http://www.plainblack.com/news/news http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2008-early-bird-registration-ending Only 1 week left to register to get discount pricing. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2008-early-bird-registration-ending Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:21:05 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/f9nfok1xowusiqtspvfylq http://www.plainblack.com/f9nfok1xowusiqtspvfylq Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:33:15 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2008-only-90-days-away Don't forget to register for the 2008 WebGUI User's Conference http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2008-only-90-days-away Tue, 27 May 2008 12:12:09 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/winner-wuc-t-shirt-contest Design VCB is the winner for the 2008 WUC T-Shirt Contest. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/winner-wuc-t-shirt-contest Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:35:46 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/vote-now-wuc-t-shirt-contest Voting is open for the 2008 WUC T-Shirt Contest. Visit the wiki page on the WUC website, take some time to look over the entries, then vote for your favorite. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/vote-now-wuc-t-shirt-contest Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:03:19 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-t-shirt-contest-submissions Submissions are displayed on the wiki page of the WUC website. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-t-shirt-contest-submissions Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:20:48 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-t-shirt-contest-deadline The deadline for the WUC t-shirt contest is Friday, April 18, at 12:00pm CDT. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-t-shirt-contest-deadline Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:52:13 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2008-webgui-users-conference Plain Black Corporation? is bringing WebGUI back to its roots for the 2008 WebGUI Users Conference in Madison, WI from August 28-29. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2008-webgui-users-conference Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:42:56 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2008-webgui-users-conference-t-shirt-design-contest Each year Plain Black hands out a new WebGUI t-shirt to attendees of the annual WebGUI Users Conference. Since this conference is centered around the WebGUI community, we'd like to give you the opportunity to design this year's t-shirt! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2008-webgui-users-conference-t-shirt-design-contest Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:09:12 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-is-a-silver-sponsor-at-scale-6x Plain Black Corporation is a Silver Sponsor at the 2008 Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE 6x) on February 8-10th. This is the sixth year for this great conference and Plain Black joins the ranks of Google, HP, and Red Hat as a Silver Sponsor. We are proud to be a part of this great conference and look forward to spreading the good news about WebGUI! Several Plain Black staff will be present at SCALE to help introduce the company, the services we provide, and the WebGUI Content Engine. Plain Black will be located at Exhibit Booth #4 and it won't be hard to find since we'll be giving away prizes and have a huge 6 foot tall pile of Gooey dolls! We invite you to stop by if you are in the Los Angeles area. Because of our sponsorship status, we are also allowed to provide our community members with a Promotional Code (PB08) which gives a 40% discount per person on conference registration. This is a great benefit and we'd love to see you at SCALE! Be sure to check back as we'll be posting photos and updates of how the conference is going and how people are responding to WebGUI! Stay tuned! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-is-a-silver-sponsor-at-scale-6x Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:57:11 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-does-its-part-for-the-campaign WebGUI is getting out new voters this year. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-does-its-part-for-the-campaign Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:50:12 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-vps Plain Black is now offering WebGUI virtual private servers. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-vps Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:08:22 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/nominate-webgui-for-product-of-the-year Intranet Journal is asking for nominations for its 2008 "Product of the Year" Awards. This competition is about voting for the most useful, creative, and innovative software tools in five different categories. One of these categories is Intranet Design Suite and we're encouraging everyone in the WebGUI community to participate and nominate WebGUI for this category. Only the first two fields on the form are required to vote for WebGUI. Just enter "WebGUI" into the name field and then tell why you think it's the best product in this category. When you're done, scroll to the bottom and click Submit. Click here to nominate WebGUI for Best Intranet Design Suite Thanks for helping us promote WebGUI! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/nominate-webgui-for-product-of-the-year Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:20:18 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/holiday-schedule We're closed for the holidays. