MidCOM - Midgard Components Framework 1.2.0 Released
GUENZBURG, HELSINKI, Mar 19th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released
version 1.2.0 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM
provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components
for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework.
MidCOM development was started by Linksystem Muenchen in March 2002, and
it has since evolved into a stable and production-proven platform.
MidCOM is available under GNU LGPL.
Major changes since MidCOM 1.1.1:
* Core
-> New user interface localization infrastructure, midcom.helper.l10n
-> MidCOM Cache Handler can now be disabled completely
-> Added Aegir compatible ViewerGroups support for hiding topics
* Authoring Interface System (AIS)
-> English, Danish, Finnish and German translations
-> New, better CSS layout for the interface
* Datamanager
-> Integrated HTMLAREA 3.0beta for rich-text editing
-> New pulldown selection widget
-> New radio buttons selection widget
-> New image datatype with scaling and thumbnailing support
using the "convert" utility from ImageMagick
-> New checkbox boolean widget
-> New simple view for image and file upload widgets
-> New multiple select widget
* Navigation Access Point System (NAP)
-> Non-root topic can now be the root topic for MidCOM
-> Topics are now sorted with "score" for Aegir compatibility
* MidCOM Site Template
-> Introduced a MidCOM Site Template for rapid deployment of
MidCOM based sites
For a complete list of changes, please see the CHANGES file in the
MidCOM distribution. In total there were 34 bugfixes, 26 feature
enhancements and 2 major API changes.
MidCOM 1.2.0 can be downloaded from
http://www.midgard-project.org/projects/midcom/download/
MidCOM requires working PHP 4.1 or later with the iconv extension and
Midgard 1.4.4 or later. In addition, Aegir 1.0.1 is recommended for
using the MidCOM Site Template package.
Installation instructions:
http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/installation/midcom
Getting started guide:
http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/
MidCOM development services have been migrated to the Tigris.org system.
Bugs and enhancement requests should be posted using the Tigris issue
tracker:
http://midcom.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectIssues
More information
Midgard developer team,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MidCOM Project website
http://www.midgard-project.org/projects/midcom/
MidCOM on Tigris
http://midcom.tigris.org
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