Magnolia (CMS)

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Magnolia
Magnolia-CMS-logo.png
Developer(s) Magnolia International Ltd
Stable release 4.4.6 / January 17, 2012; 38 days ago (2012-01-17)
Development status Active
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Content management system
License Enterprise Edition: proprietary EULA,
Community Edition: GPL
Website http://www.magnolia-cms.com

Magnolia is an Open-Source content management system (CMS) developed by Magnolia International Ltd., based in Basel, Switzerland. It is based on JSR-170.

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[edit] History

Magnolia 1.0 was released November 15, 2003 by Obinary Ltd.[1] Magnolia 2.0 was released November 15, 2004 [2] with a focus on usability.

Obinary was renamed to Magnolia International Ltd. in September 2006. By that time, Magnolia had been downloaded more than 150,000 times.[3][self-published source?]

Magnolia 3.0, released on November 15, 2006, marked the switch from a pure Open Source product to a layered product strategy with the introduction of Magnolia Enterprise Edition. The proprietary version extends the open source version by adding user authentication through LDAP, a package manager to manage deployments, a JSR-168 connector and a WYSIWYG website designer[4]

Magnolia 3.6 was released in July 2008 and focused on the ease of maintenance, robustness and performance.[5]

In December 2008, Magnolia released "Magnolia-on-Air", a content management system designed for broadcasters and large organizations to manage their broadcast content.[6]

In March 2009, Magnolia released Magnolia 4.0.[7]

Magnolia 4.1 was released in June 2009. It introduces user-generated content templates that provide new functionality, including forums and public user registration. It also includes new features like a CMS-wide address book, multiple themes, RSS generation and agregation.[8]

Magnolia 4.4 was released in November 2010. It introduced support for concurrent editing and the ability to import and export content in different languages. It also included new workflow and dependency controls[9].

[edit] Coverage and Reviews

Since mid 2007,[10] Magnolia has been covered by the independent CMS Watch report.[11]

It is covered in the "Open Source Content Management in Java" report of Seth Gottlieb, Content Here [12]

In August 2009, Gartner included Magnolia into their "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management" report.[13]

[edit] Modules

Modules offer Spring Framework and Struts integration, RSS feed support, standard templates, data caching and backup, and more. As of February 2012, the Magnolia website lists over 50 free modules[14].

[edit] Users

Magnolia CMS users include the US Navy[15], Scottish Widows[16][17] and Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC)[18].

The official Magnolia CMS site has a directory of example users: Magnolia CMS References

[edit] Awards

In September 2010, Magnolia won the Swiss Open Source Award in the Contribution category.[19][20]

In May 2011, the Red Herring editorial team selected Magnolia as part of the 2011 Top 100 Europe.[21]

