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MDPro 1.081 is ready to download.

“In this package we’ve added several optimizations to make MDPro faster and the Tinymax editor was revised. The Error module was revised, some new functions were added, Smarty core was updated and we fixed some bugs and made other optimisations to AddStory, Admin, Autorender, MDMenus, MDUsers, News, Submit_News modules.”

For additional information and upgrading instructions, please read the release announcement.

“With today’s release of Joomla! 1.5 beta 2, we’re shifting gears into turbo mode; an entirely re-factored core, internationalisation, FTP layering, next-generation API and framework that’s so flexible and powerful and, of course, a designer’s dream for unparalleled templating flexibility.”

Joomla! 1.5 beta 2 is feature complete, and it’s the last beta prior to release candidate. In essence Joomla! 1.0.x was based upon the Mambo codebase, whereas Joomla! 1.5 has been completely rewritten from scratch. With Joomla! 1.5 the core developers have tried to make life simpler for the end user, the web administrator and for the third party developers.

All templates for Joomla! 1.0.x can be used in Joomla! 1.5. A lot of features have been added to the templating system in Joomla! 1.5, but full backwards compatibility has been preserved.

To learn more on Joomla! 1.5 and this second beta, please read the release announcement.

The main goal of eZ publish 3.9.2 is to support the new version of the Website Interface, but many general improvement are included as well. The new Website Interface supports

* Blogs
* Multipage articles
* Polls
* Flash banners
* Tags and tag clouds
* Embedded calendars
* Multicalendar
* Timed publishing and un-publishing
* Re-designed Website Toolbar
* Tip a friend
* Cross publishing

while general improvements are related to MySQL 5, OpenOffice.org extension, and Unicode support.

To learn more, please see the release announcement and the changelog.

“This is a beta version but as it is built on top of the super stable version 1.9.3, we’re pretty confident that it is stable already.

However there have been enough antispam core changes to warrant this a beta label just in case some side-effects would appear.”

There are three main improvements in this version:

* As already mentioned, it blocks even more spam than before;
* It looks better, especially with the new Miami Blue skin;
* It adds new features with new bundled plugins, like YouTube videos, code highlighting and XML sitemaps.

For additional information on improvements and bug fixes, please read the release announcement.

The first release candidate of OpenCms 7 is now available. Features of the OpenCms 7 RC1 include, among others:

* The internal link management has been greatly improved.
* If files (or folders) are moved / renamed, all links to these files are now kept intact.
* Deleting a resource that is linked by other resources does now display a warning / confirmation dialog.
* The new “Content Relationship Engine” (CRE) allows defining arbitrary relations between OpenCms resources.

For a full list of features and the planned roadmap to OpenCms 7 final, please read the release announcement.