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Originally on: https://www.adaptcms.com/posts/beta-work-begins

Hello All!

We have a quick update, just to let people the basics of what's been going on with the CMS and what's upcoming. Alpha is out and available, post-release patching is done and work on the next version - AdaptCMS 4.0 Beta, began a few weeks ago. A more proper update, detailing some of the features we'll be working on and such will be out in the next week or two.... read more

Re-written from the ground up, now using the Laravel PHP Framework, we have debuted an early but still strong alpha version.

https://www.adaptcms.com/pages/download

AdaptCMS 3.0.3 has been released! This version ended up being a "smaller" sized release, plenty of new things but a lot of the major new additions/enhancements ended up being very time consuming. By the time this is being read, we will already be starting on planning for 3.0.4 and 3.0.5 - the former may be a medium-large sized release.

Release highlights:

• Article Enhancements - There was a lot added to improve the functionality of managing articles in the admin. You can preview an article as you edit it, revisions have been adding allowing a history of an article to be managed. With the new revisions, users can now choose a quick save and auto-save method to allow for quick and easy saving without leaving the page - in addition, revisions can be previewed.
• Bootstrap/FontAwesome Upgrade - The admin look and feel has been updated to the newest version of Bootstrap. Since bootstrap 3.0 is very different and fontawesome also changed their naming conventions, we decided it was a good time to upgrade. The design is largely around the same as before, but the main admin page has been upgraded and the overall look/feel is "bigger" and less round, which is the Boostrap 3 look.
• Addon Creator - A fairly big feature, the addon creator is a new feature written in AngularJS that will provide an easy interface to create a plugin or theme. The main purpose of the app is to make it easy to create either, along with providing the ability to do most things inside AdaptCMS without having to edit files via FTP. The first version is fairly simple, but we have plans to expand it over time.
• Media Libraries - The "media modal" was recoded into angularJS, making it a quicker and very stable feature now. Libraries can also now be linked to articles, providing the functionality of linking to a list of libraries, showing numerous images or the latest image from linked libraries on an article page. Very useful for video game websites.

With the release of 3.0.3, the documentation has also been update covering a lot of areas, this can be viewed here:

http://documentation.adaptcms.com/3.0.3/Setup/Installation

You can also see a full list of changes below:

https://github.com/adaptcms/AdaptCMS/blob/3.0.3/CHANGELOG.md

AdaptCMS 3.0.2 has been released! This version fixes bugs and adds/refines a lot of functionality in what ended up being a "medium" sized release. Below are some of the biggest new features:

• Template Engine/Re-organization - The biggest new feature, the new template engine and folder re-organization has changed templating completely in AdaptCMS. With the new engine, you can use simple tags like {{ url('category_view', array('news')) }} to link to the list of news articles and many more tags (which are documented here). This helps those not familiar with PHP still be able to edit templates without a lot of difficulty. The new folder/template structure also makes it easier/faster to get what you need to - Admin and Frontend templates are split into their own folder, as a vast majority will only need to edit frontend templates.
• Search - The previous search feature was well-concieved, but ultimately had some problems and the new search functionality is stable and much faster. Re-coding the search in angular, we were able to engineer a very fast search functionality across multiple features of the site. All modern browsers support it and it is a great feature with much to build upon in the future.
• New Plugins - The Contact Form and Article Ratings are brand new starting with AdaptCMS 3.0.2. The Contact Form plugin is a simple new addition providing websites the easiness of use of providing visitors to your site the ability to easily contact you. Article Ratings is the other new plugin, providing a rating feature so that users of your site can rate articles - the permissions built in also allow you to allow or disallow guests from being able to rate an article. When creating a block, admins can then create a "best rated" list of articles.
• Global Template Tags - With the new template engine, global template tags are now possible. Powered by angular, the admin interface is quick and easy to move around in. If you add a tag called 'copyright', then you can simply call {{ copyright }} to display the value you entered for the tag. These tags are usable in any template on the site, from the layout to a plugin template. The choice is yours!

With the release of 3.0.2, the documentation has also been update covering a lot of areas, this can be viewed here. You can see a full list of changes at github.

