Percussion Software And Ephox Partner To Provide Rhythmyx Users With The Leading Rich Text Editor

Percussion Software, a leading developer of practical software solutions enabling customers to maximize the value and quality of enterprise content, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Ephox, the world's leading provider of XML and XHTML authoring tools for enterprises. Under the OEM partnership, Rhythmyx 5.7, the new release of Percussion's Enterprise Content Management (ECM) system, will feature the Ephox rich text editor EditLive! for Java 5.0. (See Separate release on Rhythmyx 5.7.) EditLive! for Java 5.0, is certified on all Rhythmyx-supported browsers and platforms – including Netscape, Internet Explorer and Firefox for Windows and Safari for Mac. It provides extensive content authoring capabilities, international language support and accessibility features for Section 508 compliance.

"We're very pleased to partner with Percussion," said Andrew Roberts, CEO of Ephox. "Their Rhythmyx content management system is an ideal platform for our EditLive! for Java 5.0 rich text capabilities. EditLive! will deliver significant new value to Rhythmyx users, enabling authors to create and publish complex content easily without knowing HTML. This dramatically reduces demands on IT resources and can unleash the power of the organization's CMS investment."

Percussion Software CTO, Vernon Imrich, noted, "Usability has always been core to our strategy, and for our end users this means providing multiple contributor interfaces, tailored to different types of content contributors. Because Ephox EditLive! is Java based, it allows us to provide rich content editing functionality for a much broader set of platforms including the Mac and a variety of web browsers such as Safari and Firefox. EditLive! also features enhanced capabilities to help our customers meet accessibility guidelines. Through these enhancements, our partnership with Ephox has made Rhythmyx an even stronger choice for large, multi-site Web environments."

Under the Percussion/Ephox OEM partnership, EditLive! for Java 5.0 from Ephox has been implemented as the content editor in Percussion's new product release, Rhythymx 5.7. Capabilities include:

• Intuitive, Easy-to-Use Interface – The EditLive! interface provides a user-friendly environment for content contributors of all skill levels. It requires little or no training for contributors to be productive immediately.
• Clean copy and paste from Word, Excel and PowerPoint – Retain original formatting and layout while removing invalid or excess html with a range of filtering options.
• Full Screen Mode – Full Screen Mode enables content contributors to temporarily "pop" out the EditLive! Editor window from the browser to expand their available workspace.
• HTML Forms – EditLive! offers the most comprehensive forms support of any browser-based XHTML editor, providing coverage for everything from text areas to check boxes.
• Source Editing Support – An optional source editing mode enables advanced users to modify XHTML or XML source code as necessary.
• Superior Rhythmyx Integration – The EditLive! interface includes embedded Rhythmyx functionality such as Insert Hyperlinks, Insert Images, Insert CMS Images, Insert In-Line Links and Insert Snippets (as well as the necessary search functionality for these options).
• Additional Capabilities – Other capabilities include spell checking, table and list editing and keyboard shortcuts.
• International Language Support – EditLive! supports all Latin and double-byte character sets. It also provides spell checking dictionaries for the following languages:
  • English – UK
  • English – US
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
• Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance – Like Rhythmyx's Content Explorer interface, EditLive! is designed to comply with US Section 508 regulations regarding software accessibility. Its full keyboard accessibility allows users to navigate its interface without a mouse. EditLive! also includes an Accessibility Check feature, which allows contributors to validate the compliance of their XHTML content against the W3C's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and against Section 508 standards.
• Platform Support – The EditLive! rich-text editor is certified on all platforms and browsers that Rhythmyx supports including:
  • Netscape, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox on the Windows platform
  • Safari on the Mac OS platform

About Ephox
With over 1,500 customers and partners, Ephox is the world's leading provider of XML and XHTML authoring tools for enterprises. For more information, go to www.ephox.com.