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Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.4 "Jamaica"
Posted August 3, 2008 by Robert Campbell
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.4-beta2
Posted July 20, 2008 by Robert Campbell
CMS Made Simple 1.4-beta1
Posted July 14, 2008 by Robert Campbell
CMS Made Simple 1.3.1 - Security Release
Posted June 24, 2008 by Robert Campbell
Upcoming Downtime - 21 Jun 2008
Posted June 16, 2008 by Ted Kulp
CMS Made Simple 1.3
Posted June 7, 2008 by Robert Campbell
Upcoming downtime - 7 Jun 2008
Posted June 4, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2.5
Posted May 12, 2008 by Ted Kulp
CMS Made Simple 2008 Geek-Moot
Posted April 24, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Core Development w/ Github
Posted April 13, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2.4
Posted March 29, 2008 by Ted Kulp
2.0 Moving Along Again
Posted February 19, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Forum Down [Updated]
Posted January 9, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2.3
Posted January 2, 2008 by Ted Kulp
Version 1.2.3 "Black Rock" -- January 2, 2008 ----------------- - Fixed a SQL injection
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2.2
Posted December 1, 2007 by Ted Kulp
Version 1.2.2 "Holetown" -- November 30, 2007 ----------------- - Fix a bug in the cms_date_time plugin that was causing random issues with User Defined Tags - Fix a minor issue with the handling of the site down message
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2.1
Posted November 25, 2007 by Ted Kulp
Version 1.2.1 "Bridgetown" ----------------- - New versions of News, Search, Tiny, and FileManager modules - see the documentation for each module to learn what has changed - some of these modules may have been released seperately at an earlier date - Fixes the issue with pages being set inactive on edit if not edited by somebody with the 'Modify Site Structure' permission - Adds the cms_move_uploaded_file function that all modules should use from now on to assist in handling file uploads. - Adds the ability to set a 'home page' in the user prefences to determine a page to redirect to upon login. - Adds a 'Home' menu item under 'Main' - Adds a site preference for date format - Adds the cms_date_format modifier that reads the site preference as well as the user preference for date format (when in the admin section)
CMSMS Places in Packt's Overall 2007 Open Source CMS Award
Posted November 2, 2007 by Ted Kulp
And the winner is...
Posted October 20, 2007 by Daniel Westergren
I've been designing web sites since '95, and working for companies building enterprise-level Content Management Systems for about 6 years. My experience in the industry is what drew me to CMS Made Simple, I was very surprised to find an open source CMS application that was doing so many things right. While there are a number of powerful Open Source CMS's out there, CMSMS is the only one I'm comfortable handing over to clients with very little experience updating web content.Again, our thanks to Steve and to everyone who submitted their designs! Sorry to those who would have liked to take part to, but weren't able to because of time constraints... There is a redesign of the themes site in the making, so we look forward to some great designs being posted there.
About announcement of the winner of the design competition
Posted October 16, 2007 by Daniel Westergren
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.2
Posted October 15, 2007 by Robert Campbell
- This is the New 'Stable' version, the 1.1 branch will no longer be maintained, unless there are circumstances that force us to do so
- We intend this to be the last version of the 1.x series unless there are critical bugs or security issues that pop up
- Some items (particularly with frontend News that didn't appear in the beta cycle were not important enough to restart the beta process for, and therefore will be taken care of in subsequent versions of News
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.1.4.1 - Critical Update
Posted October 7, 2007 by Ted Kulp
Version 1.1.4.1 "Taga" -- October 07 2007 ----------------- - Fix one issue in adodb_lite that cropped up after release Version 1.1.4 "Taga" -- October 07 2007 ----------------- - Fixes an XSS issue in the anchor tag - Fixes an XSS issue in listtags - Adds a permission check to adduser.php - More fixes for potential security issues with adodb_lite - Added a permission check to view the admin log
Sorry for everyone that got 1.1.4. Sometimes we jump the gun a little bit when there is pressure to get a security release out into everyone's hands. It's best that it was on a Sunday (and a holiday in some areas of the world), so hopefully not too many people were affected. If you were, I apologize. Thanks! Ted Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.1.3.1
Posted September 22, 2007 by Tatu Wikman
Announcing CMS Made Simple 1.1.3
Posted September 22, 2007 by Robert Campbell
Report from the Developers Meeting in Copenhagen
Posted September 18, 2007 by Keith Lauchlan
Organisation
First up we looked at transforming the organisation around CMSMS to give ourselves a more formal structure, enable applications for grants and loans and put the whole outfit on a more stable footing. Many other open source groups have formed non-profit foundations and that's the model we're looking to. Responsible: Samuel and KeithPromotion and Marketing
Given how great CMSMS really is we're way behind with getting the message out there. Keith and Daniel will be far more rigorous at targeting the online and print-based press with articles and information on our product. This involves becoming more aware of who our target audience really is and pushing CMSMS at them more aggressively. One way of putting CMSMS on the map would be to put together a book with a publisher like Packt. Since we're now one of the finalists in the Packt CMS Awards this may be a real possibility and will be pursued over the next few weeks. Other topics touched on were:- a much better themes site (Tatu will work on this) and a competition to design the new CMSMS site (already launched)
- better screencasts of important tasks on the site, as well as new features in new versions
- better feature list on the site (completed)
Documentation - Ted joined the documentation team for taking the lead in core and module developer documentation.
