Announcements

The first alpha release of the upcoming TangoCMS 2.6.0 "Dodo" has been released and available for download. Majority of the bigger features have been implemented, including a much revamped "media" module which has been long overdue. To aid those who have multiple installs we have put a lot of focus on making our framework, Zula, run via CLI with upgrade abilities.

Improved media module

The "media" module in previous versions has been the most inconsistent module within TangoCMS, this however has now changed for 2.6.0 with the ability of uploading media items through the admin CP. We have added the ability to upload multiple media items at once by simply uploading a zip archive of files; these will be uploaded and names automatically generated from the file name provided. For those who use a lot of videos, you'll be glad to know that our video player now plays videos in 16:9 format, with the ability to play HD videos.

Thanks to Flowplayer 3.2.3, users of the iPhone or iPad will now be able to view your videos; as these devices do not support Flash the built in Quick Time player will be used instead, making your videos available to a wide audience.

CLI

The framework that powers TangoCMS, Zula, now has the ability to make stateless requests through CLI to any URL that you would normally access through HTTP. With this we have added the ability to upgrade all configuration profiles with 1 simple command, which makes upgrading multiple installs incredibly easy and painless. We plan to make installations possible through the same CLI tool.

Other changes and the future

The default 'carbon' theme has been tweaked so modules can be moved into a left hand sidebar, making it possible to have 0, 1 or 2 sidebars which increases customization. Pages created through the "page" module have increased permission control, allowing each page to be finely tuned as to who can "view", "edit" and "manage" them.

There are still many things to be done, mostly small but very helpful features that many of our users will benefit from. For a complete overview of what has been implemented, and what is left to do, please view the roadmap for 2.6.0

TangoCMS 2.5.5, a maintenance release for Kiwi is now available for download. This releases fixes 5 small bugs, for details please view our ChangeLog

On the 19th May 2010 I took the Zend PHP5 certification exam, and I can now announce that I am a Zend Certified Engineer! The exam was quite straight forward, consisting of 70 questions on PHP5 sessions, references, method names, syntax, DOM etc.

What does this mean for the TangoCMS Project? Well, you can be sure that the code is of high quality knowing that there is a qualified developer working on upcoming versions, such as TangoCMS 2.6.0 which should be released mid/late July 2010.