Midgard 1.9.0alpha1 "White Nights" released
The Midgard Project has released first alpha, 1.9.0 release version of the Midgard Open Source Content Management System.
Midgard 1.9 has been designed as a version easing the transition from Midgard 1.x to Midgard 2. To aid developers, the release includes both the classic Midgard APIs that are now deprecated, and the new schema-based Midgard 2 APIs. This means that the release can be used to run both Midgard 1 applications like the version 2.8 of the MidCOM component framework, and Midgard 2 applications like MidCOM 3.
Some new and experimental features of Midgard 2 series like D-Bus signaling on I/O events is also available on Midgard 1.9.
Midgard
Midgard is a capable open source content management system for running mid-to-high-end websites. In addition to the built-in content management features, Midgard also provides a highly object-oriented component architecture for building interactive web applications that integrate seamlessly with the website.
Midgard provides unique technology so can be easily integrated with any kind of environment. From web applications ( Midgard CMS with its component framework - MidCOM ) to typical desktop ones ( Midgard Framework ). From personal blog to corporate portals and intranets.
Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture is proved as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in high range of environmental targets:
- PHP, Python or Java applications
- PHP extension
- Python module
- Apache module
- GTK desktop applications
Get started with Midgard 1.9 today
Midgard CMS provides a powerful toolkit for web publishing and building interactive web applications. The features include:
- Comprehensive authoring tools
- Website management
- Multilingual support
- User management and access control
- Web development
Read more about features and learn how to create content.
Planned for next releases
- Second alpha release of 1.9 branch : 3Q2008
- First Midgard2 beta release : 3Q2008
- Automated database MgdSchema management and table initialization
- Deprecation of the classic functional Midgard API in favor of MgdSchema and Query Builder
- Deprecation of repligard, apache1 and PHP4 support.
- Integrated midgard-python and mono package
- New, rewritten midgard-data package
- PostgreSQL, SQLite, Oracle and MS SQL support
Midgard resources
- Download page and changelog for latest release
- Getting started with Midgard
- Screenshots
- Documentation
- Bug reporting
User and developers support:
- Mailing list
- Users' forum
- Developers' forum
- IRC: #midgard on irc.freenode.net
