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Lodz, April 22nd 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released the second Release Candidate of Midgard2 9.03 "Vinland" - the new  generation of the Midgard content repository. About this release Midgard2 9.03 is targeted at web framework and desktop ... [More] developers. It provides a comprehensive set of content repository APIs that can be used to build replicated information applications that share their information using a common storage layer and replication tools.Vinland series of Midgard2 is not intended to act as a content management system, and so no CMS tools are shipped with the release. Midgard2 Vinland however can be used to build a CMS, or to refactor existing CMS tools to work with a repository-centric model.In this release we provide Content Repository API bindings for the following programming languages: C, Python, PHP and Objective-C. D-Bus signals are used to inform different Midgard2 applications about things happening in the repository, enabling for example a PHP website and a Python background process to communicate with each other. Midgard2 Midgard2 is a content reporitory. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard's philosophy includes building on top of a well-known and supported GNOME libraries like glib and libgda on the system end, and connecting with popular programming languages like PHP and Python. Data storage can utilize SQLite with desktop and mobile applications, or a database server like MySQL or Postgres for web application storage.The Midgard2 platform enables developers to define a storage structure once and use it on both web and desktop applications, with the possibility of easy data replication between the two.Read more about Midgard's content repository approach: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard2_at_fscons-your_data-everywhere http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_jcr-a_look_at_two_content_repositories http://teroheikkinen.iki.fi/blog/midgard_workshop_at_fscons   New Midgard architecture Language independence Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture has proven as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in various environments: PHP5 extension for web application and CMS development Python module for desktop application and background process development Mono module for desktop application and background process development in C# Database independence The Midgard 1.x was heavily coupled with the MySQL database. The new Midgard2 architecture is instead built on top of libgda, the GNOME database abstraction layer. This enables Midgard to be used with various storage engines, including: MySQL Postgres SQLite Microsoft SQL Server Oracle DB2 Built-in replication and metadata All Midgard objects are automatically equipped with a consistent set of metadata properties that can be used for access control and workflow.In addition, Midgard provides an API for serializing and unserializing stored objects in XML format that can be used for replicating data between different systems. The replication architecture can be used for staging/live web environments or mobile applications that synchronize between each other or a web back-end. Planned for next Midgard2 releases MidCOM, an elegant PHP MVC framework written for Midgard2 Mono (C#) bindings Midgard resources Download page and changelog for latest release Bug reporting User and developers support: Users' forum Developers' forum IRC: #midgard on irc.freenode.net About Midgard The Midgard Framework development started in 1997 and it was initially released as free software in May 1999. Midgard Project has since gathered an active user and developer community, powering thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational intranets to large community portals.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 has been supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union and the Swedish Internet Foundation.Midgard is free software available under the GNU LGPL license. Contacts Piotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.comHenri Bergius, Midgard spokesmanhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org [Less]

Lodz, April 15th 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released first Release Candidate of Midgard2 9.03 "Vinland" - the new  generation of the Midgard content repository. About this release Midgard2 9.03 is targeted at web framework and desktop ... [More] developers. It provides a comprehensive set of content repository APIs that can be used to build replicated information applications that share their information using a common storage layer and replication tools.Vinland series of Midgard2 is not intended to act as a content management system, and so no CMS tools are shipped with the release. Midgard2 Vinland however can be used to build a CMS, or to refactor existing CMS tools to work with a repository-centric model.In this release we provide Content Repository API bindings for the following programming languages: C, Python, PHP and Objective-C. D-Bus signals are used to inform different Midgard2 applications about things happening in the repository, enabling for example a PHP website and a Python background process to communicate with each other. Midgard2 Midgard2 is a content reporitory. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard's philosophy includes building on top of a well-known and supported GNOME libraries like glib and libgda on the system end, and connecting with popular programming languages like PHP and Python. Data storage can utilize SQLite with desktop and mobile applications, or a database server like MySQL or Postgres for web application storage.The Midgard2 platform enables developers to define a storage structure once and use it on both web and desktop applications, with the possibility of easy data replication between the two.Read more about Midgard's content repository approach: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard2_at_fscons-your_data-everywhere http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_jcr-a_look_at_two_content_repositories http://teroheikkinen.iki.fi/blog/midgard_workshop_at_fscons   New Midgard architecture Language independence Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture has proven as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in various environments: PHP5 extension for web application and CMS development Python module for desktop application and background process development Mono module for desktop application and background process development in C# Database independence The Midgard 1.x was heavily coupled with the MySQL database. The new Midgard2 architecture is instead built on top of libgda, the GNOME database abstraction layer. This enables Midgard to be used with various storage engines, including: MySQL Postgres SQLite Microsoft SQL Server Oracle DB2 Built-in replication and metadata All Midgard objects are automatically equipped with a consistent set of metadata properties that can be used for access control and workflow.In addition, Midgard provides an API for serializing and unserializing stored objects in XML format that can be used for replicating data between different systems. The replication architecture can be used for staging/live web environments or mobile applications that synchronize between each other or a web back-end. Planned for next Midgard2 releases MidCOM, an elegant PHP MVC framework written for Midgard2 Mono (C#) bindings Midgard resources Download page and changelog for latest release Bug reporting User and developers support: Users' forum Developers' forum IRC: #midgard on irc.freenode.net About Midgard The Midgard Framework development started in 1997 and it was initially released as free software in May 1999. Midgard Project has since gathered an active user and developer community, powering thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational intranets to large community portals.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 has been supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union and the Swedish Internet Foundation.Midgard is free software available under the GNU LGPL license. Contacts Piotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.comHenri Bergius, Midgard spokesmanhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org [Less]

