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Posted to user@lenya.apache.org by Rolf Kulemann <ro...@apache.org> on 2004/06/30 10:18:34 UTC
Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Hello developers and users,
the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
development.
Apache Lenya is an effort undergoing incubation [2] at the Apache
Software Foundation [3]. Incubation is required of all newly accepted
projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure,
communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner
consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status
is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the
code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by
the ASF.
Apache Lenya is an Open-Source Content Management System written in Java
and based on open standards such as XML and XSLT. Lenya is built on top
of Apache Cocoon [4] and other components from the Apache Software
Stack. Its XML-centric architecture allows for content delivery targeted
to the capabilities of various devices, and avoids data lock-in. Apache
Lenya is built around Off the Shelf components from the Apache Software
Foundation.
Apache Lenya comes with the features you can expect of a modern Content
Management System, such as Revision Control, Scheduling, a built-in
Search Engine, separate Staging Areas, and Workflow.
Because Apache Lenya is based on Cocoon, you can use Cocoon features
such as robust Caching, multi-channel output, it's many connectivity
options to quickly build customized solutions to meet your specific
needs that are not already covered by Apache Lenya today.
Download the Apache Lenya Incubating-lenya-1.2 (src/bin) release files
at http://cvs.apache.org/dist/incubator/lenya/ .
Features
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* Browser-based WYSIWYG Editors that validate input against a Relax NG
Schema. This prevents invalid markup as produced by other WYSIWYG
editors, and allows to enforce web site style guidelines. Lenya ships
(!!!) with the BXE (http://bxe.oscom.org) and Kupu
(http://kupu.oscom.org) editors out of the box. Lenya asset management
and link management are integrated into BXE.
* A forms editor is available for situations where a full-blown WYSIWYG
editor is overkill or where legacy browsers need to be supported.
* Pages that are being edited are automatically locked for other users,
preventing conflicting changes to the same page.
* Each edit of a page creates a new revision. It is possible to revert
to any previous revision of a page.
Workflow
-----------------------
* Lenya contains a customizable workflow engine that uses an easy XML
format to define workflows. Standard one- and two-stage workflows ship
with Lenya. Users can be notified by email about pending approvals.
* Workflow events such as publishing or deactivating a page can be
scheduled.
* Lenya supports separate authoring, staging and live areas.
For convenience, the staging area is disabled by default.
* All workflow steps are logged, providing an audit trail.
Internationalization
-----------------------
* Pages can be created in multiple languages with no impact on your site
structure. Lenya automatically displays your page in the default
language if it is not available in a specific language.
* The Lenya user interface is currently localized in spanish, italian,
french, german and english.
Layout
-----------------------
* The publications concept allows reuse of the information architecture
of a site and brings modularity to the content level. Different
publications can share content and business logic, and new
publication can be created with a cloning process.
* Lenya supports XHTML+CSS templating, eliminating the need to learn yet
another templating language. Wherever possible, Lenya uses CSS for
styling, therefore enforcing the separation of content and layout.
* The navigation framework automatically creates navigation items such
as menus, breadcrumb paths and tabs. A sitemap can be easily created.
* Lenya has clean URLs and is thus optimally accessible for search
engines.
* There are no restrictions on the nesting of templates. You can use any
template you have defined at any level of your site structure thanks
to the URI parametrizer.
Site Management
-----------------------
* Lenya allows you to move, copy, rename, archive or delete individual
pages or whole parts of your site within an easy to use site view that
shows you the pages of your site in an explorer-like view.
* Each page has tabs for easy access to meta data, assets, workflow
status, revisions, access control and scheduling.
* The archive function allows you to deactiviate pages and store them in
an archive.
* Deleted pages can be retrieved from the trash.
* Each page can have Dublin Core metadata assigned. Other metadata
standards can easily be added if required.
* Asset management allows you to keep track of images and documents that
belong to a page.
* Link management ensures that internal links are not shown if the
target page doesn't exist or the user has no access to it. Link
management also warns users about broken links when they publish a
page.
