Remember, it is a beta. Please be gentle. And I can't stress about testing it before using it on a production site enough.It's that scary time in a software developer's life when they let a new release out into the wild. Luckily, this one is a beta. With that moniker, I can say stuff like: don't use this on a production system. And, please, don't do it until you've tested it. It's pretty solid, but I know it's not perfect yet.
There are 2 big changes in this release.
The first is the addition of the menu manager module. This is basically a replacement for all of the menu nightmares that we've been going through. It basically allows you to define how the menu output will be defined (if you want), or just use the sample templates that come with the system and emulate the existing menu systems out there.
Secondly, we've moved to adodb lite. This should decrease the amount of memory usage for each loaded page. Also, in conjunction with that, we've done a lot more refiining of memory usage and really closed up some gaps. As a result, CMSMS is faster and less resource intensive. It's a good thing.
There are plenty of other goodies as well. Theme Manager makes importing and exporting templates easy. Better handling of 404 errors. Less "nocache" errors. Better caching strategies. A stronger FCKeditor. And tons more that I forgot to put into the ChangeLog.
Please enjoy, happy testing and thanks!
Please report any bugs in the tracker or here.
Thanks so much!
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