Lodz, April 1st 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released a second beta of Midgard2 9.03 "Vinland" - the new  generation of the Midgard content repository. About this release The second beta of Midgard2 9.03 is targeted at web framework and desktop ... [More] developers. It provides a comprehensive set of content repository APIs that can be used to build replicated information applications that share their information using a common storage layer and replication tools.Vinland series of Midgard2 is not intended to act as a content management system, and so no CMS tools are shipped with the release. Midgard2 Vinland however can be used to build a CMS, or to refactor existing CMS tools to work with a repository-centric model.In this release we provide Content Repository API bindings for the following programming languages: C, Python, PHP. D-Bus signals are used to inform different Midgard2 applications about things happening in the repository, enabling for example a PHP website and a Python background process to communicate with each other. Midgard2 Midgard2 is a content reporitory. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard's philosophy includes building on top of a well-known and supported GNOME libraries like glib and libgda on the system end, and connecting with popular programming languages like PHP and Python. Data storage can utilize SQLite with desktop and mobile applications, or a database server like MySQL or Postgres for web application storage.The Midgard2 platform enables developers to define a storage structure once and use it on both web and desktop applications, with the possibility of easy data replication between the two.Read more about Midgard's content repository approach: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard2_at_fscons-your_data-everywhere http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_jcr-a_look_at_two_content_repositories http://teroheikkinen.iki.fi/blog/midgard_workshop_at_fscons   New Midgard architecture Language independence Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture has proven as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in various environments: PHP5 extension for web application and CMS development Python module for desktop application and background process development Mono module for desktop application and background process development in C# Database independence The Midgard 1.x was heavily coupled with the MySQL database. The new Midgard2 architecture is instead built on top of libgda, the GNOME database abstraction layer. This enables Midgard to be used with various storage engines, including: MySQL Postgres SQLite Microsoft SQL Server Oracle DB2 Built-in replication and metadata All Midgard objects are automatically equipped with a consistent set of metadata properties that can be used for access control and workflow.In addition, Midgard provides an API for serializing and unserializing stored objects in XML format that can be used for replicating data between different systems. The replication architecture can be used for staging/live web environments or mobile applications that synchronize between each other or a web back-end. Planned for next Midgard2 releases MidCOM, an elegant PHP MVC framework written for Midgard2 Objective-C bindings and native Mac packages Mono (C#) bindings Midgard resources Download page and changelog for latest release Bug reporting User and developers support: Users' forum Developers' forum IRC: #midgard on irc.freenode.net About Midgard The Midgard Framework development started in 1997 and it was initially released as free software in May 1999. Midgard Project has since gathered an active user and developer community, powering thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational intranets to large community portals.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 has been supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union and the Swedish Internet Foundation.Midgard is free software available under the GNU LGPL license. Contacts Piotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.comHenri Bergius, Midgard spokesmanhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org [Less]

May 8th 1999: The Midgard Project has finally released the first public version of Midgard Application Server Suite. The new release contains Midgard core libraries, a PHP3-based web application server for the Apache platform and the needed web-based ... [More] administration tools. May 8th 2009: It's time for celebration - Midgard CMS turns ten in May! The decade of Midgard will be celebrated with a guest gala that is to be held at restaurant Ostrobotnia in Helsinki, Finland. Looking forward to seeing as many of you in the party as possible! Please register ASAP as we need to tell the restaurant how many tables are needed. [Less]

