Magnolia CMS's publishing mechanism revolves around the concept of a server used for creating, editing and previewing content, available only to a limited group of users and known as the authoring instance, and one or more publicly accessible servers which operate in a read-only style, serving content over the web and known as public instances. In this short tutorial, we describe the concept.

In September 2010 Priocept started working with a major automotive manufacturer to streamline management of their UK website. In this case study we look at how Priocept integrated Magnolia CMS with the Grails framework to create an effective content management solution.

This example follows a site editor making minor changes to a page in a Magnolia CMS website and then publishing that change for public viewing.

Magnolia CMS is an easy-to-use open-source content management system (CMS) with many advanced features. Here, we've collected together several articles and blog posts relating to Magnolia CMS.

Selecting the right Web Content Management (WCM) system presents unique challenges for organisations keen to make the most of what can be a significant and strategic investment. New modes of customer engagement – from e-commerce to social media and online marketing – turn many older assumptions about WCM on their head.