Open Source CMS News
Nominees for eZ Awards 2007
The eZ Awards is a yearly event hosted by eZ Systems as part of the eZ Conference. During the annual eZ Conference every June, special recognition is given to key people within the eZ ecosystem and the worldwide Open Source community.
Joomla! Mexico is alive and better than ever!
Joomla! Mexico, The Spanish speakers community one of the most important sites to find support, and news from this wonderful world of Joomla! in spanish is Joomla! Mexico.
eZ Publish 3.9.2, 3.8.8 released
eZ publish 3.9.2 has been released with a new version of Website Interface (1.2). This release contains a number of fixes.
Nuxeo vs. Alfresco, How Do You Like Your OSS?
The next time you see the phrase "open source" used in association with some software, be advised that you’ll need to take that claim with a grain of salt.
Kasper Skårhøj stepping down from TYPO3
After an overview about the history and present of TYPO3 during T3 DevDays07, Kasper Skårhøj announced that he will not longer be part of the TYPO3 development.
Pictures from T3DD07 in Switzerland
The 2nd international TYPO3 Developer Days were arranged from 26th to 29th April 2007 in Dietikon (Switzerland).
Mambo 4.6.2 released!
Team Mambo announces the release of version 4.6.2 of the Mambo Open Source CMS.
Happy Anniversary XOOPS ! - 5th Aniversary
Moreover, many ask where does Xoops come from and where it goes. Like last year, I've updated the graphics that can help you to better understand where Xoops comes from and successive evolutions of the product from 2001 to april 2007.
Pre-order Learning Joomla! Extension Development
Packt Publishing is now taking pre-orders for Learning Joomla! Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP.
Midgard 1.8.3 "Eight" released
Midgard 1.8.3 release includes major bugfixes and replication framework enchancements. Midgard is a capable open source content management system for running mid-to-high-end websites.
eZ Publish for Oracle® Database released under Open Source
eZ Systems has displayed its strong commitment to Open Source by releasing the eZ Publish Extension for Oracle® Database under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Joomlapolis - City of 50,000!
Recently our site - Joomlapolis.com the home of Community Builder - naturalized its 50,000th citizen.
Drupal development book now shipping
After over a year of research and writing, Pro Drupal Development is now shipping. Written by core developers John VanDyk and Matt Westgate, the book is intended to help new developers climb up the Drupal learning curve quickly.
Event: Get SEO-Smart with Open Source CMS
If you happen to be in London in the next two weeks, drop by the Adam Street members club for the latest of Squiz’s "Best Practice" seminars.
Alfresco: One of Ten Enterprise Software Companies to Watch
Like the "A" in Alfresco begins the alphabet, open source Enterprise CMS vendor Alfresco Software begins LinuxWorld’s list of Ten Enterprise Software Companies to Watch.
PHP5 and MYSQL5 Questionnaire results
The results for this questionnaire are out. In brief, some 70% or respondents are currently using PHP5 with the rest expecting to o over to it in the next 12 months.
Introduction to Open Source CMS: Security
Many articles have already been written about security in Open Source CMSes. All vendors are focused on these types of issues, and new announcements are published weekly.
Drupal announce most security issues
11th April 2007 - the Drupal security team announced their 14th security issue from Drupal since new year.
Summer of Code results - Drupal gets 20 projects
The projects this year show a strong focus on the core Drupal software and the infrastructure that makes Drupal.org run. For example, the translation, metrics, and RCS abstraction projects all intend to make project management on Drupal.org better in some way. The two core theme projects will help make Drupal a prettier and flashier looking software, and the search project will help make finding things with Drupal a bit easier.
Themes and design for Open Source CMSes
In some project, custom-made designs is not required or inside the budget limits of your Open Source CMS deployment project. Choosing free or mainstream commercial themes and designs can be a good alternative for this type of projects.
Google Summer of Code 2007 projects
The Google Summer of Code 2007 projects have been awarded, and Plone Foundation got assigned 8 projects this year (up from 3 last year).
French Plone booklet for advanced webmasters
Pilot Systems has published a booklet about Plone in French.
TYPO3 4.1.1 and 4.0.6
The TYPO3 Core Team announces versions 4.1.1 and 4.0.6 of the TYPO3 Enterprise Content Management System.