Preparing for Croogo 1.2

Posted by Fahad on Thu, Dec 03 2009

It has been over a month since Croogo 1.1 was released. And I am glad to say I have received good response so far. There are already a few blogs out there running on it, and hopefully we will see some cool applications built with it in coming months. Almost 1,000 downloads, and unknown number of checkouts from repositories - not bad for a project less than 2 months old, right?

I wanted to introduce you with a few important features that will/may make it to the next release.

What to expect from Croogo 1.2?

i18n (Internationalization)
If you keep yourself updated from the repository, you will already know that Croogo now supports multilingual content. But I am also looking forward to implementing i18n for Blocks and Links. This will make it possible to have a complete multilingual site.

Extensions plugin
Ever wanted to have the comfort of uploading themes, plugins, language packs right from the admin panel of a CMS? Extensions plugin will handle that!

Hooks
Hooks allow you to modify the output of Nodes (blog posts, pages, etc) sent to the browser. Just enable/disable your hook from Extensions plugin, and it will do the rest. If you are curious, check out this ExampleHook. At the moment, only helpers can be used as hooks. But it is likely I will add support for components too.

If you have any feature request, or just want to say hi to other Croogo users, join our Google Group.

When to expect Croogo 1.2?

Most probably by the end of this month. This could also be the final release for CakePHP 1.2.x, because I am considering migrating this project to CakePHP 1.3 since it has some new features for themes which will be very useful for Croogo.

Before you complain, I apologize for the lack of documentation. But I hope it will be up the day Croogo 1.2 is released. Till then, happy baking!

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6 Comments

Andrew said on Dec 04, 2009
This is great news. Look forward to the new release. It would be great to allow hooks access to actions in the controllers so we could create some awesome plugins.
Fahad said on Dec 05, 2009
I have added hook support for components in the repository. that should help you.
Andrew said on Dec 06, 2009
Great, I am checking them out now.
Akif said on Dec 04, 2009
Great work! I realy like how croogo is set up. I'am planning to use it for my business website.

Keep up the good work.

PS: I can translate to dutch. Contact me.

gaming laptop said on Jan 07, 2010
its a good news..
better and better. i hope it has few bug
Andy said on Jan 16, 2010
nice work so far. eagerly waiting for the next release :)

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