Add YouTube Videos to Your Website

YouTube videos can now be added to your website using the Claymore Project. They can be added to any area of text that can be edited with the Rich Text editor in Claymore.

To add a YouTube video place the cusor on a new line and press the Insert/Edit YouTube Video button on the tool bar.

In the dialogue box simply enter the URL of the video you wish to add to your website which you can find in the URL bar of your browser when you watch the video in YouTube.


The system takes care of the technical part and you will see a placeholder image that shows where your video will play when someone views this page of your website. For technical reasons the video will not play in the Rich Text editor while you are editing your website.

Contact Form Messages Module

Occassionally Clients tell us they think they are may not have received some messages sent via the Contact Form on their website. There are a number of issues that could cause this ranging from an over zealous anti-spam filter to accidental deletion by a member of staff.

Taking this on board we have developed a new module for The Claymore Project Content Management System which stores a copy of contact messages in the database and accessing them is as simple as logging into the system and navigating to Contact Form Messages. You will still receive an email alert of the new message but if it should not reach you the message is safely held in The Claymore Project.

The Message module provides additional benefit through it's email address listing feature. Periodically as part of your email marketing strategy you should export all the customer names and email addresses collected through the message system and import them to your email marketing software. The task of selecting only those who have opted to receive marketing email is easy thanks to the built in export feature which automatically selects only the relevant customers for you.

The Contact Form Message module is available for a one off installation fee of £145.

IPR Statement Updated

Claymore Project users should note that the Intellectual Property Rights compliance statement has been updated to cover third party channel content distributors.

Green Fees Information for Golf Clubs

As part of ongoing enhancements to The Claymore Project we have added a new Green Fees section for Golf Clubs which ensures it is clear what each field should be used for. Previously Green Fees information was stored in the Facilities field but now Clubs can ensure the Facilities field gives details about cart hire and catering etc. while the Green Fees field provides pricing information.

The first website to take advantage of this will be the Scotland's West Coast Golf Links project and it will also form a Core part of our forthcoming Sitebuilder Lite for Golf Clubs product.

Already in the pipeline for future development is a full Green Fees Module which will allow Clubs to easily add their information in a uniform format which is important as the details can be published on several websites at any one time including Scotland's For Me and any other destination or channel marketing websites that feature your Club.

Catering Information for Golf Clubs

As part of ongoing enhancements to The Claymore Project we have added a new Catering section for Golf Clubs. This allows Clubs to split Catering out of the existing Facilities area and provide more detail about the Catering service available to Members and Visitors.

History & Herritage Field for Claymore Project Golf Clubs

Golf Clubs can now enter information about their History & Heritage as part of their details. This field was created specifically for the Scotland's West Coast Golf Links project which will use information from The Claymore Project to drive their website.

The History & Heritage field will be integrated with other channel websites including Scotland's For Me in the near future.

Administration Area Updated With New Business Overview Field

A new Business Overview field has been added for all users. This allows 800 characters of plain text to provide a concise description of your business activities, main markets and notable products, services or clients.

Access to the Global Meta Tags has been moved to the Administration Area as part of a usability update to the system. All items in the Administration Area will become compulsory in the near future to ensure uniform coverage of all businesses via third party channel websites.

White Labeling Underway

As part of the drive to release The Claymore Project as a White Label product all references to the Web company behind The Claymore Project have been removed from the admin panel. Work on the public area of the website has been scheduled to remove remaining references.

These changes will allow developers to seamlessly resell The Claymore Content Management System to their clients providing a powerful sytem in a very short timeframe.

Tests were performed this week to ensure that alias access via a sub domain or generic domain can be provided in future as well. For example, resellers could provide CMS access to their clients via:

• the client's own domain eg. cms.myclientsdomain.com
• a single generic domain registered by the reseller for CMS access for all their clients eg. cms.resellercms.com

A single generic domain is the recommended option as it will ensure minimum maintenance to reseller's client's domains is required in future.

Business Logos in The Claymore Project

As part of the effort to roll The Claymore Project out as a white label content management system a small update was pushed to the website on Thursday. Where a specific company logo has been set for your business it will be displayed after you login to The Claymore Project in place of the Claymore logo. This is particularly useful for those who provide content management for their clients via Claymore.

Header logos can only be set by Admin users at this time.

Avatars For All Claymore Project Users

The number of third party channels using data from The Claymore Project is increasing which has prompted the addition of Avatars for all Claymore Users. Avatars are small images that capture the essence of your business and are usually dislayed next to your business name and address or map location on a particular third party website your business is associated with.

Avatars can currently only be set by Admin users.

Premium Module Access and Backup Module Launch

We pushed another series of updates to the Claymore Project Admin website this afternoon. One of the most significant change is that Premium Modules are now available for purchase on an individual basis. Access to the modules is granted specifically by an Admin user, those without access will find details of each module's features along with pricing information.

