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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:36:08 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.9.3 released
Mapix CMS is a XML-based framework and CMS, written in PHP and using XML standards such as XSL, XForms, RSS, XML Schemas, SVG...
This release adds the following features :
- An new online SVG Editor
- A package manager to upgrade/install/uninstall features
- Save and restore files versions
- Lock and unlock files
- Extract ZIP files
- Multiple pipeline (maps)
- Advanced caching (content and template caching)
- An online documentation package
- An improved photo Gallery using lightbox
This version has taken a long time to release because all programs and files have been reorganized, optimized and debugged to fit a packaged and multisite architecture.
There will probably be one or two more minor versions (0.9.X) to debug and improve the existing features before releasing the 1.0 version (likely about june, 2008).
This version will be the first stable version, and will greatly improve and simplify the back office user interface.
See http://mapixcms.org/doc for more information.
The demo site has also been upgraded http://demo.mapixcms.org, but package install and upgrades have been disabled.
See you for the next release !
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:07:55 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.8.1 released
Mapix CMS is a simple content management system based on XML and XML standards (XSL, XForms, XML Schemas...), no database is needed.
This release brings the following features :
- Multiple users and groups, permissions management
- Localization, multiple languages : English and French support
- User authentification using OpenID (experimental)
- An image gallery module
The online XML Editor has also been highly debugged and improved.
The next release (0.9) will be the last beta version and will implement :
- A package/module manager to check, and upgrade your Mapix CMS core and modules automatically from repositories (like http://mapixcms.org)
- A new tag in the mapix map file : "include" will allow to decentralize the sitemap and make sub-sitemaps.
- New folder editor functions : create/extract archives, lock/unlock files, display/hide hidden files, save/restore file versions
- Full support for OpenID
Mapix CMS 0.9 will be released in july, 2008. Do not hesitate to ask for features or bug fixes...
See you for the next release !
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:17:27 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.7.5 released
Mapix CMS is a full XML content manager system, based on XML standards (XSL, XSD, XForms, RSS...) and written in PHP.
This release adds many standard XML schemas (HTML, RSS, XSL, XSD, XForms...) to create compliant XML documents directly with the online XML editor.
The XML editor has also been improved to be faster and more easy to use.
Many efforts have been done trying to make Mapix PHP4 compatible, but I could not test this myself... Any feed back on this would be appreciated. I will try to downgrade my PHP install to test the PHP4 compatibility feature for the next release.
The next release will deal with improving the XML editor (again...) by adding specific controls depending on data types :
- dates would be editable using a calendar,
- numbers format will be controlled,
- URI would use a file selector, based on the folder editor...
I will also introduce a user feature (for multiple users to log in the back-office) and maybe a photo gallery template.
See you for the next release !
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:09:53 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.7.4 bug fix
Mapix CMS is a simple and light content management system 100% based on XML documents, no database is needed.
The first 0.7.4 released contained a bug in the cache function that made cached files blanks and threw an error message in the news page, like those on http://www.mapixcms.org http://demo.mapixcms.org.
I suppose this discouraged people from downloading Mapix CMS because there was no download since this bug !
Now don't be afraid, test Mapix CMS and if you are not satisfied, then I'll repay you ...remember it's free ! lol
Sorry for this bug and I hope to see you for the next release.
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:32:55 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.7.4 released
Mapix CMS is a simple and light content management system 100% based on XML documents, no database is needed.
This release provides a full featured online XML editor : open, read and write any XML document in a friendly web form.
Simple document types are provided : menu and content.
The next release will provide a forum, a photo gallery and also a users file, to handle multiple users to connect to the back-office with different rights.
Mapix CMS main features are in place and it will soon be stable and ready for production.
See you soon for the next release !
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:34:11 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.6.5 released : a simple XML based CMS
Mapix CMS is based on XML documents : XSL templates, XML Schemas to define document types, RSS feeds, Google sitemaps...