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/holiday-schedule Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:45:49 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-deadline The deadline for the the current WebGUI Community Contest, Best WebGUI Navigation Template, is less than a week away! Dec. 23, 2007 will be your last opportunity to submit your entry. The requirement for this contest is to create a WebGUI navigation template that: is coded in XHTML strict. works across Firefox 2.0, IE 6, IE 7 and Safari. Anything else is a bonus. is able to handle at least two levels of depth. is USEFUL. A navigation that only looks pretty but is not functional is useless. make sure you include screenshots and any relevant supporting material we may need to check out your work. Submissions are currently being accepted through 12:00pm CDT, Sunday, December 23, 2007. All submissions should be made to the Packages area of the Get Add Ons section on webgui.org. A community poll will be set up the first week of February to determine the winner of this contest. Don't http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-deadline Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:04:14 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-reminder With about a month to go, I just wanted to remind everyone about the current WebGUI Community Contest: Best WebGUI Navigation Template. The requirement for this contest is to create a WebGUI navigation template that: is coded in XHTML strict. works across Firefox 2.0, IE 6, IE 7 and Safari. Anything else is a bonus. is able to handle at least two levels of depth. is USEFUL. A navigation that only looks pretty but is not functional is useless. make sure you include screenshots and any relevant supporting material we may need to check out your work. Submissions are currently being accepted through 12:00pm, Monday, December 23, 2007. All submissions should be made to the Packages area of the Get Add Ons section on webgui.org. A community poll will later be set up for community voting to determine this contest's winners. Don't forget that the prize for this, and future, WCC's has been increased. The winner will receive $1000, 20,000 karma points and a Plain Black schwag bag! Read the full contest rules for more details, and good luck! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-reminder Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:00:00 -0600 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-announces-webgui-roadmap Plain Black Corporation® has published its WebGUI Roadmap for the upcoming year, outlining many new features users can expect in the WebGUI® 7.x series. These features will add exciting new functionality and a more attractive appearance to the WebGUI content management system's already feature-rich user interface. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-announces-webgui-roadmap Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:00:12 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2007-webgui-users-conference-photos-now-available The 2007 WebGUI Users Conference was a huge success and we'd like to thank all of the attendees, presenters, and volunteers for making this the best WUC ever! This was our 4th year hosting the conference and Madison, Wisconsin was a terrific venue all-around. While the conference is primarily focused on training, it's also an excellent opportunity for community members to meet our staff, exchange ideas, and have some fun. As a team, we really enjoy meeting those of you who are new to the WebGUI community and also reuniting with those of you who we've met at previous events. We really do have a great community here and we're very thankful to have such a terrific group of people supporting WebGUI and our company. The photos for the 2007 WebGUI Users Conference are now available here. (http://www.plainblack.com/wuc/photos) Also, if you have photos of this event that you would like to contribute, please feel free to contact tavis AT plainblack DOT com. Thanks for a great conference this year and we look forward to seeing you all next year! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/2007-webgui-users-conference-photos-now-available Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:30:23 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/the-business-of-open-source JT Smith's latest article, "The Business of Open Source" is now available at CIO.com. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/the-business-of-open-source Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:01:16 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-administrators-guide The WebGUI Administrators Guide contains 250 pages of content written specifically with the WebGUI Administrator in mind. You won’t find yourself wading through a bunch of end user or programmer documentation. Instead, this book was carefully constructed with just the nuggets of knowledge you’ll care about to get your job done as quickly, robustly, and securely as possible. The WebGUI Administrators Guide covers topics such as adding a new WebGUI site, performing upgrades, performance tuning, and common admininstrator tasks such as workflow and managing users and groups. The book is intended for use with WebGUI 7.4 and is available in both full color and black and white versions. Visit the product page to learn more and access a preview of the book's contents. