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SilverStripe 2.3.4 released
SilverStripe v2.3.4 has just been released! This is now the best version of our software to use. This version solves a number of bugs, some of which relate to security vulnerabilities. Thanks go to community members who identified bugs and contributed fixes to them!
Download SilverStripe-v2.3.4.tar.gz
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English SilverStripe book now in Wellington libraries
The English edition of the SilverStripe book is now in libraries in Wellington, the home of SilverStripe.
Due to popular demand the books are already on loan, but you can reserve the book online through both the Hutt City Libraries and Wellington City Libraries websites, as seen below:
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SilverStripe 2.4 alpha release brings hierachical URLs, SQL Server support, and much more
We're extremely excited to announce SilverStripe v2.4 is now at alpha release stage!
This means it's ready for testing by our community while we continue to complete the intended features for the stable version, and complete our own testing. We do not recommend using this version of SilverStripe for production sites yet, unless you perform extensive testing on your own site first.
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SilverStripe book available in UK
If you're a developer based in the UK or Europe, you now have much quicker and cheaper access to our fantastic developer resource, SilverStripe: The Complete Guide to CMS Development.
This is because Amazon.co.uk and other UK booksellers now show the 456 page book as being in stock, meaning you no longer need to purchase via the US-based amazon.com store.
You're invited to the Wellington Web Meetup!
Wellington web designers and frontend coders have recently formed a monthly post-work event, the Wellington Web Meetup.
SilverStripe is supporting this month's meetup, which will be held at 6pm on Thursday, 12 November at our offices on Level 4, 97-99 Courtenay Place.
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Have you voted for SilverStripe?
Friday 30 October is the last day that you can vote for SilverStripe CMS in the PacktPub Open Source CMS Awards.
We'd love to get your support, because winning will raise awareness about SilverStripe CMS, and will provide a monetary prize to fund product development work!
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SilverStripe CMS on Windows 7
With the new Microsoft Windows 7 operating system released last week, we thought we'd take SilverStripe CMS for a test drive on it. We used Microsoft Web Platform Installer to install SilverStripe. This approach has now been used about 36,000 times by the world to install SilverStripe.
We found the installation to be quick and easy. A dramatic improvement is that Microsoft's installer now installs MySQL for you, which it didn't when first released back in April. The CMS and public-facing website ran straight away and worked robustly in Internet Explorer 8. The installer automatically enabled Microsoft's new wincache bytecode cache which, despite being new, provided SilverStripe with a dramatic speed boost and didn't appear to cause any problems. All of this demonstrates Microsoft's recent work to streamline installing PHP applications on the native Windows stack.
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Announcing the release of Concrete, SilverStripe 2.4's jQuery webapp library
Update (3 December 2009): Concrete has now been renamed Entwine.
We'd like to announce the release of the Entwine and Selector libraries for jQuery.
Developed by Hamish Friedlander, and partially sponsored by SilverStripe, this library will provide the architectural underpinnings for JavaScript in SilverStripe v2.4.
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Book sells out on Amazon.com; restocked now.
Copies of the SilverStripe book are selling like hotcakes! It took just four days for Amazon.com to sell all of their initial stock of SilverStripe: The Complete Guide to CMS Development.
The screenshot below shows Amazon down to their final copy, and was snapped during the weekend. Amazon.com has since restocked the book—so head off and buy a copy!
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Guitar Hero website relaunched using SilverStripe CMS
We're proud to announce that SilverStripe is the engine behind the very cool and recently relaunched Guitar Hero website.
The site is filled to the brim with video and social functions, and is a community-focussed base for fans of the popular console game. The website integrates with the game itself, publishing a global leaderboard and facilitating online tournaments.
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SilverStripe mobile development has just become easier
Today we've launched a free extension to SilverStripe CMS that makes it easier to build websites for mobile devices.
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