Great Unknown
Updated March 01, 2023
Magnolia, That Great Unknown
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Magnolia
Development of content in Magnolia, such as components, content-apps, pages, etc. with headcounts. [In my experience,] the problem that we find at a technical level is the slowness of Magnolia when there is a heavy load of nodes in [the] workspaces. The speed is slow when it comes to solving problems, [like] when we open tickets in Magnolia. Additionally, Magnolia 6 has removed proper functionality from Magnolia 5.
- Shows page content
- Easy development
- Intuitive
- Content loading times
- Documentation in the absence of examples
- Content that applies [across] different types of nodes (Example: 2 types of nodes within a content app)
- Loading times (so slow) of nodes in content app
- Good speed [in terms of timing] of launches
- Some errors in FTL (not exactly explained on websites)
- Liferay Digital Experience Platform (DXP)
Magnolia gains in ease of content creation but loses in documentation and practical examples for developers.
Do you think Magnolia delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Magnolia's feature set?
Yes
Did Magnolia live up to sales and marketing promises?
No
Did implementation of Magnolia go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Magnolia again?
Yes
Magnolia Feature Ratings
Using Magnolia
15 - Almost all of us use Magnolia to develop components, pages, perform Rest services...in short, we develop and contribute to the end customer. Some of us use it as a headless environment and others develop completely in Magnolia (That is, everything is displayed in Magnolia). Others have dedicated themselves especially to the contribution within Magnolia, with said role, without carrying out any type of development-
15 - Technical knowledge may be needed in areas such as software development (preferable knowledge in Java, Javascript), databases, servers, networking. Project management, communication, problem solving and customer service skills may also be required from a project manager.
- Website management
- Headless management
- Digital asset management
- Intranet/extranet management
- To manage a lot of number of nodes (like using Magnolia as a Database)
- Work on multiple sites as if they were one
- Personalization of apps
- Integration with Jenkins