POZNAN, ESPOO, Dec 12th 2002 -- The Aegir CMS development team has released the third public beta of the Aegir CMS Open Source Content Management System.

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

Easy publishing environment for non-technical users
Requires MS Internet Explorer 5.01 or later

Staging/live setup

Prepare you site changes in staging environment, test and finally publish to live site when ready
Use scheduled publication or publish to site immediately

Multi-company hosting (ASP) support

Each company is assigned to their own virtual database
User interface can be customized to support ASP provider's brand
ChangeLogs system provides easy way to publish system notices

Flexible templating and layout system

Layout templates can be generated from multiple elements gathered from the site style and the page tree

Full Midgard Content Management framework

Easy and documented object-oriented PHP programming interface
Separation of content, layout and site logic
Efficient content management using a hierarchical topic and article tree
Flexible attachment of metadata and files to all content objects
Support for different languages and character sets including Unicode
Replication and packaging utilities

New features in Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3:

NemeinLocalization framework

Translate Aegir CMS to your local language easily
Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 ships with English, Finnish and Polish languages

Image Gallery

Centralized repository for site images and downloadable files

Symlink articles

Maintain your content in single place and publish in multiple locations

Themeable user interface

Easily customize interface colors and login screen image to fit your corporate brand

AegirAddOns system

New applications and functionalities can be developed and plugged in as separate add-on packages
Add-ons can provide a fully consistent user experience with the Aegir CMS interface using same conventions, libraries and layout
Installed and configured add-ons will appear in the main navigation bar in Aegir CMS

Aegir CMS 1.0 beta3 is available for download at:
https://www.aegir-cms.org/Download/

Aegir CMS requires a working installation of Midgard 1.4.x. Midgard is available in the following formats:

Source packages for Linux and Unix systems:
http://www.midgard-project.org/download/
Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) packages:
http://www.midgard-project.org/download/Debian%20Woody/
SuSE Linux 8.1 packages:
http://rpmseek.com/rpm/midgard...d:PN:0:0:224163:

The Aegir CMS project

The Aegir CMS development project aims to further improve the Nadmin Studio codebase to provide the most versatile and user-friendly Content Management System built on an Open Source framework.

New volunteers are welcome to the project. The Aegir CMS codebase provides PHP and Midgard developers an efficient platform to develop and improve content management functionalities. Easy way to contribute is translating Aegir CMS to your local language. See instructions at:
https://www.aegir-cms.org/Development/Translations.html

Aegir CMS credits:
https://www.aegir-cms.org:8001/aegir/credits/

More information:

Aegir CMS developer team
[email protected]

https://www.aegir-cms.org/