In Depth Analysis of Open Source CMS Security

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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 [...]

SilverStripe CMS 3.0 alpha 1 spotted in the wild

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SilverStripe CMS 3.0 Alpha 1 has been spotted in the wild and if you are looking to see what the next generation of this popular open source CMS / framework has to offer, now is the time. Check out this screenshot of the new interface in development: The most notable change from previous versions is [...]

SilverStripe separates their Framework from the CMS

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SilverStripe Ltd. is due to release SilverStripe CMS 3.0 in alpha in October and beta before Christmas. The biggest change to the current content management system will be the separation of the SilverStripe Framework as it’s own entity. The framework as a stable basis, formerly known as ‘Sapphire’, enables the developer to build more than [...]

The Fuel CMS ‘Standard Package’ – Introduction

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The Fuel Standard Package is based on the fantastic Open Source Sapphire CMS framework from Silverstripe. Heavily customised to be more user-friendly and feature many more features ‘out of the box’ than the default Silverstripe CMS, but all developed within the open source framework guidelines. This demonstration video uses a sample ‘bare-bones’ website design to [...]

SilverStripe 3.0 preview 1 is here

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SilverStripe has introduced a new preview release of the upcoming 3.0 version. Some of the main changes are in the separation of the Sapphire framework from the CMS module. There is also quite a bit of work underway to redesign the user interface as well. Here is an example of some of the work being [...]

Two new releases from the SilverStripe team

The development team at SilverStripe have two new releases to announce. Released on the 1st of this month, versions 2.4.5 and 2.3.11 promise to include a number of fixes to the popular content management system. Fixes in 2.4.5 Fixed issue in CMS where rolling back to an earlier revision of a page would produce an [...]

SilverStripe CMS 2.4.2 released

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The open source CMS, SilverStripe, has a new version that’s been made available. This release solves a number of potential security vulnerabilities: Draft pages were visible to unauthenticated users on specifically crafted URLs. An content author with access to the “Security” section in the CMS could potentially take over an administrator account. These are now fixed [...]

SilverStripe mobile development has just become easier

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The SilverStripe team have launched a free extension to SilverStripe CMS that makes it easier to build websites for mobile devices. This is a great trend we’ve been seeing lately and we’re keeping a close eye as more and more CMS vendors move to adapt to the new mobile web. Most websites now have a [...]

SilverStripe 2.4 release: a significant step forward

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SilverStripe 2.4 has been released and this release comes with a ton of new changes, highlighted below. Hierarchical URLs If your website contains a large number of pages, you may find SilverStripe’s default way of handling URLs a little limiting. Until now, URLs could only be one level deep, for example: http://website.com/new-york-staff-john-smith With hierarchical URLs, [...]

SilverStripe 2.4 release candidate 1 available

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The first release candidate of what will become SilverStripe 2.4 is now available for testing. For a full breakdown of the new features, you can read the following blog post regarding beta 1 which highlights the new options built into 2.4: http://silverstripe.org/silverstripe-2-4-beta-release-brings-hierarchical-urls-sql-server-support-and-much-more/. From the blog post: Today we’ve moved significantly closer to a final and [...]

SilverStripe CMS 2.3.5 released

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A new version of the open source content management system, SilverStripe, is now available for download. This release is primarily a bugfix release and according to the changelog. For more information about SilverStripe, you can read our SilverStripe review or check out all of our SilverStripe related articles. You can also learn more by visiting [...]

SilverStripe steps up to the plate and hits a home run with 2.3.1 release

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SilverStripe, originally cofounded by Sigurd Magnusson is a small CMS with incredible potential. Despite the amount of competition in the Content Management market, they have managed to continue to maintain a steady flow of new projects such as the Democratic National Convention which chose their CMS as its choice to host its website, as well [...]