Aegir 1.0, présentation

Aegir CMS is a full-featured Content Management System built on the popular Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) platform powered by the Midgard application server.

Aegir CMS is derived from the succesful Nadmin Studio codebase. The application is licensed under the Artistic License-derived "HKLC Nadmin Studio Interface" License.

 Aegir CMS’s key features include :

• MS Word -compatible content editor o Easy publishing environment for non-technical users o Requires MS Internet Explorer 5.01+ or Mozilla 1.3+
• Staging/live setup o Prepare you site changes in staging environment, test and finally publish to live site when ready o Use scheduled publication or publish to site immediately
• Multi-company hosting (ASP) support o Each company is assigned to their own virtual database o User interface can be customized to support ASP provider’s brand o ChangeLogs system provides easy way to publish system notices
• Flexible templating and layout system o Layout templates can be generated from multiple elements gathered from the site style and the page tree
• Full Midgard Content Management framework o Easy and documented object-oriented PHP programming interface o Separation of content, layout and site logic o Efficient content management using a hierarchical topic and article tree o Flexible attachment of metadata and files to all content objects o Support for different languages and character sets including Unicode - Replication and packaging utilities

New features in Aegir CMS 1.0 RC1 :

• New translations o Aegir CMS is now available in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian and Swedish
• Mozilla-compatible WYSIWYG editing o Aegir CMS now includes an alternative editor, "Simple" that works with Mozilla 1.3+ browsers o Editor can be selected from person preferences, MSHTML, Simple or none
• PHP 4.3 and Midgard Lite compatibility o Aegir CMS now works also with PHP 4.3, and the Midgard Lite implementation of the Content Management Framework o Aegir CMS is bundled in the Midgard Lite 0.8.1 release
• New Example site o Aegir CMS ships with a new example site, "Simple Dynamic Site" that can be easily used as basis of a dynamic, content-driven web site powered by Aegir CMS and Midgard
• Aegir CMS release now includes many bundled add-on modules, including o Member : Newsletter and Member database interface o Schedule : Group calendar o Gallery : Centralized image aAegir CMS is a full-featured Content Management System built on the popular Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) platform powered by the Midgard application server.