The new Backup Module has also been launched with this update. This Module keeps your data secure by allowing you to download a backup of your website data including text, images and any uploaded files. All of this is neatly packaged in a single zip file which you can store on your own system. Access to the Backup Module can be enabled for an annual fee of £75.

Intellectual Property Rights Compliance

In order to ensure compliance with national and international law governing Intellectual Property Rights clients are asked to familiarise themselves with the Prohibited Content Statement below. Particular attention is drawn to item #8.

It should be noted that an update will shortly be pushed to theclaymoreproject.com website which requires agreement with the Prohibited Content Statement in order to continue using the service.

Prohibited Content Statement

The Edge prohibits the use of The Claymore Project by any individual, company, or website that engages in any of the following activities:

1. Publishes or discloses any personally identifying information or private details about children without their consent (or their parents consent in case of a minor)
2. Manufacturing, marketing or selling products or services or content typically associated with unsolicited cmmercial email or spam. Examples of such include; Online and direct pharmaceutical sales. This includes but is not restricted to health and sexual well being products
3. Provides material that is grossly offensive, including blatant expressions of bigotry, prejudice, racism, hatred or excessive profanity or post any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing or otherwise objectionable content
4. Manufactures, sells, or promotes any products or services that are unlawful in the location at which the content is posted or received
5. Introduces viruses, worms, trojans or other harmful code to the Internet
6. Engages in any libelous, defamatory, scandalous, threatening or harassing activity
7. Publishes content that advocates, promotes or otherwise encourages violence against any governments, organizations, groups, or individuals or which provides instruction, information or assistance in causing or carrying out such violence
8. Provides content, including copy and images, of authors, artists, photographers or others without prior express written consent of the content owner
   

In addition, The Edge reserves the right to prohibit the use of The Claymore Project by any company at its sole discretion.

The Edge reserves the right to change or modify this statement at any time. Any questions or concerns about your use of The claymore Project and its services can be emailed to info@gettheedgeonline.com

Latest Updates

• Added function to check if entity Latitude and Longitude have been set. If not a warning message alerts the user to set their location
• Rewrote the Google Map function that allows users to set their business location. A street search function allows most locations to be found by searching for your street number, street and town
• Fixed minor bug that threw error when working on Feature Pages. Was caused by more secure setup on live server than is on our in house development server
• Wrote system to handle Premium Modules. They can now be enabled or disabled individually for each user. The system shows Module features to those who do not have access and loads the Module for those who do
  

More Minor Updates to Admin Interface

• Premium Modules - Special Offers and Gliders now have 'preview' which gives a good indication of how the information will be displayed on a live website without leaving Claymore Admin.
  
• An alert is thrown if the Bookassist Hotel ID is changed to confirm that this was the users intention. This affects both Admin and General users.
  
• Added 'lock page' feature to custom pages. this option is only available to Admin users and can be used to prevent general users from deleting specific custom pages.

Minor Updates to Admin Interface

• Jump to Entity ID for admin now works when user presses enter as well as using the Go Button
• Web 2.0 panel now has links to Signup and Login for Constant Contact
  

New Modules and System Updates

New Premium Modules

Premium Addons are modules that can add functionality to your website but are not included as part of any standard Claymore Sitebuilder package.

Data Backup Module

The Data Backup Module allows you to generate a Zip file for download that contains all the text you have entered into the system and all the files you have uploaded.

Feature Pages

Feature Pages allow you to control pages that display a number of feature items in a set layout. Each feature can have title, image, links etc.

Gliders

Gliders are an interactive way to display important information on animated slides.

Bug Fixes and Minor Updates

• Rewrote code that controls column heights to prevent the page jumping in IE7 when scrolling reached the bottom
• Corrected Unknown Variable issue shown to Admin users
• Entity ID now displayed next to custom page lists for easy identification for Accommodation Providers
• Added browse button to select images from File Manager in Gliders and Feature Page Modules
• Updated code to improve protection against sql injection on one area of the CMS
• Added code to remove white space from the start and end of any data supplied for a database insert/update

Updates for Admin Users

• Enabled Premium Modules access
• Added 'Jump to ID for Entity Search

Finding the URL of a file through Claymore File Manager

There are several reasons you may wish to know the URL of a file you have uploaded through the Claymore File Manager, for example, to include a link to download your latest restaurant menu in an email.

This is now possible by following the process below:

1. Login to The Claymore Project and select Upload Images & Files > File Manager from the Admin Menu
   
   
   
   
2. In the File Manager popup locate the file you wish to get the URL for
   
   
   
   
3. Double click the file - this closes the File Manager popup and shows the file URL in the Help Alert
   
   
   
   
4. You must close the Alert box if you plan to open the File Manager again to get another URL