[edit] Magnolia Conference

The inaugural Magnolia Conference was held in Basel, Switzerland on September 10 & 11 2009. The event attracted more than 80 attendees. The list of speakers included the Magnolia founders Pascal Mangold & Boris Kraft as well as David Nüscheler, JSR-170 specification lead (JSR-170 is Magnolia's underlying technology standard).[22] Impressions of the event have been blogged about,[23] photos have been published on Flickr[24] and talks have been streamed live over the internet[25]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Obinary Releases Free Java-based Enterprise CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). 2003-11-20. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/obinary-releases-free-javabased-enterprise-cms-000086.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  2. ^ Dunwoodie, Brice (2004-11-16). "Magnolia 2.0 Released, J2EE Open-Source CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/magnolia-20-released-j2ee-opensource-cms-000475.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  3. ^ Kraft, Boris (2006-09-19). "Obinary, Creator of Leading Enterprise Content Management System "Magnolia", Renamed to Magnolia International Ltd.". PRWeb (Vocus PRW Holdings, LLC). http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/09/prweb439195.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  4. ^ Natividad, Angela (2006-11-15). "Magnolia Turns 3, Updates Web CMS". CMSWire (Simpler Media Group). http://www.cmswire.com/cms/open-source-cms/magnolia-turns-3-updates-web-cms-000901.php. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  5. ^ Kraft, Boris (2008-07-30). "Magnolia Version 3.6 Ten Times Faster; Includes New Enterprise Features". Magnolia International Ltd.. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/home/news/press-releases/magnolia-3-6-released.html. Retrieved 2009-01-25. [dead link]
  6. ^ Mullan, Eileen (2008-12-09). "Helping Broadcasters Bloom with Magnolia: a CMS for the Broadcasting Media". EContent (Information Today Inc.). http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Helping-Broadcasters-Bloom-with-Magnolia-a-CMS-for-the-Broadcasting-Media-51844.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  7. ^ Initmarketing Staff (2009-03-12). "Open Source CMS Magnolia 4.0 Released". The Server Side. http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=53948. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  8. ^ Initmarketing Staff (2009-06-25). "Open Source CMS Magnolia 4.1 Released". Magnolia Ltd. http://www.magnolia-cms.com/4-1. Retrieved 2009-03-24. 
  9. ^ Miller, Ron (2010-12-01). "Magnolia 4.4 focuses on authors". Fierce Content Management. http://www.fiercecontentmanagement.com/story/magnolia-44-focuses-authors/2010-12-01. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  10. ^ Boye, Janus (2007-07-14). "Magnolia's new enterprise edition is more of a departmental tool". TRENDWATCH BLOG. CMS Watch. http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/970-Magnolia's-new-enterprise-edition-is-more-of-a-departmental-tool. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  11. ^ "THE WEB CMS REPORT 2009". CMS Watch. CMS Watch. http://www.cmswatch.com/CMS/Report/. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  12. ^ Gottlieb, Seth. "Open Source Content Management in Java". Content Here. http://www.contenthere.net/products-page/reports/open-source-content-management-in-java. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  13. ^ Mick MacComascaigh, Toby Bell, Mark R. Gilbert (2009-96-14). "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management". Gartner. http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/oracle/article91/article91.html. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  14. ^ "Module store server". Magnolia CMS Website. http://store.magnolia-cms.com/module-list.html. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  15. ^ Ruby, Bryan (2010-11-11). "The Magnolia CMS and the U.S. Navy". CMS Report. http://cmsreport.com/blog/2010/magnolia-cms-and-us-navy. Retrieved 2011-08-31. 
  16. ^ Shah, Sooraj (2011-11-02). "Open-source CMS underpins Scottish Widows financial planning web site". Computing. Incisive Media. http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2121697/-source-cms-underpins-scottish-widows-financial-planning-web-site. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  17. ^ Thompson, Scott (2011-10-31). "CSC/Scottish Widows choose Magnolia CMS". Financial Sector Technology. Perspective Publishing Limited. http://www.fstech.co.uk/fst/Magnolia_CMS_Scottish_Widows.php. Retrieved 2012-02-21. 
  18. ^ Johnston, Mike. "MBC Chooses Magnolia CMS". CMS Critic. CMS Critic. http://www.cmscritic.com/mbc-chooses-magnolia-cms/. Retrieved 2011-09-03. 
  19. ^ "CH Open Source Awards 2010". Swiss Open Systems User Group. Swiss Open Systems User Group. http://www.ossawards.ch/awards-2010/. Retrieved 2011-08-11. 
  20. ^ Johnston, Mike (2010-09-02). "Magnolia CMS wins Swiss Open source award". CMS Critic (CMS Critic). http://www.cmscritic.com/magnolia-cms-wins-swiss-open-source-award/. 
  21. ^ "2011 Red Herring Top 100 Europe". Red Herring. Red Herring. http://www.herring100.com/RHE/2011/top100.html. Retrieved 2011-08-11. 
  22. ^ Nakano, Chelsi (2009-06-29). "Magnolia Conference Program Finalized". CMSWire. http://www.cmswire.com/cms/events/magnolia-conference-program-finalized-004936.php. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  23. ^ Haderka, Jan (2009-09-10). "Magnolia Conference". java.net blog. http://weblogs.java.net/blog/rah003/archive/2009/09/10/magnolia-conference. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  24. ^ "Magnolia Conference Photos". Flickr. 2009-09-10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mconf/. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  25. ^ "Technology track of Magnolia Conference to be streamed live". HeiseMedia UK Ltd.. 2009-09-07. http://www.h-online.com/open/Technology-track-of-Magnolia-Conference-to-be-streamed-live--/news/114179. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 

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