CMS Super Powers: Top 5 Underused Features in Cascade

By Zedric Myers | Published August 29, 2017 | Categories: Cascade CMS

Superheroes possess super powers that enable them to do the unimaginable with speed and precision. Similarly, the Cascade Server CMS enables it’s users to do things that other content management systems cannot. In both cases, these unique, underused or underappreciated features warrant further examination.

Accordingly, I’ve created a list of Cascade Server “super powers”. These features that are often overlooked but can give unworldly abilities to the Cascade users who possess them.

Personalized Dashboards

Judge performance at a glance thanks to a dashboard with widgets that can be re-arranged and/or removed to suit your informational needs. Your dashboard can include Google Analytics performance metrics, too. Within this dashboard, you can view Pageviews and Unique Visitors without having to enter a GA account. There are widgets for History and a Link Checker, New and Stale Content, just to name a few. Many of the features below can be reviewed through Cascade’s personalized dashboard.

Superhero equivalent: Arm Fall Off Boy (DC Comics). A superhero from the 30th century, Arm Fall Off Boy can rearrange and/or remove his arms. He can even use them as weapons. Never has there been a more malleable superhero. Kinda like our dashboard.

Stale Content

Within hundreds of website pages, it is so easy to lose track of old content that requires updating. Located under the dashboard, the stale content feature enables one to find stale content and change it so as to ensure a better user experience. The administrator can set defaults that specify folder, time lapse, etc.

Superhero equivalent: Diaper Man (Terrytoons). An animated superhero conceived by legendary animator Ralph Bakshi, this superhero uses his bottle to bludgeon bad guys into submission. He’ll never grow old, much like your website content if you’re in Cascade.

Content Review

With the Content Review feature, one can send new content to a colleague for review in advance of the scheduled publish date. An email goes out to the specified party while the article is still in draft. The recipient just clicks the link, reads, reviews and responds. Catastrophe avoided.

Superhero equivalent: Doorman. (Marvel Comics). Doorman is a living portal. However, he can only travel to adjacent rooms. If you need to reach your colleague in the office next door, then he’s your man.

Remove Formatting

This feature is part of the Cascade WYSIWYG. MS Word doesn’t translate well into HTML, yet many people prefer to do their drafts in this format. Remove Formatting to the rescue! With a click of a button, it translates any out of date or inaccurate code into the correct HTML code.

Superhero equivalent: Type Face (Marvel Comics). With his sidekick SpellCheck, Type Face defeats the bad guys by hurling letters a them. He’s a living, breathing WYSIWYG.

Saved History

Your entire session history is saved so you can easily navigate from one page to another, edit and migrate content. History is saved between logins so you can easily pick up where you left off before you were so rudely interrupted by whatever super-villains lurk within your office space.

Superhero equivalent: Martian Manhunter (DC Comics). An original member of the Justice League of America, Martian Manhunter had an eidetic memory.

As a long standing partner of Hannon Hill, we’ve got more experience with the Cascade CMS than just about anyone. If you’re searching for a content management solution and want to talk about what Beacon and Cascade Server can do for you and your organization, feel free to contact me with your questions or comments. If it’s urgent, pick up the phone and call one of our Cascade experts at 855.447.8276.

And remember. With great power comes even greater responsibility.