3 months after the release of ImpressCMS 1.2, the ImpressCMS developers have released 1.2.1 Final. This release addresses several issues discovered as users began upgrading their existing sites. This is the 35th release from the ImpressCMS project in just over 2 years. 41 issues were fixed in this release, the majority of which focused on the upgrade of existing sites. The other fixes were related to new features added in 1.2

Issues were resolved in these areas -

• Control Panel
• Core Functionalities
• Design & Templates
• Installation Process
• Registration Process
• Upgrade Process

After almost 14 months, ImpressCMS has released another jam-packed major release - version 1.2. Even after having won Most Promising Open Source CMS in this year's Packt Publishing awards, they continue to push forward and deliver time and again.

Some of the key additions to this already feature-rich community and content management system are

• An online image editor
• A new user profile module, with social networking features and customizable fields for your site
  
• A new content manager module
• The ability to assign different home pages for different user groups
• Easier customization for filtering HTML input from users
• Easier customization for verifying user identity through a CAPTCHA image
• Lots of administrative improvements

The ImpressCMS development team has released ImpressCMS 1.1.3, a security update for their 1.1 version. The vulnerabilities were not in their core code, but in 2 of the 3rd party libraries used and distributed with their core - Smarty and PHPOpenID. If your site is running on a version prior to 1.1.3, it is strongly recommended you upgrade to the latest version.

Smarty is a template engine, driving the way pages are built and displayed by ImpressCMS. PHPOpenID allows you to use OpenID authentication for logins on an ImpressCMS site.

ImpressCMS 1.1.2 Final has just been released by the ImpressCMS Project with a bunch of improvements and additions. Most significant were some security improvements to captcha and session handling for both users and administrators. In addition, the core begins to leverage more of the native PHP5 capabilities for a significant commitment to future development on a secure and stable platform.

If you have made the move to ImpressCMS, this release will provide you with an important set of fixes - this release is fully tested and ready for your production web sites. If you haven't tried ImpressCMS, this is the release to start your new site with.

ImpressCMS 1.1 has been released as a final, stable release and the list of new features is rather impressive!

Some of the features introduced in this version of ImpressCMS have been on the community's wish list for a long time -

• Built-in content creator and manager
• Integration of OpenID as an authentication method for user logins
• WYSIWYG editor available throughout the site without having to hack the core or modules
• Increased security options for encrypting user passwords
• Built-in support for RTL (right-to-left) languages
• Password strength meter
• CAPTCHA built-in and used for system comments and registration forms
• and many more features...