Happy New Year! It's time to patch a security flaw. Please upgrade as soon as possible to fix this injection problem. Thanks!

 Version 1.2.3 "Black Rock" -- January 2, 2008 ----------------- - Fixed a SQL injection 

This is just a maintenance release to fix a couple of problems that we're annoying people at random. If you're not having any problems, you might not even need to upgrade. Though, it never hurts, especially if you use the diff version. Enjoy!

 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 

It's that time again. This is a maintenance release with no security fixes, so use your judgement for upgrading (just backup, please!). Thanks go out to RonnyK, hExDj, reneh, and fransman for testing this one!

 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) 

I'm pleased to report that CMS Made Simple won the 3rd place prize for the Overall Open Source CMS award. I must say that this is a huge honor. I was really excited that we were nominated, but never expected to place or win anything. I just want to thank the other developers that work on this project. You guys really help keep this project going strong. And of course, thanks to the community for not only voting, but supporting us as well. http://www.packtpub.com/article/drupal-wins-overall-2007-open-source-cms-award

Time has come to finally announce the winner of the design competition! First we wish to thank all who submitted their designs and made it a tough call for us to decide. Let's hear some drum rolls... as we announce the winner... Steve Sicherman! Steve - who is from Saskatoon, Canada - is currently working together with the Development Team with the markup for his design. It may take awhile before the site is dressed in its new clothes, as we also will do some restructuring in the process. For the curious of you, have a preview of the homepage and an example of the sub pages. We are very happy with Steve's design and think this will give a fresh, new look to the website of CMS Made Simple. For this, Steve will be sent some CMSMS swag as I learnt the Americans call it, that is some stuff with the CMSMS logo on it. For more info about Steve Sicherman and his work, please visit his website at stevesicherman.com. There are some great examples of other designs he has made there too. Steve Sicherman writes this about himself:

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.

Yesterday we were to announce the winner in the design competition. We have received several excellent design entries, that we are very grateful for! However, we have asked for a few more examples with slight changes before making the final announcement of the winner within a couple of days. We thank you for your patience and look forward as much as you all to see the site dressed in the new design!