TownPortal 0.1 [LWN.net]

An interesting new open-source project called TownPortal is under development. The first release, version 0.1 has been announced.

"The alpha release is mostly feature-complete, but lots of tuning will still be needed for installation and user interfaces. Midgard experience is required for installing and using the package."

TownPortal provides a dynamic content-driven site structure that is managed with the Aegir CMS content management system, it works under the Midgard open source application server. TownPortal is organized as a Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) system.

The system currently has the following features:

Support for community information pages.
Home Pages for people and groups.
News capabilities.
Support for photo galleries with management features.
An event calendar.
Support for registered users.
Personalized user features including user calendar.
Support for Finnish and English user interfaces.
A localization tool for adding new languages.
A fully-configurable portal layout.

TownPortal is licensed under the GPL, it may be downloaded here. The screenshots page shows the system in action. If your town or group needs a new web site, TownPortal looks like a nicely organized system.