Midgard 1.8.0beta2 "Sonya" released

Midgard is a capable open source content management system for running mid-to-high-end websites. In addition to the built-in content management features, Midgard also provides a highly object-oriented component architecture for building interactive web applications that integrate seamlessly with the website.

Get started with Midgard 1.8 today

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

• Comprehensive authoring tools
• Website management
• Multilingual support
• User management and access control
• Web development

Read more about features and learn how to create content.

Planned for next releases

• Next 1.8.0 release: October 2006
• First alpha release of 1.9 branch : October 2006
• Automated database MgdSchema management and table initialization
• Deprecation of the classic functional Midgard API in favor of MgdSchema and Query Builder
• Deprecation of repligard and apache1 support.
• Core's library API for replication and undelete
• Integrated midgard-java package

Midgard resources

• Download page and changelog for latest release
• Getting started with Midgard
• Screenshots
• Documentation
• Bugs reporting

User and developers support:

• Mailing list
  • http://www.midgard-project.org/discussion/user-forum/
  • http://www.midgard-project.org/discussion/developer-forum/
• IRC: #midgard on irc.nehmer.net

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.

Piotr Pokora, Midgard release manager piotrek.pokora@gmail.com

Henri Bergius, Midgard spokesman henri.bergius@iki.fi