How to Display Non-Web Fonts Without Using Flash

Ever encountered the problem that your client wanted the corporate font which was not a web-compliant font? Well, that’s over. With Cufon you can easily and fast render any given font and use it as real text on your website.

Cufon takes a True Type Font (.ttf) and generates a Javascript which contains all vector information. You just include the Javascript and the font will be used in the specified site elements.

Of course, a True Type Font is often proprietory, so you’ll have to buy that. But if you do a website for a corporation, they mostly own the font anyway. And Cufon is free. You may donate, and please do so, because it’s a great innovation.

>> Find more information on Cufon here

cargobar.ch online

The famous Cargo Bar in Basel has a new website. esense has built it using Magnolia 4.0. cargobar.ch features a complex event management system, which runs as an AddOn to Magnolia, custom-programmed for Cargo Bar and soon available as a separate module, the Event Manager.

Event Manager will sport user-defined categories, event management, display, listing by genre, artist, event series and much more.

Contact esense for more information on Event Manager. A case study is soon to follow, check back for more!

techguys.ch online – text by esense

techguys.ch is available in a new version. As techguys gmbh is a company which programs websites like us, they set the site up by themselves – of course. Our task was to write all the content in German.

It’s done, and it’s up. Good text.

iStorage for iPhone: How to Transfer Data to iPhone Without iTunes

Looking for an easy way to transfer data from your computer to your iPhone? That’s right, here it is: iStorage.

1. Download the app
2. Open iStorage
3. Go to “Settings” -> “Network” -> File Sharing (WebDAV)
4. Enter a username and a password
5. Set “Run” to “ON”. Now you have an IP listed in the bottom section of your iPhone’s screen
6. Open Finder on your Mac
7. Press Apple+K
8. Enter the IP listed on your iPhone
9. Press “Connect”. Enter Username and Password. Now Finder will mount your iPhone as a shared drive and you can start moving data.

iStorage, unfortunately, is not free. It comes at around 6$, but that’s definitely worth it. It’s easy to use, safe and fast. You’ll love it!

Oekotaxi.ch goes online

Oekotaxi is a project initiated by Grosspeter AG in Basel. Several cab companies offer rides in Honda Insights featuring Oekopacks. They produce significantly less CO2 while charging the same fees as other cabs. And the Pirelli Cinturato tires add to the optimization, too.

oekotaxi.ch has been set up by esense using Magnolia 4.1, the best Content Management System known to us. The site was designed by osw.

wgzimmer.ch for Facebook – Zimmersuche per Social Bookmarking

wgzimmer.ch ist die grösste Suchmaschine für Zimmer in Wohngemeinschaften in der Schweiz. Neu bietet wgzimmer.ch nun Social Bookmarking an. Inserate können auf facebook veröffentlicht werden. Damit erleichtert wgzimmer.ch die Benützung noch weiter.

Social Bookmarking ist längst eine unumgängliche Realität. Es gibt kaum mehr Newsplattformen, welche keine Direktverlinkungen anbieten. Facebook, Reddit, Delicious, Digg, wer kennt sie nicht. In Immobilieninseraten hat sich die Strömung allerdings bisher nicht durchgesetzt.

Diese Lücke schliesst wgzimmer.ch nun. Jedes Inserat kann bequem per one-klick in Facebook veröffentlicht werden. Ob man ein Inserat selbst aufgibt, ob man eines entdeckt, der Service ist auf allen Detailansichten verfügbar. Damit können Zimmer noch effizienter inseriert werden und es wird noch einfacher, andere Leute auf ein Inserat aufmerksam zu machen.

wgzimmer.ch ist seit 2000 die grösste Suchmaschine für Zimmer in Wohngemeinschaften in der Schweiz. Über eine halbe Million Zimmer wurden über die Plattform bereits erfolgreich vermittelt. Pro Tag besuchen durchschnittlich 5000 User wgzimmer.ch. Der Dienst ist zu hundert Prozent kostenlos. wgzimmer.ch ist ein Projekt der esense gmbh.

Magnolia 4.1 CMS Released: Better, Faster, More – And Still Simple

Magnolia International has released Version 4.1 of Magnolia CMS. The new version adds quite a number of very useful and easy-to-apply features to the already vast set of out-of-the-box functionalities.

Magnolia 4.1 is an enterprise content management solution for all needs. The new Standard Templating Kit now includes different and enhanced teaser possibilities with cropping and resizing of images, category management, aggregated RSS, FAQ, calendars, commenting and much more.

Unlike other CMS, the extension of features and possiblities has not made Magnolia slower or more complicated. It is still as easy to apply and as fast to learn as it was before. But now, User Generated Content and Social Networking has become a full-grown part.

esense gmbh in Basel is specialized in Magnolia integration and migration for national and international clients. A premium Magnolia partner for years, esense has contributed to what Magnolia has become in the last decade.

>> See esense official website
>> See Magnolia’s website for more information on 4.1

How to work with Magnolia CMS

Do you have a Magnolia website and it’s been a long time since you’ve updated it? And maybe you are not quite sure on how to handle it?

Get your copy of Magnolia CMS Quick Reference Guide for Endusers here.

It contains information on

• How to manage the structure of your website
• How to create a page
• How to move a page
• How to rename a page
• How to create a content paragraph
• How to manage content paragraphs
• How to structure content paragraphs
• How to publish content

The Quick Reference Guide has been written by esense. It is available in English, German and French.

Upgrade JIRA from Standard to Enterprise

Upgrading JIRA is simple and fast, just like installing it to begin with. We have upgraded a Standard Trial Version to a licensed Enterprise and it did not cause any problems.

1. Download the JIRA version you want to upgrade to
2. Make an XML-Export of you running system (Administration -> Import&Export -> Backup Data to XML)
3. Backup the databases and attachments
4. Drop all tables in your old database
5. Upload the new downloaded JIRA and install it
6. Point it to the old database
7. Import all data from the XML-Export file

…and done. It’s that easy, and it’s done within half an hour.

brenneisen.ch online

The new corporate website of brenneisen communications is online. brenneisen has been a close partner of esense’s. Together we have put through quite a remarkable number of web projects. The new website runs on Magnolia 4.0 CMS and sports some special features such as video autostart player, reference gallery etc.

• View the new website here
• See other web references by esense here