This release provides a nearly fully functional XML document editor in read and write mode (a little job remains to enable the "add node" functionality).
Javascript and ajax features have been added in the back office for it to be nearer from a desktop interface and easier to use : contextual menus, multiple asynchronous upload, drag and drop folders and files in the folder editor, drag and drop xml nodes in the xml editor...
Several bugs have been fixed in the core program (include/mapix.php file).
The next release will provide the complete xml editor, new schemas and templates such as a photo gallery and multiple users and maybe a sitemap editor to ease the mapix.xml file edition.
Mapix CMS official (http://mapixcms.org) and demo (http://demo.mapixcms.org) sites have been upgraded with this new version (0.6.5).
See you for the next release !
Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:56:58 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.6 in progress
Mapix CMS is a new, lite and full XML CMS. The back office itself is handled by Mapix CMS : Mapix CMS is the first meta-CMS !
Mapix CMS actual version (0.5.5) is functional but does not provide an interface for "non-coders" : XML contents and the XML sitemap (mapix.xml) can only be edited using an online text editor. This requires to know how XML works and the defined XML schemas. (such as mapix.xsd or content.xsd)
I am currently implementing a generic XML editor : a HTML form is generated from the XML file, that allows to simply and quickly edit any XML file without knowing anything about XML or any particular schema.
In the same time, I am integrating several javascript and ajax functions to the folder editor, so that it will be as near as possible from a desktop user interface.
Mapix CMS 0.6 back office will be really different from the previous ones. I want it to be full-featured and lite-coded and that unfortunately takes me a lot of time...
So that's the reason why you didn't get your monthly release ! Mapix CMS 0.6 (or later) will certainly be released before the end of the year. Let's say this will be your christmas present, I hope you will enjoy it ;)
If you can't wait opening your present, you can test and look how this new version will look like, in the CVS : Go to Code > CVS Browse, or use a CVS client to checkout this new version.
If you are even more impatient and want to get Mapix CMS 0.6 full-featured faster, then just contact me to get part of the project and help me developping Mapix CMS : This would be MY christmas present ;)
Thank you for your patience and see you soon for the next release.
Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:29:49 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.5.5 released
Mapix CMS is a simple and light CMS based on XML standards : XML content, XSL templates, XML Schemas, RSS, Google sitemaps...No database is needed.
This new version improves the navigation through folders and files.
Images are now displayed as thumbnails and can be edited via an image editor with drag and drop functionalities such as resize, crop and rotate.
Mapix CMS back-office is now compatible with Internet Explorer.
Unfortunately, the XML document editor is still in "read only" mode, but I have planned to work exclusively on this feature for the next release.
The official website (http://mapixcms.org) and the demo site (http://demo.mapixcms.org) will soon be upgraded with this version.
See you soon, and thank you for using Mapix CMS !
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:48:54 GMT
Mapix CMS online demo now available !
Discover Mapix CMS, a simple CMS based on XML standards such as XSL and XSD and implemented in PHP.
Visit http://demo.mapixcms.org and test Mapix CMS front and back office. The demo site is automatically reinitialized every hour.
Mapix CMS official website is also available at http://www.mapixcms.org, but its content is still under construction.
For any question or idea concerning this CMS, you can contact us at gpl@ircf.fr.
See you for Mapix CMS next release !
Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:15:00 GMT
Mapix CMS 0.4.4 released : security fixes and a new skin
Mapix previous versions didn't really deal with security issues concerning session identification or direct access to xml resources.
This version allows you to use Mapix for production purpose with less risk for your website to be hacked.
We have also changed the design and added some minor functionalities.
Unfortunately, the XML editor isn't yet available in write mode, but it will certainly be for the next release !
We also have some great news to announce : the official website http://mapixcms.org will be soon available and a demo site http://demo.mapixcms.org will be online too, to allow you to try mapix before you install it.
See you soon.
