TownPortal 0.3 released

TownPortal 0.3 "Havis Amanda" released

ESPOO, Apr 29th 2003 -- The TownPortal developer team has released the
first beta release of TownPortal, a free portal system for villages
and local communities.

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

Current features of TownPortal include:

  * Community's generic information
    * Full dynamic, content-driven site structure
    * Manageable using Aegir CMS or easy integrated content management 
      tool
  * Home pages for local companies, clubs and families
    * Simple, integrated content management interfaces
    * News, photo galleries, event calendars and discussion forums
  * Personalized features for users
    * Automatic user registration
    * Subscribing to events and event calendars
  * Midgard Content Management Framework
    * Runs on Midgard using MidCOM Component Framework
    * Fully configurable portal layout

Changes from TownPortal 0.1:

  * New internal architecture
    * Migrated to MidCOM Component Framework
    * Possibility for adding new capabilities by installing new 
      MidCOM components
  * Flexible groups tool
    * Companies, clubs and families can now be located in any area of   
      the portal
    * Group ownership structure can be defined freely
  * Removed admin user record from packages
  * Added new installation instructions to INSTALL file
  * Most code is now E_ALL compatible

TownPortal 0.3 is available for download at:
 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=67152&release_id=156017

Screenshots
  http://townportal.sourceforge.net/screenshots/

About TownPortal

TownPortal is being developed for the IT Village Package of The
Digital North Denmark project by Nemein Oy, the Finnish Midgard
solution provider.

The application is built on the popular Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP
(LAMP) platform powered by the Midgard application server and is
available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

More information:

TownPortal developer team
townportal-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

TownPortal project page
http://townportal.sourceforge.net/

Digital North Denmark
http://detdigitalenordjylland.dk/en/

Nemein
http://www.nemein.com/


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