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-administrators-guide Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:59:41 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/people-behind-webgui-klaus-hertle We're pleased to recognize Klaus Hertle as a new People Behind WebGUI member. The purpose of People Behind WebGUI is to show the world the quality and http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/people-behind-webgui-klaus-hertle Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:16:36 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-winner September's community contest voting for the Best Workflow Activity that Integrates with an External Service is complete, and the winner is knowmad for the W3C Validator Workflow entry. The workflow connects to the W3C Markup Validation Service (http://validator.w3.org/docs/api.html) for web page validation. Second place goes to WccAutoVote, submitted by patspam. You can access these workflows, and other user contributions, in the Miscellaneous section of Get Add Ons on www.webgui.org. The current WebGUI Community Contest is for the Best WebGUI Navigation Template. Submissions are being accepted now through Monday, December 23, 2007 at 12:00pm CDT. Read the contest details to learn more. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-community-contest-winner Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:28:49 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-commerce-primer Plain Black has added another book to its library to aid those of you who wish to become more familiar with WebGUI's current commerce system. The WebGUI Commerce Primer is intended for WebGUI 7.4 users who http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-commerce-primer Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:51:56 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-users-conference-sold-out With a only a few weeks left until Gooeyphiles descend upon Madison, WI for the annual WebGUI Users Conference, Plain Black is pleased to announce that the last available conference spot has been sold! Attendees have a great week of presentations to look forward to, and Madison has plenty to offer in the evenings for those looking for a little entertainment. This year's conference provides over 30 presentations covering technical and non-technical aspects of WebGUI. From learning about specific assets to writing utility scripts, this conference covers it all. In the evenings, attendees can gather to talk about how they're using WebGUI and to participate in a hack-a-thon to further hone their coding skills. The conference is located right in the heart of downtown Madison, providing countless dining and entertainment options within walking distance of the conference hotel. Attendees should be sure to look through the WUC Wiki to learn more about BOF sessions and Madison attractions to take full advantage of everything this WUC has to offer. While the conference itself is sold out, there are still some WebGUI Workshop seats available. The workshops are held on Oct. 15-16, and are designed to provide small classroom training for those who are new to WebGUI. One seat remains in the Content Managers and Design workshop, and there are about half a dozen seats left in the Developers workshop. Details about the WebGUI Workshops can be found on the WUC website. Plain Black welcomes this year's attendees to Madison, WI and looks forward to a great WUC! See you in a few weeks. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-users-conference-sold-out Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:46:03 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui/perl-developer-position2 Job Description Plain Black Corporation is seeking a Perl developer to join our team. The individual chosen will maintain WebGUI applications running on Linux servers, as well as participate in developing new applications with the team. The ideal candidate must be able to work in a fast-paced environment both on an individual level and within small groups. Plain Black offers flexible work schedule, state of the art equipment, and a competitive compensation package including Medical, SEP IRA, and unlimited paid time off. This is an exciting opportunity to be mentored and challenged by Senior Software Developers, and work with cutting edge technologies in a collaborative environment. MUST BE A US CITIZEN TO APPLY Required Skills * PERL, SH/BASH, SQL, Linux/Unix, XHTML, JavaScript With the key being: Object oriented PERL and MySQL * RDBMS, MySQL (a must) * Apache, (Modperl a plus) * Using revision control system (prefer Subversion) * Must be a self-starter, able to work independently. Desired Skills * WebGUI API experience a plus * AJAX experience a plus * Must be able to demonstrate technical excellence in his/her personal work Compensation This position pays $40,000 per year to start. In addition, we provide full medical http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui/perl-developer-position2 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:44:46 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/bofs-at-the-wuc Birds of a Feather (BOF) find many reasons to come together each year at the WUC, and we'd like to draw attendees' attention to two BOF events currently planned. The first scheduled BOF session is entitled How do You Use WebGUI. This is a get together to share how your specific organization puts WebGUI to work, allowing you to learn more about others and gain new ideas in the process. This will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 7:00pm in the Second Presentation Room of the Concourse. The second BOF is a Hackathon scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7:00pm in the Second Presentation Room of the Concourse Hotel. This is an opportunity to come together and learn more about coding for WebGUI, collaborate on ideas for the WebGUI core, or work on some of your own projects. If you're interested in taking part in these activities, visit their respective pages in the WUC Wiki and add your name to the list. This is an excellent opportunity to take advantage of the networking and socializing so many enjoy at the WUC. There's still room to add two new BOF sessions, so if you'd like to schedule a BOF session yourself, feel free to add it. Just add a new article to the wiki and include a title, description, time and place for the BOF. Then, add that title to the main BOF page. While you're at it, look over some of the other information that has been gathered for your convenience in the WUC Wiki. Add your name to Who Are You page so others can see who is attending this year, and then look over the restaurant, entertainment and area attraction pages to help plan your free time. We look forward to seeing you next month! