Designed with the workflow of authors in mind, ZenSource makes page-building 10x faster than most proprietary CMS editors and takes 1/3 of the time to learn.

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Flexible Page Layouts

 ZenSource’s authoring environment was designed from the ground up with authors, marketers and technologists in mind. You don’t have to sacrifice personalization for ease-of-use. With ZenSource, flexible page layouts allow for greater customization of your content without a need for developer support. 

The page builder gives authors greater flexibility to control the layout of existing content and future-proof it for whatever comes next. Utilizing a drag and drop interface, modules can be placed in pre-defined blocks or users can choose to add new configurations to layout content right on the page.

Powerful Search Tools

ZenSource site search comes out-of-the-box with a Solr engine designed to receive better results based on relevance. It’s also configured with a typehead predictive UX and configurable categories to return results based on different types of content. For an even more powerful site search, it comes with a “common misspellings” feature and the ability to weight results—all driven in the admin by authors with code.

From news directories to blog posts, people finders to service finders, and everything in between. ZenSource uses a Drupal Views module, allowing authors to create new search pages on the fly without developer support.

 

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Workflow & Permissions

Create granular user permissions and groups with access to each component of your site experience. You can choose from allowing super-users more control or limiting content editors to only viewing & editing their content.

ZenSource workflow management alerts admins of new changes, allowing them to approve and publish or to send feedback for further revisions. And you can even set different publishing targets to separate staging from production in order to review and approve changes.

Multi Site Management

Control your sites from one admin. ZenSource supports multi-site management. And there are a variety of options depending on how your ecosystem is structured—from setup access to manage multiple domains to managing them as their own sites from one domain.

ZenSource’s architecture allows you to control your website ecosystem with one admin. You can create unique user experiences while still being able to share content wherever it’s needed.

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Frictionless Content Control

ZenSource’s authoring environment was designed from the ground up with authors, marketers and technologists in mind.

The page builder gives authors greater flexibility to control the layout of existing content and future-proof it for whatever comes next. Utilizing a drag and drop interface, modules can be placed in pre-defined blocks or users can choose to add new configurations to layout content right on the page.

Things once controlled in code—like complex forms, navigation rules or dynamic taxonomy-based modules—are 100% author-driven in ZenSource. Each page layout is optimized to only contain the fields your authors need with the ability to add or edit right in the admin. A content module can be created in-page or pulled from a shared global library, so authors can configure display and design settings in-page.

Create new sites directly in the admin and only change the design elements that matter. Whether you’re trying to create brand consistency or create a space for a unique experience, ZenSource allows you to create it and control it all in one place. With multi-site management and permissions built in, you can give access to granular pieces of content or open up larger sections of content for your authors.

We made page building easier with ZenSource… and not just easier, but a whole lot faster, averaging 5 minutes to create a new page. Upload one image asset and ZenSource automatically optimizes it to display perfectly in any location on your site. Using image recognition also provides you with a suggested alt tag for improved accessibility.

ZenSource supports videos from YouTube, Vimeo and other video-first platforms. It also supports local video file uploads or your own in-house CDN. Our video module integrates with Rev.com to automatically create captions and transcripts—developed by humans and fed directly to video.