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Lenya 1.2.2 released
Apache Lenya 1.2.2 released (maintenance release)
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The Apache Lenya [1] development community is very proud to announce the
1.2.2 release of Apache Lenya.
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 [2] 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.
Apache Lenya 1.2.2 is based on Cocoon 2.1.6. 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.
Check out the Apache Lenya website http://lenya.apache.org for more
information.
-- The Apache Lenya Community
Changes in 1.2.2
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The full changelog is available at the Apache Lenya website
(http://lenya.apache.org/changes.html). Some highlights are:
* Moved to Kupu 1.2 and BXE 1.1
* Moved to Cocoon 2.1.6
* Rewrote menu javascript code to avoid browser crashes on Linux
* Improved Link rewriting
* Made images and asset titles visible in the forms editor
* set the date of publication, the publisher and the date of modification when a document is published
* Added caching options to default publication
* Enabled roundtripping of images between BXE and Kupu
* Added dutch translation for Lenya UI
* Added japanese translation for Lenya UI
* Fixed code that tried to delete a file that was still referenced in an open file stream
* Fixed lenya.bat to no longer display the ASL comments during launch
* Backported patch to show resource type in the overview tab
Features (as in Apache Lenya 1.2)
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- Editing
* 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 publications 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 deactivate 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 a 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.
References
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[1] Apache Lenya website http://lenya.apache.org/
[2] Apache Cocoon website http://cocoon.apache.org/
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Rolf Kulemann
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Rolf Kulemann
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