ImpressCMS 1.2 RC 2 Released!
After the release of 1.2 RC a few weeks ago, we are happy to announce the release of ImpressCMS 1.2 RC 2 !
In this release, several necessary improvements were made, among them
- Issues with WYSIWYG editors were resolved
- Instructions for upgrading the content pages from previous versions were emphasized
- Moved images to the imagemanager folder during an upgrade
- Sanitizing folder names when adding a new image category
ImpressCMS, a leading Open Source content management project,
continues its strong history of releasing new features for its CMS
product with the release of version 1.2 RC 2. This much anticipated
release contains many new features that keep ImpressCMS at the top of
the Content Management market.
ImpressCMS is an active
multi-national community of users, developers, and designers
participating in creating a superior content management system.
From the initial release of version 1.0 less than two years ago to
today, ImpressCMS’s growth has been simply impressive. The project has
seen downloads of its product grow significantly from 4,000 downloads
to well over 10,000 downloads of it’s latest version 1.1.2.
The
open nature of the community and the active participation of users with
varied skill sets has allowed ImpressCMS to greatly improve its core
functionality with the enhancement or addition of many features.
Fixed and Improved in 1.2
Here are just a few of the highlights of the changes in 1.2
User Improvements
* JQuery Redirect
* Profile module with extended field + social network capabilities
* TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor updates and additon of FCKeditor
* Advanced search capabilities
* Content manager now a full module
Administrator Improvements
* Updated Installer
* Themeable Administration area
* Blocks, Block Positions, User Ranks use new administration pages
* Image manager with online-editing
* Auto-Task (create Cron-Jobs with PHP in ImpressCMS)
* Enhanced groups management capabilities and start page configurable for each group
Developer Improvements
* Removed dependency on Prototype
* Extension of the IcmsPersistableOject Framework for creating and managing objects for the core and modules
* Updates of all 3rd party libraries
Security Improvements
* Enhanced security provided with integrated Protector module
* Admin configurable HTML Purifier
* PHP OpenID updates
* Smarty updates
For a full list of changes, you can refer to the changelog in the download, or view it in the wiki
Upgrade and Installation Instructions:
Install - if you haven't installed ImpressCMS or XOOPS before, this is where you start
Upgrade - if you already have an ImpressCMS or XOOPS install, these instructions will guide you through the upgrade process
Software Requirements
PHP: 5.2.0+ (5.2.7 is NOT recommended!)
MySQL: MySQL server 4.1.0+ - With UTF-8 Support
Web server: Any server supporting the required PHP version (Apache highly recommended)
Special characters require UTF-8 support from hosting providers.
16MB PHP Memory
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