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/bofs-at-the-wuc Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:02:28 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/final-days-to-register-webgui-users-conference Fall is upon us, and next month the annual WebGUI Users Conference will be hosted in Madison, WI from October 17-19. With only a few weeks left to register, just 10 seats remain. If you haven't registered yet, do so now, because these spots will fill up fast and you don't want to be left out! The WebGUI Users Conference is an annual event that brings together Plain Black staff and field experts from around the globe to present on all things WebGUI. The three day conference consists of two presentation tracks, technical and non-technical. In addition, attendees work side by side with other WebGUI users from organizations around the world. Nowhere else is this concentration of WebGUI knowledge found in one place at one time. In addition, Plain Black is offering a two day small classroom training experience, WebGUI Workshops, specifically geared towards helping newcomers become better acquainted with WebGUI before the conference. Again, both a technical and non-technical class is available. This is an excellent opportunity to work closely with a member of the Plain Black staff before diving into the presentations offered at the users conference. To purchase tickets and see a full description of events and accommodations, visit www.plainblack.com/wuc. Hope to see you there! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/final-days-to-register-webgui-users-conference Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:26:00 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wcc-best-webgui-navigation-template Plain Black is currently accepting submissions for the Best WebGUI Navigation Template. Not only should the navigation be fully functional, but it must be able to handle at least two levels of depth. In addition, the entry must be coded in XHTML strict and has to work across multiple browsers. Submissions for this contest should be made to the Packages area of the Get Add Ons page. To learn more, read the full contest details. Along with the announcement of this contest come some changes. In order to encourage quality entries, and better reward you for your efforts, the community contests will now be held on a quarterly basis. Approximately every three months a new contest will be announced. This benefits everyone by providing you more time to prepare your entries, and by allowing us to provide larger incentives. The first prize monetary reward has increased to $1000.00, and you'll see that karma rewards have been doubled. We hope you enjoy these new changes, and look forward to your participation! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wcc-best-webgui-navigation-template Mon, 03 Sep 2007 22:02:42 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-voting Knowmad and patspam are our two contenders for the Best Workflow Activity that Integrates with an External Service. Each has submitted an entry to the Miscellaneous section of the Get Add Ons page. Take some time to read their entries, then go to the WebGUI Community Contest page to vote for your favorite. Voting will close at 12:00 pm CDT on September 30. Also, make sure you read the next community contest announcement to learn about some exciting changes! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-voting Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:51:54 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/designers-rejoice The WebGUI Designers Guide is here! Within the pages of this book Plain Black's Steve Swanson shares insider tips and tools for taking WebGUI and making it your own. Using templates within WebGUI, Steve provides step-by-step instructions for building and applying styles, customizing navigations and Collaboration Systems, and more. The book is part resource, part tutorial, and part cookbook, providing numerous tips, screenshots and code examples for your reference. After reading this book you should have a firm foundation to let your creativity shine through on your site. The book, which is over 230 pages and available in both color and black and white, is intended for the experienced web designer. Those who have a working knowledge of HTML and CSS and are familiar with the WebGUI interface will benefit most. Visit the product page for more information and to access an online preview of the WebGUI Designers Guide. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/designers-rejoice Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:43:19 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-reminder This is your last week to enter the Best Workflow that Integrates with an External Service community contest. External services can include Google, Flickr, MySpace, Amazon etc. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-reminder Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:40:07 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/site-slowness You may have noticed that plainblack.com and webgui.org are running rather slowly the past few days. We're sorry about this. We are quite literally being attacked by search engine spiders. There are more than twenty search engine spiders constantly crawling our site day and night for the past 5 days. They are generating so much traffic that it's difficult for our server to keep up with it all. For some reason they are not only indexing every page in our site (which is tens of thousands of pages), but they're indexing them all multiple times. We are investigating the problem and hope to have a solution soon. