Features

Midgard CMS provides a powerful toolkit for web publishing and building interactive web applications. The features include:

Comprehensive authoring tools

• Web-based authoring
  Website content can be edited securely anywhere from a computer connected to the internet
• Separation of content and layout
  Content and layout of websites are managed separately
• Easy 'Edit this page' interface
  Users with editing permissions can edit a page by just browsing to it and clicking "Edit this page"
• AJAX-powered on-site editing
  For modern browsers Midgard also provides an AJAX content editor which enables editing content on the spot by double clicking it
  
• Tree based content management
  Content can be managed in a hierarchical tree using the Aegir interface
• WYSIWYG editing
  Rich text editor allows Word compatible WYSIWYG editing of content for MS Internet Explorer 5.5+ and Mozilla 1.3+
• Arranging content in folders
  Content can be arranged in folders for display, and can be moved and copied between folders
• Image asset management
  Images and other file based assets can be stored centrally into an image repository or gallery
  
• Content approvals
  Content can be published immediately or left as a working copy until approval
  
• Scheduled publication
  Publication and removal dates can be assigned for content
• Content locking
  Midgard's locking system prevents accidental simultaneous editing of a document
  
• Revision history and roll-back
  All revisions to content are stored to an RCS repository and can be easily viewed and retrieved
• Accessibility
  SpiderAdmin provides an accessible interface for content authors and site maintainers
• Offline editing
  Midgard's news and blog system supports the Metaweblog API for posting content using desktop tools like Ecto and Marsedit
  

Website management

• Rapid deployment
  Midgard's Site Wizard enables rapid creation of new websites using either completely custom layouts of one of the templates supplied with the system.
  
• Powerful templating engine
  Midgard's templating engine allows deconstructing site templates into smaller, manageable pieces that can be replaced in different subsites or site areas
  
• Clean URLs
  By using its own Apache URL handler module Midgard can provide clean, pronounceable, "file-like" addresses for pages
  
• Components
  MidCOM components provide a powerful way for "clicking a site together" by selecting types for each folder on the website. Types include site features like news listings, static content or photo galleries
  
• Integrated search engine
  Midgard provides integration to the Apache Lucene full-text search engine, meaning that all content is searchable as soon as it has been saved.
• Text formatting engine
  Midgard's formatting engine provides easy addition of custom content formatters into output templates. In addition, comprehensive Wiki markup and the Markdown formatter are supported.

Multilingual support

• Localized user interfaces
  All user interfaces shipping with Midgard CMS provide localization features and include translations to many languages. Translations to other languages or specific terminology are easy to add through web forms
  
• Unicode support
  Midgard enables usage of non-western characters through UTF-8 support
  

User management and access control

• Web based user management
  All user information can be managed through a web interface
• Virtual databases for organizations
  Each organization can manage their own data in a sitegroup using shared software versions from the "root sitegroup"
  
• Group-based access control
  All permissions to data are assigned through group ownerships. Groups owning other groups inherit their permissions
  
• Power users
  Aegir provides a more featureful interface to persons marked as "power users"
• Authentication integration
  Midgard supports PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) for verifying passwords against an external authentication source like LDAP, Active Directory or a Windows network
  
• Kerberos single sign-on
  Midgard can provide single sign-on with Windows networks using the Kerberos protocol
  

Web development

• Full PHP scripting language
  Midgard provides the full PHP development environment including a code snippet library management system
  
• MidCOM component framework
  Midgard's component framework enables easy development of applications with standardized configuration, data schema management and templating functionalities
  
• Definable content schemas
  MidCOM datamanager provides an easy PHP array syntax for defining data structures for all content objects
  
• Object oriented Midgard API
  Midgard provides a powerful, documented object-oriented PHP application programming interface to all Midgard objects
• Java support
  Midgard provides support for the standard Java Content Repository (JSR-170) programming interfaces for integration with enterprise systems
• Comprehensive set of content objects
  Midgard includes predefined content objects for managing hierarchical, time oriented, and organization oriented data. New objects are easy to define using the MgdSchema system
  
• Metadata attachments to all objects
  All Midgard objects can be extended using parameters. The system also provides an integrated metadata editor for all content
  
• File attachments to all objects
  All Midgard objects support file attachments
• Syndication with RSS
  RSS feeds can be aggregated to the site and news and photo folders automatically provide RSS 2.0 feeds of the content