News: Archive

2004-01-01 - 2004-12-30

Midgard support for ISPman

Posted on 2004-01-08 21:58:19 UTC.

OSLO, Jan 8th 2004 -- Tarjei Huse has created a patch for managing of Midgard users, organizations and websites with the ISPman hosting management system.

MidRepository hacking in OSCOM Sprint Zurich

Posted on 2004-01-16 16:08:40 UTC.

David Schmitter and Henri Kaukola will be attending the 3rd OSCOM Sprint in Zurich on Jan 23rd to work together on the MidRepository workflow module for Midgard.

OSCOM's Wechner is One of CMS Leaders to Watch in 2004

Posted on 2004-01-28 14:29:41 UTC.

Jan 28th 2004 -- OSCOM's president Michael Wechner is one of the Twenty CMS Leaders to Watch in 2004 in a list published by CMSWatch.

Midgard on Planet PHP

Posted on 2004-01-28 15:21:26 UTC.

Jan 28th 2004 -- Midgard Updates is now one of the syndicated feeds on the Planet PHP aggregator. Thanks to Chregu from Bitflux!

Finnish Government to support Southern African NGOs by funding an Open Source CMS project

Posted on 2004-02-11 17:47:54 UTC.

Pretoria, 11.2.2003 - The Finnish government has funded Ungana-Afrika to support Southern African NGOs, which will include the recommendation of appropriate web-site and content management solutions using the Open Source Midgard Content Management System (CMS).

Call for developer meeting - Spring 2004

Posted on 2004-02-27 09:29:54 UTC.

POZNAN, Feb 26th 2004 -- Marcin Soltysiak is calling together a Midgard developer meeting in Poland to finalize the Midgard 1.6 release.

Newsticker has experimental MetaWeblog API support

Posted on 2004-02-29 22:22:26 UTC.

HELSINKI Feb 29th 2004 -- The MidCOM news listing component, de.linkm.newsticker now has an experimental patch for MetaWeblog API support. The patch enables posting news items using different desktop blogging clients.

Aegir project moves to Tigris.org

Posted on 2004-03-05 08:27:19 UTC.

Mar 5th 2004 -- Developer services of the Aegir Content Management Interface project are now moving to the Tigris.org community. Tigris is a mid-sized Open Source community focused on software development tools.

Midgard 1.6.0_alpha "Happy Thursday!" released.

Posted on 2004-03-10 15:51:06 UTC.

Lodz, March 10th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released alpha version of the latest 1.6 Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework. Major changes included in this release: - Apache module has caching support which increase performance a lot - Multilang features are now default - Datagard , the new midgard installer and tool for managing midgard database and applications.

SpiderAdmin project moved to Tigris.org

Posted on 2004-03-12 11:03:11 UTC.

Mar 11th 2004 -- Developer services of the SpiderAdmin Administrative Interface are now moving to the Tigris.org community. Tigris is a mid-sized Open Source community focused on development tools.

MySQL licensing is OK again

Posted on 2004-03-14 16:26:05 UTC.

HELSINKI, Mar 14th 2004 -- Makers of the MySQL database used by Midgard, MySQL AB have now made an addition to the licensing of version 4.x of their database connection libraries. This again allows MySQL usage by Open Source software under licenses other than GNU GPL.

New Documentation on the Website

Posted on 2004-03-15 09:37:04 UTC.

Helsinki, Mar 15th 2004 -- Two new documentation sections were added to the Midgard online manual: Aegir for End Users and MidCOM.

Midgard project moved to Tigris.org

Posted on 2004-03-17 12:50:21 UTC.

Helsinki, Mar 17th 2004 -- Developer services for the Midgard Content Management Framework are now hosted on Tigris.org. Tigris is a mid-sized Open Source community focused on development tools.

MidCOM 1.2.0 released

Posted on 2004-03-19 13:57:30 UTC.

GUENZBURG, HELSINKI, 2004-03-19 -- The Midgard Project has released version 1.2.0 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework.

Midgard has PAM support

Posted on 2004-03-22 07:15:44 UTC.

MINSK, Mar 22nd 2004 -- Alexander Bokovoy has checked in the first version of PAM support for Midgard. PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) enables Midgard to authenticate users using external sources like LDAP, Windows networks or the Linux passwd file.

Support the Midgard developer meeting!

Posted on 2004-03-25 11:39:49 UTC.

HELSINKI, Mar 25th 2004 -- The fifth anniversary of The Midgard Project is on May 8th. To celebrate it, and finalize the 1.6.0 release, there will be a Midgard developer meeting in Poznan, Poland on that date.

Midgard 1.6.0alpha2 "Even happier thursday" released.

Posted on 2004-03-25 22:21:05 UTC.

Midgard 1.6.0alpha2 "Even happier thursday" released. Lodz, March 25th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released alpha2 version of the latest 1.6 Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework.

mRFCs: Standardizing Midgard Specification Process

Posted on 2004-03-26 15:11:53 UTC.

HELSINKI, Mar 26th 2004 -- The process of specifying new features or additions to the Midgard CMS system has now been standardized into the Midgard Request For Comments (mRFC) model.

OSCOM Kupu - New XHTML Editor

Posted on 2004-04-07 19:30:34 UTC.

OSCOM, the international association for Open Source Content Management has recently adopted the Kupu XHTML editor project.

OPML Support in MidCOM

Posted on 2004-04-11 21:59:32 UTC.

Helsinki, April 11th 2004 -- MidCOM's RSS news aggregator now includes support for OPML, the Outline Processor Mark-up Language.

Midgard Site has Moved

Posted on 2004-04-13 16:18:51 UTC.

Helsinki, Guenzburg, April 13th 2004 -- The Midgard Project website has moved to a server at Nehmer.Net Internet Services.

