What is Wedia?
Technically, Wedia is a complete web application that is provided to users directly in a web browser.
Our solution is developed in Java EE technology and is based on an SQL database for data and an ElasticSearch engine for full text search as well as the provision of analytical data.
The Wedia user interface works directly in a web browser, no plugins are required, no Java and no Flash.
Since Wedia version 10, the user interface is completely written in HTML5 and Javascript. This step-by-step approach allows us to use the advanced features of modern Internet browsers without penalizing the users of older browsers.
Functionally, Wedia is a modular software suite that successfully supports the digital marketing transformation.
The four modules are
Creative Project & Content Management
... which simplifies and coordinates every aspect of the collaborative creative process across teams, partners and publication channels.Digital Asset Management
... which enables companies to globally build up, manage, adapt, share and reuse digital assets from a single platform.Distributed Marketing Management
... which enables companies to easily create, localize and customize marketing material for print and digital channels from a single web interface.Content Scoring Management
... which consolidates real-time content-centric analytics to optimize the content strategy by understanding what resonates with the audience and why.
How does it look like?
Wedia offers two user interfaces by default - the administration views and the backend views. The front end will be programmed individually for each customer.
Administration
Backend
Frontend
Administration
The administration space can be reached by adding “admin” to the URL, e.g. “http://mydomain.com/admin”.
Tip
You can choose your favorite user interface language by clicking on the language abbreviation.
The administration space offers a wide range of options which allow to adapt Wedia in nearly every way.
The following section briefly describe the various possibilities.
| Antivirus | Manage your antivirus protection |
|---|---|
| Application restoration | Move an updated image of the Wedia application between your development, staging and production environments |
| Authentication Services | Set up connections to other systems |
| Check system parameters | Check system settings like database parameters, license keys, security parameters and many more |
| ElasticSearch | Configure and test your ElasticSearch |
| Installation wizard | Install and update the platform software |
| Set system parameters | Configure folders, link to databases and other back office applications |
| Activity observer | Monitor the activity of the application in real-time and check the resource utilization |
| Backup | Backup application files, objects and data |
| Composition engine | Monitor the load balancing between Wedia and connected composition engines (InDesign Servers) |
| Event logs | Drill down into individual logs and files |
| Imaging server | Monitor the activity on the imaging server |
| Lock Manager | View and unlock current lockers |
| Messenger | View running background operations |
| Preset | View existing presets |
| Response times | See response times to individual server requests in real time |
| Thread dump | See all threads stacktraces |
| Analytics | Manage your statistics |
| Check user interface | See how changes will appear to end users |
| Content logs | Configure new logs based on objects or actions |
| Customize your back office | Define colors, choose an application’s title and select a logo |
| Object Management | Configure objects, define properties and dependencies |
| Page cache | Define static and dynamic areas for web content |
| Plug-in Manager | Install and activate customized plugins |
| Project documentation | Automatically create technical documentation for your data model |
| Scheduler | Automate tasks such as daily backups |
| Security rules | Write security rules for your applications |
| URL Rewriting | Configure the rewrite system for URLs |
| View color palette | See all the color shortcuts available in LESS (Stylesheet language) |
| Workflows | Edit workflows |
| Content indexation | Index the file server, web sites and mailboxes |
| Javadoc | Browse the Wedia API documentation |
| Online help | Access online software support |
| Performance analysis tool | Evaluate the performance of internal pages; check the algorithm strength during debugging |
| Website publication | Create rules for automatically exporting or publishing content in a static format |
How to start?
Before starting the configuration you should think about the following issues:
Define the data model
Which information should be stored in the system?
How is this information related?
Define the workflows
Which steps/status are requested?
Should something happen when a status is reached? What if?
Define the roles
Who is using the systems for which task?
What rights are necessary to solve the task?
Define the rights
What security rules are necessary?