* Lenya checks if parent pages of a page to be published are already
live to avoid inconsistent sites.
* Deployment is flexible: Sites can be served dynamically by the
authoring server (for small deployments) or another servlet container.
It is also possible to export content statically or to use Apache as a
proxy.
* If used with a reverse proxy, Lenya can be configured to rewrite URLs
based on the site structure of the live site.
Security
-----------------------
* Each page or parts of your site can be protected by SSL. Protect just
the parts of your site that need protection for best performance.
* The Lenya access control allows you to restrict access to parts of
your site to members of a group or individuals. You can also restrict
specific Lenya functionalities, such as editing, approval or
administrative features.
* Lenya users can be authenticated against an LDAP server.
* Access can also be controlled by IP ranges.
Misc
-----------------------
* A Windows Installer makes installation on windows a 3-click
process.
* Apache Lucene is integrated into Lenya to offer full-text and field
search.
Under the Hood
-----------------------
* The integration with Cocoon has been improved. For the next release,
it is planned to move Lenya to a block-based system which should make
it much easier to mix and match Cocoon and Lenya components.
* Unit Tests help to discover regressions in the code.
* A publication API that defines an interface for common CMS operations.
* A fallback concept allows you to selectively override core
functionality in your site where needed. Default implementations are
provided for convenience and ease of development.
* Lenya uses Ant for portable scripting. This allows you to integrate
Lenya into your environment and accomplish custom tasks easily.
[1] http://cocoon.apache.org/lenya/
[2] http://incubator.apache.org/
[3] http://www.apache.org/
[4] http://cocoon.apache.org/
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Re: Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Posted by Andreas Hartmann <an...@apache.org>.
Jann Forrer wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Rolf Kulemann wrote:
>
>
>>Hello developers and users,
>>
>>the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
>>1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
>>development.
>>
>
>
> Thanks for the great work. It is certainly a gain for the user to have a
> stable version available.
>
> BTW is the cvs version tagged i.e. can I download 1.2 using cvs?
Yes, it's tagged as RELEASE_1_2
-- Andreas
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Re: Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Posted by Jann Forrer <ja...@id.unizh.ch>.
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Rolf Kulemann wrote:
> Hello developers and users,
>
> the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
> 1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
> development.
>
Thanks for the great work. It is certainly a gain for the user to have a
stable version available.
BTW is the cvs version tagged i.e. can I download 1.2 using cvs?
Regards
Jann
---------------------------------------------------------------
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Informatikdienste
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zuerich
oooO mail: jann.forrer@id.unizh.ch
( ) phone: +41 1 63 56772
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Re: Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Posted by Jann Forrer <ja...@id.unizh.ch>.
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, Rolf Kulemann wrote:
> Hello developers and users,
>
> the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
> 1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
> development.
>
Thanks for the great work. It is certainly a gain for the user to have a
stable version available.
BTW is the cvs version tagged i.e. can I download 1.2 using cvs?
Regards
Jann
---------------------------------------------------------------
Jann Forrer
Informatikdienste
Universität Zürich
Winterthurerstr. 190
CH-8057 Zuerich
oooO mail: jann.forrer@id.unizh.ch
( ) phone: +41 1 63 56772
\ ( fax: +41 1 63 54505
\_) http://www.id.unizh.ch
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Re: Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Posted by Andreas Hartmann <an...@apache.org>.
Rolf Kulemann wrote:
> Hello developers and users,
>
> the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
> 1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
> development.
Roku, thanks for all the great work!
I'm glad we finally made it :)
-- Andreas
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Re: Incubating Apache Lenya 1.2 released
Posted by "Hartwig, Thomas" <t....@crapoud.com>.
Rolf Kulemann wrote:
> Hello developers and users,
>
> the Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
> 1.2 undergoing incubation release of Apache Lenya after one year of
> development.
Great. Keep on. Thanks and Gratulations to you and all devs. :-)
Thomas
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