04.10.14
CMS News: WordPress, Drupal, and More
WordPress
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WordPress Customers Receive Automatic Security Updates
WordPress blogs around the world began to receive an automatic security update late on April 8 to fix security vulnerabilities. The WordPress 3.8.2 and 3.7.2 updates each provide five security fixes, as well as multiple non-security bug updates.
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WordPress 3.8.2 Security Release
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Open Source WordPress 3.9 Now at Beta 2
The next major release of the widely deployed open source WordPress blogging and content management system software is continuing to mature. The WordPress 3.9 beta 2 is now available, providing a long list of changes. The WordPress 3.8 release debuted back in December of 2013.
Drupal
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Angie Byron on Drupal 8 out of the box
Opensource.com community manager Jason Hibbets interviewed Angie Byron, a Drupal core co-maintainer, about the latest version of this open source content management system.
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Acquia’s Dries Buytaert: It’s open-source software that’ll eat the world
Expect a larger portion of software innovation to come from the world of open source in the future, says Dries Buytaert, original creator of Drupal and co-founder of Acquia. While open source once drew its appeal from being free, now it’s the quality of the software projects — which draw on the skills of huge numbers of contributors — that attracts businesses and developers to use it, he said.
Misc.
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Available Today, Jahia 7 Defines a New Standard for Java-Based Open Source High-End CMS
Jahia, leading open source vendor today announced the GA availability of its new platform Jahia 7, introducing powerful Distributed Development features, Private App Stores to re-use and distribute components securely with a new OSGi integration to enable the Digital Industrialization era.
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What’s New in April for Open Source CMS
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Open source frameworks create ‘super’ web-based apps
It’s this kind of collaborative environment that fosters creativity and innovation among today’s programmers—more and more of whom are leveraging best-of-breed solutions while freeing themselves of the constraints of closed-source solutions and traditional open source CMSs.