Lodz, March 12th 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released the fourthmaintenance release of Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek LTS.Ragnaroek LTS is a Long Term Support version of the free softwarecontent management framework.The 8.09.4 "Kaiku" release focuses on ... [More] API and architecture cleanups in order to ease transition from Midgard 1.x series API to Midgard 2.x APIs.Stable 8.09.4 release is recommended for all users of Midgard.Main changes from 8.09.3: Midgard installer doesn't depend on pearified.com channel (#747) Memory corruption in midgard-php extension has been fixed (#804) Query Builder and Collector constructors has been improved (#556) Several crashes has been fixed (#712, #734, #801, #870) Internal PHP classes can be introspected by PHP Reflection (#479) midgard_cron has been improved (#813, #816) URL name handling and generation has been rewritten (#809) TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor has been upgraded to version 3.2.2 Issues with handling multilingual content have been fixed (#870, #825, #935, #865, #910) Code editor in Asgard has been changed from CodePress to EditArea Configuration editor in Asgard now always creates valid configuration snippets (#771) MidCOM now uses only the modern Midgard2 API (#611) PAM authentication has been fixed (#750) Midgard now ships with SELinux policy files (#538) In total 156 tickets have been closed for this release. See the Midgardissue tracker for a full list:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=closed&milestone=8.09.4 RagnaroekPlanned for next maintenance release:More performance tuning Unit tests for midgard-php and MidCOM DBA layers New Midgard visual guidelines deployed more widely Filesync git integration for collaborative site development MidCOM packages distributed by a Midgard-powered PEAR channel See the full list in:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&status=closed&milestone=8.09.4 Ragnaroek&order=prioritySource downloadshttp://www.midgard-project.org/download/Binary packageshttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/midgardproject:/ragnaroek/Getting startedhttp://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/Issue trackerhttp://trac.midgard-project.org/roadmapMore informationPiotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.comHenri Bergius, Midgard bug masterhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org/   [Less]

Lodz, March 12th 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released a first beta of Midgard2 9.03 "Vinland" - the new  generation of the Midgard content repository. About this release The first beta of Midgard2 9.03 is targeted at web framework and desktop ... [More] developers. It provides a comprehensive set of content repository APIs that can be used to build replicated information applications that share their information using a common storage layer and replication tools.Vinland series of Midgard2 is not intended to act as a content management system, and so no CMS tools are shipped with the release. Midgard2 Vinland however can be used to build a CMS, or to refactor existing CMS tools to work with a repository-centric model.In this release we provide Content Repository API bindings for the following programming languages: C, Python, PHP. D-Bus signals are used to inform different Midgard2 applications about things happening in the repository, enabling for example a PHP website and a Python background process to communicate with each other. Midgard2 Midgard2 is a content reporitory. It provides an object-oriented and replicated environment for building data-intensive applications.Midgard's philosophy includes building on top of a well-known and supported GNOME libraries like glib and libgda on the system end, and connecting with popular programming languages like PHP and Python. Data storage can utilize SQLite with desktop and mobile applications, or a database server like MySQL or Postgres for web application storage.The Midgard2 platform enables developers to define a storage structure once and use it on both web and desktop applications, with the possibility of easy data replication between the two.Read more about Midgard's content repository approach: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard2_at_fscons-your_data-everywhere http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/midgard_and_jcr-a_look_at_two_content_repositories http://teroheikkinen.iki.fi/blog/midgard_workshop_at_fscons   New Midgard architecture   Language independence Midgard is also language independent and due to its powerful architecture has proven as stable, secure and flexible solution implemented in various environments: PHP5 extension for web application and CMS development Python module for desktop application and background process development Mono module for desktop application and background process development in C#   Database independence The Midgard 1.x was heavily coupled with the MySQL database. The new Midgard2 architecture is instead built on top of libgda, the GNOME database abstraction layer. This enables Midgard to be used with various storage engines, including: MySQL Postgres SQLite Microsoft SQL Server Oracle DB2   Built-in replication and metadata All Midgard objects are automatically equipped with a consistent set of metadata properties that can be used for access control and workflow.In addition, Midgard provides an API for serializing and unserializing stored objects in XML format that can be used for replicating data between different systems. The replication architecture can be used for staging/live web environments or mobile applications that synchronize between each other or a web back-end. Planned for next Midgard2 releases MidCOM, an elegant PHP MVC framework written for Midgard2 Objective-C bindings and native Mac packages Mono (C#) bindings   Midgard resources   Download page and changelog for latest release Bug reporting   User and developers support:   Users' forum Developers' forum IRC: #midgard on irc.freenode.net   About Midgard The Midgard Framework development started in 1997 and it was initially released as free software in May 1999. Midgard Project has since gathered an active user and developer community, powering thousands of web sites ranging from simple organizational intranets to large community portals.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 has been supported by several commercial and governmental entities including the European Union and the Swedish Internet Foundation.Midgard is free software available under the GNU LGPL license. Contacts Piotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.comHenri Bergius, Midgard spokesmanhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org [Less]

Midgard-data hotfix already available. Pearified channel related issue has been fixed and datagard works correctly again. New package is available from download page. Binary packages should be ready in next few hours.    

