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Over 6 years ago
Contributed a review of Atlassian Confluence: Many people enjoy its zero learning-curve
Almost 7 years ago
A *slightly* faster procedure of replacing image is hovering over the image in the Attachments tab and clicking the Update icon. Then you specify your updated image. But you're right, there's no metadata to search across the entire CMS for an image. I assume the use case if…
Almost 7 years ago
As for styling, MindTouch allows you to use custom CSS that won't be overwritten by MT upgrades. So, if you feel the native styles are lacking, just add custom CSS.
Almost 7 years ago
MindTouch is definitely the best editor for wysiwyg HTML authoring. While Wordpress is a free alternative, supporting Wordpress is not free. Nor does it offer the rich suite of professional editing tools professional writers appreciate.

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