Midgard 1.6.0rc1 "Black Volga" released.

Major features included in this release:

• Multilang support
• PAM support
• Apache2 support
• PHP4 module ready to use with Apache1 and Apache2
• New midgard-data

Multilang feature is now easy to use with new midgard-data package which allows to create or update databases very easily even for Midgard beginners. This feature makes Midgard more flexible as it separates metadata from the current language of objects.

PHP4 module may be configured with old Apache or new Apache2. Both modules has caching facilities which increase performance and reduce requests time. These modules have also abilities to work as old apache module which is now deprecated and no more supported.

Midgard-data provides latest Midgard Component Framework - "MidCOM", and its over twenty ready to use components. User-friendly "Aegir" and admin interface "Spider" are also included in midgard-data. All Midgard applications may be easy imported to database with new tool "datagard" included in this package. Midgard-data also provides YAMP scripts.

Changes from beta release:

Midgard core

• Version control , quota support enabled by default.

Midgard-apache2

• Fixed important cache feature bug

Midgard-php4

• API: Removed username variant from mgd_get_person in favour of mgd_get_person_by_name.
• API: Added mgd_get_topic_by_path function.
• API: Added mgd_get_snippet_by_path function.
• Fixed important resources related bug, which makes this module much more stable now.
• Other fixes.

Midgard-data

• Improved installation scripts
• Support for UTF-8 encoding by default

Planned for stable release:

• Integrate YAMP with datagard
• Binary packages for most popular Linux distributions
• Automated and sheduled releases cycles

Download page for latest release:
http://www.midgard-project.org/download/1.6.0.html

Getting started with Midgard:
http://www.midgard-project.org/documentation

Bugs reporting:
http://midgard.tigris.org/issues/reports.cgi

Users and developers support:
Mailing list user@midgard-project.org

About Midgard

The Midgard Content Management Framework was initially released in May 1999, and has since gathered a sizable user and developer community. Midgard powers thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational websites to major portals like New Zealand eGovernment site and Playbill.

Midgard is being developed by an international team of professionals. Midgard's development team includes new media designers, system integrators and content management consultants. Midgard development is being supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union.