Magnolia (CMS)

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Magnolia
Developer(s) Magnolia International Ltd
Stable release 4.1 / 2009-06-12; 5 months ago
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Development status Active
Type Content management framework, Content management system
License Enterprise Edition: MNA,
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[1].

Magnolia 1.0 was released November 15, 2003 by Obinary Ltd [2]

Magnolia 2.0 was released November 15, 2004 [3] with a focus on usability.

Obinary was renamed to Magnolia International Ltd. in September 2006 to simplify communication. By that time, Magnolia had been downloaded more than 150,000 times.[4]

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, a commercial product that added user authentication through LDAP directory services, a package manager to manage deployments, a JSR-168 connector and a tool called Sitedesigner, which allowed the creation of complete site layouts directly in the browser.[5]

Since mid 2007 [6], Magnolia has been covered by the independent CMS Watch report, which "provides a comprehensive overview of Web Content Management products and best practices" [7]

It is also covered in the "Open Source Content Management in Java" report of Seth Gottlieb, Content Here [8]

Magnolia 3.6 was released in July 2008. Its focus was on easing maintenance, making the product more robust and boost the performance.[9]

In December 2008, Magnolia released "Magnolia-on-Air -- a content management system designed specifically for broadcasters and large organizations to manage their own broadcast content" [10].

In March 2009, Magnolia released Magnolia 4.0. This fourth generation of the Java-based content management system introduces production-ready content delivery templates that provide a large set of out-of-the-box functionality. Content delivery is search-engine optimized, follows accessibility guidelines and introduces support for mobile devices. The new Templating Kit allows designers and programmers to quickly and easily build best-practice Web site designs and to control the complete layouting life-cycle.[11]

June 2009 saw the release of Magnolia 4.1, the latest generation of the Java-based content management system introduces production-ready user-generated content templates that provide a large set of new functionality, including forums, public user registration and more. also included are new features like a CMS-wide address book, multiple themes, RSS generation and agregation and more.[12]

In August 2009, Gartner, "the world's leading information technology research and advisory company" has included Magnolia into their "Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management" report. Gartner considers Magnolia as a vendor "Gartner clients might consider alongside those appearing in the Magic Quadrant when deployment needs align with their specific capabilities".[13]

The inaugural Magnolia Conference was held in Basel, Switzerland in 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).[14] Impressions of the event have been blogged about[15], photos have been pubished on Flickr[16] and talks have been streamed live over the internet[17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Content repository API for Java". Wikimedia Foundation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSR-170. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  2. ^ "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. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ 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. 
  5. ^ 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. 
  6. ^ 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. 
  7. ^ "THE WEB CMS REPORT 2009". CMS Watch. CMS Watch. http://www.cmswatch.com/CMS/Report/. Retrieved 2009-01-25. 
  8. ^ 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. 
  9. ^ 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. 
  10. ^ 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. 
  11. ^ 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. 
  12. ^ 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. 
  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. ^ 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. 
  15. ^ 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. 
  16. ^ "Magnolia Conference Photos". Flickr. 2009-09-10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/mconf/. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  17. ^ "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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