First Midgard2 Object Abstraction Prototype

Posted on 2004-04-28 17:16:40 UTC.

Minsk, April 28th 2004 -- Alexander Bokovoy has posted his first prototype of the object abstraction system for Midgard2.

The Midgard Project Celebrates 5th Anniversary

Posted on 2004-05-05 18:31:30 UTC.

Helsinki, May 5th 2004 -- The Midgard Open Source Community celebrates the 5th anniversary of the Content Management Framework project. Midgard 1.0.0 was launched in May 8th 1999 by Jukka Zitting and Henri Bergius.

OpenPSA 1.9.0 Released - Open Source Management Software for Consultancies

Posted on 2004-05-08 15:09:28 UTC.

POZNAN, May 8th 2004 -- Nemein has released the first Open Source licensed version of the OpenPSA suite. OpenPSA is a management software package for consultancies including project tracking, CRM, help desk, group calendaring and document management functionalities.

MidCOM 1.3.0 released

Posted on 2004-05-13 14:46:31 UTC.

GUENZBURG, 2004-05-13 -- The Midgard Project has released version 1.3.0 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework.

Diary of a Midgard newbie

Posted on 2004-05-19 16:45:39 UTC.

Juhana Hirvilahti, the new consultant trainee at Nemein is blogging his Midgard learning experience.

Announcing Planet Midgard

Posted on 2004-05-21 13:28:02 UTC.

Helsinki, May 21st 2004 -- Planet Midgard is a collection of blog postings from people and communities involved in the Midgard Project.

Midgard 1.6.0beta "Five Years" released.

Posted on 2004-05-24 12:27:31 UTC.

Lodz, May 24th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released the first beta version of the latest 1.6 Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework.

Midgard Blog in Indonesian

Posted on 2004-05-25 17:44:44 UTC.

May 25th 2004 -- The Indonesian Forum for Environment, WALHI is blogging their Midgard implementation experiences in Indonesian language.

MidCOM 1.3.1 released

Posted on 2004-06-27 10:04:25 UTC.

GUENZBURG, 2004-06-27 -- The Midgard Project has released version 1.3.1 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework.

MidCOM 1.3.2 released

Posted on 2004-07-20 09:09:42 UTC.

GUENZBURG, 2004-07-20 -- The Midgard Project has released version 1.3.2 of the Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM). MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework. This is primarily a Bugfix release.

MidCOM 1.4.0 Technology Preview released

Posted on 2004-07-20 09:35:37 UTC.

GUENZBURG, 2004-07-20 -- The Midgard Project has releaseda technology preview of the next major Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM) release 1.4.0. MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework. This release is intended for bug hunting and for the curious, not for production usage.

Aegir 1.0.3 released

Posted on 2004-07-22 14:07:23 UTC.

The Aegir team is proud to announce the release of Aegir 1.0.3. The main changes done since the last release are: * A rewrite of the group managementcode * Support for legacy Nadminfunctions. * Major bugfixing and code cleanups.

OSCOM 4 on Sep 29th - Oct 1st; Register now!

Posted on 2004-08-12 10:51:53 UTC.

The Fourth International Open Source Content Management Conference (OSCOM 4) will be held in the end of September 2004 in Zürich, Switzerland. Registration is now open.

MidCOM 1.4.0 Technology Preview II released

Posted on 2004-08-16 21:44:26 UTC.

GUENZBURG, 2004-08-16 -- The Midgard Project has releaseda technology preview of the next major Midgard Components Framework (MidCOM) release 1.4.0. MidCOM provides a framework for creating reusable and configurable components for web applications using the Midgard Content Management Framework. This release is intended for bug hunting and for the curious, not for production usage.

Midgard for PHP5

Posted on 2004-08-25 16:06:06 UTC.

There is now a patch for compiling the Midgard PHP extension to PHP5. The patch has been tested with PHP 5.0.1.

MidCOM Template moved to the MidCOM Development server

Posted on 2004-08-30 14:51:08 UTC.

The development of MidCOM Template has now officially moved to the central MidCOM Development Server.

Midgard Updates available through Mobipocket

Posted on 2004-09-13 10:05:56 UTC.

The Midgard Project RSS Feed is now available through Mobipocket, read the Updates on your favourite PDA.

Midgard 1.6.0rc1 "Black Volga" released.

Posted on 2004-09-22 12:21:18 UTC.

Lodz, September 22nd 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released the first release candidate version of the latest 1.6 Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework.

MidCOM presentation in OSCOM 4

Posted on 2004-09-30 12:30:45 UTC.

Due to a program change there will be a MidCOM presentation on October 1st in the OSCOM 4 conference in Zurich, Switzerland.

Midgard 1.6.0rc2 "Night Boat" released

Posted on 2004-10-19 14:26:46 UTC.

Lodz, October 19th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released the second release candidate version of the latest 1.6 Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework.

Midgard 1.6.0 "Swedengard" released

Posted on 2004-11-02 13:34:00 UTC.

Lodz, November 2nd 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released stable release version 1.6 of the Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework.

MidCOM 1.9.0 Filesystem Beta 1 released

Posted on 2004-11-05 10:52:34 UTC.

The first official Beta-Version of the new filesystem-based MidCOM distribution is ready for download.

Midgard 1.6.1 "Sverix" released

Posted on 2004-11-05 13:32:08 UTC.

Lodz, November 5th 2004 -- The Midgard Project has released stable release version 1.6.1 of the Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework. Midgard provides a reliable CMS framework build on top of the LAMP platform. Midgard's core features include internationalization, accessibility, scalability, robust templating and PHP connectivity. This release is a hotfix for 1.6.0 stable release which also adds support for the PHP5 programming language.

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