Accrisoft Freedom
Encyclopedia
Accrisoft Freedom is a commercial Content Management System
(CMS) which runs on the industry standard open-source L.A.M.P.
platform. It is permanently being developed by Accrisoft Corporation, a company mainly based in Boca Raton, Florida
, in the United States.
(VPS) technology from Verio
.
and CSS
layouts, while the Blue Interface allows non-technical end users to add and maintain content. Accrisoft Business Tools, a software product provided to Accrisoft Freedom resellers, features three additional interfaces: Red, Purple and Orange, for administration, server control and accounting, respectively.
Freedom's Blue Interface utilizes the TinyMCE
Editor, an open source WYSIWYG
editor. As of October 2010, the Blue Interface features 50 modules for adding content to Freedom websites.
Accrisoft Freedom specializes in membership and events management, social media, online marketing and e-commerce. Freedom is notable for its highly customizable databases, providing full control over HTML layout and complex filter and search capabilities.
The system's administrative interface is able to support many languages, including English
, French
, German
, and Euskara.
's reseller channel. Accrisoft Freedom SaaS (Software as a Service
) products are offered through Verio's retail channel. Freedom is also available on the following hosting platforms:
Accrisoft Freedom is offered by a network of resellers, including Accrisoft’s partner company, Accrinet Corporation.
Freedom websites allow administrators to share templates and layouts with the entire Ecosystem community from within the Green Interface.
Accrisoft holds an annual conference for its resellers known as the Accrisoft Solution Provider Summit.
Accrisoft won the viaVerio Visionary Award at the 2007 viaVerio Partner awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Website provider agency SpinWeb, using the Accrisoft Freedom platform, won the Innovation Award for work in delivering outstanding web sites by Verio at the 2009 Verio Partner Summit in Washington, D.C.
Content management system
A content management system is a system providing a collection of procedures used to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based...
(CMS) which runs on the industry standard open-source L.A.M.P.
LAMP (software bundle)
LAMP is an acronym for a solution stack of free, open source software, referring to the first letters of Linux , Apache HTTP Server, MySQL and PHP , principal components to build a viable general purpose web server.The GNU project is advocating people to use the term "GLAMP" since what is known as...
platform. It is permanently being developed by Accrisoft Corporation, a company mainly based in Boca Raton, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, in the United States.
Accrisoft Corporation
Following the purchase of Web development company I-Network in 1998, the company became the Accris Corporation in 2000. After entering the Centec technology accelerator program, the company became Accrisoft Corporation in 2001. Accrisoft Freedom was originally developed on virtual private serverVirtual private server
Virtual private server is a term used by internet hosting services to refer to a virtual machine. The term is used for emphasizing that the virtual machine, although running in software on the same physical computer as other customers' virtual machines, is functionally equivalent to a separate...
(VPS) technology from Verio
Verio
Verio is a global web hosting provider headquartered in the United States. Incorporated in 1996 in Denver, Colorado, it is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Communications, who acquired the company in 2000...
.
Freedom Capabilities
Freedom offers separate, color-coded interfaces based on the capabilities provided: The Green Interface is used for building websites and managing HTMLHTML
HyperText Markup Language is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages....
and CSS
CSS
-Computing:*Cascading Style Sheets, a language used to describe the style of document presentations in web development*Central Structure Store in the PHIGS 3D API*Closed source software, software that is not distributed with source code...
layouts, while the Blue Interface allows non-technical end users to add and maintain content. Accrisoft Business Tools, a software product provided to Accrisoft Freedom resellers, features three additional interfaces: Red, Purple and Orange, for administration, server control and accounting, respectively.
Freedom's Blue Interface utilizes the TinyMCE
TinyMCE
TinyMCE, also known as the Tiny Moxiecode Content Editor, is a platform-independent web-based JavaScript/HTML WYSIWYG editor control, released as open source software under the LGPL by Moxiecode Systems AB. It has the ability to convert HTML textarea fields or other HTML elements to editor instances...
Editor, an open source WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
editor. As of October 2010, the Blue Interface features 50 modules for adding content to Freedom websites.
Accrisoft Freedom specializes in membership and events management, social media, online marketing and e-commerce. Freedom is notable for its highly customizable databases, providing full control over HTML layout and complex filter and search capabilities.
The system's administrative interface is able to support many languages, including English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, and Euskara.
Providers
All of Accrisoft’s business comes through its reseller channel. Accrisoft software runs on many different hosting providers, but is offered as an integrated offering with VerioVerio
Verio is a global web hosting provider headquartered in the United States. Incorporated in 1996 in Denver, Colorado, it is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Communications, who acquired the company in 2000...
's reseller channel. Accrisoft Freedom SaaS (Software as a Service
Software as a Service
Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...
) products are offered through Verio's retail channel. Freedom is also available on the following hosting platforms:
- Rackspace Hosting
- AISO.net Hosting
- Software as a Service from Verio
Accrisoft Freedom is offered by a network of resellers, including Accrisoft’s partner company, Accrinet Corporation.
Community
Accrisoft and its resellers use the Accrisoft Ecosystem to access forums, release notes, documentation, bug tracking and marketing materials.Freedom websites allow administrators to share templates and layouts with the entire Ecosystem community from within the Green Interface.
Accrisoft holds an annual conference for its resellers known as the Accrisoft Solution Provider Summit.
Awards
VARBusiness named Accrisoft Freedom and the Verio Virtual private server and Remote Backup managed storage service for its 2005 "Mid-Market Products of the Year" Award.Accrisoft won the viaVerio Visionary Award at the 2007 viaVerio Partner awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Website provider agency SpinWeb, using the Accrisoft Freedom platform, won the Innovation Award for work in delivering outstanding web sites by Verio at the 2009 Verio Partner Summit in Washington, D.C.