The upcoming TangoCMS 2.4.0 "Hedgehog" comes closer with the release of 2.4.0 Alpha2, which is now available for download. All modules have been cleaned up, and all planned features are now implemented, meaning we can now focus on bug fixes and getting everything ready for the final release!
Changes/improvements and new features
Alpha 2 brings the inclusion of a new default theme, Carbon (shown below), which replaces the old Cappuccino theme. This is a much more polished and visually pleasing theme, and so we hope you like using it!
Captcha has now been turned into a generic 'Antispam' feature, which allows you to choose the backend which TangoCMS uses of which we curently have 3. Disabled, Captcha (the current Captcha you've been used to) and support for reCaptcha. We plan to add more backends in the future, including different types of captcha methods .
Changes to how the framework aggregates JavaScript files means faster page-load times for those that require jQuery. Before the end user would have to download multiple copies of jQuery once it was merged with the other JavaScript, however it is now not merged - so only one copy of jQuery needs to be downloaded. We have also added in the ability to load libraries such as jQuery directly from Google's CDN servers, which will take load off your own servers and also again speed your pages. Note: this feature is currently enabled by default, so for those in a non-Internet accessible location you shall need to disable this feature in your settings!
Overall there have been many small tweaks, either visually or to existing features - all of which are far too small to list here (or that I have just forgotten about them!). Things are looking very good here for the release of 2.4.0, which was originally planned for the end of this month - however delays have pushed that back, so I am hoping within 3 weeks 2.4.0 will be released.
1 comment for "2.4.0 Alpha2 Released"
Thank you very much for your hard Work .
I wait for this nice release .