Sympal 1.0.0-ALPHA1 Released

Posted by jwage on January 14, 2010

Today I am happy to announce the availability of Sympal 1.0.0-ALPHA1. This is exciting as it is our first release for the stable 1.0 version of Sympal! It is a major upgrade from the last 0.7.0 version and contains many new features and bug fixes.

jQuery

For the first stable version of Sympal we decided to go with jQuery as our choice of javascript framework instead of Yahoo User Interface Library. This task was made easy by the already availably Symfony plguin named sfJqueryReloadedPlugin.

Assets Management

Sympal now has the ability to easily embed assets such as images, documents, videos, etc. into your content. You can easily upload and embed videos into your content.

New Configuration Options

Dozens of new configuration have been added:

  • Configure what modules are Sympal admin modules
  • Configure forms which would contain a recaptcha widget and validator
  • Configurable themes
  • Configurable content templates
  • Configurable content slot types

Performance Improvements

We have made several performance improvements across Sympal, primarily some edge cases that only occurred in development mode.

Themes

Sympal 1.0 sports a new theme system which makes it easy to bundle new themes and switch between them easily in your project. Sympal comes bundled with a few themes for you to use:

  • Default - The default theme for a new Sympal project.
  • Wordpress Default - A port of the default Wordpress theme for Sympal.
  • Sympal - The theme which powers the Sympal website.
  • Admin - The theme which is used for Sympal admin modules.

Upgrade Management

Easily check for new version of Sympal from the command line or the Sympal admin area and upgrade with only a few simple clicks!

Markdown Editor

For the Markdown slot type we have added the ability to edit the markdown syntax in a popular markdown editor named Markitup.

TinyMCE Editor

In addition to the Markdown editor we have added the ability to edit your content with the popular WYSIWYG editor, TinyMCE.

Page Caching

One of the most important features is the ability to easily enable and disable page caching to improve the performance of your website.

So many other features and improvements all around have been made! I can't list them all here so you will need to play with Sympal yourself to discover all the great things it can do for you! Get started with the 1.0 Quick Start Guide now and start benefiting from Sympal today!

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