Good to hear. We're looking to do the same thing (7.5->10). if 10.1 is really coming soon though then we'll probably just wait for that.
Aside from some jquery scripts and nav manager, its about as vanilla a project as it gets so i'm not anticipating any upgrade issues with the project. (i probably just jinxed it though :\ ) On Dec 4, 6:39 am, DTMOW <[email protected]> wrote: > We have made the jump from 7.5 to 10 and it has actually been a pretty > smooth experience. My users actually love the new interface though > some are confused by the search. There is as mentioned an > occasional .net error especially when creating a new page but a > refresh does the trick. > > With regards to CSS. We did run into an issue which sounds like what > you may have run into ArryD, I contacted reddot dupport and they > pointed me to a simple solution all you have to do is add a dummy > style declaration with no attributes as the first line of your css and > all is well with the world. It makes no sense but works. So the first > line of my css is > > test{} > > Also, I am running JQuery in the CMS with no problems that I can see. > Haven't tried any other frameworks. > > I would say that if you are starting a new project now, there is no > reason to not use 10. > > - Dmitry > > On Dec 3, 8:58 am, ArryD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just to add the above also helped get around the very annoying problem > > where opening the page in SmartTree would take you to the stylesheet > > in the tree rather than the current page. > > > On Dec 3, 12:19 pm, ArryD <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The project uses CSS based on templates, and we had to change our page > > > templates to include all the CSS within the page using a container, > > > for SmartEdit mode. The publish pages go back to using normal links. > > > We also had to modify some of the CSS styles, so things like the Body > > > tag had to use an ID rather than a class declaration. > > > > All of that will have to be undone once this problem is fixed too... > > > > On Dec 1, 5:27 pm, Dave Bellous <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Aaron, > > > > > What was the issue / solution with CSS? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > .dave > > > > > On 2009-11-30, at 10:41 AM , ArryD wrote: > > > > > > Hi Trev > > > > > > Ive just finished my first V10 project, and I would definitely > > > > > recommend waiting for the 10.1 release. We didnt have a choice as the > > > > > client wanted staff to be trained on V10, even though they gave us V9 > > > > > to do the initial development on... > > > > > > Anyway there is a massive change to the user interface in V10, but im > > > > > guessing you're aware of this? It will have a big impact on the CMS > > > > > editors and authors and retraining might need to be done. There's a > > > > > lot of nice new stuff in there, and its basically a good release. But > > > > > we did have to change our template structure and CSS to get around a > > > > > problem with the way V10 handles CSS with the new interface. > > > > > > I've noticed some weird behaviour with SmartTree when using it in > > > > > remote desktop, and its basically not usable, but this may not be a > > > > > consideration for you. There is the odd ASP.Net error thrown which > > > > > requires a page refresh to get the page to load. > > > > > > So there have been a few problems and the CSS issue was a decent time > > > > > waster but it has been pretty stable otherwise. I would wait for 10.1 > > > > > to address these sorts of things, and if it does it will be pretty > > > > > solid. I'll add more to this thread if I remember anything. > > > > > > - Aaron > > > > > > On Nov 30, 5:00 pm, trevc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> We're running 7.5 on a project and now that 10 is out we're trying to > > > > >> make a decision to upgrade to 9 or version 10. One big factor is IE > > > > >> 8 > > > > >> support. > > > > > >> In a support ticket, RedDot(opentext) support seemed to shy us away > > > > >> from going to 10 since it's the first verson and recommended waiting > > > > >> until 10.1 is out which is supposedly by the end of the year. > > > > > >> On paper, it looks like a big upgrade as versions jump from 7.5 to > > > > >> 10, > > > > >> but I've been told the core CMS/Workflow hasn't changed > > > > >> significantly. > > > > > >> As far as I know, 7.5 -> 9 gets us a new text editor, bug fixes, > > > > >> some > > > > >> performance improvement with page builder and a new logo. > > > > > >> Going to 10 seems the same but just a new PageBuilder written from > > > > >> scratch. > > > > > >> If we're taking the time to upgrade, I always like going with the > > > > >> latest one as possible but wondering what the general experience of > > > > > >> A. upgrading to 10 is like > > > > >> and > > > > >> B. How Stable/buggy 10 is? > > > > > >> thanks > > > > >> ./tc > > > > > > -- > > > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > > Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. > > > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > > [email protected]. > > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en. > > > > > -- > > > > daveb- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RedDot CMS Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/reddot-cms-users?hl=en.
