Croogo 1.3 released!

After 101 commits, 40 tickets, and many sleepless nights, I am happy to announce the release of Croogo 1.3! This version is surely more secure, usable, faster and sucks less! Migrating to CakePHP 1.3 didn't take that long, but I wanted to take care of a few more things before releasing another beta version.

Download

All downloads have been moved from Google Code to GitHub. Download latest version of Croogo here: https://github.com/croogo/croogo/downloads

The changes

  • CakePHP 1.3: The CMS now runs on latest CakePHP 1.3 taking advantage of some cool new features.
  • Theming: Previously, themes had to be placed under two different directories. Now all your theme related files are found under a single directory, much more easier to maintain and distribute.
  • Plugins and Hooks: Plugin development is more powerful now. The hook system has been improved more so your plugins can integrate with the core more easily. Plugins can have their own bootstraps and routes too.
  • YAML: Themes and plugins now use YAML file for their basic description/info instead of XML files.
  • Admin UI: the navigation menu has been moved to top to make more room for content, and it is also more usable.
  • Security: Now ships with SecurityComponent enabled. Takes care of XSS vulnerabilities and CSRF attacks.
  • Installer: Replaces security salt and cipher seed with new values when installing (thanks to @AD7six).
  • Bug fixes: v1.2.1 had bugs with query caching and a few other things, they are fixed now.

Compare v1.2.1 with v1.3 on GitHub. If you find any bugs, you can submit tickets here: https://croogo.lighthouseapp.com.

Community contributed plugins and themes

Now that designing themes and developing plugins is so easy, I expect some contribution in the Croogo community. Let the flow of themes and plugins begin! Need help? Join the mailing list.

Croogo.org

I am not a designer, thats the reason you still don't see Croogo.org set up with a nice design and a beautiful logo. I will try to get that done as soon as possible. As long as it is not done, keep reading the wiki on github as I update it frequently.

Watch this space, I will be releasing a new theme for Croogo (the one currently active on my blog) within a week.

And Happy Easter to everyone reading this post! :)