API Website Updated

With the new release of AdaptCMS, we switched framework for the updated API website. Switching to Laravel 4, this allows us to add new functionality easier and quicker. While we switched frameworks, we also added in new functionality! Rather than just creating an account that only lets you access that site, anyone can now sign in with their facebook or github account. We recommend github accounts because when submitting a plugin/theme, you can select an existing repository on your account to populate the author URL and download URL fields for - no need to upload a zip to your own site, just use github to easily submit to the site!

AdaptCMS 3.0.1 has been released - this version fixes numerous bugs and adds a lot of new functionality. Below are some of the biggest new features:

• View Docs - Documentation, also referenced as “View Docs”, this new interface is seen in supported templates and when adding/editing a page. It will appear as a tab and will show all the variables that you can use and in the case of the layout template, will show what you have to have in there. They are built in a way for easy expanding in the future.
• Plugins Updated - Polls (1.1), Links (1.1), Google Analytics (1.1), Support Ticket (1.0.1)
• New Themes, Updated Theme - The gaming theme received some fixes and a brand new Sample theme is introduced, providing an easier jumping off point for those wanting to create a theme of their own. Also new is the “United” theme, an inspired Ubunu theme.
• Bootstrap 3.0 - The frontend layout was converted to bootstrap 3.0 as well as all JS on the site. We are looking at converting the admin theme as well in the next version.
• Import Folder - This new feature for the files area, allows you to upload a folder of images and then go into the admin and import them all at once. Much quicker than having to pick them one by one.
• Session Expiration Notification - Using the noty library, this really nifty new features will alert a user in the admin if they are adding/editing an item that their session is about to expire. If they click on it and they are already logged out, a login form will appear. Enter it and it will re-log you in and refresh the CSRF token of the form so you don’t have to lose any of your progress!
• Code Refactoring/Improvement - Not a feature, but we continued to improve and refactor the code in AdaptCMS.

With the release, a new set of documentation has been launched here. They are minimal at the moment, but what they do cover - they cover very well. We hope to have full thorough documentation up for the next release.

You can see a full list of changes at github.

14 months after starting the newest version of AdaptCMS, AdaptCMS 3.0 is available to download!

http://www.adaptcms.com/download

We rewrote every single feature and functionality from scratch, are now using the cakePHP framework and a brand new admin panel/frontend design. 3.0 also introduces a brand new plugin/theme system, which has 9 plugins and 1 theme in total, which also brings in a new AdaptCMS API website. (see below) With a modern approach in mind, AdaptCMS uses the latest version of the cakePHP framework - which gives us a lot out of the box, so we can work more on the features than the nitty gritty internals.... read more

We've been hard at work this past month trying to knock out any bugs we see and getting the first public release ready for production use. The great news is we are nearing completion and we are at a point that a release date can be published:

July 20th, 2013

This is just two weeks from now and I just want to run through exactly what will be happening that day, because it is a lot. By the day before, or likely, the weekend before we will already have a zipped up copy of AdaptCMS 3.0 - but on that release day we will also be launching the new AdaptCMS.com website, an API website for plugins and themes and documentation site.
The new AdaptCMS website has been completely rebuilt just as the CMS - a new design and a ton of information on the new version. Both this and it's related sub-sites should launch that morning or early on that day at/around the same time as the CMS.... read more

The last limited beta, AdaptCMS Beta 3, is now available in a limited release. The new version brought a lot to the table - the biggest work was fixing bugs, fixing browser issues, mobile testing, query optimization and themes received a large upgrade. More refactoring was done, a AdaptCMS 2.x converter was made and overall a lot of little enhancements.

This release is limited again because there is more testing and we want our full release, 3.0, to be as tested as possible. Between today and the release of AdaptCMS 3.0 (a release date should be known by next month), we will be working on getting it production ready - adding caching, doing another round of query optimization/bug hunting/browser testing and a few features - likely a google maps plugin and some updates to the plugins to get them ready.... read more

The first public release of the 3.x line of AdaptCMS has been officially released. It is a limited release, which means while it is availble to the public, we are largely not promoting it. This is because we recommend users that download this, to at least have minor PHP knowledge - but it is a fairly stable version.