- We will move the documentation from the wiki to CMSMS pages. We will also make use of the Comments and Questions modules. This way it will be properly centralised and easier to locate. Only members of the Documentation Team will be able to add and edit articles, but anyone can make comments to improve the documentation. This way we keep better control of what is in the documentation, while still letting users contribute. We're still working on how the documentation may be multi-lingual in this system. Most likely only English, German and French will be available until CMSMS 2.0 makes multi-lingual sites easier. (Daniel)
- A new print functionality will be written that can combine pages into one page and export them to PDF. This should eventually allow for the creation of screen and print versions of docs right out of CMSMS. (Morten and Ted).
- More screencasts will be produced about how to accomplish different tasks and to present how CMSMS works for new users. All these and any other forms of media used to document the sitebuilding process could be included on CD with the book. (Tatu)
Documentation on the site will eventually be separated into 4 areas: - FAQ
- Tutorials
- Handbook for everything
- Developer documentation (API, module writing etc.)
The new documentation structure should be up and running within three weeks. Responsible: Gunnar
Training
There was a fair bit of discussion around how to organise CMSMS training and it was felt that we first needed to do some fairly extensive market research to determine who wanted it and where in the world they were likely to be. Amongst the suggestions were that training could be dispensed in a variety of ways such as at annual gatherings or even regularly from specific locations (say, once a month in London etc.) It was also suggested that we could operate a sort of franchise structure so that 'approved' CMSMS developers or users would be recommended for training using specific training materials developed from the documentation when it was finished. On a more advanced basis, companies could be offered commercial training packages for developers and users. A poll will be put up on the CMSMS site to gauge the level of interest for this although nothing too ambitious is likely to be undertaken until the documentation is ready. As with many aspects of the discussion it was felt that the organisational and promotional aspects of elements like training would become simpler when/if there was a foundation group. This is a more long-term project. Themes site
As was mentioned earlier in this article, the Themes site is seen as an important contributor to the success of CMSMS. The discussion centered around how to structure the site more like the one at www.oswd.org so that themes could be better categorised, previewed, rated, commented upon and downloaded. Responsible: Tatu Modules and the new forge
The present forge is too inflexible and needs rewriting. Samuel is creating the new Forge in Ruby on Rails and it will hopefully be complete by the end of the year. A QA team will be responsible for testing and overseeing modules and projects Some of the new and improved features will include: - modules can be recommended: yes/no set by QA team (with version)
- a "works for me / doesn't work for me" feature (along with CMS version, module version, PHP version and comments) submitted by users
- comments and ratings: specify which version of module comment and rating applies to. Admin has delete button for comments
- ability to have a matrix or some other means to say what version of CMSMS a module works with
- ability to set modules as outdated if they haven't had activity in a certain amount of time
- Optional field for next planned release
- Modules can be tagged and categorised with a tag cloud for project category
- news, with RSS
- most recently released modules, with RSS
- a subscription feature for bugs, features and projects
In addition, there'll be changes to the admin of a CMSMS install to reflect these improvements: - ModuleManager will show only modules compatible to installed version
- ModuleManager will show module name, module version, last release date, recommended (or not)
Responsible: Samuel Translations
- The translations will be stored in a database, rather than in files like now. That will make it possible to dynamically update translations from the admin panel without having to wait for a new release of the core or a module.
- The changelog will be split up, so that it's easier for translators to see when the changelog has been updated and needs translation.
- It will be possible to change translations locally, i.e. for a specific site. When the translation is updated it will not overwrite the local translation.
- Ways for translators to be notified when there are new translations to be made, on a module-per-module basis.
- Sorting language strings by new, updated, all etc.
- Re-usable language strings from the core (submit, cancel, apply etc.)
