SilverStripe

SilverStripe v2.4 progresses to release candidate 2

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 30 April 2010

We're excited to say we're extremely close to releasing a stable version of SilverStripe 2.4.

A month ago we released Release Candidate 1. Thanks to community feedback and continued testing, we're issuing an update today, SilverStripe 2.4 Release Candidate 2. A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to download and test this release and file bug reports.

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SilverStripe v2.4 progresses to release candidate 1

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 1 April 2010

Today we've moved significantly closer to a final and stable version of SilverStripe v2.4. You can now download SilverStripe v2.4 Release Candidate 1, which fixes bugs and incorporates feedback from the community since our Beta releases.

We'd appreciate you testing this release, and seeing whether your existing sites upgrade smoothly to this version.Version 2.4 does represent a major version update, providing a number of new features needed to run larger and more complex websites. Whether you're needing to run on SilverStripe on another database, make use of nested URLs, or keen to take advantage of improved performance or wider unit-test coverage, there's something in this release that will help everyone who uses SilverStripe.

Now that we've reached Release Candidate 1, the features in SilverStripe 2.4 are finalised. We have described the major features in earlier posts, but you can look forward to hearing about them in much more depth as we head towards the final release.

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SilverStripe 2.4 beta release brings hierarchical URLs, SQL Server support, and much more

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 5 February 2010

We're extremely excited to announce SilverStripe v2.4 is now at beta release stage!

This means it's ready for testing by our community. We've made a number of changes since the 2.4 alpha release in November, and we're continuing to polish the intended features in preparation for the stable version. We do not recommend using this version of SilverStripe for production sites yet unless extensive testing is done.

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SilverStripe 2.3.5 released

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 22 January 2010

Yesterday we released an update to the SilverStripe CMS. As it fixes security vulnerabilities in our software, we recommend that production websites should upgrade to this version.

No API changes are generated in this release, so existing modules and websites should upgrade easily. Related to this release, we also issued a security update for the SilverStripe forum module.

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SilverStripe 2.3.4 released

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 30 November 2009

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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SilverStripe 2.4 alpha release brings hierachical URLs, SQL Server support, and much more

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 12 November 2009

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 2.3.3 released

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 6 August 2009

SilverStripe v2.3.3 has just been released! This is now the best version of our software to use. This version solves a number of bugs both at the code level for those working with Sapphire, and solves a few CMS interface bugs.

A big round of thanks go to community members who identified bugs and contributed fixes to them!

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User Forms 0.2 brings new ease to managing forms

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 5 August 2009

We recently released a major update to the User Forms module. We mentioned the features earlier, but these features are now ready for production websites.

• Improved user interface for editing fields, with more descriptive labels and improved layout.
• You can now configure simple conditional logic. When someone answers a question in a form, that answer can be used to hide or show other fields on that form.
• Both the editor and the public-facing form now use jQuery. All of the prototype JavaScript library code has gone, more than halving the lines of JavaScript through a better architecture.
• The code at the PHP level has also been substantially rewritten. The model has been optimised and this drops the number of database tables from 12 to 3. We hope you like the speed and architecture improvements!
• The web-based report of form submissions is more powerful. The report is now paginated, and you can remove individual submissions or clear them all out.
• You can set custom messages for when fields are not filled out properly, overriding the SilverStripe defaults.
• Instead of sending a submission to a single email address, you can send to multiple email addresses. For each recipient you can customise the To, From, Subject, and Body content.
• Thanks to updates to the Mollom module and Recaptcha module last month, you can limit the amount of unwanted spam coming through your forms.
• Note: As yet there is no data migration strategy from forms built in the previous version to the new one. Also, this module currently has bugs when used on multiple-language websites.

Custom Fields open up a new form of SilverStripe extensions!

An exciting feature added to this version of the User Forms module is that it supports custom fields. These extensions are created by writing PHP code that can sit in their own folder, making them easy to share and reuse. Technically, you extend the EditableFormField PHP class; see the Google Maps Selection Field source code for an example. We're looking forward to seeing the community contribute useful types of fields, and we are also happy to know that the core module does not need to bloat with all sorts of rarely used field types.

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London SilverStripe Community Meetup

Posted by Sigurd Magnusson on 5 August 2009

Come to a SilverStripe event in London on Thursday 3rd September! SilverStripe Partner GPMD is hosting the after-work event from 6:45pm at The Worship — see the new SilverStripeUK meetup group that GMPD has created for further details. GPMD plans to make this a regular event in London.

Anyone interested in using—or currently using—the SilverStripe CMS is welcome, and it doesn't matter if you are technical or not. So if you're in London, we'd love for you to come to this informative and interesting evening.

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5 module updates provide a real field-day

Posted by Sigurd on 10 July 2009

We've released updates to five modules today. The set of releases focuses on giving more power to non-technical people in managing website forms.

User Forms v0.2rc2

Today's release of the User Forms module is a significant update and near-rewrite of version 0.1.

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