Included are instructions on how to install this version. In the admin panel, after installation, users will also find a bug report tool due to this release being a beta. Outside of that, have fun. We just ask to report any issues (or suggestions) and that if you start to use this release for a public site - starting with this version, future versions will be upgradeable so while we reccommend waiting until the 3.0 Final release, webmasters can start early now.... read more

Insane Visions is happy to announce yet another new release, AdaptCMS 2.0.4, immediately available to download.

2.0.4 is likely the last "minor version" to come out before the next big release is out. The changes are mostly small, but fixes several bugs as well as replacing some old code so AdaptCMS 2.0.4 is compatible with PHP 5.3!

Seeing the market share of PHP 5.3 at an impressive 37.9%, just 19.3% less than 5.2 - we decided it would be important to get AdaptCMS compatible with PHP 5.3 for future proofing.... read more

Insane Visions is happy to announce another new release, AdaptCMS 2.0.3, immediately available to download.

2.0.3 is another "minor version", mainly fixing bugs and errors discovered from the previous version as well as some minor asthetic improvements.

The social feature received additional work, fixing numerous bugs including issues with blogs and several incorrect rewrite URL's. Tiny_mce, the wysiwyg editor, also received an upgrade to the latest version which also fixed a bug after adding an article.... read more

Insane Visions is excited to announce the next release, AdaptCMS 2.0.2 now available for download.

While being another "minor version", 2.0.2 fixes numerous bugs and improves the stability of the Social set of features.

The big new feature is phpBB Integration. While it is not a fully integrated plugin, users can still login currently. Numerous bugs were also fixed - plugin area had numerous issues fixed, ACP Content Sorting, social status update and the Help ACP feature links up correctly.... read more

Just a quick note thanks to a tip from someone (don't want to mention who without permission) a security hole has been discovered in AdaptCMS. It was in the config.php and involved just a few bits of code, one bit that cleans out COOKIES and such that should of been at the top of the file and the other bit that determined if a page was a frontend or backend one. This allowed XSS scripting to gain access to say the admin page without having proper access.... read more

Insane Visions is excited to announce the next release, AdaptCMS 2.0.1 now available for download.

Despite being a "minor version", this release still packs quite a bit more than we originally planned. The biggest part is a whole lot of bugs fixed, from the mod_rewrite to the plugins being fixed and in many other areas. Another part was the security was enhanced, not just improving it in the social area of the site but a newly implemented "SALT" method. This makes it extremely difficult for anyone to hack your website and gain entry as the salt password is randomly generated for each Adapt website and unless they gain access to your MySQL backend, they can't get password hashes. The third part is of course the features!... read more

Insane Visions has announced the major release of AdaptCMS 2.0, available now for download!

Although, unfortunately, many delays the biggest version since the very first version of AdaptCMS features a whole new look, completely re-written and brand new features. The template system was one of the major changes, introducing smarty to power the system instead of the in-house setup. This enables template caching, more tagging and an overall better experience.... read more

After a lengthy delay Insane Visions is happy to announce that the AdaptCMS 2.0.2 Beta has been released!

https://sourceforge.net/projects/adaptcms/files/AdaptCMS%202.x/AdaptCMS_2.0.2_Beta.zip/download

Despite the delay there were many numerous bugs fixed as well as numerous new features and one more beta is expected to release as early as next week.

* ACP Quick Links - click a little add button on any ACP page and a quick link is added to the main acp area - a box where you can edit and change the name or insert anything in!
* Promote - Post content and a page shows features to help promote your article such as twitter and others.
* RSS... [read more](/p/adaptcms/news/2010/12/adaptcms-202-beta-released/)

Insane Visions is pleased to announce a new beta for AdaptCMS 2.0 - AdaptCMS 2.0.1 Beta. This new version includes all the core files along with the newest files, which 2.0.0 users can just get through there admin control panel.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/adaptcms/files/AdaptCMS%202.x/AdaptCMS_2.0.1_Beta.zip/download

This is not a major upgrade and it only includes a few new features, but a lot of bugs fixed - including some major ones.... read more

Insane Visions is relieved and happy to announce the beta relelase of AdaptCMS 2.0.0! The process continues as 2.0.0 Beta is an open process, open to anybody to try out - no registration required.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/adaptcms/files/AdaptCMS%202.x/AdaptCMS_2.0.0_Beta.zip/download

The new beta is the very first release of the AdaptCMS 2.x line and if you have used AdaptCMS before, some things will seem familiar but overall is a different experience. Being the first version in the line, even with a private beta, it is noted that the chance of bugs is decently high - if you have a big successful site, don't run the beta on it.... read more

Still with a long ways to go, nonetheless, AdaptCMS 2.0 has gone from Alpha to the start of Beta stage. This means the script is somewhat stable - although serious testing is still a bit off.

