Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 released [LWN.net]

Version 1.0 beta3 of Aegir CMS has been announced.

The Aegir CMS home page describes the system as follows: "Aegir CMS is a versatile and user-friendly Web Content Management System. It provides site managers with MS Word compatible tools for maintaining site information, approval system for controlling the publication process, and a separate layout management system. Aegir CMS is available for free under Open Source licensing."

Aegir is considered a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Python/Perl) system, O'Reilly's ONLamp site is a good place to read up on LAMP. Aegir CMS is based on the Midgard open source application server platform.

The primary features of Aegis CMS are listed as:

An MS Word compatible content editor.
A dual-mode staging/live setup for testing site changes.
Multi-company hosting support.
A flexible templating and layout system.
A full Midgard based content management framework.

A number of useful manuals are included in the Aegir CMS Documentation page.

New features in version 1.0 beta3 include:

The NemeinLocalization framework for language translations.
An image gallery that provides a centralized image repository.
The ability to symlink articles.
A themeable user interface for customizing the site appearance.
The AegerAddOns system, which allows custom applications to be plugged in.

The software may be downloaded here.

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