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Magnolia Organization releases Magnolia 2.1 RC2 |
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Wed, 20 Jul 2005 18:31:49 +0200 |
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Magnolia Organization releases Magnolia 2.1 RC2, the next
generation of its leading open-source JSR-170 Content
Management Suite
Basel (Switzerland), July 20th 2005
Magnolia Organization has released the second release
candidate for Magnolia 2.1. With more than eighty-thousand
downloads to date, Magnolia is a leading open source content
management system built on the revolutionary java content
repository standard (JSR-170).
Magnolia 2.1 has been in the works for more than 7 months,
and thanks to its growing international community now comes
localized in 15 major languages, including English, Chinese,
Japanese, Russian, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
It contains numerous new features: native search, XML-based
import/export, a new cross-browser rich-text editor and
drop-in single container deployment amongst others.
The Magnolia API has been updated to correspond to the
latest available JSR-170 API, countless bugs have been fixed
and performance has been improved significantly.
Magnolia 2.1 combines advantages of web-based software -
like zero client installation - with the outstanding
usability of desktop software. All functions can easily be
activated in context sensitive menus or via drag'n'drop.
Magnolia sports an active international developer community
lead by obinary, Switzerland, and is used throughout the
world by corporations of any size and in any business.
Professional support and training is available through
Magnolia Organization and a growing network of
industry-leading certified Magnolia Partners.
Most notable new features:
* full I18N support - delivered with 15 major languages
* native search
* import/export of XML based data
* supports multiple JSR-170 compliant repository
implementations, including the Open Source implementation
"Jackrabbit" and "Magnolia Power Pack", the high-end
commercial repository implementation available from the
Magnolia Organization.
* improved performance, changed data structure to reduce
number of nodes by 70%
* bootstrap mechanism allows repository independent product
delivery
* simple war-file drop in deployment on any J2EE container
* run as many Magnolia sites as you like within a single
J2EE container for cost-effective hosting
* choice of two leading cross-browser rich-text editors -
Kupu and fckEdit
* improved module interface
Magnolia 2.1 is available immediately and free-of-charge at
http://www.magnolia.info/. An online demonstration can be
found at http://www.magnolia.info/demo.
About Magnolia Organization:
Magnolia Organization markets and manages all commercial
activities regarding Magnolia, including partnerships,
certification programs, commercial Magnolia products and the
Magnolia brand. It manages all legal aspects surrounding the
Magnolia brand and provides infrastructure and support for
the Magnolia Community.
CONTACT
Magnolia Organization llc.
Boris Kraft
Binningerstrasse 15
CH- 4051 Basel
Switzerland
Tel +41 61 228 9000
Fax +41 61 228 9001
info@magnolia.info
www.magnolia.info
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