CommonSpot Reviews

Flexible, scalable and built on ColdFusion.

Would like more drag and drop and a larger baked in widget library, but there is not limit so I built in all the widgets I could ever need using open source JavaScript libraries etc...

Make sure you invest in training for your employees. Those who fear change will disrupt the process and CommonSpot is not for people who aren't willing to put in the time to learn it.

Ran multiple external marketing sites as well as an intranet and many custom applications. your imagination is the limit.

-Relatively easy to modify a sub-site with a custom template

-Good real-time WYSIWYG page editor that could handle components (paragraphs, images, custom components etc)

-Page editor shows the template and styles being used, other CMS don't do this (or don't do this well)

-Pages loaded fast

-Figuring out menus for certain folders / sub-sites can be a bit tricky

- Problems solved: Creating and updating sub-sites, modifying existing templates to new ones

- Benefits: Page shows template and styles in real-time via WYSIWYG editor, something other CMS may not do

intuitive navigation, user friendliness.

cannot recall many things but there were some quirks and display errors. A short tutorial for new starter with no experience could have been helpful too

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it helped us to be able to update out graduate site internally and when needed

- Easy of UI

-UI components

- Templates that can be easily customized

- no downside

- for me making mobile website portable was one challenge

I was a content manager for my school Website

I appreciate how user friendly the software is. Making routine edits is easy and I can easily step back in and not spend a ton of time trying to figure out all the features. The administrators were able to make a clean theme for users, and users did not have to worry about messing things up!

Some of the more advanced features differ greatly from the competitors.

Make sure to review all available options and hone in on key needs for your website, then compare to what is available here.

It is easy to create and maintain a modern website.

I used CommonSpot for work on the www.ccny.cuny.edu web site.

It was very easy to integrate with existing coldfusion applications.

Some problems with scaling when website was being hit very hard.

take a closer look a possible future scaling issues.

Evaluate future integrations with other software.

Great Security, Role, Permissions management.

RAD - Rapid application Development

Ease of use. I received a couple hours of training then felt comfortable using the software.

There wasn't much I disliked but I did use a decent amount of trial and error.

If you have someone on staff or a team to help train others or be knowledgeable in the product I think that would be the most helpful.

The benefits were that it was time efficient and easy to use for what I needed it for.

The content editor is pretty nice from what I remember and it was extendable using coldfusion so if there was something more in depth you needed you do you could do it.

The menus and tree selections were very deep and sometimes hard to navigate or remember where things were..Sometimes ajax loaders would timed out but I think it had to due with inner network connections between.

It could generate a large number of pages fairly quickly which was nice when migrating content from an old site into the new one for the CPM. I helped build an Academic Catalog for Kent State it was updatable by year and was nice using Coldfusion.

I like how engaged the customer care team is. There's a quick responsive and display of consistent concern over user experience. That makes all the difference, especially if you don't have a colleague you can consult or if you need an answer quickly from someone who knows the system very well. For that alone, I would recommend at least consulting with the Commonspot team if you reconsidering how to manage your online presence and make the best use of your resources. I think the return on investment will likely be very worthwhile. And, it is exciting to try new things.

As with any new tool, there's a learning curve. It takes time to learn all the features, and being self-employed, there's always a balance between time invested, resource and/or financial management, and the concern about return on investment. But the customer team is very responsive and have made themselves readily available for help. There are lots of benefits to the platform and, and I really recommend that.

I would advice bringing all your questions to the table and not being afraid to look misinformed or unaware of something. The team is really there for you.

I would also do my research across platforms and get a strong understanding of what your needs and goals are. The team is incredibly thorough at answering any and all questions you might have--in short, there is no "dumb question" when learning this system.

The CMS is useful, having one place to manage all the assets saves time. I hated having to search multiple folders and reach out to multiple colleagues in order to find the images and/or copy we needed. It's great to have that process simplified, and it's made me think about how we can synthesize asset management in the future. Perhaps there are some future conversations with the Commonspot Team about that.

CommonSpot templates provide functionality without scripting. Integrating YouTube with CommonSpot was an easy process. It also wasn't a challenging CMS to learn. Having been a student at UW-Eau Claire I applied a web content steward who had slim to no technology systems experience. From day one I found that CommonSpot was easy to understand and I knew I had help if needed.

Eventually the university decided to upgrade to use Drupal/Athena because it offered a better design platform that looked more modern. CommonSpot, although easy to use, did seem out of date.

CommonSpot is a very useful CMS that will help you build your business on the online platform.

Currently, I am not working with CommonSpot. However, in the past when I did work with CommonSpot I was able to learn so much about content management systems and the importance they have to maintaining a fully operational website. In face at UW-Eau Claire we operated on the old CommonSpot platform before transitioning to the newest CommSpot platform. Both were beneficial to us as they made it easy to keep our website up to date for the time being. Using it for a university, especially a popular higher education institution was great in my experience. The amount of traffic that we had visit our web pages every month and every day was a vast amount. It was important that we had a website that appealed to prospective students and families. For the most part everything was easy to navigate as well.