Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 released

Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 released

POZNAN, ESPOO, Dec 12th 2002 -- The Aegir CMS development team has
released the third public beta of the Aegir CMS Open Source Content
Management System.

Aegir CMS is a full-featured Content Management System built on the
popular Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) platform powered by the
Midgard application server.

Aegir CMS is derived from the succesful Nadmin Studio codebase. The
application is licensed under the Artistic License-derived "HKLC
Nadmin Studio Interface" License.

Aegir CMS's key features include:

    * MS Word -compatible content editor
      - Easy publishing environment for non-technical users
      - Requires MS Internet Explorer 5.01 or later
    * Staging/live setup
      - Prepare you site changes in staging environment, test
        and finally publish to live site when ready
      - Use scheduled publication or publish to site immediately
    * Multi-company hosting (ASP) support
      - Each company is assigned to their own virtual database
      - User interface can be customized to support ASP
        provider's brand
      - ChangeLogs system provides easy way to publish system
        notices
    * Flexible templating and layout system
      - Layout templates can be generated from multiple
        elements gathered from the site style and the page
        tree
    * Full Midgard Content Management framework
      - Easy and documented object-oriented PHP programming interface
      - Separation of content, layout and site logic
      - Efficient content management using a hierarchical topic
        and article tree
      - Flexible attachment of metadata and files to all content
        objects
      - Support for different languages and character sets including
        Unicode
      - Replication and packaging utilities

New features in Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3:

    * NemeinLocalization framework
      - Translate Aegir CMS to your local language easily
      - Aegir CMS ships with English, Finnish and Polish languages
    * Image Gallery
      - Centralized repository for site images and downloadable
        files
    * Symlink articles
      - Maintain your content in single place and publish in
        multiple locations
    * Themeable user interface
      - Easily customize interface colors and login screen image
        to fit your corporate brand
    * AegirAddOns system
      - New applications and functionalities can be developed
        and plugged in as separate add-on packages
      - Add-ons can provide a fully consistent user experience
        with the Aegir CMS interface using same conventions,
        libraries and layout
      - Installed and configured add-ons will appear in the
        main navigation bar in Aegir CMS

Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 is available for download at:
  http://www.aegir-cms.org/Download/

Aegir CMS requires a working installation of Midgard 1.4.x. Midgard is
available in the following formats:

  Source packages for Linux and Unix systems:
    http://www.midgard-project.org/download/

  Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) packages:
    http://www.midgard-project.org/download/Debian%20Woody/

  SuSE 8.1 packages:
   
http://rpmseek.com/rpm/midgard-1.4.3-70.i586.html?hl=de&cs=midgard:PN:0:0:224163:

The Aegir CMS project

The Aegir CMS development project aims to further improve the Nadmin
Studio codebase to provide the most versatile and user-friendly
Content Management System built on an Open Source framework.

New volunteers are welcome to the project. The Aegir CMS codebase
provides PHP and Midgard developers an efficient platform to develop
and improve content management functionalities. Easy way to contribute
is translating Aegir CMS to your local language. See instructions at:
  http://www.aegir-cms.org/Development/Translations.html

Aegir CMS credits:
  http://www.aegir-cms.org:8001/aegir/credits/

More information:

Aegir CMS developer team
nadmin-dev@midgard-project.org

http://www.aegir-cms.org/

-- 
Henri Bergius                           Henri.Bergius@nemein.com
Consultant Partner                      Tel: +358-20-198 6032
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