The latest CMS news from around the world
We try to stay hip to the funk with what's going on in the world with new CMS releases and other related news. But if we happened to miss something that you think should be here, then feel free to suggest it!
Feb
25
Wordpress 3.0 Features
A new post over at the Wordpress Dev Blog, and some information dug up by WP Beginner reveals some of the most exciting upcoming features in Wordpress 3.0.
First off, Wordpress MU (or “multi-user” will be merging with Wordpress core. This basically means that you can set up multiple Wordpress sites on one install. Second, custom post types will be easily added, so for example along with Posts, Pages, and Media, you could add another kind of content. This will be big for Wordpress’ CMS capabilities.
Third, WooThemes has agreed to donate their custom navigation building plugin to be included as a part of the core. It will help mix Pages, Categories, Tags, Posts, and external links all into one easily editable menu. Fourth, there will be a new default theme, appropriately titled “2010″. This apparently means that there will be a new default theme every year. To find out more about these new features and others, head over to WP Beginner’s article.
Feb
23
New Review Posted
We’ve posted the first of a few reviews we’ve got in the works. This one is for Preation’s Eden Platform, a newer CMS that is focused on personal and small businesses primarily. Check it out, and if you’ve used it before, give it a review!
Feb
16
News Cleanup
Not a ton of huge news for CMS’s that we’re following currently, but enough to warrant a quick clean-up post for a few of them: Wordpress released version 2.9.2 which is a security release that fixes a problem for logged in users being able to see other’s trash bins. Symphony announced upcoming plans for version 2.1. ExpressionEngine released another round of public betas today that clean up outstanding issues. And remember kids, World Plone Day is coming up on April 28th.
Feb
3
Heard of Harmony?
Anybody heard of Harmony? It looks like a Ruby On Rails based CMS that is currently in beta. We just saw some first Twitter postings about it and have been checking out the website. It looks like a sweet interface that would be fun to work in while also being nicely functional. Worth checking out, we’ll let you know more when as they tell us more!
Jan
31
How to Choose a CMS
A well written article similar in nature to our own How to choose a CMS has been written over at the website Webmaster format. The article gives some good advice about how it can be a “make or break decision” as to which one you choose. It outlines the problem well with some do’s, don’ts and a little bit about defining your needs.
Jan
28
Monk Development Updates
The guys at Monk Development have been hard at work. A brand new 3.2.6 version of the “total church web solution” named Ekklesia 360 comes with brand new features: a new uploader, embedded video support, and a WYSIWYG image manager as well as 90 other features, improvements, and fixes. In addition, they’re doing a soft launch of Church Website Optimizer, a new service for ministries that could use some help on their websites.
Jan
27
e107 CMS and Website Compromised
Security update 0.7.17 has been issued for users of the e107 CMS. It effects all users of the CMS and they recommend updating as soon as possible. The nasty exploit hit their own website as well, and the hackers tried to repoint the download links for the CMS to compromised versions. All has been cleaned up, but beware if you’re running any old versions!
Jan
26
Wordpress Foundation
Just in case Wordpress.org, Wordpress.com, and Automattic.com weren’t enough, the Wordpress guys have now launched The Wordpress Foundation. An organization dedicated to preserving free access to the projects that they support and creating a stable platform for web publishing for generations to come. Sounds nice, doesn’t it?
Jan
15
Drupal 7 Alpha 1 Released
While we usually shy away from posting about Alpha, Beta and Omega releases (just kidding on the last one) It’s pretty big news that the Drupal 7 Alpha is now available for testing. This is the first progress update we’ve heard for awhile and this is a huge update to the popular CMS with new functionality like new user interface, custom fields, image handling, and an update manager. More soon…
Jan
15
Graffiti CMS is now open source
After a long time with no news, Telligent’s ASP.NET CMS has been released as open source. While it has been popular among a large amount of developers, it’s creators have let the project slow down almost to a halt. With talk on their blog about “community members that stepped up and offered to help shepherd the project” its pretty obvious that it won’t be getting that much more loving attention from the company itself.
Jan
10
New Radiant CMS Extensions Directory
There is now an official directory for all sorts of Radiant CMS extensions for almost any kind of need. The new site provides extension authors a chance to upload their work and show themselves as being available for hire. If you’re not familiar with it, Radiant is a Ruby on Rails no-fluff, open source content management system designed for small teams, check it out.
Jan
9
Creating Drupal Themes
Usually designers don’t usually get their hands dirty with any real programming, but we tend to have to learn how to build out a template within any particular CMS. Sometimes this is quite easy, and other times it requires a lot more than we thought! The Drupal Blog brought to our attention a new training series from Lynda.com. This is an invaluable series for those that want to get started with this somewhat complicated system. It looks like some of the courses are free, and some require the $25/month subscription to the service.
Jan
8
Movable Type 5 Released
Big news for the 8-year-old blogging/cms software MovableType: the long-awaited version 5 has been officially released! The release focuses much more on websites in whole and not simply just blogs. In addition to the cool revised interface design, some cool new features are listed below:
- Websites for grouping blogs together,
- Themes with full support for custom fields, static files, templates, categories, folders, etc for blogs and websites.
- Revision History for entries, pages, and templates.
- Custom Fields for all objects.
- User Dashboard for quick access to the most used blogs and websites.
Their blog post explains all of the new features with little charts and stuff, so you should check it out. As usual, the release has a commercial version and an open source version.
Dec
29
Kentico CMS 5.0 Released
Our friends at Kentico have released a new version of their ASP.NET CMS that focuses on enterprise-level performance and scalability, widgets, user personalization and many other improvements. If you’d like to learn more about it see their blog post and check out their demo.
Dec
22
Pixie 1.03
Pixie, the small, simple website editor who received a runner-up position in the “Most Promising Open Source CMS” has just updated to version 1.03. One of the big changes in this version is that theme developers can now specify their own index.php file as part of a theme. Learn more.
