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Features

The following tables give you an overview of the various possibilities papaya CMS has to offer.

Functions / General features


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Open source Yes
Accessibility Yes
Multilanguage and full UTF-8 support Yes
Blogs Yes
Newsletter with archive (Text, HTML, PDF)
Yes
Various statistical functions
Yes
Page output as HTML, XHTML, XML, PDF and more
Yes
Community Yes
Extended Community
Yes
RSS/Atom export Yes
Asset Management / Media database Yes
Feedback form with form editor Yes
Aliases (short URLs) Yes
Related links
Yes
FAQ Yes
Link database and Link management Yes
Podcasts
Yes
Poll and Quiz system Yes
Access protected pages
Yes
Forum Yes
Calendar Yes
Page rating Yes
Download pages Yes
News pages Yes
Image galeries
Yes
Sitemap Yes
Questionnaire Yes
Glossary
Yes
Who-is-Who database
Yes
Event manager Yes
Submit / recommend page Yes
Integration of mnoGoSearch engine
Yes
Integration of Averbis search engine, support for Google Mini and Google Search Appliance
Yes
Guestbook Yes

Technological Features


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
XML based storage and delivery of content
Yes
support for Loadbalancing / Clustering Yes
Open source code Yes
100 % UTF-8 support Yes
PHP support for mod_php und CGI
Yes
Compatible with Apache webserver
Yes
Compatible with Lighttpd webserver
Yes
MySQL support Yes
PostgreSQL support Yes
SQLite support Yes
Oracle support
Yes
DB2 support
Yes
Reporting bugs from the Backend Yes
Open standards Templating system (XSLT) Yes
Object oriented PHP Code Yes
Multidomain capabilities / "Virtual hosts in CMS" Yes
Plugin API (extension interface) Yes
Session management Yes
Debugging functions Yes
Error logging (Errors, warnings and notices) Yes

Performance and Scalability


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Caching for pages Yes
Caching of partial contents (boxes) Yes
Individual Cache settings per page Yes
Separate database connection for reading and writing Yes
Separate database connection for statistics Yes

Design, Templating System and Output Formats


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Accessibility Yes
Browser independence and compatibility of generated Code Yes
Easily adaptable base templates Yes
Template management Yes
Different template sets per domain Yes
Open standards for templating system (XSLT) Yes
Various output formats for Content
Yes
HTML output Yes
PDF output Yes
XML output Yes
RSS/RDF output Yes
WML output Yes
WAP output Yes
iPhone output Yes
PDA output Yes
Print version
Yes
Dynamic (graphical) navigations Yes
Multiple navigation and page types
Yes

Web 2.0


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
AjaX Yes
RIA Yes
Blogs Yes
Comments Yes
RSS feeds Yes
Video integration Yes
Video transcoding
Yes
Google Maps integration Yes

Health Communication / e-Health


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
ICD / OPS Tagging
Yes
Semantic medical search
Yes
Accessibility Yes
Database for literary references
Yes
Special databases for organizational information
Yes
Special databases for medical information
Yes

Community


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Community management
Yes
Double opt in Yes
User profile extendable Yes
Contact networks / relations Yes
Manage contact Yes
User blogs
Yes
User generated calendar
Yes
Ratings, comments Yes
Poll Yes
Forums Yes
Groups & projects
Yes

Workflow and Editorial Team


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Content approval Yes
Page versioning
Yes
Assets / Media items versioning Yes
Undo feature Yes
Messaging system
Yes
To do list / Task management
Yes
Mail overview Yes
Reminder Yes
Task sharing and und responsibilities Yes
Internal article search
Yes
List of last changed articles Yes
Multilanguage backend (user specific) Yes
Form editor / form generator Yes
Backend editing Yes
Clipboard Yes
Shortcuts Yes
Workflow oriented user interface
Yes
WYSIWYG editor / rich text editor (RTE) Yes
Simultaneous editing warning
Yes
Recycle bin feature
Yes
Time-controlled publishing Yes
Browser based operation
Yes
Online help Yes

User management


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Roles and access control concept
Yes
User management and access
control management
Yes
User groups
Yes
Constraining user access Yes
Customizable backend interface
Yes

Asset Management / Media Database


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Asset library Yes
Live streaming
Yes
Setting access limits for files Yes
File management
Yes
Downloads Yes
Versioning Yes
CDN connectability Yes
Media player Yes
Extended media player technology using EPG
Yes

Multimedia and WebTV


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Video inclusion
Yes
Video transcoding
Yes
Web TV broadcasting Yes
Web TV scheduling Yes
Automatic embedding of flash files Yes
Flash XML communication Yes

Image editing and usage


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Scaling and cropping Yes
Changing image format Yes
Image positioning
Yes
Captions, title text, alt text Yes
Custom image frames/borders Yes
Dynamic text in images
Yes
Direct embedding of various media formats Yes

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Search engine friendly URLs / URL rewriting Yes
Metadata editable for each article page
Yes
Integration for external statistic systems (e.g. Google Analytics)
Yes
Dedicated statistical evaluation within CMS

Yes
Valid XHTML Yes
Tableless CSS Yes
Google sitemaps Yes

Business Requirements


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Ad server integration (AdTech, OpenAds u.a.)
Yes
IVW integration
Yes
WebTrends integration
Yes
Statistics functions
Yes
Google Analytics integration Yes

Security


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
Black and whitelist for user login
Yes
Captchas for forms Yes
Brute force attack recognition system for logins
Yes
Email verification Yes
Login log
Yes
Backend usage logging (Audit trail) Yes
Granular access control management
Yes
LDAP authentication Yes
NIS authentication Yes
Kerberos authentication Yes
SSL compatibility frontend Yes
SSL compatibility backend Yes
SSL login Yes
Double-Opt-In Yes

Dokumentation


Core system/ free plugins Commercial plugins
User manual
Yes
Administrator's manual
Yes
Source code documentation via phpDoc Yes
Documentation of error messages Yes

Support & Services


Core system
Commercial
Training and support by papaya

Yes
Training and support by third party companies

Yes
On-site service

Yes
Telephone hotline

Yes
Commercial support
Yes
Commercial training
Yes
Online help Yes
Hosting
Yes
Public forum Yes
Maintenance agreement

Yes
Public mailing lists Yes