Pearified.com, an external provider of some PEAR packages used in the Midgard environment is at the moment unavailable. This affects the following Midgard dependencies: Role_Web: installing public files to server DocumentRoot, deprecated by PEAR's ... [More] new www role Javascript_Prototype: the prototype javascript library used by some components Javascript_Scriptaculous: the Scriptaculous javascript library used by some components Because of this, new installs of Midgard are temporarily unavailable. See bug #747 for more information. The Midgard team is preparing a 8.09.3.1 maintenance release to resolve this issue as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience. [Less]

Lodz, January 12th 2009 -- The Midgard Project has released the third maintenance release of Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek LTS.Ragnaroek LTS is a Long Term Support version of the free softwarecontent management framework.The 8.09.3 "New Year's diet" ... [More] release focuses on API and architecture cleanups in order to ease transition from Midgard 1.x series API to Midgard 2.x APIs.Stable 8.09.3 release is recommended for all users of Midgard. Main changes from 8.09.2: MidCOM DBA has been rewritten to follow decorator pattern instead of inheritance (#456 and #599) There is a new online help and documentation viewer Safari user experience has been greatly improved (#583, #585) Basic authentication on Midgard level has been fixed (#485) MidCOM cron is now automatically set up for new virtual hosts (#378) All legacy metadata fields have been removed in favor of midgard_metadata object (#387, #464, #476 and #477) Replication has been changed to work using the new API and decorators (#627, #607, #534, #501, 513, #564 File attachments now have MultiLang emulation (#420) In-page Ajax editing can now be disabled and enabled globally (#526) Midgard's tree management has been improved in many ways (#447, #482, #483, #600, #602, #625) HTTP errors can be mapped to notifications or special logging (#305) The Midgard PHP extension is now approximately 50% faster In total 151 tickets have been closed for this release. See the Midgard issue tracker for a full list:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=closed&milestone=8.09.3 RagnaroekPlanned for next maintenance release: More performance tuning Unit tests for midgard-php and MidCOM DBA layers New Midgard visual guidelines deployed more widely Filesync git integration for collaborative site development MidCOM packages distributed by a Midgard-powered PEAR channel See the full list in:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&status=closed&milestone=8.09.4 Ragnaroek&order=prioritySource downloadshttp://www.midgard-project.org/download/Binary packageshttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/midgardproject:/ragnaroek/Getting startedhttp://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/Issue trackerhttp://trac.midgard-project.org/roadmapMore informationPiotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.com Henri Bergius, Midgard bug masterhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org/ [Less]

Lodz, December 30th 2008 -- The Midgard Project has released a third release candidate for the third maintenance release of Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek LTS. Ragnaroek LTS is a Long Term Support version of the free software content management framework.The ... [More] 8.09.3 release focuses on API and architecture cleanups in order to ease transition from Midgard 1.x series API to Midgard 2.x APIs. When out, the final 8.09.3 release will be recommended for all users of Midgard. Changes from 8.09.3RC2: Fixed database tables' layout for initial setups Replication is faster objects which hold guid references Minor bugfixes Main changes from 8.09.2: MidCOM DBA has been rewritten to follow decorator pattern instead of inheritance (#456 and #599) There is a new online help and documentation viewer Safari user experience has been greatly improved (#583, #585) Basic authentication on Midgard level has been fixed (#485) MidCOM cron is now automatically set up for new virtual hosts (#378) All legacy metadata fields have been removed in favor of midgard_metadata object (#387, #464, #476 and #477) Replication has been changed to work using the new API and decorators (#627, #607, #534, #501, 513, #564 File attachments now have MultiLang emulation (#420) In-page Ajax editing can now be disabled and enabled globally (#526) Midgard's tree management has been improved in many ways (#447, #482, #483, #600, #602, #625) HTTP errors can be mapped to notifications or special logging (#305) The Midgard PHP extension is now approximately 50% faster In total 145 tickets have been closed for this release. See the Midgard issue tracker for a full list:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=closed&milestone=8.09.3 RagnaroekPlanned for next maintenance release: More performance tuning Unit tests for midgard-php and MidCOM DBA layers New Midgard visual guidelines deployed more widely Filesync git integration for collaborative site development MidCOM packages distributed by a Midgard-powered PEAR channel See the full list in:http://trac.midgard-project.org/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&status=closed&milestone=8.09.4 Ragnaroek&order=prioritySource downloadshttp://www.midgard-project.org/download/Binary packageshttp://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/midgardproject:/ragnaroek/Getting startedhttp://www.midgard-project.org/documentation/getting-started/Issue trackerhttp://trac.midgard-project.org/roadmapMore informationPiotr Pokora, Midgard release managerpiotrek.pokora(at)gmail.com Henri Bergius, Midgard bug masterhenri.bergius(at)iki.fiThe Midgard Projecthttp://www.midgard-project.org/ [Less]