- More tweaks to make life easier for translators
Responsible: Reneh CMSMS Version 1.2
1.2 is going to be the last supported 1.x version. After 1.2 is released there will be a feature freeze and only bug and security fixes will be released. From now on all development will be focused on version 2.0. Responsible: Robert
CMSMS Version 2.0
There's been plenty written about the next version of CMSMS. These are a few extra ideas we discussed. One idea was to split the language files so as to use less memory, not having to load everything, like admin/front page. We also thought admin users can create new menus and assign to user groups. The admin theme will be an easily editable xml file. - Module upgrade warning + automatic backups
- Roadmap for 2.0 is
- early-Dec: pre-beta
- Dec 20: 2.0 beta1
- Jan 15: Final beta
- Feb 5: RELEASE!!!
Responsible: Ted The End We spent a couple of hours bug-busting and then went to the pub...
- early-Dec: pre-beta
- Dec 20: 2.0 beta1
- Jan 15: Final beta
- Feb 5: RELEASE!!!
cmsmadesimple.org defacement
Posted September 18, 2007 by Tatu Wikman
Who is CMS Made Simple™ for?
For Editors
Maintain and update your site quickly and easily from anywhere with a web connection.
For Designers
Freedom to design the site you want. Straightforward templating that makes turning your designs into pages a breeze.
For Developers
A modular and extensible Content Management System that, with the Smarty templating engine, is easy to customize to create the sites and applications you want.
Latest Releases
CMS Made Simple Core 2.2.20
1 May 2024
User Guide 2 v1.5
2 April 2024
Review Manager v1.1.3
21 March 2024
AWSSDK 1.1.1
7 March 2024
AWSSDK 1.1.0
7 March 2024
AWSS3 1.1.1
7 March 2024
AWSS3 1.1.1
7 March 2024
Latest Forum Posts
Modules/Add-Ons • Re: Khronos group permissions
By "johnflan" at 1 May 2024 - 17:10
Modules/Add-Ons • Re: Khronos group permissions
By "DIGI3" at 1 May 2024 - 17:06
Modules/Add-Ons • Khronos group permissions
By "johnflan" at 1 May 2024 - 16:47
Announcements
CMS Made Simple 2.2.20 - Saguenay
Posted May 1, 2024 by digi3
Category: Releases
Hello fans of CMS Made Simple!
Today we are announcing the release of CMS Made Simple 2.2.20 - Saguenay, an incremental bug fix and stability release.
This version addresses the much awaited support to the most recent versions of PHP, making it stable with PHP 8.3.0+. We have also tested thoroughly its compatibility with mySQL 8.0+ and found no notable issues while running under these recent versions.
We have thus upgraded our template engine, Smarty, to version 4.5.2, the latest on the version 4 branch. While there is already a version 5 branch there are some important changes that will impact its use with CMSMS, most notably “dropping support for the use of unregistered callables (such as PHP functions) in templates” (see this discussion) which would break pretty much every CMSMS site on upgrade and would need a considerable effort from our users base to convert these templates back to usable ones. That doesn’t mean that there are no solutions, but instead that we are considering our options moving forward so that we can keep compatibility as much as possible, and breakage to a minimum, if any, when moving to Smarty 5.
In the meantime Smarty code will spam server PHP logs if not properly filtered. We recommend that you filter ~E_DEPRECATED on productions sites, to prevent these messages from crowding the logs as this won’t impact the site functionality in any way.
A side effect from using Smarty with PHP versions above 8.1 is that the regular PHAR installer will no longer work on Windows environments. We are addressing that issue but, in the meanwhile, the Expanded PHAR installer still works properly on all platforms and can be used to circumvent that issue.
As an added bonus, the PHAR installer and redirection loop issue, an ongoing obstacle that occurred on LiteSpeed web servers, seems to have been fixed with PHP versions 8.2.16 and above, so using the regular PHAR installer on these servers should no longer present any problem.
The UserGuide2 module, currently available as an add on, has become UserGuide and joined the core modules. It is released with a CMS Made Simple Foundation video course pre-installed, streaming a handful of lessons essential to an editor. These will show an editor how to use the file manager, the content manager and the news module as well as showing them how and where to get further help. For those not wishing to include this module, it can be deselected when doing an advanced mode install/upgrade.
Additionally, this version fixes many minor bugs that have been lingering over the past few years, as well as some usability and performance improvements. Please see the changelog for a full list of fixes and improvements.
As per the Dev Team's official support policy, the only versions of CMSMS currently supported are now v2.2.19 and v2.2.20. Please upgrade at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your time, and have fun using CMSMS!
CMS Made Simple 2.2.19 - Selkirk
Posted November 28, 2023 by digi3
Category: Releases
Today we are delighted to announce the release of CMS Made Simple v2.2.19 - Selkirk. v2.2.19 - Selkirk is an incremental bug fix and stability release.
For further detailed information, please see the changelog where there is a full list of fixes and improvements.
As per the Dev Team's official support policy, the only versions of CMSMS currently supported are now v2.2.18 and v2.2.19. Please upgrade at your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your continued support and use of CMS Made Simple!