Croogo 1.2 released!

Hello everyone, I am happy to announce the release of Croogo 1.2 Beta. I have been working on implementing new features over the last couple of weeks and I believe this CMS is ready for another beta release.

Here is the download link: http://croogo.googlecode.com/files/croogo-1.2.zip

Read the wiki for installation instructions.

New Features / Improvements

• Extensions plugin: Manages uploading/activating of Plugins, Themes and Locales
• Translate plugin: Enables translation of your content in multiple languages.
• Plugin development made easier: It is now very easy to extend Croogo with plugins. New hook system has been implemented which lets your plugin integrate with the application without having to touch the core files. See the Example plugin's code.
• Themes now have CustomHelper: Sometimes your theme may require custom functions. All those functions can be placed in CustomHelper.
• Node access: Let certain roles access your nodes.
• Improved settings
• Improved UI in admin panel
• File Manager: Removed delete links for core files.
• Search: There is a new search form for content.
• Bug fixes

What about documentation?

I am slowly adding more pages to the wiki. Read them here: http://wiki.github.com/fahad19/croogo

Contribute

The project is still in it's early stage and there is a lot of room for improvement. I request all developers and designers to contribute to this project. You can contribute by submitting a bug, developing a plugin, designing a theme, helping others, or just by spreading the word.

Plan for 1.3

You have to wait for a few more months for version 1.3. The project will be migrated to CakePHP 1.3 then to take advantage of the new features introduced by this excellent framework. If you have any ideas for the next version, share it in the group.

Enjoy and Happy New Year!