2011

Version 2.0 (March 2011 )

Document Management additional functions:

• document management available for back-end and final users
• users and fields configured from back office
• customized e-mail alert (events, users, ...) for workflow processes management
• document management protocolling

 

New widget for social features (questionaries, test, polls)  

 

2010 

Version 2.0 (December 2010)

eCommerce module additional functions:

• developed management of the products variants made of different attributes (for ex.: the variant "cloth" includes the attributes "colour" and "size"), dynamically configurable in Brick

• upgrade performance in the product search, thanks to the advanced technologies for indexing, based on the text-search engine open-source Apache Lucene 

• possibility of personalized researches by one click only: simply mark as "researchable" the products attributes involved

 

Version 2.0 (September 2010) 

eCommerce Module Release:

• "Quick buy" function, no registration required
• complete management of discount campaigns, configurable by date, time, users' groups, percentage or monetary discounts
• user-friendly Back Office functions for an autonomous management of the products variants in relation to the warehouse quantities

 

Version 2.0 (June 2010) 

Brick 2.0 launched, completely renovated in technology and in User's interface functionality

Technology

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and application of Open Source components such as Liferay Portal (portal server JSR-168 compliant)
• Standard JSR 170 for a standard access to the content repository
• Velocity language to create templates, macro and dynamic web pages
• Implementation of Widget to create new functionalities and/or to integrate external application
• Freeware and commercial application server  

User's Interface

• Immediate and intuitive, thanks to Ajax and JQuery technology
• Various setting configurations directly from the interface, without developing a new code: configuration of files, forms, templates etc.
• Social functionalities directly integrated in the platform: blog, wiki, voting, comments, etc.

 

Version 1.5.8 (March 2010)

• Possibility to add images, animate gif, flash swf from the text editor in Brick back office
• Optimization of the Contacts Form in front office: dynamic management, use of query and ajax
• Simplified and improved access to the database: 20% time saving for each query, web portal is faster, more accessible and "Google friendly"
• Improvement of Black List management in the Newsletter Module: optimized management of the rules to define the Black List and possible implementation of dynamic management

 

2009

Version 1.5.7 (December 2009)

Brick Core Updating:

• integration with JXLS www.jxls.sourceforge.net to export data in excel format by means of customizable templates, in compliance with the graphic specification distinctive for each single project: website, portal, intranet, extranet, ecommerce, etc.
• cache memory optimization: faster display of records once a query has been launched to the database, 50% time savings on the uploading of each single page. The time saving in the uploading phase has a positive impact on the dynamic contents: catalogue sheets, articles, researches, etc.
• integration with Fusion Charts www.fusioncharts.com to provide a graphic output of the reports data

 

Version 1.5.6 (October 2009)

Newsletter Upadating:

• different reports management: sorted by n°of posting, n° of receipt, n° of errors
• procedure for an automatic unsubscription to multi-subject newsletter
• tracking of the behavior of users receiving the newsletter. This system can filter those users that opened the newsletter and those who didn't
• preview and duplication of the past newsletters in order to optimize and capitalize past editing activities
• footer in compliance with Italian privacy laws 

 

Version 1.5.5 (July 2009)

Integration and testing of Brick and IBM database version 9.7 Cobra:

• integration and testing at the IBM Innovation Centre in Segrate
• integration and testing with 9.7 version of the database released by IBM
• integration and testing on IBM hardware
• integration and testing with IBM webshare application server

 

Version 1.5.4 (June 2009)

eCommerce Module Updating:

• possibility to manage discount campaigns, customizable on the base of time slots, groups of users and percentage of discount to be applied to the shopping cart
• check and updating of discounts both per percentage and nominal value

 

2008

Version 1.5.2 (November 2008)

Updating Social Module and Utility 2.0:

• updating News Application: Automatic publishing and display in RSS format
• web Survey Management

Improvement of SEO functions specific for web contents (meta elements on the single content and semantic URL)

 

Version 1.5.1 (September 2008)

• Workflow Module for an automatic management of group's process activities, with specific reference to documentation flows

Version 1.5 (June 2008)

Restyling User's Interface:

• back office web browsing through different tabs, sorted by topic
• content searching (files, articles, videos, images, etc.) thanks to file System Navigation Tree
• updating of Newsletter Scheduling
• advanced Security System (Encrypt Password)

Version 1.4.2 (April 2008)

SEO Updating Functions:

• introduction of Google Site Map
• introduction of robots.txt file, to notify the search engine of the correct web pages to be indexed

and for the product catalogue in the eCommerce Module:

• key Words definition and description, "come back later" tag and specific URL for each catalogue category
• special Indexing focused on the single product thanks to the introduction of semantic URL for each product profile

Updating Social Module - Advanced Management of Newsletter System:

• users definition and "dynamic fields" management to send customized newsletters
• preview and Testing Functions
• advanced Statistics (number of sending, properly received emails, incorrect emails not sent, etc.)

Version 1.4.1 (February 2008)

• Parameters Definition for Applications (i.e. the opportunity to set up and publish the applications in the web page)
• Constant Updating in compliance with SEO, to be in line with the continuous evolution of search engines and their indexing algorithms

2007

Version 1.4 (March 2007)

eCommerce Module:

• Products Catalogue (management of product categories and profiles)
• Multilingual Functions available in Russian and Chinese (UTF-8 compatible)

2006

Version 1.3 (December 2006)

• MultiPortal Module to manage more than one web site or web portal at a time in one installation

 

Version 1.2.1 (August 2006)

Social Module:

• implementation of Newsletters & Private Areas Management System, complete with users' profiles and relevant access authorization

 

Version 1.2 (June 2006)

• Security Management System
• Mobile Module: send & receive SMS e MMS from Brick interface to specific users' groups that can be autonomously defined and set up
• Improvement of the Navigation Tree functions and content categories management

2005

Version 1.1 (November 2005)

• Multilinguism management both for back and front office
• Report Module: creation and management of reports in different formats (html, pdf, word, excel, etc.) and fully customizable upon Company's requirements
• SEO (Search Engine Optimization): specific functions for indexing of web pages, that can be managed from back office by non-technical users, to create web sites optimized for search engines

 

Version 1.0 (February 2005)

Brick launch:

• content Manager for a complete handling of documents, applications and contents
• standard Technology J2EE, XML, XSLT to guarantee the portability on different systems and to assure long term security
• usage of both freeware and commercial server application
• portability between server application compatible with J2EE specs
• form and content separation thanks to XML, XSLT e CSS

 

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