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Silva 2.3 beta1 Released
05 aug 2010 18:48
After a sneak preview at Europython, Infrae is pleased to announce the beta1 release of Silva 2.3. This release adds a slew of new features for users, developers, and system administrators. The most important point is that it uses Python 2.6 and Zope 2.12 (it won’t work with Python 2.4 or any previous version of Zope). Continues....
MOAI Server 1.1.0 Released
08 apr 2010 17:40
Infrae is pleased to announce the release verison 1.1.0 of the MOAI Server. MOAI is a platform that aggregates input from disparate sources and republishes it via the Open Archive Initiatives protocol for metadata harvesting. MOAI has been built for institutional repositories that store relational metadata and asset files. MOAI is open source software, released under a BSD license. Continues....
Silva 2.2 Released
31 mar 2010 17:00
Infrae is pleased to announce the final release of Silva 2.2. This release adds a slew of new features for users, developers, and system administrators, and is a leap forward with Zope 2.11 and Five/Grok technology. Continues....
Silva 2.2 beta Released
03 feb 2010 18:48
Infrae is pleased to announce the beta release of Silva 2.2. This release adds a slew of new features for users, developers, and system administrators, and is a leap forward with Zope 2.11 and Five/Grok technology. Continues....
University of Bedfordshire’s intranet wins CIPR Award
11 dec 2009 17:15
The intranet of the University of Bedfordshire has been awarded a Silver prize for best 'Internal Communications 2009' in the CIPR Awards. The site is powered by Silva. Congratulations to the university! Continues....
Erasmus University RePub Repository Launched
18 nov 2009 12:30
Infrae is pleased to announce the launch of the improved RePub Repository frontend at: http://repub.eur.nl/. This website provides access to the academic output of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and makes it available to everyone, free of charge, now and in the future. In doing so, the EUR supports the idea of open access to academic research findings. Continues....
MOAI Server 1.0 Released
04 may 2009 17:09
Infrae is pleased to announce the first public release of the MOAI Server. MOAI is a platform that aggregates input from disparate sources and republishes it via the Open Archive Initiatives protocol for metadata harvesting. MOAI has been built for institutional repositories that store relational metadata and asset files. MOAI is open source software, released under a BSD license. Continues....
Silva News Network 2.7 Released
07 jan 2009 10:57
Infrae has just released Silva News Network 2.7. While primarily a compatibility release, SNN 2.7 does include a new feature: the RSS Aggregator now merges/sorts the feeds based on each feed item's publication date. Continues....
Silva 2.2 alpha Released
18 nov 2008 13:57
Infrae is pleased to announce the alpha release of Silva 2.2. This release adds a slew of new features for developers and system administrators, and is a quantum leap with Zope 2.11 and Five/Grok technology. Also the Sphinx-driven docs.infrae.com has gone online. Continues....
Silva Security Bulletin: Potential security issue with Silva Find
07 nov 2008 10:42
We have had a security issue brought to our attention that affects all versions of Silva using the Silva Find extension. This might prompt an update if Silva Find is in use on your site. Continues....
First ‘five.grok’ release
22 oct 2008 21:57
Today the developers of five.grok announced a 1.0a1 release. This is a milestone in the convergence of Zope 2 towards Zope 3 technology. The five.grok component makes the ease of Grok--with its convention over configuration approach--available to existing applications. Continues....
Silva 2.1 Released
27 aug 2008 13:57
Infrae is pleased to announce the final release of Silva 2.1. This release adds a range of features for both Author/Editors and Site Managers, as well as performance and technical improvements such as functional tests. Continues....
Open Source CMS Awards 2008: Nominations Are Open!
14 jul 2008 11:15
Nominations are open for the third edition of the Open Source CMS Award, hosted by Packt Publishers. Selected CMS’s will go to the next round of the contest. Continues....
Silva 2.1 alpha, plus Firefox 3 Compatibility Releases
21 jun 2008 08:25
Infrae announces an alpha release of Silva 2.1, plus three releases for Silva versions that fix problems with the Firefox 3 web browser. There are Silva 2.0.8, 1.6.3, and 1.5.12 versions available. New features of the Silva 2.1 alpha will be announced on the silva-general mailing list. Continues....
Silva Forum Released, with OpenID Authentication
28 may 2008 11:33
Infrae is pleased to announce the first public release of Silva Forum, an extension for Silva 2.x that provides a classic discussion forum environment. It can be integrated with OpenID authentication and a CAPTCHA to prevent 'spambots' from attempting to post. Continues....
Sign the Petition to the European Parliament on ICT lock-in
14 may 2008 17:55
Open source community delegates draw the attention of the Members of the European Parliament to the current situation where the institution’s ICT systems are locked into the products of one vendor, warn about the implications of this for participative democracy and for fair competition, and call for action to promote Open Standards and Interoperability. Sign the petition at: http://openparliament.eu/ Continues....
University of Bedfordshire’s Silva site wins Heist Award
12 may 2008 10:42
The Silva-powered website of the University of Bedfordshire won a Bronze prize for ‘Best Website’ in the prestigious Heist Awards. Congratulations to the university! Continues....
3 Google Code Sources Available
19 apr 2008 16:10
Three new Code Sources that enable embedding of Google objects are available. There’s a YouTube video, Google Maps, and a Google Calendar source. Continues....
Silva Math Released
02 mar 2008 07:56
Silva Math is an extension product for the Silva CMS to enhance Silva Documents with mathematical formulas. Mathematical expressions are edited and stored in TeX format and rendered as PNG images. The formulas are embedded into documents as Code Sources. Continues....
Silva Security Bulletin: Potential security issue with External Sources
05 feb 2008 11:30
We have had a security issue brought to our attention that potentially affects all versions of Silva using the External Sources extension. This might prompt an update if you suspect your site is affected. Continues....
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