Anybody using Saxotech/Publicus?

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Permalink Reply by Marcel Levy on January 29, 2008 at 3:19pm

We use it at RGJ.com -- nearly all the Gannett sites use the system as well. I've used it both from a template designer and an editor's perspective. What kind of questions do you have?

Permalink Reply by Henry Howard on January 29, 2008 at 3:28pm

We use it for our online publishing. Pretty intuitive system, though I can't address the template designer viewpoint.

Permalink Reply by Elaine Helm on January 29, 2008 at 3:37pm

Well, a number of things just don't work the way they're supposed to. Polling, for example. Do you ever use Saxo to create polls? This is one of many areas where we are considering a workaround.

I'm the link between the newsroom and the technical Web folks here, but I'm on my own frequently for development, so I've done quite a bit of template building and tinkering.

Permalink Reply by Marcel Levy on January 29, 2008 at 3:39pm

We never used the Saxotech polls. We were using our own custom system, but recently we switched to Polldaddy at http://www.polldaddy.com/. It's free and perfect in nearly every way.

Permalink Reply by Henry Howard on January 29, 2008 at 3:42pm

We use the polls, and they are finicky at best. What type of problems are you running into?

Permalink Reply by Elaine Helm on January 29, 2008 at 3:48pm

Thanks for the tip, Marcel. I'll try that.

We can't get the Saxotech database to retain user information entered in the contest part of the polling module. We also cannot format poll results, which pretty much makes them useless. A big part of the reason people take polls is to see how others have voted. These features are supposed to work, according to Saxotech's documentation. We just can't seem to make it happen.

Permalink Reply by Brea Jones on January 30, 2008 at 12:14am

We use Saxotech for polls on the front page and section fronts of Recordnet.com, as do other newspapers in Ottaway. While I have no idea why you are struggling to format the poll results, I don't know if it is worth the hassle. I find the polls a challenge merely because of the limit of how many options you can give and the character limits.

Permalink Reply by Elaine Helm on July 7, 2008 at 11:56am

For anybody who hasn't seen it yet, there's now a Saxotech users group at http://saxotech.ning.com. You also can tap into Saxotech's developer community at http://community.saxotech.com.

Permalink Reply by John Hancock on August 5, 2008 at 2:50pm

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