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/site-slowness Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:39:25 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/nominate-webgui-for-the-2007-open-source-cms-award www.PacktPub.com is once again sponsoring its yearly Open Source CMS Award! We encourage everyone in the community to help WebGUI get nominated as a finalist in the competition. Once in the final round, all products will be evaluated by a panel of judges. To nominate WebGUI for the Open Source CMS 2007 Award, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/nominations-homepage. Please nominate WebGUI in the "Overall Winner, Open Source CMS Award" category only. Each person can only vote once so be sure to do so in the correct category! If WebGUI wins this award, it would also get a $5000 cash prize! That money would allow Plain Black to build 10 or more of the top RFE's into the 7.5 release. (on top of the few that are included with every new release) Also, everyone that submits a nomination is eligible to win an Apple Ipod Nano! 3 winners will be selected at random to win. Nominate WebGUI today! (Note Nominations will be excepted until August 31st) http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/nominate-webgui-for-the-2007-open-source-cms-award Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:00:41 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2007-early-bird-registration-coming-to-an-end The early bird registration price for the 2007 WebGUI Users Conference and Workshops http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wuc-2007-early-bird-registration-coming-to-an-end Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:10:51 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wcc-poll-closed Upon further review, it was found that the two submissions for the best guerilla ad campaign failed to meet one of the rules. Therefore, the voting poll has been closed. We thank both entries for their participation and apologize for any inconvenience. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/wcc-poll-closed Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:12:12 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-announcements Two ads were submitted for the Best WebGUI Guerilla Ad Campaign contest. Voting is now open! Visit the poll, view the ads and then vote for your favorite. Voting ends on August 31 at 12:00 pm CDT. Also, Plain Black is now accepting submissions for the Best Workflow Activity that Integrates with an External Service. External services can include Google, Flickr, MySpace, Amazon, etc. Read the contest rules to learn more. Submissions will be accepted until September 1, 2007. Good luck! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-announcements Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:22:31 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-featured-on-earthweb WebGUI was recently featured on Earthweb.com in an article called "100 Open Source Downloads". The article was written by Cynthia Harvey on July 17th and showcased the growing vitality of the open source ecosystem. WebGUI was one of three CMS products chosen for the article and we're thrilled to see the media continue to help spread the good news about WebGUI! Click here to read the full article. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/webgui-featured-on-earthweb Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:17:18 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-winners Congratulations to the finalists for the Best WebGUI Macro that Links to an External Service WebGUI Community Contest. The votes are in, and without further ado your winners are: First Place: Google Maps Macro (martink) Second Place: AWS E-Commerce System Macro (knowmad) Third Place: Flash Movie Macro (L) Thanks to all who participated in this contest. In addition, you have 24 hours to submit to the Best Guerilla Ad Campaign community contest. Show the world your creativity and win prizes too! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-winners Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:02:34 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-softball-team Plain Black enjoys being involved with local community activities and organizations. Currently, Plain Black is sponsoring a namesake softball team in Onalaska, WI. The team has enjoyed a successful season, currently standing at 8-1. We wish the team success as it heads into the playoffs over the next two weeks. To learn more about the team, see a team photo, and learn about other ways in which Plain Black participates in the community, visit the Community Involvement page. http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/plain-black-softball-team Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:04:18 -0500 http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-deadlines The end of July is approaching fast. This means only one more week to vote for your favorite macro that links to an external service. Voting ends at 12:00pm CDT on Tuesday, July 31. Don't miss out on your chance to submit to the Best Guerilla Ad Campaign. Create a WebGUI advertisement, in any form, and submit a picture and description of where and when it was displayed to the Gooey on the Go page. Your community members will then vote on the best, most creative WebGUI advertisement created. Submissions are being accepted now, and the deadline is 12:00 pm CDT on August 1, 2007. We look forward to your participation! http://www.plainblack.com/news/news/community-contest-deadlines Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:32:18 -0500