Aegir CMS 1.0 RC 2 released

Aegir CMS 1.0 RC 2 released

POZNAN, ESPOO, OSLO, Mar 5th 2003 -- The Aegir CMS development team has
released the second release candidate of the Aegir CMS Open Source
Content Management System version 1.0.

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 Mozilla 1.3+
      * Group-based workflow settings
              * Different roles: Designers (layout), Developers (logic
                and structure), Authors (content production), Editors
                (content approval and publication)
              * Roles are based on group settings and ownership of
                different content areas 
              * Power users have access to revision control (RCS) and
                moving content objects
      * 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
      * Multilingual support
              * Aegir CMS ships with several languages including
                English, Finnish, French, German, Polish, Spanish and
                Russian
              * Sites can be managed using several character sets,
                including Unicode
      * 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 RC2:


      * New translations
              * Aegir CMS is now available in Danish, Dutch, English,
                Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish,
                Russian, Spanish and Swedish
      * New File Synchronization AddOn
              * Synchronize your snippet libraries between file system
                and the Midgard database
              * Allows development of site logic using regular IDEs and
                text editors, and easier CVS integration
      * Confirming deletions
              * Aegir CMS now asks for confirmation on all delete
                requests
      * Better FHS compatibility
              * Aegir's supports scripts have been moved to
                /var/lib/aegir to support the conventions of Filesystem
                Hierarchy Standard
      * Improved Mozilla 1.3 editor
              * The Aegir CMS content editor for Mozilla 1.3+ browsers
                now includes block formatting and typography selection
                UIs
      * Lots of bug fixes

Aegir CMS 1.0 RC2 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/
      * Red Hat 8.0 packages:
        http://noddle.net/midgard/
      * SuSE 8.1 packages:
        http://rpmseek.com/rpm/midgard-1.4.3-70...:0:0:224163:
      * Midgard Lite (for hosted environments and Windows systems):
        http://www.midgard-project.org/developer/downloads/midgard-lite/
        
Installation instructions for Midgard and Aegir CMS can be found from:
http://www.aegir-cms.org/Documentation/Installation/

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/




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