There is still a lot of work left before a Beta is released but one of the important steps - a design - is in progress with the default frontend layout already done! Talking about progress, there has been a lot lately after a break - much work on the social and share features especially.... read more

Insane Visions has announced the release of AdaptCMS Lite 1.5 and AdaptCMS Pro 1.5, both available to download/purchase!

AdaptCMS 1.5 is largely a minor version, as it comes inbetween 1.4 and the major version, AdaptCMS 2.0. Although minor, this version is more than a few bug fixes - there are numerous new features. The biggest new feature is tagging and "Quick Edit". With tagging you can take advantage of such Web 2.0 features as a "Tag Cloud" and also help visitors search easier. A very useful "Quick Edit" feature has also been added, letting staff/admins quickly edit articles from thefrontend of the site.... read more

We here at Insane Visions are excited to announce the new beta of AdaptCMS Lite. To test drive the new beta copy you must first be a registered member, you can register if you're not. Then all you have to do is view the link down below and signup to become a beta tester:

http://www.insanevisions.com/betadl.php

There you will find the AdaptCMS Lite 1.5 Beta as well as previous beta's.

The AdaptCMS Lite 1.5 Beta is the lucky number 7 beta of AdaptCMS and sixth of AdaptCMS Lite, taking content management to the next level with no cost whatsoever! We hope to release the script (and the pro version) in the next few weeks, but possibly up to 3-4 weeks depending on features added.... read more

Insane Visions has announced the release of AdaptCMS Lite 1.4 and AdaptCMS Pro 1.4, both available to download/purchase!

AdaptCMS 1.4 follows in the footsteps from 1.3, considered a "major version", whereas AdaptCMS 1.4 is a "minor release". Although a minor release, the 1.4 release brings numerous new additions and changes to the general CMS script. A new admin search has been added to easily find things, a nifty image re-sizer, RSS Importer 1.2, postpone an article and a few bigger features including custom fields usable now anywhere as well as the ablity to view a section listing by field.... read more

We here at Insane Visions are excited to announce the fifth and long-awaited beta of AdaptCMS Lite. To test drive the new beta copy you must first be a registered member, you can register if you're not. Then all you have to do is view the link down below and signup to become a beta tester:

http://www.insanevisions.com/betadl.php

The AdaptCMS Lite 1.4 Beta along with all previous beta's are available at that link.... read more

For the first time with AdaptCMS, Insane Visions has issued an urgent security fix. This recent security hole was discovered by the group at Milw0rm. Upon hearing about this security hole we immediately fixed the problem in a matter of minutes and are now issuing this fix.

The Security Hole was related to the new "Check User" feature in AdaptCMS Lite 1.3 and AdaptCMS Pro 1.3. When signing up you would enter the username desired, once moving to the password field a box would appear saying whether the username was taken or not. The issue was the PHP that checks to see if the username is taken did not use any safe guards incase of SQL injection. The worst consequence is the stealing of the MD5 hash of a users password but NO passwords themselves were vulnerable to this problem.... read more

It's been a little slow lately the past few weeks here at Insane Visions. Working on a script from the ground up (AdaptBB) is quite a tedious task as well as a fun thing to do. The forum script is shaping up quite nicely so far, but there is still a LOT of work to do on the forums themselves, not even including some of the unique features.

With all that said AdaptCMS 1.4 will be delayed. I know an "official release" is never given, but AdaptCMS 1.0-1.3 were released two months apart. However with work on AdaptBB 1.0 as well as another Insane Visions-related website being worked on and various other things, I don't expect to release 1.4 until sometime in October.... read more