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Drupal today released a total of four versions of the popular open source CMS. Yes, I said four. Drupal 6.23, 6.24, 7.11 and 7.12 releases were put on the servers today. On the release announcement, they are stating that they want to release version that include only security updates and versions that include security + bug [...]
Recently, I was contacted by the author of an incredibly detailed analysis of the security of a number of popular Open Source content management systems. As part of this breakdown, the analysis goes into detail about which systems have had the most vulnerabilities and the severity of them, coming up with a number of rather [...]
A new maintenance release of Drupal has been made available. Version 7.10 was released yesterday and aims to resolve several major bugs, including one causing errors with the 5.x branch of Drush, have been fixed this release. See the Drupal 7.10 release notes for a full listing.
This year I chose to sponsor PacktPub’s Open Source Awards by publishing and sharing the news of the various steps in the voting and nomination process. In return for the CMS Critic logo being posted on the awards page, I would publish their news releases as the process progressed. Unfortunately, I have grown to regret [...]
The popular open source content management system, Drupal, has seen a new release today that promises a number of bug fixes. Version 7.9 has hit the web and offers a large number of fixes which you can read about here: Drupal 7.9 changelog. Several critical bugs with the OpenID have been addressed in this release, [...]
Dries recently gave a presentation regarding the state of Drupal and has just made the video of this talk available for the public. My presentation was based on the results of the State of Drupal survey, which got over 3,000 responses from people all over the world. Because I didn’t have time to talk about all [...]
A new maintenance release of Drupal has been made available. This version (7.8) offers only bug fixes with the primary fix being #1164852: (regression) Node bodies display as empty after upgrade to 7.7 from 6.x if the nodes have a language. For those who are currently running earlier versions, upgrading is highly recommended in order to [...]
Acquia, the enterprise guide for Drupal, recently announced several significant enhancements to the Acquia Network, which provides developers and site builders an unparalleled collection of answers, tools, and support for assembling extraordinary web experiences with Drupal. The enhancements empower Acquia Network subscribers with self-guided training for Drupal concepts and best practices; site testing under a variety of [...]
Two leading players have announced the Drupal Open App Standard Initiative in an effort to help create an improved user experience within the Drupal content management system and to help spur the development of the Drupal economy. Phase2 Technology, based in Alexandria, VA, and SubHub, based in Cardiff, United Kingdom, have been collaborating on the [...]
In what is probably the most most confusing release announcement I’ve read yet, a new release of Drupal has been made available. I believe it’s 7.7 that’s out, but 7.5 and 7.6 are also mentioned so it’s a bit confusing. See for yourself: As you can see, it’s either 7.5 or 7.7 or maybe 7.6? [...]
Acquia, the commercial Drupal venture started by Drupal founder, Dries Buytaert, has raised an additional $15 million in series D funding. According to a recent post by Dries on his personal blog, This is an incredibly exciting time to be at Acquia. Since the series C last November, our staff size has almost doubled, from 70 [...]
Have you ever wanted to build a social network of your own but have shied away from custom scripts and commercial products with poor support? Now’s your chance to do so with Drupal Commons. Powered by the powerful open source CMS, Drupal, Commons is an excellent way to build an engaging social network or community. [...]
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