CMS Development Tracking

This is our first public release for Exponent CMS version 0.96.6 (Bossanova) and is an Alpha release. Alpha code is not yet considered 100% stable, so do not run in a production environment. As an additional note, upgrades from previous releases of Exponent have not been thoroughly tested and debugged, so expect issues when upgrading.  (Admin Note:  Since we posted this news item, it has been reported that after an upgrade you need to run install tables by hand) This alpha release is meant for new installation testing and examination. If you will be upgrading your current previous installation, please report any issues you experience during the upgrade process.

This release contains many improvements to the system, many additional modules and pieces of functionality, new themes, YUI/Ajax integration, as well as the most requested feature for Exponent - a new editor. The Exponent Dev Team has gone the extra mile and enabled selectable editors to provide the most flexibility possible. Although this current Alpha is shipping with only FCKEditor, we have support for Xinha and TinyMCE as well. These will be included in the next release.
The more testing this release receives, the quicker we can fix any issues and move it to a stable release state, so please install, test, and submit any bugs you find at www.ExponentCMS.org.

Thank you, enjoy!

Changelog:

Added / Fixed in 0.96.6
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# New editors! The single most requested feature is now implemented. Not only do we have a new and better editor, but we have three new and better editors to choose from - FCKEditor, Xinha, and TinyMCE. As of the alpha release, we are only shipping FCK for file size reasons, and TinyMCE needs a bit more work. When 0.96.6 hits stable, we will offer all three editors either packaged with the core, or as add-ons.
# New image management interface. Image management has taken a step forward. Existing image managers are still supported, but you can now upload your image via the editor image selection interface, which saves quite a few clicks. Future: We have some sketches completed for the full Media Manager, which will centralise all resource upload, download, and manipulation into a very kick-butt, AJAXed interface.
# Tags. Our initial implementation of technorati style tags have been added to the calendar, news, and weblog modules.
# User signup notification. Added configuration to send email notification to site admin when new user signsup. Also email the user signing up if configured to do so.
# Various underlying code changes to speed things up and/or make long-term development easier.
# New Guestbook module integrated (contribution)
# New RSS Feed displayer module integrated (contribution)
# Many weblog module enhancements.
# Added 'Can Download' permissions to the resource managers (authenticated downloads).
# YUI (Yahoo's AJAX and CSS library) integrated.
# Several new themes, including a base Barebones theme using YUI Grids for pure CSS driven templates
# "Featured Items" field and views for Calendar & News mods.
# Added Codemap Module (aka Roadmap module)
# Added the Article module to the base install - It was an add-on module
# Added the Wizard Module to Exponent.
# Added in RSS support as default instead of addon patch
# Replaced missing i18n strings all around.
# Added two views to the Textmodule. The new views are "With Header" and "Without Header".
# Added the Tasklist module to the base install (aka Todo Module).
# Added the Slideshow Module to the base install.
# Added the Simple Poll Module to the base install.
# Added a new action, View All, to the Content Rotator module
# Added the Page module to the base install.
# RSSified the newsmodule
# Many new navigation Module views Added
* Children Only 2
* Children Only 3
* CSS Menu
* Full CSS Menu
* Site Map
* Expanding Heirarchy - Children Only (check this one out if you get a chance!)
* Enhanced version of the Breadcrumb.tpl
# Misc login Module changes.
# Added action "showuserprofile".
# Added Listing Module to the base install - It was an add-on module.
# Added Link List Module (allows users to easily create a list of web links).
# Added Imageworkshop module: this module is still in development.
# Added Greeking Module.
# Form Module changes:
* Added form.validate.js into core (or back in).
# Added FAQ module to the base install.
* Added table of contents view (as seen on this www.ExponentCMS.org).
# Calendar Module
* Added RSS.
* Added Search action.
# Added Directory Listing Module.
# Added the new BBmodule (a.k.a. Forum) as seen on www.ExponentCMS.org
# Added the Image Gallery module along with the "View All" view and the "View All with Popups"
# Added Smarty plugin for function.currency_symbol.php for Currency Symbol.
# Added Smarty plugin function.makecase.php for case modification of strings.
# Added Smarty plugin function.rsslink.php for making an RSS link.
# Container Module changes
* Added infopopup functionality & view
* New views
o Two Column Homepage
o Home
o Rightcolumn
# Replaced default view for the search module with one that is more Googlish.
# Added Danish language pack.
# Many other minor improvements (too many to list) on a varitey of modules and views.

...Coming in 0.96.7
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# Subscription based permissions. Permissions based on an expiring time period.
# Anonymous user permissions. Grant permissions to "non-logged in" users.

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